May 22, 2009
Transit tours: abandoned stations, vintage trains, food
If you fancy a visit to one of the city’s abandoned subway stations or a ride in a vintage train, check out the spring and summer schedule of the New York Transit Museum tours.
Saturday, May 30 - Noon to 1 p.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
Members-only tour of the century-old, abandoned Old City Hall subway station
Adults $20; Children $10. (Museum membership is $40.)
Friday, June 5 - 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Queensboro Bridge Centennial tour, including former Strecker Memorial Lab, now an MTA substation
$5, Museum members $3
Wednesday, June 10 - 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Rerouting Rails in Western Queens, from from Sunnyside Yard to ironbound Woodside
$20, Museum members $15, Children $10
Thursdays, June 11 and July 30 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
LIRR’s Hillside Maintenance Complex, the largest facility for commuter trains in North America
$20, Museum members $15, Children $10
 Saturday, June 20 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Nostalgia ride on vintage trains: West Farms-East Tremont Station/Bronx Zoo
$30, Museum members $25, Children $10. (Admission to the Zoo and Congo Gorilla Forest: Adults $13, Children $10, payable by June 5.)
Sunday, July 12 - 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Subway Tunneling in Northern Manhattan, tour of the system’s deepest station with transit historian Joe Cunningham
$20, Museum members $15, Children $10
Saturday, July 18 - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Art Along the Way: Coney Island, Baby! tour of the Stillwell Avenue Terminal with Arts for Transit’s Amy Hausmann, and the green terminal building with NYCT’s Tom Jablonski
$20, Museum members $15, Children $10
Wednesday, July 23 - 5 to 8: 30 p.m.
Ride the BMT: The Brooklyn Munching Tour on the Q line with Todd “Knight of Noshing” Coleman
Reservations and advance payment required: $45, Museum Members $40; includes cost of food
Saturday, July 25 - 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
LIRR one-day getaway to Greenport and Riverhead on the original route of the Long Island Rail Road in honor of its 175th anniversary
Sunday, August 2 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Nostalgia ride: 81st Street- Central Park West to the American Museum of Natural History with a walking tour of Central Park or train trip and shop tour at 207th Street
$30, Museum members $25, Children $10 including museum admission
Sunday, August 16 - 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The LIRR and the Rockaways tour with transit historian Joe Cunningham
20, Museum members $15, Children $10
Saturday, August 22 - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Going West with the 7 Line: A Historic Perspective tour with historian Andrew Sparberg
$20, Museum members $15, Children $10
Update: Many of the tours have sold out, but the June 20 and Aug 2 nostalgia train rides have hundreds of spots available.
Picture credits: Skylight in Old City Hall station and one of the retired subway cars from a nostalgia ride. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
May 22, 2009 3:26 PM in Architecture, Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Foodology, History, Kids, Midtown, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Tours, Transportology, Upper West Side
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