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Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum 895 Shore Rd, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx neighborhood: North Bronx hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 25 per tour building date: 1836-1842 architect: Attributed to Minard Lafever; grounds restoration, Delano & Aldrich, 1914. This Greek Revival mansion's gracious proportions, refined exterior stonework, cast-iron balconies, and period millwork exemplifies country living in 19th-century Pelham Bay. subway: 6 to Pelham Bay. bus: #45 Westchester Beeline Bus.    
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Betances Community Center 465 St. Ann's Avenue, Bronx neighborhood: Mott Haven hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 2008 architect: Stephen Yablon Architect PLLC A dramatic light-filled boxing arena forms the centerpiece of the Betances Community Center. Classrooms and game rooms form an interior courtyard that overlooks the luminous three-story boxing gym. An inventive reuse of two existing structures, the center is a beacon for youth in the South Bronx. subway: 2 to 149th St. bus: Bx19.  
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Bronx Museum of the Arts, The 1040 Grand Concourse/ 165th St, New York neighborhood: South Bronx hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 20 building date: 2006 architect: Simon B. Zelnik, 1961; renovation, Castro-Blanco, Piscioner, 1985; north wing addition, Arquitectonica, 2006. A dramatic double-height lobby is the focal point of the museum extension. Exterior patterns of black and white blocks recall the neighborhood’s ubiquitous ornamental brick walls. subway: D, B to 167 St/ Grand Concourse. bus: Bx1, Bx2, BxM4 Express.  
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Hall of Fame for Great Americans, Bronx Community College University Ave/ W 181st St, Bronx neighborhood: University Heights hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1900 architect: McKim, Mead and White The first U.S. Hall of Fame is a NY landmark founded in 1900 to honor the nation's great leaders. Designed by Stanford White, the principal feature of the Hall of Fame is its 630-ft open-air colonnade. The three-building complex also includes the Beaux-Arts Gould Memorial Library Rotunda, modeled after the Roman Pantheon. subway: 4 to Burnside Ave or 183rd St. bus: Bx3, B12, Bx36, Bx40, Bx42.
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Melrose Commons 754 Melrose Ave/ E 156th St, Bronx neighborhood: South Bronx hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 13 per tour building date: 1993-ongoing architect: Magnusson Architecture and Planning, PC Melrose Commons is a 30-block urban renewal area comprised of different types of affordable housing. Bronx community group, Nos Quedamos (We Stay) and the architecture firm MAP worked together to design a redevelopment plan that reflects the community's need and aspirations. subway: D to 161st St- Yankee Stadium, 2, 4, 5 to 149 St-Grand Concourse. bus: Bx2, Bx4, Bx15, Bx19, Bx21, Bx32, Bx41, Bx55. other transportation: Metro-North (Harlem Line) to Melrose. 
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New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx River Pkwy/ Fordham Rd , Bronx neighborhood: Fordham hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: Designed 1896; built 1898-1901 architect: Robert W. Gibson The grand neo-Renaissance style New York Botanical Garden Museum Building, along with the Fountain of Life, form a distinguished and monumental Beaux-Arts civic space within the largest botanical garden in the country. Founded in 1891 and located within Bronx Park, the Garden showcases one of the world's greatest collections of plants and serves as an educational center for gardening and horticulture. subway: 4, B, D to Bedford Park Blvd, transfer to Bx26 to Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance. bus: Bx26. other transportation: Metro-North (Harlem Line) to Botanical Garden.
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St. Paul's Church 897 South Columbus Ave/ S 3rd Ave, Bronx neighborhood: Mount Vernon hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 7 building date: 1763 architect: unknown This stone church was once used as a field hospital in the Revolutionary War. Climb its 225-year-old wooden staircase, see its 1758 bronze bell, and walk through its historic cemetery. subway: 5 to Dyer Ave, walk 5 blocks. bus: W55 to South Columbus Ave. other transportation: Hutchinson River Parkway to Exit #7 (Boston Post Rd), follow signs to the site.
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Van Cortlandt House Museum Van Cortlandt Park, Bway/ W 246th St, Bronx neighborhood: Riverdale hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1748 architect: unknown This Georgian fieldstone country house was once home to NYC’s prominent Van Cortlandt family, and was General George Washington’s headquarters in 1776 and 1783. subway: 1 to 242nd St. bus: BxM3, Bx9
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Wave Hill W 249th St/ Independence Ave, Bronx neighborhood: Astoria hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1843 architect: Original Wave Hill House, William Lewis Morris; Perkins Visitor Center, Robert A.M. Stern, 2004. The garden offers spectacular views overlooking the Hudson River, the Palisades, and historic mansions. Wave Hill was once home to Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt, and Arturo Toscanini. subway: 1 to 242st St, transfer to Wave Hill Shuttle, which meets at 10 minutes past the hour from 9:10 am to 3:10 pm. bus: Bx7, Bx10, BxM1, BxM2. other transportation: Metro-North (Hudson Line) to Riverdale.
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Woodlawn Cemetery Webster Ave & E 233rd St or Jerome Ave/ Bainbridge Ave, Bronx neighborhood: Woodlawn hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1863 architect: James C. Sidney; Charles Wellford Leavitt, 1875-1940. More than 1,300 private mausoleums, many of which were designed by well-known architects, dot this meticulously planted landscape. Tour private mausoleums by designers such as McKim, Mead & White, Carrere & Hastings, John Russell Pope, Tiffany and Hunt & Hunt. subway: 2 to E 233rd St, 4 to Woodlawn. bus: Bx16, Bx34. other transportation: Metro-North (Harlem Line) to Woodlawn.
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