Brookfield Place Luminaries

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Brookfield Place Luminaries in New York, New York
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Where: Brookfield Place, Lower Manhattan, New York, New York

When: Through January

Hours: 8am to 10pm daily

Cost: free

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An annual art installation of 650 LED box lanterns suspended in Brookfield Place's Winter Garden that shift color in time with music. It runs long hours daily through January and is free to visit.

Best time to arrive. Sunset in New York is around 4:29 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:00 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 26°F, so dress for standing around outside.

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Other displays nearby

There are 22 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 31 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.

Make a night of it. This is stop 21 on our 22-stop New York lights loop — about 21.7 miles and 140 minutes of driving in total.

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