family sites
In addition to our programs designed especially for kids, the openhousenewyork Weekend features many family friendly sites. These special places and spaces highlight unique built-environment elements of New York City in accessible, intriguing ways for the whole family to enjoy!
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Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave/ 37th St, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed building date: 2000 architect: Polshek Partnership Architects The American-Scandinavian Foundation’s cultural center has a modern sensibility that reflects Nordic design trends. The building showcases Nordic design and materials and offers art and design exhibitions, films, concerts, lectures and family programs. subway: F, V, D, N, Q, R to 34th St/ Herald Sq, 4, 5, 6, 7, S to Grand Central, 6 to 33rd St. bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5.      
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St. Mark's Historic Ernest Flagg Rectory, Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 E 11th St/ 2nd Ave, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 20 building date: 1900-1901 architect: Ernest Flagg; adaptive re-use, Edelman Sultan Knox Wood Architects, 1999. The 1901 Beaux-Arts building, designed by Ernest Flagg as the home of the Rector of St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery, was restored after a fire in 1988 and now houses the Neighborhood Preservation Center. subway: L to 3rd Ave, 4, 5, 6, N, R, Q to Union Sq. bus: M15, M101, M102, M103. 
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St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church 124 Wadsworth Ave/ 179th St, New York neighborhood: Washington Heights Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1950 architect: unknown This 1,000-seat Greek Orthodox Church features Byzantine iconography and work by Greek craftspeople in the US, including a six-story-high Pantokrator icon of Christ on its dome. subway: A to 179th St, 1 to 181st St. bus: M3, M4.
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St. Vincent de Paul Church 127 W 23rd St/ 6th Ave, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 20 per tour building date: 1857 architect: Henry Englebert; second facade, Anthony DePace, 1939. Built for NYC’s French community, the church features two building facades, mural paintings, and exquisite stained-glass windows depicting French religious history. subway: F, N, R, 1, 6 to 23rd St. bus: M5, M6, M7, M20, M23. other transportation: PATH train to 23rd St.
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Soldiers & Sailors Monument at Riverside Park 89th St/ Riverside Drive, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1902 architect: Charles and Arthur Stoughton Step inside the rarely open interior of this Greek temple, which memorializes the Civil War’s dead and sits high above the Hudson. subway: 1 to 86th St. bus: M5, M86.
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Temple Emanu-El 1 E 65th St/ 5th Ave, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 20 per tour building date: 1927 - 1929 architect: Stein, Butler, Kohn; restoration, Beyer Blinder Belle, 2006 Built in the Modern Romanesque style popular in the late 1920s, Temple Emanu-El is now the largest synagogue in the world. subway: N, R to 5th Ave, 6 to 68th St. bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M30, M66, M72.
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Tenri Cultural Institute of New York 43A W 13th St/ 6th Ave, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 75 building date: 2000 architect: Marble Fairbanks Architects This tranquil interior was inspired by Japanese forms of art and expression, reflecting the Institute's mission of cultural harmony. subway: F, V, 1, 2, 3 to 14th St, N, R, Q, 4, 5, 6 to Union Sq. bus: M14A, M14D.
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Wild Project, The 195 E 3rd St/ Ave A, New York Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 20 per tour building date: 2007 architect: Theater, thread collective; green roof, Alive Structures other architects/consultants: This gut renovation of an existing one-story manufacturing building transformed a makeshift theater into an 89-seat community-friendly performance space. The design retained the space's original character and employed several green building features, including a 1,500-sq-ft thriving green roof. subway: F to 2nd Ave. bus: M15.  
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Build It Green! NYC 3-17 26th Ave/ 4th St, Astoria neighborhood: Astoria Sat: Closed Sun: Closed building date: 1910 architect: unknown A nonprofit re-use center for salvaged and surplus building materials, Build It Green! NYC addresses the city's growing waste crisis by creating a marketplace for everything from doors to cabinets, floors to windows. subway: N, W to Astoria Blvd. bus: Q18, Q102, Q103.
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Queens Museum of Art New York City Building , Flushing neighborhood: Flushing Meadows and Corona Park Sat: Closed Sun: Closed building date: 1939 architect: Aymer Embury III, renovated by Daniel Chait, 1964; redesigned Rafael Viñoly, 1994. Explore the 1964/1965 World's Fair New York City Panorama, a scale re-creation of all five boroughs. View the museum's collection of Tiffany glass and its exhibit on controversial urban planner Robert Moses. subway: 7 to Shea Stadium/Willets Point. bus: Q23, Q48, Q58. 
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Immaculate Conception School & Church 85-45 Edgerton Blvd/ Dalny Rd, Jamaica Estates neighborhood: Jamaica Estates Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 20 per tour building date: 1928 - 1962 architect: Robert J. Reilly The Passionist Fathers established the Parish in 1924. They purchased the Mansion and 16-acres that still serve as a Retreat House. Tour the complex, including the Romanesque designed school and church. subway: F to 179th St. bus: Q17, Q43.
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King Manor Museum King Park, Jamaica Ave/ 153rd St, Jamaica Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 20 per tour building date: 1750-1810 architect: unknown Learn about King Manor and surrounding King Park, home and farm of Rufus King. King was an author of the US Constitution, New York’s first US senator, ambassador to Great Britain and an early opponent of slavery. subway: E, J, Z to Jamaica Center, F to Parsons Blvd. bus: Q24, Q42, Q43, Q44, Q54, Q56, Q83. other transportation: LIRR (Central Terminal Zone) or AirTrain to Jamaica Station, walk one block north to Jamaica Ave, 4 blocks east to 150th St.
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Louis Armstrong House Museum 34-56 107th St/ 37th Ave, Corona Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 10 per tour building date: 1910 architect: unknown In 1943, Louis Armstrong, the world’s most famous jazz musician, and his wife Lucille settled in a modest brick house in Corona, Queens, where they lived for the remainder of their lives. In 2003, the house was converted into a museum. subway: 7 to 103rd St/ Corona Plaza. bus: Q23, Q48. 
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Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main St/ Dahlia St, Flushing Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: 2007 architect: BKSK Architects The Garden's Visitor and Administration Center is platinum LEED-certified and features solar panels that generate 17% of the building's electricity, geothermal wells, and two water recycling systems. The building's auditorium has a planted green roof, which slopes up, creating a natural transition to blend seamlessly with the ground. subway: 7 to Flushing-Main St. bus: Q20, Q44. other transportation: LIRR (Port Washington Line) to Flushing-Main St.
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Fort Totten 212 St, N Intersection & Bell Blvd/ Cross Island Pkwy, Queens Sat: Closed Sun: Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1864 architect: Concept by Joseph Gilbert Totten With its battlements and gothic features, this Fort once guarded the East River waterfront. subway: 7 to Flushing-Main St to buses. bus: Q13, Q16.
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