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New York Sightseeing Information
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Church, University and Community in NYC
Some of the famous landmarks in New York City are the historical Churches and most of them had been built in 19th century with the traditional building style. Other than those beutiful churches, also in the corner, Universities, Libraries and the educational communities are introduced.
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Church
Abyssinian Baptist Church
The oldest church for black people. On Synday, a lot of people come together to listen to the gospel music. Gospel stands for GOD and SPELL, played at the Church by the choir with band is really impressive and exciting.
Location : Harlem
Address : 132 West 138th Street
URL : http://www.abyssinian.org/
Subway : 2/3 line 135th Street
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The world's largest cathedral, St. John the Divine is located at 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. The Cathedral is open Monday through Saturday from 7:00am-6:00pm and Sunday from 7:00am-8:00pm. The Cathedral shop is open seven days a week from 9:00am-5:00pm and the grounds and gardens are open during all daylight hours. Public tours take place Tuesday through Saturday at 11:00am and Sunday at 1:00pm. The cost is $3.00 and the tour meets at the Visitor Center. Vertical tours up the 124 foot stone staircase to the top of the Cathedral take place on the first and third Saturday of every month, cost $10.00, and require a reservation.
Location : Morning Side Heights
URL : http://www.stjohndivine.org/
Address : Amsterdam Ave. at W 112nd Street
Subway : 1/B/C Line Cathedral Pkwy
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Church of the Holy Trinity
The British National Church built in 1889 with French Renaissance styled church. Its peaceful atomosphere is so enjoyable.
Location : Upper East Side
URL : http://www.holytrinity-nyc.org/
Address: 316 E 88th St.
Subway: 4/5/6 Line 86th St
Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm
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Church of Transfiguration
New York's oldest house of worship for Catholics has a saint to its credit. In 1801 the English-speaking descendants of German Lutheran emigres spent $15,000 to build a substantial stone church, before it passed into the hands of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The church was purchased by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1853; Father Felix Varela, a Cuban-born pioneer of Catholic journalism, had founded the parish in 1827. Mother Frances Cabrini, named "Saint of All Immigrants" in the 1950s by Pope Pius XII, established a school at the Transfiguration Parish in 1899.
Location : Chinatown
Address: 29 Mott St
Subway: J/M/Z Line Chambers St
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Riverside Church
Built in 1929 by the donation of J.D.Rockfeller on the hill. You can see a great view after 20th elevator-ride and then 140 steps on the staircase where you can see from Harlem to Lower Manhattan.
Location : Morningside Heights
URL : http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/
Address : 490 Riverside Dr.
Subway : 1 Lline 116th St - Columbia Univ
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St. Bartholomew's Church
St. Bartholomew's Church, standing on Park Avenue and 50th Street, was built in 1918. This large and beautiful Episcopal church is distinguished by its Byzantine architecture. The building was designed by Bertram Goodhue and contains a portal (moved from an earlier building) by Stanford White. Because it sits on some of the city's most valuable real estate, St. Bartholomew's struggled against developers for years, and finally became a test case for New York City's landmark preservation law. Today, it is home to a thriving congregation and sponsors many community outreach programs.
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.stbarts.org/
Address : 109 East 50th St, (at Park Avenue)
Subway : 6 Line 51st St, E/V Line Lexington Ave-53rd St
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St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral
The cathedral with exotic atomosphere mainly its form of the roof. It was built along Central Park in 1902 with baroque style.
Location : Upper East Side
URL : http://www.saintnicholascathedral.org/
Address : 15 E 97th St.
Subway : 6 Line 96th St
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St. Patrick's Cathedral
460 Madison Ave. bet 50th and 51st Street. The Gothic styled Roman Cathoric Church built in 1850's is standing on the 5th Avenue and offering an European calm expression. Many people will try to capture this beautiful church into the frame of their camera but the size makes it difficult.
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.ny-archdiocese.org/pastoral/cathedral_about.html
Address : 14E 51st St
Subway :E/V Line 5th Ave-53rd St, B/D/F/V Line 47-50 Rockfeller Center
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St. Paul's Chapel
In Columbus University, besides Low Memorial Library, there standing a red-brick-dome chapel. This chapel was built in 1904 and named "St. Paul's Chapel" and is now famous as the sound of pipe organ.
Location : Morningside Heights
URL : http://www.nycago.org/Organs/html/StPaulsChapel_ColU.html
Address: 2960 Bradway
Subway : 1 Line 116th St-Columbia Univ
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Temple Emanu-El
It was revised temple from the residence of who established Astoria Hotel with Byzantine-Romanesque style. It is for Jewdish people (synagoge).
Location : Upper East Side
URL : http://www.emanuelnyc.org/
Address: 1 E 65th St.
Subway: 6 Line 68th St - Hunter Collage
Hours: 10:00am-5:00pm
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Trinity Church
Trinity Church has the oldest history in the United States, which was built in 1846 with Gothic style, designed by Richard Upjohn. It was know as the music concert held on every Thursday, 13:00.
Location : Lower Manhattan
URL : http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/
Address: Broadway at Wall St
Subway : J/M/Z Line Broad St, 4/5 Line Wall St, 1/R/W Line Rector St
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St. Thomas Church
St. Thomas Church was founded in 1823, and the impressive cathedral was built in the French Gothic style right in the heart of what is now Midtown-the contrast between the architecture of this beautiful building and the skyscrapers surrounding it is breathtaking. The church offers regular Episcopal services, but the highlight of any visit is the renowned St. Thomas Choir. Call or visit the Web Site for services and times. A guided tour is held every Sunday following the 11am services.
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.saintthomaschurch.org/
Address: 1 W 53rd St, at 5th Avenue
Subway : E/V Line 5th Ave-53rd St
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Times Square Church
Times Square Church was founded by Reverend David Wilkerson in 1987. It is an interdenominational and multicultural church located at 51st Street and Broadway in New York City. Over 8,000 people, representing more than 100 nationalities, gather to worship together every week. Volunteers from the congregation participate in over thirty ministries, ranging from feeding the homeless in New York City to staffing an orphanage in South Africa. A major emphasis at Times Square Church is giving aid to the disadvantaged. [Quoted from Wikipedia]
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.timessquarechurch.org/
Address: 6F 1657 Broadway
Subway : 1 Line 50th St
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Community, University
FDNY Fire Zone
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A real-life FDNY firefighter leads visitors to the firehouse, an exhibit that encourages visitors to explore a fire truck and equipment and features a display of photos depicting a day-in-the-life of a firefighter. Visitors can practice a fire drill, even exiting through a smoke-filled hallway. After the escape, participants meet at the empowerment zone, where they can pick up informative materials on eliminating fire hazards and creating an escape plan for their home.
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.fdnyfirezone.org/
Address : 34 West 51st Street Between 5th & 6th Avenues
Subway : B/D/F/V Line 47th 50th Rockefeller Center
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General Theological Seminary
175 9th Ave. bet 20th and 21st Sts, established in 1817, gothic styled building.
Location : Chelsea
URL : http://www.gts.edu/
Address : 175 9th Ave
SubwayFC/E Line 23rd Street
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Hispanic Society of America
The Hispanic Society of America was founded on May 18, 1904, by Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955). The Society first opened its doors in 1908 at the Beaux-Arts building on Audubon Terrace that still serves as its home.
Location : Washington Heights
URL : http://www.hispanicsociety.org/
Address : Audubon Terrace, Broadway & W 155th St
SubwayF1 Line Broadway-157th St
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Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center on the west side of Manhattan in New York City which has over 800,000 square feet and hosts more than 90 events per year. It was designed by architect I. M. Pei. It was built in 1986, and named for New York Senator Jacob K. Javits, who died that year.
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.javitscenter.com/
Address : 655 West 34th Street
Subway : A/C/E Line 34th St - Penn Station
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New York Publuc Library
5th Avenue at 40th and 42nd Streets. Libraries are the memory of humankind, irreplaceable repositories of documents of human thought and action. The New York Public Library is such a memory bank par excellence, one of the great knowledge institutions of the world, its myriad collections ranking with those of the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the Bibliothoue nationale de France. Virtually all of the Library's many collections and services are freely available to all comers. In fact, the Library has but one criterion for admission: curiosity.
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.nypl.org/
Address : 450 5th Ave
Subway : 7 Line 5th Ave - Bryant Park
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
"The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is a national research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world. The Center's collections first won international acclaim in 1926 when the personal collection of the distinguished Puerto Rican-born Black scholar and bibliophile, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, was added to the Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints of the 135th Street Branch of The New York Public Library. Schomburg served as curator from 1932 until his death in 1938. Renamed in his honor in 1940, the collection grew steadily through the years. In 1972 it was designated as one of The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library and became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Today, the Schomburg Center contains over 5,000,000 items and provides services and programs for constituents from the United States and abroad."
Location : Harlem
URL : http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
Address : 144 West 135th Street, btw. Lenox & 7th Ave
Subway : 2/3 Line 135th St
Hours : Wed-Thurs noon-6pm, Fri noon-8pm, Sat-Sun 10am-6pm
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Columbia University
Columbia University has a longest history in the United States and also its scale is the one of biggest among the universities. Established as a collage belonging to Trinity Church in 1754 and changed its name to Columbia University in 1784 and moved to the current location in 1897. Currently it has more than 20 thousands students and is famous for jurisprudence, medical science and journalism.
Location : Morningside Heights
URL : http://www.columbia.edu/
Address : W 116th Street
Subway : 1 Line 116th St - Columbia Univ
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New York University
The big university which will be established in 1831 and holds no less than 48,000 students. There are also many famous subjects of study, such as a movie subject of study, a theater subject of study, the law department, the medical department, and MBA.
Location : Greenwich Village
URL : http://www.nyu.edu/
Address : 33 Washington Place
Subway : N/R/W Line 8th St-NY Univ, A/C/E/F/V Line W. 4th St
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Fordham University
Fordham University has three residential campuses: Rose Hill in the Bronx, Lincoln Center in Manhattan, and Marymount in Tarrytown, New York. The Rose Hill campus, established in 1841, is home to the undergraduate Fordham College at Rose Hill, the College of Business Administration, and a portion of the Fordham College of Liberal Studies as well as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School of Religion & Religious Education. Located on 85 acres in the north Bronx, it is among the largest "green campuses" in New York City. The campus is bordered by the New York Botanical Garden, the Bronx Zoo, and "Little Italy of the Bronx" on Arthur Avenue. Rose Hill's traditional collegiate Gothic architecture, cobblestone streets, and green expanses of lawn have been used as settings in a number of feature films over the years. Among the 15 campus dormitories are Fordham's three residential colleges: O'Hare Hall, Tierney Hall, and Queen's Court (whose buildings date back to the days of St. John's College) with its notable Bishop's Lounge. About 6,284 undergraduates and graduates attend, with 3,143 in residence. [Quoted from Wikipedia]
Location : The Bronx
URL : http://www.fordham.edu/
Address : 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx
Railroad : Metronorth Railroad Fordham
Location : Upper West Side, at Lincoln Center
Address : bet W 60 - 62 Sts, Columbus - Amsterdam Aves
Subway : 1 Line 66th St-Lincoln Center, 1/A/C/B/D Line 59th St-Columbus Cir
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Rockefeller University
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Rockefeller University is a private university focusing primarily on graduate and postgraduate education research in the biomedical fields, located between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York.
Twenty-three Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university.
The university has been the site of many important scientific breakthroughs. Rockefeller scientists, for example, established that DNA is the chemical basis of heredity, discovered blood groups, showed that viruses can cause cancer, founded the modern field of cell biology, worked out the structure of antibodies, developed methadone maintenance for people addicted to heroin, devised the AIDS "cocktail" drug therapy, and identified the weight-regulating hormone leptin. [Quoted from Wikipedia]
Location : Upper East Side
URL : http://www.rockefeller.edu/
Address : 1230 York Ave
Subway : F Line 63rd St, 6 Line 68th St - Hunter College
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NY Public Science Industry & Business Library
It's rare that a research library packs as much practical punch as this one. Since this $100 million facility opened its vault-like steel doors in 1996, the NYPL branch has introduced thousands of patrons to a treasury of comprehensive print and electronic resources. A sweeping wall of quotes referencing the library's area of focus, a two-story atrium and a wall of televisions broadcasting news and financial channels liven up the bi-level space filled with hundreds of computer workstations and manual-laden shelves. [Quoted from Citysearch.com]
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/
Address : 188 Madison Ave at 34th St
Subway : 6 Line 33rd St
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Pierpont Morgan Library
The Morgan Library and Museum, occupying a newly enlarged, midtown Manhattan campus designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, houses one of the world's greatest collections of artistic, literary, musical, and historical works. Included in its holdings are original scores of Mozart and Beethoven, drawings by Rembrandt and Rubens, medieval and Renaissance works, three Gutenberg Bibles, literary manuscripts of Dickens and Twain, and five-thousand-year-old Near Eastern carvings. [quoted from the official site]
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.morganlibrary.org/
Address : 29 E 36th St
Subway : 6 Line 33rd St
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Donnell Library
The Donnell Library Center offers hundreds of free programs and many exhibits each year, which are attended by thousands of people. For adults, these include concerts, author readings, films, plays, lectures, musicals, and operas. The series Meet the Makers features many notable film and video makers presenting and discussing their works. Special exhibits highlight photography, artwork, crafts, and new books. The newly refurnished auditorium seats 263 people and includes wheelchair seating. The Central Children's Room and Teen Central present programs and exhibits for children and teenagers throughout the year. These include films, puppet shows, story hours, and talks by popular authors. [Quoted from the official site]
Location : Midtown
URL : http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/
Address : 20 W 53rd St
Subway : E/V Line 5th Ave-53rd St
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Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is located in Brooklyn, at 30 Lafayette Avenue near the Flatbush Avenue Station of the Long Island Rail Road and the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building, the tallest building in Brooklyn. It was founded in 1861 the first BAM facility at 176-194 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights was conceived as the home of the Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn. It housed a large theater seating 2,200, a smaller concert hall, dressing and chorus rooms, and a vast "baronial" kitchen.
Location : Brooklyn
URL : http://www.bam.org/
Address : 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn
Subway : 2/3/4/5/B/D/M/N/R/Q Line Atlantic Avenue
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Originally a housing residence for retired seaman, Snug Harbor is an 83-acre National Historic Landmark District whose grand 19th century buildings house Snug Harbor Cultural Center and many other Cultural Organizations.
Sailorfs Snug Harbor was founded in 1801 by Robert Richard Randall as the first maritime home and hospital for retired sailors in the United States. When Sailorfs Snug Harbor was at its peak at the turn of the century, it housed nearly 1000 sailors.
Today, Snug Harbor is Staten Island premier destination for the arts and is home to art museums, botanical gardens, a music hall and a childrenfs museum, and its 19th Century grounds are woven with woods and streams, colorful gardens and tree lined pathways. Snug Harborfs calendar is filled year-round with concerts, art installations, recitals, plays and lectures which attract more than 250, 000 visitors each year. [Quoted from StatenIsland USA.com]
Location : Staten Island
URL : http://www.snug-harbor.org/
Address : 1000 Richmond Terrace
Bus : S40 Bus to Snug Harbor
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