Tag Archives: Northern Manhattan

Cabrini Shrine: The Cramer Quartet

The Cramer Quartet offers audiences a distinctive and inspiring concert experience that reframes the familiar while making space for discovery and innovation. Playing on period instruments, the quartet performs music through a historically informed lens, and champions new works that expand the expressive possibilities of gut strings and the string quartet canon.

Haydn: Dialogues is a multi-season project in which the Quartet performs all 68 of Haydn’s quartets alongside newly commissioned works by American composers, each written for period instruments. This season’s program, supported by Chamber Music America’s 2025 Artistic Projects Grant, features a new quartet by composer Juri Seo, a Korean-born American composer who seeks to write music that encompasses extreme contrast through compositions that are unified and fluid, yet complex.

Tickets are $20 general admission, $10 students and seniors.

MTA 207th Street Yard: Open House New York Tour

Tour participants will get a first look at the recently completed flood mitigation infrastructure protecting the MTA’s 207th Street Yard.

Tickets are required.   Booking this experience is a two-step process. Review the “Access Notes” section below for full details.  Visitors must be 18 or older to join the tour.

The 207th Street Yard is a critical facility for the New York City Subway system, located in Northern Manhattan alongside the Harlem River. It functions as the main storage yard for rolling stock on the A and C Lines and houses one of only two heavy overhaul shops in the system—the other being at Coney Island Yard in Brooklyn. The 207th Street Shop handles the overhaul and rebuilding of most B Division cars, as well as select A Division rolling stock, making it essential to the maintenance and reliability of subway operations.

Following significant damage sustained during Hurricane Sandy, a major flood protection project was launched to protect the yard and its infrastructure from future storm events. A central feature of this effort is a 1,535-linear-foot marine floodwall strategically positioned along the Harlem River. Engineered to withstand a 500-year flood event, the floodwall consists of 279 interconnected 54-inch diameter steel pipe piles, forming a robust barrier against rising waters. The project also includes the installation of grout curtains, stop logs, sliding gates, additional drains, and discharge pipes to manage water more effectively.

Beyond the marine floodwall, additional protective measures were implemented to further fortify the facility. These include a new upland perimeter wall, stainless steel and flexible flood gates at entry points, and the use of complex underwater lightweight concrete pours to seal off the existing relieving platform. The project also involved the demolition of adjacent structures and the construction of multiple cut-off walls to reinforce the yard’s foundation and prevent water intrusion. Together, these upgrades form a permanent and resilient flood defense system for one of the subway system’s most vital maintenance and storage hubs.

Booking this experience is a two-step process. An OHNY ticket alone does not guarantee admission. Ticket holders must submit a photo of their valid passport or state-issued ID info@ohny.org for a background check by Monday, October 6 at 12 pm. Access to this tour is contingent upon timely submitting your ID and passing the background check.

https://ohny.org/place/mta-207-st-yard/

The 207 St Yard has very limited accessibility. The shop is an industrial area and a safety briefing must be conducted before the tour. There is no elevator in the facility and it is recommended that people who cannot climb stairs not attend.

No parking is available on site.  No flip flops or shorts. Everyone must be able to comply with and understand in English a short pre-tour safety brief.  No photography allowed onsite.  No children are allowed.

Hispanic Society Museum & Library: Architectural Tour (Open House New York)

Jennifer Whisenhunt and Graham Roscoe, Senior Associates from Beyer Blinder Belle, will lead a behind-the-scenes tour on the restoration and renovation of the campus and will visit the Terrace, East Gallery, Main Court, and Sorolla Gallery.

Established in 1904 as a museum and library devoted to the art and literature of Hispanic cultures worldwide, the Hispanic Society Museum & Library is the founding institution of the landmark Audubon Terrace cultural campus in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where it occupies three buildings arrayed around a series of interconnected terraces and courtyards. Starting in 2023, the main building’s iconic Main Court and renowned Sorolla Gallery reopened to the public, the first step in a multi-phase restoration and revitalization project led by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners. Work continues to restore the building’s facades, terraces, and additional gallery and storage spaces.

Tickets: https://ohny.org/place/hispanic-society-museum-library-architectural-tour/

George Washington Bridge: North Walk (Open House New York)

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Tunnels, Bridges & Terminals team will present a brief history of the bridge and showcase current projects, including the recently completed North Walk. The tour will be led by Senior Program Manager Hong Lin.

The “Restoring the George” program comprises over $2 billion in investment in 11 state-of-good repair projects that will maintain the structural health of the facility over the next decade for the millions of customers who use it every year.

This is an outdoor tour and participants should dress for the weather and bring a water bottle. An ADA access ramp is available. Paricipants should be aware of mixed bike/pedestrian traffic around them.

Children are welcome accompanied by an adult. All participants, including children, must have a ticket:

https://ohny.org/place/george-washington-bridge-north-walk-2/