Hidden New York
See a new part of the city, or see the city with new eyes.
| Federal Reserve Bank | Take a trip into the underground vaults where they store the gold that helps make the economy run. Tours daily, but be sure to make advance reservations. www.newyorkfed.org | |
| Transit Museum | You may ride it every day, but do you really know the story of the subway? Learn it at The New York City Transit Museum. | |
| New York City Police Museum | Why are there green lights outside precincts? When did the NYPD start riding bicycles? Why do they call them "nightsticks?" These questions and more answered at The New York City Police Museum | |
| Museum of the City of New York | The history of New York City and its residents. Special collections focus on firefighting in New York, historic toys, and the development of the theater. Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street. www.mcny.org | |
| The Panorama at the Queens Museum of Art | Built for the 1964 World's Fair and recently updated, this 9,335 square foot model includes every budiling constructed before 1992 in all 5 boroughs. Through June 29, QMA will also host an exhibit on the religious history of Flushingsince 1657. www.queensmuseum.org | |
| Tenement Museum | You may never look at the city's buildings the same way again after visiting this museum which painstakingly recreates the apartments of 5 different immigrant families who lived in the building between 1859 and 1940. www.tenement.org | |
| Historic Cemetaries | Often unnoticed amidst the city's hustle and bustle, these sites can be an intriguing window into New York's forgotten past.
In many cases, the main office can provide a map of notable graves and some even offer tours. Woodlawn Cemetary (Bronx) founded in 1865 contains the graves of many of 20th-century America's greatest musicians including Miles Davis and Irving Berlin. Green-Wood Cemetary (Brooklyn) founded in 1838 is an exemplar of the bucolic Victorian "rural cemetary." Notable New Yorkers including mobsters, politicians, inventors and artists rest here. Trinity & St. Paul's Churchyard both nestled in the Financial District, date back to the Revolutionary War and house such founding figures as Alexander Hamilton and NYU's own Albert Gallatin. |