⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC : Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens
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Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, or simply Flushing Meadows, is a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City. It contains the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the current venue for the US Open tennis tournament; Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets baseball team; the New York Hall of Science; the Queens Museum of Art; the Queens Theatre in the Park; the Queens Zoo; and the New York State Pavilion. It formerly contained Shea Stadium, demolished in 2009.
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park was created as the site of the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair. The park is bounded by I-678 (Van Wyck Expressway) on the east, Grand Central Parkway on the west, Flushing Bay on the north, and Union Turnpike on the south. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park is the fourth-largest public park in New York City, with a total area of 897 acres (363 ha). Until the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) conducted a survey of New York City park areas in 2013, the park was believed to be 1,255 acres (508 ha) in size.
It is owned and maintained by NYC Parks. Private, non-profit groups such as the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park Conservancy and the Alliance for Flushing Meadows–Corona Park provide additional funds, services, and support. The park is at the eastern edge of the area encompassed by Queens Community Board 4.
Filmed January 27, 2019
Timestamps
3:45 - 111th Street & 49th Avenue
4:50 - Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Entrance at 111th Street & 49th Avenue
7:30 - Terrace on the Park
10:30 - Queens Zoo
11:25 - Fantasy Forest Amusement Park & Carousel
16:06 - World's Fair Observations Towers, New York State Pavilion, Queens Theatre
18:03 - Westinghouse Time Capsules
19:05 - Skate Park
20:50 - Inside Look of New York State Pavilion
23:55 - The Unisphere
25:33 - The Unisphere Informational Plaque
26:00 - Queens Museum (New York City Building)
29:05 - Arthur Ashe Stadium
34:00 - Apollo Statue
35:40 - Soccer (Football) Fields
38:28 - Pool of Industry with Seagulls
46:25 - Passerelle Pedestrian Bridge
48:25 - Long Island Railroad Mets-Willets Point Station
49:44 - MTA Corona Maintenance Shop (Left Side) & MTA New York City Transit Casey Stengel Bus Depot (Right Side)
52:31 - 7 Train Mets-Willets Point Station
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US Open Arthur Ashe Corona Park Flushing Meadows New York, USA
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Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis stadium at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament, and the largest tennis stadium in the world, with a capacity of 23,771
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, often referred to as Flushing Meadows Park, s a public park in the northern part of Queens, New York City. It was created as the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Its attractions include the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the current venue for the US Open tennis tournament; Citi Field, the home of the New York Mets baseball team; the New York Hall of Science; the Queens Museum of Art; the Queens Theatre in the Park; the Queens Zoo; the Unisphere; and the New York State Pavilion. It formerly contained Shea Stadium, demolished in 2009.
The Grandstand is a tennis court at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, used as a show court for the US Open. The court made its debut on August 29, 2016, the first day of the 2016 US Open. With a seating capacity of 8,125.
This is a circular stadium, with spaceship-like qualities, a canopy overhang and geometric shapes jutting from it on the outside.
While we continue walking, just next to the Grandstand tennis court, we start seeing the biggest tennis stadium of the world!
But before have a closer view of the stadium, we will walk south towards Avenue of the states, heading The Queens Museum.
The Queens Museum, formerly the Queens Museum of Art, is an art museum and educational center, located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City.
The museum was founded in 1972, and has among its permanent exhibitions, the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs originally built for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
The museum embarked on a $69 million expansion project in 2009, which was originally slated to be completed in October 2013.
While we left the Queens museum, we are moving left towards the Unisphere, a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth.
The sphere, which measures 140 feet (43 m) high and 120 feet (37 m) in diameter. It was commissioned as part of the 1964 Fair. The Unisphere is one of the borough's most iconic and enduring symbols.
The Unisphere has been used as a setting or backdrop for several films and episodes, including the movie Men in Black.
Now we are moving right, to our final destination: The biggest tennis stadium of the world!
This is “Freedom of the Human Spirit”, a massive bronze statue depicting a male and a female nude with wild swans soaring skyward.
The Arthur Ashe stadium have seen Roger Federer win five times the US Open and in 2019, two Colombians made history winning for the first time this important Grand Slam!
Congratulations Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal! You set the path for many other young kids!
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 1964 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR CANTINFLAS HENRY FONDA 51574 MD
This color film highlighting the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York was taken from the opening night presentation on the NBC Network, April 22, 1964. It’s narrated by Henry Fonda (:22), Marion Anderson (:28), Lorne Greene (:30), Carol Channing (:33), Cantinflas (:36), and Fred MacMurray (:39). It was produced by NBC for United States Steel (:46), which manufactured the 12-stories-high Unisphere (:50), a replica can be seen in Epcot, Disney World. Henry covers the transportation pavilions. The Gondola Ride gave attendees a bird’s eye pass over the park (1:03-2:03). Fred took us on a ride in a Mustang convertible on the Magic Skyway of the Ford Pavilion (3:13), passing Walt Disney (3:17) doing the same. This ride showcases man’s history (3:26-4:25). The Avis Car Ride lets visitors drive an antique reproduction around the track (4:35-4:44). Chrysler featured a ride through a 100-foot engine (4:50-5:23). General Motors provided a Futurama 2 ride (5:32-7:58). Lorne takes over at the highest point is an observation tower at the New York Pavilion (8:25-9:03). Join the band as it marches through the individual state pavilions (9:15-11:20). Florida features a dolphin and seal show (11:21-11:50) and Hawaii has dancers and flame twirlers (11:53-12:39). The seats of the People Wall are lifted into the grandstand in the IBM Pavilion (13:43). Carol Channing sings a rundown of the Fair (14:11-17:03). The Bell System Floating Wing Pavilion has various activities (17:08) and General Electric sponsors The Carousel of Progress (17:25-18:38), a rotating stage now at Disney World. Eastman Kodak provided fun for kids (18:39-19:03). NCR provided a giant abacus (19:05-19:14). RCA placed 200 closed-circuit TVs around the fairgrounds, which included broadcasting lost children (19:30-20:13). In 1939, Westinghouse buried the time capsules to be opened in 6939, its contents mostly microfilm plus a Bible. Another capsule will be buried when the 1964 Fair closes (20:14-20:59). Faith pavilions include Mormon (21:01), Billy Graham (21:05), American Israeli (21:08), Russian Orthodox (21:12), Christian Science (21:15), Protestant Unorthodox (21:17), and The Vatican (21:20). Marion Anderson leads the Westminster and Columbus Boy’s Choirs as The Pieta! by Michelangelo, made in 1499 out of a block of white marble, is shown on display in the Vatican Pavilion (21:36-23:10). The International area hosts 66 nations (23:22-24:00). Cantinflas, the famous Mexican actor, leads us through Greece (24:06-24:50), the Philippines (24:52-25:19), the Republic of China (25:20-25:40), Africa (25:43-26:28), and Mexico (26:37-28:17). The Lake Amusement Area offers entertainment, including a Wax Museum, John Ringling North’s Continental Circus, and To Broadway With Love in the Texas Music Hall (28:58-29:00). After dark, the dancing fountains feature fireworks to close the day, with a final shot of the Unisphere (29:02-30:58).
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Flushing, Queens
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens, in the United States. While much of the neighborhood is residential, Downtown Flushing, centered on the northern end of Main Street, is a large commercial and retail area and is the fourth largest central business district in New York City.
Flushing's diversity is reflected by the numerous ethnic groups that reside there, including people of Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, European, and African American ancestry. It is part of the Fifth Congressional District, which encompasses the entire northeastern shore of Queens County, and extends into neighboring Nassau County. Flushing is served by five railroad stations on the Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch, as well as the New York City Subway's IRT Flushing Line, which has its terminus at Main Street. The intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue is the third busiest intersection in New York City, behind Times and Herald Squares.
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Here's where New York City's sewage really goes
New York City is home to 8.4 million waste-producing people; that's a lot of toilets, drains, and sewers. It takes 14 wastewater treatment facilities scattered throughout the five boroughs to clean up all of our dirty water.
We visited the largest facility, the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to see how the water is treated. It's a dirty job that surprisingly smells great.
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Modern Ruin: The New York State Pavilion
Originally built and used as a cultural space for the 1964/65 World’s Fair, the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens is currently abandoned. With a hope to change this, Matthew Silva and Salmaan Khan co-founded People for the Pavilion, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to developing a vibrant community around the Pavilion, to raise awareness about the structure. Silva and Khan tell their story and showcase the trailer to Silva’s 2015 documentary, Modern Ruin.
Salmaan Khan
Co-Founder, People for the Pavilion
Matthew Silva
Co-Founder, People for the Pavilion
1st amendment audit United State Post Office in Chinatown NYC
Exercising My First Amendment rights in the US Post Office
Claire Shulman Builds The Flushing Meadows Corona Park Aquatic Center
Former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman describes how she used $8 million from the United States Tennis Association and a birthday present from Mayor Giuliani to build a state of the art and incredibly popular swimming pool and ice skating rink in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
- Edited by Joshua Whitaker
NYC 1989 : Manhattan - New York City
Big Apple - New York City - Summer 1989:
Central Park, Dakota Building, 5th avenue, Tiffany & Co., Trump Tower,
Macy's, Radio City Music Hall, Empire State Building, World Trade Center, Rockefeller Center, Circle Line, Crysler Building, Waldorf Astoria, Ratner's, Guggenheim, Hal of Science, US Open in Flushing Meadows.
Kamera + Schnitt: Karl Ringena
Driving Around Schenectady New York, USA in Winter (4K) (CC)
After winter storm, I drove around Schenectady New York to run errands.
I welcome you to join the ride to see the view after snow storm.
Schenectady (/skəˈnɛktədi/[3][4]) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 66,135. The name Schenectady is derived from a Mohawk word, skahnéhtati, meaning beyond the pines.[5][6] Schenectady was founded on the south side of the Mohawk River by Dutch colonists in the 17th century, many from the Albany area. They were prohibited from the fur trade by the Albany monopoly, which kept its control after the English takeover in 1664. Residents of the new village developed farms on strip plots along the river.
Connected to the west via the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, Schenectady developed rapidly in the 19th century as part of the Mohawk Valley trade, manufacturing and transportation corridor. By 1824 more people worked in manufacturing than agriculture or trade, and the city had a cotton mill, processing cotton from the Deep South. Numerous mills in New York had such ties with the South. Through the 19th century, nationally influential companies and industries developed in Schenectady, including General Electric and American Locomotive Company (ALCO), which were powers into the mid-20th century. Schenectady was part of emerging technologies, with GE collaborating in the production of nuclear-powered submarines and, in the 21st century, working on other forms of renewable energy.
Schenectady is in eastern New York, near the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. It is in the same metropolitan area as the state capital, Albany, which is about 15 miles (24 km) southeast.[7] In December 2014, the state announced that the city was one of three sites selected for development of off-reservation casino gambling, under terms of a 2013 state constitutional amendment. The project would redevelop an ALCO brownfield site in the city along the waterfront, with hotels, housing and a marina in addition to the casino.[8]
⁴ᴷ Walking Tour of Queens & Brooklyn, NYC - Grand Avenue/Grand Street from Elmhurst to Williamsburg
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I walk the entire length of Grand Avenue from Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, over the Newtown Creek (where it becomes Grand Street in Brooklyn) to the East River at Grand Ferry Park in Williamsburg.
Timestamps:
2:12 - Queens Boulevard
7:53 - Van Kleeck Street
12:39 - 82nd Street
15:18 - Elmhurst Park
17:42 - 74th Street (Maspeth)
22:20 - 72nd Place
27:58 - 69th Place
30:05 - September 11th Memorial
34:12 - Hamilton Place
40:58 - 61st Street
47:38 - 58th Place
56:43 - 49th Place
1:00:00 - Grand Avenue Bridge (Crossing into East Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
1:07:31 - Stewart Avenue
1:09:32 - Metropolitan Avenue Bridge
1:20:48 - Bushwick Avenue (Williamsburg)
1:23:50 - Graham Avenue
1:25:55 - Manhattan Avenue
1:35:10 - Rodney Street (need to head south since Grand Street is broken up by the freeway)
1:42:00 - Havemeyer Street
1:45:22 - Driggs Avenue
1:47:00 - Bedford Avenue
1:51:15 - Wythe Avenue
1:53:55 - Grand Ferry Park
From Wikipedia:
Grand Street and Grand Avenue are the respective names of a street which runs through the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. Originating in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Grand Street runs roughly northeast until crossing Newtown Creek into Queens, whereupon Grand Street becomes Grand Avenue, continuing through Maspeth where it is a main shopping street, until reaching its northern end at Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst.
The thoroughfare continues north and west beyond Queens Boulevard as Broadway until terminating on the bank of the East River in western Queens (in Astoria/Long Island City).
When Williamsburg was an independent town (and, later, city), Grand Street was its first main east-west commercial street which acted as a dividing line between the Northside of town and the Southside of town. Street numbering originated here with North 1st Street, North 2nd Street (now Metropolitan Avenue) and so on running parallel to Grand to the north and South 1st Street, South 2nd Street and so on progressing to the south. Its initial segments from the East River were first named Washington Street and then Dunham Street. It was extended to the southeast to Roebling Street in 1812 and to the then village line between Rodney and Keap Streets in 1830. Soon after, the street was extended to Union Avenue in the new third ward of Williamsburg and bent on an angle to the east in order to pass through the property of several prominent land owners. Grand Street was opened from Bushwick Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue in 1858.
In the 19th century, before the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge, the Grand Street Ferry connected Grand Street, Brooklyn to Grand Street, Manhattan. The Grand Street Line was a streetcar line along the road. Two Long Island Rail Road stations existed along the street in both boroughs. Grand Street (LIRR Evergreen station) along the Evergreen Branch near Willamsburg from 1868 to 1885, and Grand Street (LIRR Main Line station), a station in Elmhurst along Main Line that also served the Rockaway Beach Branch from 1913 to 1925.
At some point between the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge and 1913 (it appears on a 1913 map of Brooklyn), Grand Street was connected to the bridge plaza from the elbow bend near Union Avenue by the Grand Street Extension (now named Borinquen Place) and this became the main flow for car traffic. In 1950, Grand Street was severed by the BQE between Marcy Avenue and Rodney Street.
Filmed February 3, 2018
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TEA Party 11 1 2009 #2
Dan Halloran, Republican candidate for the NYC council seat for the 19th District in Queens, gave a very rousing speech about the Constitution and its erosion by the current Supreme Court. Dan spoke before a crowd of about 50 people gathered to express concerns about the whittling away of our rights by corrupt elected officials and policies that do not reflect the will of the people! The event took place in Bowne Park located in Flushing, New York. The document guaranteeing religious freedom in the United States, the Remonstrance, was signed in John Bowne's house, which is also located in Flushing. Ironically, The Queens Tribune, founded by Congressman Gary Ackerman, attacked candidate Halloran for his religious beliefs.
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It's My Park: New York State Pavilion (1964 World's Fair)
Governor Nelson Rockefeller commissioned architect Philip Johnson to design the New York State Pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. One section of the tripartite structure is now home to the Queens Theater in the Park.
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Tracey's Vlog 10 ???????????? | Wandering Around With Yifan In K Town, NYC
July 5th, Friday, 2019.
- Me and Yifan decided to go to K town, half an hour walk away from Gramercy Green where we live.
- We explored the area, trying a Korean buffet which was terrific, shopped at H&M and Urban Outfitters.
- On the way back, we saw lots of jewel stores (not recorded in the vlog). We also sat on the bench in Madison Park with a little bird in front of us. Later, we got boba tea from Coco.
- It was a tiring but nice day walking around.
⁴ᴷ⁶⁰ Walking NYC (Narrated) : 34th Street, Manhattan from East River to Hudson River
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A narrated walk in Midtown Manhattan along 34th Street in its entirety from the East River to the Hudson River.
From Wikipedia:
34th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs the width of Manhattan Island from West Side Highway on the West Side to the FDR Drive on the East Side. 34th Street is used as a crosstown artery between New Jersey to the west and Queens to the east, connecting the Lincoln Tunnel to New Jersey with the Queens Midtown Tunnel to Long Island.
Several notable buildings are located directly along 34th Street, including the Empire State Building, Macy's Herald Square, and Javits Center. Other structures, such as Pennsylvania Station, are located within one block of 34th Street. The street hosts the crosstown M34/M34A bus routes and contains several subway stops.
The street was designated by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 that established the Manhattan street grid as one of 15 east-west streets that would be 100 feet (30 m) in width (while other streets were designated as 60 feet (18 m) in width).
In April 2010, the New York City Department of Transportation proposed to add bus rapid transit along the 34th Street corridor. To create exclusive lanes for buses, the street would be converted to one-way westbound operation west of Sixth Avenue and one-way eastbound operation east of Fifth Avenue; a pedestrian plaza would be created between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The street was eventually kept in two-way operation.
Filmed March 18, 2019
Timestamps
1:05 - NYC Ferry East River Ferry Landing
5:12 - FDR Drive
7:35 - 1st Avenue
9:50 - Tunnel Exit Street
10:30 - 2nd Avenue
13:25 - 3rd Avenue
15:37 - Lexington Avenue
18:09 - Park Avenue
20:10 - Madison Avenue
22:40 - 5th Avenue
27:25 - 6th Avenue / Broadway
31:43 - 7th Avenue
35:10 - 8th Avenue
37:33 - I drop my phone and someone returns it to me
38:30 - 9th Avenue
41:01 - Dyer Avenue
42:52 - 10th Avenue
47:05 - 11th Avenue
49:30 - High Line Elevated Park Entrance
51:20 - 12th Avenue
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President Obama Holds a Town Hall on College Affordability
President Obama Holds a Town Hall on College Affordability
August 23, 2013 | 1:08:54 | Public Domain
President Obama participates in a town hall event at Binghamton University, the State University of New York, to discuss the importance of ensuring that every American has the opportunity to achieve a quality education by reducing cost and improving the value of higher education for middle-class students and their families.
NYC Traveler - Queens Museum , Queens New York
The Queens Museum, formerly the Queens Museum of Art, is an art museum and educational center located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, United States. The museum is housed in the New York City Building, which was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair, and which then hosted the United Nations General Assembly from 1946 to 1950. The museum itself was founded in 1972, and has among its permanent exhibitions, the Panorama of the City of New York, a room-sized scale model of the five boroughs originally built for the 1964 New York World's Fair, and repeatedly updated since then. It also has a large archive of artifacts from both World's Fairs, a selection of which is on display.
Eastern edge of Flushing Meadows--Corona Park to The Unisphere
This video shows the route from the eastern edge of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park to The Unisphere. It was recorded on the morning commute of April 22, 2013. Turn on subtitles for turn-by-turn directions and park information.
Flushing Meadows--Corona Park is the home to the Playground for All Children, the Queens Theatre in the Park, the Queens Museum of Art, the Queens Wildlife Center, and the New York Hall of Science.
0:00:00 Begin on the sidwalk on the west side of the intersection of College Point Blvd. and Booth Memorial Ave.
0:00:15 Ride north on the sidewalk (mind the poor paving) and make the first left into the park, onto Fowler Path.
0:00:50 Make a slight left onto Avenue of Discovery 0.1 mi. The intersection ahead has car traffic without a stop sign so be careful.
0:01:41 Make a right onto Promenade of Industry (around Industry Pond) 0.1 mi
0:02:40 Turn right onto Herbert Hoover Promenade 0.2 mi
0:03:22 Make a slight turn around Astronaut Court and continue toward The Unisphere 0.2 mi
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is currently the second largest park in New York (only behind Pelham Bay Park), though much of the usable land has been given to the MTA, private sport areanas, and other institutions. In the 1920's this land was the Corona Ash Dumps (coal-furnaces being the primary source of heat in houses) and was described as a valley of ashes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The area was cleared for the 1939/1940 World's Fair, with much of the refuse being used as fill for the construction of the Van Wyck Expressway, Interboro Parkway and Long Island Expressway.
The Playground for All Children (at the south-west of the Unisphere) was the first playground constructed in the United States for disabled and able-bodied children. City Agencies and advocacy groups for the disabled worked together to design a space to encourage social, cognitive, sensory and motor activity for children ages 3 to 12. The Gardenature and Nature Crafts Program teach children simple methods of conservation, the Arts and Crafts Program is designed to enhance self-expression and creativity, and The Sensitization Program helps able-bodied children better understand disabilities.
The Queens Theatre in the Park was originally the Theaterama during its use in the 1964 World's Fair. The space included observation towers and the Tent of Tomorrow, an open-air pavilion. It was originally decorated with art from artists including Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana. Audiences watched a 360 degree film about New York State history in a cycloramic (circular) room. The Cultural Institutions Group (nonprofit operators of the theater since 1997) focuses on productions that reflect the diverse nature of Queens, including a Latin American festival. The Queens Theatre hosts a variety of performance types, from Broadway revivals and new productions, to film festivals, performance art showcases, concerts and children's events.
⁴ᴷ Walking Tour of Midtown, Chelsea, & Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC - 7th Avenue (GPS Overlay)
No GPS Overlay version:
I walk Manhattan's 7th Avenue from Central Park & 59th Street through the neighborhoods of Midtown, Chelsea, and Greenwich Village to Clarkson Street (where 7th Avenue South turns into Varick Street).
Apologies about the electrical noise that my microphone picked up.
Timestamps
2:01 - 58th Street
3:25 - 57th Street
8:09 - 53rd Street
10:21 - 51st Street
12:35 - 49th Street (Entering Times Square)
15:56 - 47th Street
17:20 - Top of the TKTS Booth at Times Square
19:45 - Costumed Characters and CD Hustlers of Times Square (Be wary of them and know they expect money)
22:16 - 44th Street
25:01 - 42nd Street
28:02 - 40th Street
32:52 - 37th Street
37:44 - 34th Street (View of the Empire State Building here) [Entering Chelsea]
42:00 - 31st Street
44:16 - 30th Street
47:15 - 28th Street
50:13 - 26th Street
53:18 - 23rd Street
55:50 - 21st Street
58:55 - 19th Street
1:00:40 - 18th Street
1:02:45 - 16th Street
1:05:07 - 14th Street (Entering Greenwich Village)
1:08:05 - 12th Street
1:09:05 - 11th Street / Greenwich Avenue
1:11:00 - Perry Street / Waverly Place
1:12:05 - Charles Street
1:12:50 - I meet Spiderman
1:13:33 - 10th Street
1:14:30 - West 4th Street
1:14:50 - Christopher Street
1:15:15 - The Spite Triangle
1:16:15 - Grove Street
1:17:39 - Bleecker Street
1:19:38 - Morton Street
Filmed March 31, 2018
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Mayor de Blasio Announces NYC Municipal ID to Give Access to 33 City Cultural Institutions
Announces NYC Municipal ID to Give Access to 1-Year Free Memberships at 33 of the City's Most Acclaimed Cultural Institutions
See full list of CIG benefits here:
With the Municipal ID card, thousands of residents will be able to receive free benefits at members of the Cultural Institutions Group throughout 2015
Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the City’s Municipal ID, which will launch in January 2015, will give all ID card holders access to one-year free membership packages at 33 of the City’s leading cultural institutions, including world class museums, performing arts centers, concert halls, botanical gardens, and zoos in all five boroughs. The Municipal ID/CIG one-year membership will be comparable to each institution’s standard one-year individual or family membership package, depending on the institution, and will give ID card holders a range of benefits including free admission, and access to special events, and discounts to museum shops.
The 33 institutions belong to the Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) which is comprised of private nonprofit cultural organizations located on City owned property. The first member of the CIG, the American Museum of Natural History, was created in 1869 and the group has grown to include a diverse cross section of institutions in each of the boroughs. The City provides capital, operating and energy support to CIG members and in turn each institution is charged with providing access to cultural services and programming to all New Yorkers.
The offer will be available to all Municipal ID holders from the day the program is launched in January 2015 through December 31, 2015. The membership term will be for one-year from the date the individual signs up with a participating cultural institution. The framework for the CIG membership deal came together with the support of City Council after Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl was appointed earlier this year. As a former director of a CIG institution, Commissioner Finkelpearl was able work closely with CIG chair Arnold Lehman and the organizations’ leadership in finding a creative and compelling strategy for CIG member institutions to open their doors even further to all New Yorkers. The package of benefits the CIG has developed demonstrates the central role these institutions play in New York’s civic life.
The 33 participating institutions are listed below by borough:
Bronx
1. Bronx County Historical Society
2. Bronx Museum of the Arts
3. New York Botanical Garden
4. Wave Hill
5. Wildlife Conservation Society (includes Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo)
Brooklyn
6. Brooklyn Academy of Music
7. Brooklyn Botanic Garden
8. Brooklyn Children's Museum
9. Brooklyn Museum
Manhattan
10. American Museum of Natural History
11. Carnegie Hall
12. New York City Ballet
13. El Museo del Barrio
14. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
15. Metropolitan Museum of Art
16. Museum of Jewish Heritage
17. Museum of the City of New York
18. New York City Center
19. Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival
20. Studio Museum in Harlem
Queens
21. Flushing Town Hall
22. Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
23. Museum of the Moving Image
24. New York Hall of Science
25. MoMA PS1
26. Queens Botanical Garden
27. Queens Museum
28. Queens Theatre
Staten Island
29. Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
30. Staten Island Children's Museum
31. Staten Island Historical Society
32. Staten Island Museum
33. Staten Island Zoological Society
Bronx Botanical Garden
September 18, 2014