Each rebus clues a landmark in Manhattan. Taking the Manhattan Distance between each pair of landmarks (using the Avenue and Street numbers as coordinates) and indexing into the alphabet gives the cluephrase MOMA FULL NAME. This gives the answer MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
Note: For calculating Manhattan Distances, Lexington, Park, and Madison Avenues are considered as 3.5th, 4th, and 4.5th Avenues. Thus, Lexington and Madison Avenues are ignored if counting the distance in blocks.
| Rebus 1 | Rebus 2 |
|---|---|
| Japan, Society = Japan Society | Love, Sculpture = Love Sculpture |
| Duke, Wellington-W, Circle = Duke Ellington Circle | Swing, Slow-S = Swing Low (Harriet Tubman Memorial) |
| Metts-S, At, Fifth, A+Venue = Met at Fifth Avenue | The, Dakota = The Dakota |
| (Anderson) Cooper, (Lleyton) Hewitt = Cooper Hewitt | Engine+Ears-A, Gate = Engineers’ Gate |
| (New England - England, Gallery) → German = New Gallery → German = Neue Galerie | Je (I → French)+WI (Wisconsin)+Ash-A = Jewish (Museum) |
| Frederick Douglass, Water, Wall = Frederick Douglass Water Wall | (Utah) Jazz = Jazz (Museum) |
| Rug-G+Bin = Rubin (Museum) | Sextillion-(Trillion-R) = (Museum of) Sex |
| Grand, Central America-America, Terminal = Grand Central Terminal | (Dodge) Intrepid, Sea, Air, And, Space = Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space (Museum) |
| Public Library, Main (Hand → French), Branch = Public Library “Main Branch” | Hope, Sculpture = Hope Sculpture |
| Columbus, Circle = Columbus Circle | AR (Arkansas)+TS (Tennessine), And, DE (Delaware)+Sign = (Museum of) Arts and Design |
| Roosevelt, Island, Tramway = Roosevelt Island Tramway | American, Folk, Heart-HE (Helium) = American Folk Art (Museum) |
| Ill+US+Ions = (Museum of) Illusions | High-Five - Five, Line, Observation, Deck = High Line Observation Deck |
| Landmark 1 | Landmark 2 | Coordinate 1 (Ave, Street) | Coordinate 2 (Ave, Street) | Manhattan Distance | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Society | Love Sculpture | (1, 47) | (6, 55) | 13 | M |
| Duke Ellington Circle | Swing Low (Harriet Tubman Memorial) | (5, 110) | (8, 122) | 15 | O |
| Met at 5th Ave | The Dakota | (5, 82) | (8, 72) | 13 | M |
| Cooper Hewitt | Engineers’ Gate | (5, 91) | (5, 90) | 1 | A |
| Neue Galerie | Jewish (Museum) | (5, 86) | (5, 92) | 6 | F |
| Frederick Douglass Water Wall | Jazz (Museum) | (8, 110) | (6, 129) | 21 | U |
| Rubin (Museum) | (Museum of) Sex | (7, 17) | (5, 27) | 12 | L |
| Grand Central Terminal | Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space (Museum) | (4, 42) | (12, 46) | 12 | L |
| Public Library “Main Branch” | Hope Sculpture | (5, 41) | (7, 53) | 14 | N |
| Columbus Circle | (Museum of) Arts and Design | (8, 59) | (8, 58) | 1 | A |
| Roosevelt Island Tramway | American Folk Art (Museum) | (2, 60) | (9, 66) | 13 | M |
| (Museum of) Illusions | High Line Observation Deck | (8, 14) | (10, 17) | 5 | E |