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Roosevelt Island Southpoint Park Southpoint Park, Smallpox Hospital NY neighborhood: Roosevelt Island hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 30 per tour building date: 1858 architect: James Renwick Jr. The site of the first municipal smallpox hospital designed by James Renwick, Jr. Two wings were later built to be utilized by the New York Training School for Nurses. Currently, the exterior structure is being renovated. subway: F to Roosevelt Island. bus: Q102 and Roosevelt Island Red Bus. other transportation: Roosevelt Island Tram at 59th St/ 2nd Ave. 
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Scandinavia House 58 Park Ave/ 37th St, New York hours 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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Seaport Past & Future Exhibit 191 Front St/ Fulton St, New York neighborhood: Financial District hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 75 building date: ca. mid 18th-century architect: This exhibit explores the Seaport's two centuries of growth and epic changes that have influenced NYC and the entire region. Archival materials showcase vintage streetscapes presented with the same view as they appear today allowing visitors to compare continuities and transformations. subway: A, C trains to Broadway Nassau, J, M, Z, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Fulton Street. bus: M15.
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Smyth Tribeca 85 W Broadway/ Chambers St, New York neighborhood: Tribeca hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 15 per tour building date: 2009 architect: Brennan Beer Gorman (BBG) other architects/consultants: Yabu Pushelberg Join architects BBG and interior designers Yabu Pushelberg for a tour of this boutique hotel that features modern interiors with a classical twist. subway: 1, 2, 3 at Chambers St. bus: M20, M22. 
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Soldiers & Sailors Monument at Riverside Park 89th St/ Riverside Drive, New York hours 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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SPACED: Gallery of Architecture 31 W 26th St, 6th floor/ 6th Ave, New York neighborhood: Flatiron District hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1900 architect: unknown Originally used as a rooming house for businessmen, this six-storey brick townhouse was converted in 1920 for manufacturing use. It is now an office, retail and gallery space. On exhibit: THE HUDSON: Our Nation's First Highway 400 Years of Colonization and Development. subway: F, N, R, 1 to 23rd St. bus: M23. other transportation: PATH train to 23rd St.
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St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church 552 West End Ave/ 87th St, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1901 architect: Charles Coolidge Haight The Church is English Gothic in style distinguished by its stained-glass windows (from Birmingham, England ca. 1900's), Roman brick interior and Gustavino ceiling tiles. It also has a significant collection of American Gothic Revival polychrome wood sculpture designed by Ralph Adams Cram and installed around 1920. subway: 1 to 86th St. bus: M5, M86, M105. GET DIRECTIONS |
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St. Mark's Historic Ernest Flagg Rectory, Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 E 11th St/ 2nd Ave, New York hours 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. Michael's Church 225 W 99th St/ Broadway, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 1891 architect: Robert W. Gibson other architects/consultants: Louis Comfort Tiffany This church’s interior, includes seven lancet windows, two altars and reredos by Tiffany Studios. Also on view: a display of the church’s 200-year history as part of the neighborhood. subway: 1, 2, 3 to 96th & Broadway, B, C to 96th St. bus: M7, M11, M104.
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St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church 124 Wadsworth Ave/ 179th St, New York neighborhood: Washington Heights hours 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 hours 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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Standard, The 848 Washington St/ W 13th St, New York hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed Maximum people: 12 per tour building date: 2009 architect: Polshek Partnership Architects The eighteen-storey, concrete and glass structure is a sleek, modern counterpoint to this historic district. subway: A, C, E, L to 14th St. bus: M11, M14D.
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Teardrop Park North End Ave/ Chambers St, New York neighborhood: Battery Park City hours Sat:Closed Sun:Closed building date: 2004 architect: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates with artist Ann Hamilton. A bluestone “ice wall,” rock outcropping and space for contemplation are just some of the attractions of this two-acre neighborhood park, designed to bring a “mini-Catskills” to NYC. subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St. bus: M20, M22. other transportation: Downtown Connection free shuttle, PATH to World Trade Center.
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Temple Emanu-El 1 E 65th St/ 5th Ave, New York hours 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 hours 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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