7. Maurice Sendak, 29 West 9th Street, Manhattan
Author of the iconic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak, lived in this stunning Greenwich Village apartment from 1962 to 1972. During his height as an author, Sendak was not openly gay. However, after his partner, Eugene Glynn, died in 2007, he came out, telling the world he had to keep his sexuality hidden as there would be bias against him as a children’s author.