Sharptown

Historical marker location:

Stuyvesant, New York

( Marker is at the intersection of County Route 26A and Gibbons Road, on the right when traveling west on County Route 26A.)

Marker installed: 1932

The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City, was the site of the Stonewall riots in 1969, which are considered the birth of the modern gay rights movement.