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Pratt Institute: Juliana Curran Terian Design Center
200 Willoughby Ave/ Dekalb Ave, New York
neighborhood: Clinton Hill
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 25 per tour
building date: 2007
architect: hanrahanMeyers architects

Clad with stainless stell, this modern pavilion is suspended between Steuben Hall and Pratt Studios, joining all three buildings to create 200,000-sq-ft of program space. The overall construction includes a glass entrance, a new circulation bridge to the south and an outdoor courtyard.

subway: G to Clinton-Washington Aves.
bus: B38.


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Pratt Institute: Library
200 Willoughby Ave/ Hall St, New York
neighborhood: Clinton Hill
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 25 per tour
building date: 1896
architect: William Tubby; interiors by Tiffany Glass and Decorating; renovation, Cavaglieri & Gran, 1982, 1986.

The interior of this Renaissance Revival building features a grand marble stair, mosaic tile work, and glass-block floors that allow light to filter through the stacks.

subway: G to Clinton-Washington Aves.
bus: B38.


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Pratt Institute: Sculpture Park
St. James Pl/ DeKalb Ave, New York
neighborhood: Clinton Hill
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 25 per tour
building date: n/a
architect: n/a

NYC’s largest contemporary sculpture park includes some 50 works (always changing) on 25 acres of lush, green lawns.

subway: G to Clinton-Washington Aves.
bus: B38.


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Prison Ship Martyr's Monument
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 10 per tour
building date: 1908
architect: Stanford White

More than 11,500 men, women, and children perished on British Prison Ships in the Revolutionary War. Some of their remains were interred in a crypt on this site. Learn about the efforts to build, restore and maintain the monument.

subway: B, M, Q, R to Dekalb Ave, C to Lafayette Ave, G to Fulton St, 2,3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Ave or Nevins St.
bus: B25, B26, B38, B41, B52, B54, B69.


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PS 287 Bailey K. Ashford School Library
50 Navy St/ Concord St, Brooklyn
neighborhood: Fort Greene
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 25
building date: 2004
architect: Richard H. Lewis, Architect

Renovated as part of an initiative to promote literacy in schools, this library integrates color, traditional millwork, modern furniture and super-graphics.

subway: A, C to High St, F to York St.
bus: B57, B61, B69.


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Red Hook Carriage House + Architecture Office
17 Dikeman St/ Dwight St, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 15 per tour
building date: 1899
architect: renovation, 2009, space4a.

This 1899 carriage house was gut-rehabbed creating a light filled live-work studio adjoining a three-storey atrium, courtyard, roof deck, and garden.

subway: F, G to Smith-9th Sts.
bus: B61, B77.


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Slot House
134 Adelphi St/ Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 15 per tour
building date: 2002-2005
architect: noroof architects

A 60-ft maple is the focal point of this modern renovation. The archeology of the original structure is revealed in the open, vertical "loft" interior.

subway: G to Clinton/ Washington Ave, B, D, Q, R to DeKalb Ave, A, C, F to Jay St/ Borough Hall, C to Lafayette Ave.
bus: B38, B54, B61, B69.


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St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
157 Montague St/ Clinton St, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 40 per tour
building date: 1848
architect: Minard Lafever

The oldest set of figural stained-glass windows made in North America are the focal point of this neo-Gothic church. View all 55 windows by William Jay Bolton, as well as the landmark 1925 Peabody Memorial Organ.

subway: A, C. F to Jay St, R to Court St, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall.
bus: B25, B26, B37, B38, B41, B45, B51, B52, B103.


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St. John's Bread and Life
795 Lexington Ave/ Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn
neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 12 per tour
building date: 2008
architect: Rogers Marvel Architects

A former 22,000 sq-ft factory has been transformed into a state-of-the-art soup kitchen and community resource center.

subway: J, Z to Kosciuszko St.
bus: B38, B46, B47.


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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
199 Carroll St/ Clinton St, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
building date: 1867
architect: Richard M. Upjohn
other architects/consultants: Ralph Adam Cram

This was Upjohn's parish church and among the first of his famous High Victorian Gothic buildings. The interior was redesigned by Cram beginning in 1910. The church building celebrated its 141st year in September.

subway: F to Carroll St.
bus: B75.


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Tom Otterness Studio
96 4th St/ Bond St, Brooklyn
neighborhood: Carroll Gardens
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 40 per tour
building date: unknown
architect: unknown

Meet the sculptor behind NYC’s whimsical and socially contemplative bronze figures, including the “Life Underground” installation in the 14th St and 8th Ave subway station.

subway: F, G to Carroll St.
bus: B71, B75.


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UrbanGlass
57 Rockwell Pl/ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 25
building date: 1918
architect: unknown

Explore the 17,000-sq-ft glass-working studios including a Hot Shop, Flat Shop, Mold Shop, Flame-working, and Neon studio. Robert Lehman Gallery at UrbanGlass exhibits work by emerging artists working in glass.

subway: B, M, Q, R to DeKalb Ave, G to Fulton St, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St.
bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67.
other transportation: LIRR to Flatbush/Atlantic Ave.

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Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, The
290 Conover St/ Pier 44, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
building date: 1914
architect: restoration, David Sharps 1985-present

Lehigh Valley RR Barge #79 is the only floating, wooden, covered barge of its kind in America, and features exhibits about its restoration and transition into a waterborne museum.

subway: F, G to Smith-9th Sts.
bus: B61, B77.
other transportation: Water Taxi to Red Hook.

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Weeksville Heritage Center
1698 - 1708 Bergen St/ Buffalo Ave, Brooklyn
hours
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed
Maximum people: 30 per tour
building date: 1860-1880
architect: unknown

Weeksville Heritage Center preserves and interprets the Historic Hunterfly Road Houses, a free African-American community founded in 1838. These three domestic structures offer a unique glimpse into Brooklyn's rural past. The homes are situated on a remnant of Hunterfly Road, which was first used by Native Americans.

subway: A, C, 2, 3 to Utica Ave.
bus: B15, B45, B65.


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