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2018 Reservations Required Guide
WHAT YOU Reservations Required Sites
Although the majority of sites that participate in OHNY
NEED TO
Weekend are Open Access, and may be visited for
free during the hours indicated on their web listing at
ohny.org, some sites require visitors to make reservations
in advance. The OHNY Weekend sites listed in this PDF
KNOW
all require reservations.
Reservations open at 11am on Tuesday, September
25 at ohny.org.
A Note About Reservations
Due to the overwhelming demand, reservations are highly
competitive and many visitors are frustrated by how
quickly sites and tours sell out, often within seconds after
opening. If you do not get reservations for a site, check
that site’s web listing at ohny.org (after September 18)
for recommendations of other sites that are nearby or
similar. For more tips about how to plan for Reservation
Day, visit ohny.org/access and look for “OHNY Weekend
Reservation Day.”
How to Use This Guide
Sites are listed in alphabetical order. Exact meeting
locations will be provided once you make a reservation,
but this guide includes neighborhood and borough
information to help you plan. Tour times, dates, duration,
and a brief description are also included. For longer
descriptions, photos, and additional details, visit
ohny.org/weekend after September 18.
CORNELL TECH CAMPUS
Photo by Iwan BaanOpen House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
122 Community Arts East Village, Saturday: 1, 2:30pm 45 minutes Deborah Berke Architects transformed this historic former public
Center school building in the East Village into a new home for four arts
Manhattan
groups and a community service organization.
150 Rivington Lower East Side, Sunday: 10, 11:30 am, 1, 2:30, 4 pm 1 hour Construction tours of a new condominium development designed
by GLUCK+ on the Lower East Side, with an innovative facade that
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captures the rhythm and energy of the neighborhood.
3 World Trade Center Financial District, Saturday: 12, 2, 4pm 1 hour Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, 3 WTC
is the most recently completed building on the WTC site, and the 5th
Manhattan
tallest building in NYC.
American Copper East Midtown, Sunday: 1, 2pm 30 minutes A new civic space and a functional water filtration system at the base
Building Plaza of a striking new residential development in East Midtown.
Manhattan
Anima Mundi Greenpoint, Brooklyn Friday: 1, 2, 3, 4pm 45 minutes A new factory and store that manufactures herbal elixirs, tonics, and
Apothecary other products from an extensive herbal inventory. Presented as part
of “Factory Friday.”
Art and Architecture at Jerome Park, Bronx Saturday: 10, 11:30am, 1, 2:30pm 1 hour See a dozen artworks from the impressive art collection of Lehman
Lehman College, CUNY College, along with guided tours of the beautiful tree-lined campus,
with buildings by Marcel Breuer, Rafael Viñoly, and others.
Art Deco in the Civic Civic Center, Sunday: 10, 11:30am 1 hour A tour with Anthony Robins, author of New York Art Deco, of the
Center and Tribeca remarkable Art Deco buildings of the Civic Center and Tribeca.
Manhattan
Avalon Morningside Park Morningside Heights, Saturday: 1, 3pm 1 hour Designed by Kliment Halsband Architects, this 20-story apartment
Apartments at St. John building relates to both the Cathedral Close of St. John the Divine and
Manhattan
Morningside Park.
the Divine
Birthplace of Mobil Oil Greenpoint, Brooklyn Sunday: 12, 1:30pm 90 minutes A guided walk with the Newtown Creek Alliance exploring the
birthplace of Mobil Oil and ongoing efforts to help restore and
revitalize areas near Newtown Creek, a Federal Superfund site.
Breuckelen Distilling South Slope, Friday: 1, 3, 5pm 1 hour Tour a distillery and learn about the process of making spirits from
scratch. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
BrooklynOpen House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
The Broadway Malls Hamilton Heights, Saturday: 11:00 AM 3-3.5 hours The Broadway Malls Association leads a tour of Hamilton Heights,
and the hidden gems, walk-through malls, and vibrant street life along
Manhattan
the way.
Brooklyn Army Terminal Sunset Park, Saturday: 12, 1pm 45 minutes WXY helped NYCEDC with the redesign of 120,000sf of public
Reactivation Plan outdoor space improvements throughout the BAT campus, with new
Brooklyn
seating areas, improved wayfinding, and more.
Brooklyn Grange Navy Yard, Brooklyn Saturday: 10, 11:30am, 1pm 45 minutes Tour one the largest rooftop soil farms in the U.S., where over 50,000
Rooftop Farm: Brooklyn lbs of organically cultivated produce is grown each year.
Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard Navy Yard, Brooklyn Saturday: 2, 3, 4pm 1 hour Tour Building 77, the largest structure on the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s
Building 77 300-acre campups, with architects from Beyer Blinder Belle and
Marvel Architects.
BPL Greenpoint Library Greenpoint, Brooklyn Saturday: 10, 11am 1 hour Designed by Marble Fairbanks Architects, this new library will be a
and Environmental 15,000-sf hub for environmental awareness, activism, and education.
Education Center
Cathedral Church of St. Morningside Heights, Saturday: 11am, 12, 1, and 2pm 1 hour An adventurous, behind-the-scenes climb of more than 124 feet up a
John the Divine Vertical spiral staircase to the top of the world’s largest cathedral.
Brooklyn
Tour
The Center for Book Arts Flatiron District, Saturday: 10, 11am, 12, 1, 3, 4, 5pm 45 minutes Learn about the history of the Center–the first nonprofit of its kind
in the nation–and see its letterpress printing and book binding
Manhattan
equipment in action.
Citizen360 Yorkville, Manhattan Saturday: 12, 1:30pm 45 minutes A tour with SHoP Architects of their new residential building, with
interiors by the renowned Clodagh, that was designed to enhance
wellness.
Consulate General of Upper East Side, Saturday: 2, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15pm 30 minutes A Renaissance-inspired townhouse built in 1925 that is now one of
France the jewels of France’s historic properties in the U.S. and around the
Manhattan
world.
Cornell Tech Campus Roosevelt Island, Saturday: 11am, 12pm 45 minutes A tour with James Corner Field Operations of the new 12.5-acre
campus that is now home to Cornell Tech, with stunning views of
Manhattan
both the Manhattan and Queens skylines.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Crye Precision LLC Navy Yard, Brooklyn Saturday: 1, 2, 3, 4pm 45 minutes An adaptive re-use of Building 128 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that
emphasizes the building’s cathedral-like proportions and massive
scale.
Cultural Services of Upper East Side, Saturday: 11am, 12, 1, 3, 4pm 30-45 minutes This Gilded Age, High Renaissance palazzo was the former Payne
the French Embassy / Whitney mansion, and one of Stanford White’s final projects, before
Manhattan
becoming the home for the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Albertine Books
Custom Fabric Flowers Midtown, Manhattan Friday: 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm 30 minutes A manufacturer of handmade fabric flowers for the apparel, bridal,
by M&S Schmalberg accessory, millinery, and home furnishing industries. Presented as
part of “Factory Friday.”
Demo-Demo Garment District, Saturday & Sunday: 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 30 minutes A pop-up experience that temporarily transforms a gutted Manhattan
loft apartment into gallery of sculpted installations of demolition
Manhattan 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30pm
material.
Domino Park Williamsburg, Saturday: 12, 1pm 45 minutes Domino Park reconnects Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood to
this quarter-of-a-mile-long portion of the East River waterfront for the
Brooklyn
first time in 160 years.
D. Zucker and B. Hrbek Coney Island, Saturday: 10am, 11:30am 90 minutes The 3-story, 57,500-square-foot exhibit building houses 9 dynamic
Zucker Ocean Wonders: Brooklyn galleries, over 800,000 gallons of water and over 100 different
species within a variety of exhibits.
Sharks! at NY Aquarium
Douglaston Village, Douglaston, Queens Sunday: 2pm 3 hours A walking tour of the Douglaston Historic District.
Historic Douglas Manor,
and the Douglaston Club
Empire Stores DUMBO, Brooklyn Saturday: 12pm 1 hour This award-winning mixed-use development reimagines a
vacant, 19th-century warehouse on the DUMBO waterfront as a
contemporary creative workplace and community hub.
Fifth Avenue Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 1, 2:30pm 45 minutes Climb into the clock tower, where the original, 19th-century
Presbyterian Church clockworks (recently restored) are still in use.
Clocktower Tour
Fifth Avenue Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 2:30, 3:30pm 45 minutes A demonstration of the power and finesse of the church’s Austin
Presbyterian Church organ, installed in 1961, which has five keyboards, 32 foot-pedal
stops, and 7,034 pipes.
Organ TourOpen House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Freshkills Park Staten Island Saturday: 10am, 1pm 2 hours Visit normally inaccessible areas of Freshkills Park and learn about its
ongoing transformation from landfill to park.
The Frick Art Reference Upper East Side, Saturday: 2, 3, 4, 5pm 45 minutes Architectural tours of the library’s French Revival building, designed
Library by John Russell Pope and home to one of the world’s greatest art
Manhattan Sunday: 12, 1, 2, 3pm
research collections.
Gowanus Canal Gowanus, Brooklyn Saturday: 11am, 12:30pm 1 hour The Salt Lot is home to the Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s (GCC’s)
Conservancy Salt Lot compost facility, native plant nursery, and the base of operations for
its education and volunteer programming.
Grand Central Terminal Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 2, 3pm 1 hour An hour-long tour that will highlight the history, architecture and
and the Municipal Art operations of one of the world’s biggest train terminals that the
Municipal Art Society helped to save.
Society
Grand Central Terminal Midtown, Manhattan Saturday: 9, 10:30 am, 12 pm 1 hour Beyer Blinder Belle, architects of Grand Central Terminal’s award-
Restoration Tour winning restoration, lead a tour exploring this NYC icon’s history and
issues surrounding terminal’s preservation and revitalization.
Green Infrastructure Greenpoint, Brooklyn Saturday: 11am, 1pm 75 minutes Join the Newtown Creek Alliance for a guided walking tour of two
Walking Tour in unique green roof sites.
Greenpoint
“Harlem Renaissance Harlem, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 10:30am 1 hour A walking tour to kick-off a 2-year celebration of the 100th anniversary
100” Walking Tour of the Harlem Renaissance.
Hauser & Wirth Gallery Chelsea, Manhattan Saturday: Times to be announced 1 hour A construction tour of this new ground-up gallery building in Chelsea.
West 22nd Street
Henry Street Settlement Lower East Side, Sunday: 10, 11am, 12, 1pm 45 minutes A guided tour of the three c. 1830 Federal-style row houses that have
been occupied by Henry Street Settlement since 1895.
Manhattan
Hip Hop Architecture: Morris Heights, Bronx Sunday: 10am 3.5 hours Bike New York will take you on an urban tour, beginning in the Bronx,
Bike New York Ride the birthplace of Hip Hop, and ending in Greenwich Village.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Hostelling International Upper West Side, Saturday: 1, 2:45, 4pm 1 hour A full city block, this Richard Morris Hunt gem was designed in the
NYC late 19th century as a home for indigent single women, and today
Manhattan
houses the largest youth hostel in the Western World.
Hub Downtown Brooklyn Saturday: 12, 1, 2, 3pm 50 minutes Tours of the Hub, the tallest residential building in Brooklyn.
Hunter’s Point South Hunter’s Point, Queens Saturday: 12pm 90 minutes Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Phase II, completed in June
Waterfront Park 2018, transforms 5.5 acres of an abandoned industrial landscape into
a new waterfront park.
Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn Saturday: 11am, 2pm 1 hour Industry City is a 16-building, six million square foot campus that sits
along the Brooklyn waterfront.
Industry City Courtyard Sunset Park, Brooklyn Saturday: 11am, 1pm 1 hour Tours with the landscape architects of this 33,000 sf courtyard
3/4 designed to capture the scale of, and views within, the post-industrial
space of Industry City.
Interboro Spirits and Williamsburg, Brooklyn Friday: 11:30am, 12, 12:30, 4:30pm 30 minutes New York City’s only brewery and distillery under one roof. Presented
Ales as part of “Factory Friday.”
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 10:30am 1 hour A rare opportunity to tour Intrepid’s collections storage space and see
Museum artifacts not normally shown to the public, while learning about the
stories behind the objects from the collections experts.
Jefferson Market and West Village, Saturday: 11am, 3pm 90 minutes A tour of what might be the most fascinating and complex block in
Environs Tour New York City in terms of evolution—from food market in the 1830s to
Manhattan Sunday: 10 am
jail to garden and from courthouse to library.
Kepco, Inc. Flushing, Queens Friday: 9:30, 11am, 3:00pm 1 hour A manufacturer of high tech DC power supplies that provide critical
power to key scientific and industrial applications around New York
City and the world. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
Kings County Distillery Navy Yard, Brooklyn Saturday & Sunday: 1, 1:20, 1:40, 2, 1 hour Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest operating whiskey
distillery, the first since prohibition.
2:20, 2:40, 3, 3:20, 3:40, 4pmOpen House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
LaGuardia Community Long Island City, Sunday: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4pm 45 minutes Celebrate the history of activism in the Queens LGBTQ community
College from the 1990s to the present with “The Lavender Line: Coming Out
Queens
in Queens.”
Lefrak Center at Prospect Park, Saturday: 1:30, 3pm 45 minutes The LeFrak Center at Lakeside is a year-round public skating and
Lakeside, Prospect Park recreational facility that offers winter ice skating, summer roller
Brooklyn
skating, boating, biking and a warm weather water play area.
Lincoln Center Guided Upper West Side, Saturday: 10am, 12pm 75 minutes A tour of the 16-acre campus that will tell the insider stories of this
Tours iconic destination’s past and present, and highlight hidden gems little
Manhattan Sunday: 12, 2pm
known to even the most frequent visitors.
Lower Manhattan Then Financial District, Saturday: 2pm 90 minutes This tour will explore Lower Manhattan and visit some of the places
that were important to the people who lived in New York as it was
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during the Revolutionary Period.
Maple Grove Cemetery Kew Gardens, Queens Sunday: 10am, 2pm 2 hours Maple Grove Cemetery, opened in 1875, is a Victorian Era
Rural Country Cemetery with rolling hills, ancient trees, and lush
landscaped gardens.
Masonic Hall Flatiron District, Saturday: Tours start every 15 minutes 40 minutes Headquarters for the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of
the State of New York, the 1911 building has 13 Lodge rooms and a
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grand meeting room that can hold up to 1,000 people.
The Met Breuer Upper East Side, Sunday: 10, 11am, 12pm 1 hour Tour Marcel Breuer’s masterpiece with The Metropolitan Museum
of Art Design Department and Beyer Blinder Belle to learn about the
Manhattan
immersive task of restoring an icon.
The Metropolitan Opera Upper West Side, Sunday: 10:30; 11:45 am; 1; 2:15 pm 70 minutes See the backstage workings of this great theater, including visits to
the scenic, costume, and carpentry shops; to the storage area; to the
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rehearsal rooms; and the famous auditorium and lobby.
MODULIGHTOR Building Turtle Bay, Manhattan Saturday: 10am, 12, 2, 4, 6pm 1 hour With its intricately interwoven horizontal and vertical spaces, and
its rich displays of objects from around-the-world, this is a strongly
expressive design by master architect Paul Rudolph.
Morningside Park Morningside Heights, Saturday & Sunday: 10am, 1pm 90 minutes Known for its dramatic sloping topography and designated a Scenic
Landmark by NYC, Morningside Park is the final Olmsted and Vaux
Manhattan
design to be completed before Vaux’s death in 1895.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Mother Clara Hale Bus Harlem, Manhattan Saturday: 9, 11am, 2, 4pm 90 minutes Tour the innovative sustainability features of this 2014 bus depot that
Depot services over 50,000 riders each weekday, including a green roof,
heat recovery units, and rainwater collection system.
Moynihan Phase 1: New Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 2pm 1 hour The Moynihan Train Hall Project transforms the iconic, century-old,
West End Concourse at McKim, Mead and White-designed post office building into a state-of-
the-art gateway and civic destination at Penn Station.
Penn Station
MTA Arts & Design: Midwood, Brooklyn Sunday: 11am 90 minutes A tour of nine new subway artwork installations on the F line in
New Art on the F Line in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn
MTA Arts & Design: Park Slope, Brooklyn Saturday: 4pm 90 minutes A guided tour of 4 permanent artworks in Downtown Brooklyn and
Public Art in Brooklyn Park Slope South stations.
Transit Stations
Museum of the City of East Harlem, Saturday: 11am; 12, 4, 5 pm 45 minutes Get an insider’s view of highlights from the Museum’s current
New York exhibitions on this exclusive OHNY Weekend docent-led tour.
Manhattan
The National Arts Club Gramercy Park, Saturday: 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 4pm 30 minutes Built in the 1840s as the Tilden Mansion, the home of the National
Arts Club is one of New York’s most beautiful interiors. Timed entry;
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no guided tours.
The New School Art Greenwich Village, Saturday: 11am, 12pm 45 minutes Learn about the history of The New School through the lens of twelve
Collection important site-specific works of art that grace its Greenwich Village
Manhattan
campus.
The New School’s Making Greenwich Village, Sunday: 10:00 am & 11:00 AM 45 minutes A preview of the New School’s new Making Center.
Center Manhattan
The New York Academy East Harlem, Sunday: 12, 1, 2, 3pm 45 minutes A tour of the lobby, auditorium, main reading room of this neo-
of Medicine Romanesque building by York and Sawyer, constructed in 1925-
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1926.
New York Public Library Midtown, Manhattan Saturday: 1, 2, 3 pm 45 minutes This 28,000 sf branch library fulfills a much-needed role as a public
53rd Street Library space and a touchstone for the local community and visiting tourists.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
New York Public Library Woodstock, Bronx Saturday: 10:30, 11:30am 45 minutes Originally designed by McKim, Mead & White, this 1914 building was
Woodstock Library recently renovated to create a contemporary identity that foregrounds
a new open stair that unites all floors of the branch.
The New York Society Upper East Side, Saturday: 10am, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30pm 40-45 minutes The New York Society Library, founded in 1754, is open to all for
Library reading, reference, and many events.
Manhattan Sunday: 10am, 12:30, 3:30pm
New York Transit Downtown Brooklyn Sunday: 9, 10:30 am 1 hour Learn about the museum’s space, a former subway station, and
Museum understand its design secrets, and see the back-of-house areas that
are now used as offices and storage.
New York University Downtown Brooklyn Saturday: 12, 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 30 minutes This new space highlights new kinds of iterative, interdisciplinary
Tandon School of teamwork using new tools of rapid prototyping and digitally driven
3:30, 4pm
production.
Engineering Makerspace
New York University: Greenwich Village, Saturday & Sunday: 10, 10:30, 11, 30 minutes Step back in time and view this eminent American painter’s
Edward Hopper Studio studio,complete with his original easel, desk, furnace, and kitchenette,
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among other authentic artifacts. Timed entry only, no tours.
New York University’s Greenwich Village, Saturday & Sunday: 10:30am 2 hours Join local celebrity tour guide Jane Marx as she mixes historical facts
Greenwich Village Tour with her own witty commentary in this tour of Greenwich Village,
Manhattan
organized by New York University.
Newtown Creek Greenpoint, Brooklyn Saturday: 11am, 1, 3pm 90 minutes A tour to the top of the Digester Eggs, the largest of NYC’s 14
Wastewater Treatment wastewater treatment plants.
Plant
Ocean Breeze Athletic South Beach, Staten Sunday: 1pm 1 hour Built as part of New York City’s Design Excellence program, the
Complex Ocean Breeze Indoor Athletic Facility sits within a new 110-acre park
Island
on Staten Island’s Eastern Shore.
Ocean Wonders: Sharks! Coney Island, Brooklyn Saturday: 6:30pm 45 minutes Join the award-winning designers of Focus Lighting for an evening
Lighting Tour on the beach where they will discuss their design for the New York
Aquarium’s breathtaking Ocean Wonders: Sharks! façade.
Packer Early Learning Brooklyn Heights, Saturday: 1, 2, 3, 4pm 45 minutes Dedicated to providing the three- to six-year-old students with an
Center optimal learning environment, the design integrates Passive House
Brooklyn
standards with adaptive reuse of a historic structure.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Paul Taylor American Lower East Side, Sunday: 1, 3pm 45 minutes See Taylor 2 perform Paul Taylor’s “Party Mix” and “Runes.” The
Modern Dance– Taylor Studios have been a cultural landmark on Manhattan’s Lower
Manhattan
East Side since 2011.
Performances
Pier 17 Seaport, Manhattan Saturday: 12, 1:30, 3pm 1 hour The new Pier 17 at the Seaport District re-imagines the shopping
center to create a mix of boutique and large restaurant and retail
spaces.
Pier 17 Lighting Tour Seaport, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 5:30pm 1 hour A tour with the lighting designers of the new Pier 17.
Pierhouse Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights, Saturday: 10, 11:30am, 1pm 80 minutes Pierhouse houses the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge and townhome-
Bridge Park style condominiums offering unobstructed New York Harbor and
Brooklyn
Manhattan views.
Plymouth Church Brooklyn Heights, Saturday & Sunday: 12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 45 minutes Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the church features
noteworthy examples of American art and architecture in keeping
Brooklyn 2:30, 3pm
with its significant history.
Pratt Institute Brooklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant, Friday: 2, 3, 4pm 1 hour Located in the old Pfizer Building, the Pratt Institute Brooklyn Fashion
Fashion + Design + Design Accelerator (BF+DA) is a hub for ethical fashion and design
Brooklyn
that connects sustainability and technology to innovative design.
Accelerator
Prospect Park Prospect Park, Sunday: 10am 1 hour A tour of Prospect Park, the masterwork of famed landscape architect
Frederick Law Olmsted and his partner, Calvert Vaux.
Brooklyn
Queens Botanical Flushing, Queens Saturday: 1, 2:15pm 1 hour A behind-the- scenes peek at the Visitor’s Center sustainable
Garden Visitor and design features, with lessons learned both architecturally and
environmentally.
Administration Center
Queens Plaza Bicycle Long Island City, Saturday: 10, 11am 1 hour A tour of the redesign for a fragmented 1.3 mile-long urban site that
and Pedestrian created a coherent public realm, supporting bicycles and pedestrians.
Queens
Improvements Project
Red Hook Walking Tour Red Hook, Brooklyn Saturday & Sunday: 2pm 2 hours Join Mary-Beth Shine of SHINE NYC ART as she guides, informs and
reveals the unique characteristics and hidden treasures, both private
and public, of this historic and beloved neighborhood.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Ridgewood Reservoir Glendale, Queens Saturday & Sunday: 11am, 1pm 90 minutes A 50-acre natural oasis on the Brooklyn-Queens border that was built
in 1859 to supply the once independent City of Brooklyn with high
quality water.
Rockefeller Center Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 2, 2:30, 3, 3:30, 75 minutes Conceived over 100 years ago by John D. Rockefeller Jr. as a “city
Walking Tour within a city,” Rockefeller Center has long been a hub of remarkable
4pm
art, style, and entertainment.
Roni-Sue’s Chocolates Lower East Side, Friday: 10am, 12, 2, 4pm 30 minutes Home for an open production kitchen and a classroom for instruction
and guided chocolate tastings. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
Manhattan
Roosevelt House Upper East Side, Saturday: 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3pm 1 hour The former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano
Roosevelt, now owned by Hunter College offers visitors a chance to
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get closer to a family as unique as the city they inhabited.
Schermerhorn Row Seaport, Manhattan Saturday: 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30pm 1 hour Discover the treasures hidden inside Schermerhorn Row, and one of
the oldest warehouses still standing in New York City.
Sculpture Studio Williamsburg, Saturday: 2, 3, 4pm 45 minutes This project repurposes a long-underutilized industrial site to become
a studio complex for a sculptor and his team.
Brooklyn
Skidmore, Owings & Financial District, Saturday: 12, 1, 2, 3pm 45 minutes Experience SOM’s studio and walk through the spaces in which the
Merrill LLP design process for projects like One World Trade Center and The
Manhattan
New School University Center came to life.
Snug Harbor Cultural Randall Manor, Staten Saturday: 11am 90 minutes More than four decades of restoration and development converted a
Center and Botanical 19th-century charitable rest home for sailors to a regional arts center,
Island Sunday: 1pm
botanical gardens, and public park.
Garden
Spring Street Park Hudson Square, Saturday: 1, 3pm 1 hour A half-acre triangular open space reimagined to accommodate a
variety of activities for workers and residents alike.
Manhattan
Square Roots Bedford-Stuyvesant, Saturday: 10am, 12, 2, 4pm 75 minutes A campus of ten indoor, modular, hydroponic farms located within the
old Pfizer Building parking lot.
BrooklynOpen House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
St. Bartholomew’s Midtown, Manhattan Saturday: 11am, 2pm 90 minutes An insider’s tour and peek behind the scenes of this national historic
Church landmark as it celebrates its 100th anniversary on Park Avenue.
Sunday: 12:30pm
STICKBULB SHOWROOM Long Island City, Friday: 1, 5pm 45 minutes A 10,000 sf space for the lighting maker retains many of the building’s
AT RUX STUDIOS (Factory Queens industrial details, including deep steel I-beams and weathered
wooden floors. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
Friday)
StitchLuxe/Last Date Midtown, Manhattan Friday: 10, 11am, 12, 2, 3, 4pm 45 minutes The production facilities for a luxury apparel development studio
serving primarily American ready to wear designers. Presented as
part of “Factory Friday.”
Sure Iron Works East New York, Friday: 10am, 1pm 1 hour A 30,000-sf facility for complex steel fabrication. Presented as part of
“Factory Friday.”
Brooklyn
Tate Library at Ethical Fieldston, Bronx Sunday: 10, 11am, 12, 1pm 45 minutes This comprehensive renovation transformed the signature 1970
Culture Fieldston School building into a learning commons that is the hub for the entire
campus.
Tech Products, Inc. Clifton, Staten Island Friday: 10am, 1pm 45 minutes A global source for quality identification products to the utility and the
original equipment market. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
The Commons: The Heart Civic Center, Saturday: 8:30am 90 minutes A tour celebrating The Lower Manhattan Then and NOW Map,
of New York City highlighting the concerns, events and places that those who lived,
Manhattan
fought, and worked here thought were important at the time.
The Edge Park Williamsburg, Saturday: 11am, 12pm 45 minutes Tour the design for the park and public spaces along the
Williamsburg Williamsburg waterfront.
Brooklyn
The Senses: Design Upper East Side, Sunday: 2pm 45 minutes A tour focusing on the exhibition design of the Cooper Hewitt show
Beyond Vision “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision.”
Manhattan
Theodore Roosevelt Flatiron District, Saturday: 5:30, 6:30pm 30-45 minutes A reconstruction of the townhouse where Theodore Roosevelt lived
Birthplace National from the time he was born until he was fourteen.
Manhattan
Historic SiteOpen House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
This Chick Bakes Long Island City, Friday: 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2pm 30-45 minutes Explore this new commercial kitchen and bakery, where you can see:
making and rolling of dough, baking, and packaging. Presented as
Queens
part of “Factory Friday.”
Thurgood Marshall Civic Center, Saturday: Every 30 minutes from 10am- 30 minutes Designed by Cass Gilbert, the architect of the Woolworth Building, the
United States courthouse is the architectural anchor of Manhattan’s Civic Center.
Manhattan 4:30pm
Courthouse
Times Square Times Square, Saturday: 1, 3pm 1 hour A tour of Times Square with a focus on design, architecture, history,
and public space innovation.
Manhattan
The Town Hall Midtown, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: Every 20 minutes 30 minutes This renowned theater, designed by McKim, Mead & White, was
originally built as a hall for civic eduction, following the passage of the
from 10am-12:40pm
19th amendment.
Tri-Lox Greenpoint, Brooklyn Friday: 3, 4pm 30 minutes A design + build practice that combines a design studio, fabrication
shop, and wood mill. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
Twig Terrariums Kensington, Brooklyn Friday: 1, 2:30, 4pm 30 minutes An open studio and shop for all types of terrariums, do-it-yourself kits,
plants and pots, and more. Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
Union Theological Morningside Heights, Saturday & Sunday: 2, 4pm 75 minutes Founded in 1836, and located on this site since 1910, Union
Seminary Theological is housed in perpendicular Gothic buildings that, with an
Brooklyn
interior courtyard, present an atmosphere for work and reflection.
United Nations Turtle Bay, Manhattan Saturday: 1, 3pm 1 hour Tour the iconic United Nations to admire the building’s architecture
and learn about the artwork on view. Tours will not include the
General Assembly or Council Chambers.
Utley’s Inc. Woodside, Queens Friday: 11am, 12, 1, 2, 3pm 45 minutes A preeminent prototyping facility that specializes in appearance
models, primary and secondary packaging prototypes, and more.
Presented as part of “Factory Friday.”
Waterside Kips Bay, Manhattan Saturday & Sunday: 10, 11am, 12, 1, 2, 1 hour Built on landfill from the rubble of the bombing of Bristol, England,
Waterside is a residential and business complex that was lauded for
3pm
its design and urbanism when it was built in the 1970s.Open House New York Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 12-14, 2018
Reservations Required Sites and Tours | Reservations begin Tuesday, September 25, at 11 am at www.ohny.org.
Please Note: Tours and times subject to change. Check www.ohny.org beginning September 18 for more information and updates.
Site Neighborhood Times Duration Short Description
Weeksville Heritage Crown Heights, Saturday: 12:30, 1:30, 3:30pm 45 minutes Tour the new Education and Cultural Arts building for this multi-
Center disciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of the 19th-
Brooklyn
century African American community of Weeksville.
west elm Headquarters DUMBO, Brooklyn Saturday: 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30am, 12, 30 minutes See inside west elm’s global headquarters located in Empire Stores,
at Empire Stores the 19th-century coffee warehouses on the East River waterfront with
12:30pm
stunning views of Brooklyn Bridge Park and Lower Manhattan
Woodlawn Cemetery Woodlawn, Bronx Saturday & Sunday: 11am, 1pm 2 hour Tours on Saturday and Sunday will include Wonderful Whimsical
Women of Woodlawn; Mausoleums: Architecture, Design &
Sculpture; Beer Barons of Woodlawn; and more.
Woolworth Building CIvic Center, Saturday: 10am 1 hour Explore the lobby of the legendary “Cathedral of Commerce” with an
official Woolworth Tours guide to learn why this structure was one of
Manhattan Sunday: 10am, 12pm
the most important skyscrapers ever built.
YM & YWHA of Inwood, Manhattan Sunday: 10am, 1:30pm 45-60 minutes EOA/Elmslie Osler Architect transformed the community space for
Washington Heights & one of the first Jewish community centers in NYC into a warm and
welcoming space for senior meals, dances, and gatherings.
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