This list is about incidents of civil unrest, rioting, violent labor disputes, or minor insurrections or revolts in New York City.
Civil unrest in New York by date in ascending order, from earliest to latest.
1712 – New York Slave Revolt occurred on April 6, when Africans set fire to a building and attacked settlers
1741 – New York Conspiracy occurred when a series of fires March through April burned portions of the city
1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, occurred in April over the illegal procurement of corpses from the graves of slaves and poor whites
1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot, occurred from July 7 to July 10 over abolitionism
1837 – Flour Riots, occurred February 12, when merchant stores were sacked, destroying or looting 500-600 barrels of flour and 1,000 bushels of wheat
1844 – Brooklyn riot, occurred on April 4 between nativists and Irish immigrants.
1849 – Astor Place riot, occurred May 10 at the Astor Opera House between immigrants and nativists
1857 – New York City Police Riot occurred June 16 between the New York Municipal Police and the Metropolitan Police over the Mayor's appointment for the position of city street commissioner
1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, occurred July 4 through 5 and consisted of widespread gang violence and looting
1863 – New York City draft riots, occurred July 13 through 16 in response to government efforts to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.
1870 – First New York City orange riot, occurred July 12 when demonstrators clashed with hecklers and laborers during a parade
1871 – Second New York City orange riot, occurred July 12 when Orangemen, police and militia clashed with the crowd during a parade
1874 – Tompkins Square riot, occurred January 13 when the New York City Police Department clashed with demonstrators
1917 – New York City Food Riot, occurred February 20 over shortages related to World War I
1919 – May Day Riots
1922 – Straw Hat Riot, occurred September 13 and 14 when gangs of boys stole hats throughout the city and assaulted those who resisted
1935 – Harlem riot, occurred March 19–20, sparked by rumors of the beating of a teenage shoplifter
1943 – Harlem riot, occurred August 1 and 2 following the nonfatal shooting of Robert Bandy by a white police officer
1964 – Harlem riot, occurred July 16 through 22, following the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old African American bystander
1968 – New York City riot, occurred April 4 and 5 following the assassination of Martin Luther King
1968 – Columbia University protests, occurred April 23 in response to the Vietnam War and segregation
1969 – Stonewall riots, occurred June 28 through July 2 as a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community in response to a police raid of the Stonewall Inn
1970 – Hard Hat Riot, occurred May 8 in a confrontation between construction workers and protesters of the Vietnam War, the Kent State shootings, and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia
1973 – Shooting of Clifford Glover, occurred on April 28 and led to several days of rioting in the South Jamaica neighborhood
1977 – New York City Blackout riot, occurred July 13 and 14, when widespread looting and arson followed a power outage
1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot, occurred August 6 and 7 as protesters against a city imposed curfew clashed with police
1991 – Crown Heights riot, occurred August 19 through 21 beweeen black and Orthodox Jewish residents after two children of Guyanese immigrants were unintentionally struck by an automobile
1992 – Washington Heights riots, occurred July 4 through 7 following the fatal police shooting of Jose Garcia, a Puerto Rican immigrant
2011 – Occupy Wall Street (Brooklyn Bridge protests). Demonstrators blocked the bridge and more than 700 people were arrested. Brooklyn, New York
2013 – Flatbush Riots, March 11 and 12, Riots following the death of Kimani Gray who was shot and killed by the New York Police Department
The following is a list of civil unrest in New York by number of deaths in descending order from most to least deaths. In cases where the number of deaths is uncertain, the lowest estimate is used.
1863 – New York City draft riots, 120 killed and 2,000 to 8,000 injured
1871 – Second New York City orange riot, more than 60 dead, more than 150 wounded
1741 – New York Conspiracy, 35 total executed as a result
1712 – New York Slave Revolt, 31 total deaths consisting of 9 killed in the revolt and 23 executed as a result
1849 – Astor Place riot, 25 killed and more than 120 injured
1857 – Dead Rabbits Riot, eight dead and between 30 and 100 injured
1870 – First New York City orange riot. eight dead
1788 – Doctors Mob Riot, between six and 20 dead
1943 – Harlem riot, six dead
1935 – Harlem riot, three dead
1992 – Washington Heights riots, six dead and 15 injured
1991 – Crown Heights riot, two dead and 190 injured
1964 – Harlem riot, one dead, 118 injured
The following is a list of civil unrest in New York where no deaths occurred listed in ascending order by year, from earliest to latest. The number of injured is listed in cases where the number is known.
1834 – Anti-abolitionist riot
1837 – Flour Riots
1844 – Brooklyn riot
1857 – New York City Police Riot, 53 injured
1874 – Tompkins Square riot
1922 – Straw Hat Riot, unknown number injured in assaults, seven of the offending boys "spanked ignominiously" by order of the police lieutenant
1970 – Hard Hat Riot, more than 70 injured
1973 – Shooting of Clifford Glover, 24 injured
1977 – New York City Blackout riot
1988 – Tompkins Square Park riot, 38 injured
