Located in Greenwich Village and facing on to Washington Square, the street level Galleries are housed behind an historic red brick facade that began life in 1879 as a building called the Benedick. During the 1890's art reporters regularly toured its studios, and the painters Winslow Homer and Albert Pinkham Ryder were among its earliest studio residents. 80 Washington Square East was re-established in 1974 as a teaching gallery affiliated with NYU's Department of Art and Art Professions. Today, its primary mission is to stage the thesis exhibitions of MA and MFA candidates in Studio Art. A century after its founding, reborn as a teaching gallery, it continues its rich artistic tradition with the educational patronage of emerging artists.

Founded in 1984 as a gallery dedicated to providing 24-hour art viewing for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic, Broadway Windows is strongly committed to the goal of bringing contemporary art to a new and ever-growing viewing public. Site specific installations of all imaginable media grace the five showcase windows located at the corner of Broadway and East Tenth Street.

A newly constructed fine art window gallery, Washington Square Windows opened in 1996. The art installations are mounted in three grand scale windows facing the east side of Washington Square Park. Designed as an art venue that is readily accessible to the eyes of the passing public, the exhibits are illuminated 24 hours a day.