FALL 2017 PUBLIC WALKING TOURS Fee: $20 per person, $15 for ages 62+. Joyce Gold conducts all scheduled tours. No reservations are necessary. Check the Weekender subway guide at http://web.mta.info/weekender.html for weekend schedule changes.

Sept. 10 SUNDAY 1 to 3:30 PM HARLEM HISTORY WALK MEET: City College, 138th St. & Amsterdam Ave. Take #1 subway to 137th St. station; go to 138th St. & walk 1 block up the 138th St. hill.

------

Sept. 17 SUNDAY 12:45 to 3:30 PM — A QUICK RIDE TO THE COUNTRYSIDE MEET: Outside Gov. Island building (light green), 10 South St. , next to the Ferry. Look for our yel- low umbrella. Subways: #1 to South Ferry, #4, #5, or R to Bowling Green/Whitehall. G.I. ferry tickets cost $2/$1 or IDNYC card.

------

Sept. 24 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM YORKVILLE AND THE UPPER EAST SIDE — THE MIDDLE EUROPEAN CITY MEET: 72nd St. & Second Ave., northeast corner.

------

Sept. 26 TUESDAY 11 AM to 1 PM THE INTIMATE WEST VILLAGE WITH ITS SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT PARK MEET: Leroy St. & 7th Ave. So. southwest corner. Subway: #1 to Houston St., walk 2 blocks north on 7th Ave. South.

------

Oct. 1 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM ROOSEVELT ISLAND — FROM HOGS AND MADMEN TO INNOVATION HOTSPOT MEET: On Roosevelt Island at the tram station. Take tram from 2nd Ave & 60th St. Manhattan; or F train subway to Roosevelt Island, then walk to the tram station near 59th St. Bridge.

------

Oct. 7 SATURDAY 1 to 3 PM GANGS OF NEW YORK AND THE BLOODY FIVE POINTS MEET: The Bowery & Bayard St. (1 block south of Canal St.) northwest corner at Bank of America.

------

Oct. 12 THURSDAY 11 AM to 1 PM TRIBECA — CREATIVELY RESTORED NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN INDUSTRIAL STREETSCAPE MEET: Duane Park, at Duane & Hudson Sts. Subway: #1, #2, or #3 to Chambers St.; walk north on Hudson St. for 2 blocks.

------

Oct. 20 FRIDAY 11 AM to 1 PM ROOSEVELT ISLAND — FROM HOGS AND MADMEN TO INNOVATION HOTSPOT MEET: On Roosevelt Island at the tram station. Take tram from 2nd Ave & 60th St. Manhattan; or F train subway to Roosevelt Island, then walk to the tram station near 59th St. Bridge.

------Oct. 22 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM YORKVILLE AND THE UPPER EAST SIDE — THE MIDDLE EUROPEAN CITY MEET: 72nd St. & Second Ave., northeast corner.

------

Oct. 28 SATURDAY 1 to 3 PM MACABRE GREENWICH VILLAGE MEET: Washington Sq. Arch, 5th Ave. 1 block south of 8th St.

------

Nov. 5 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR IN MANHATTAN MEET: Cooper Union, between the brown Foundation Building & Cooper Triangle Park (E. 7th St., between 3rd & 4th Aves). Subways: #6, N, or R to 8th St./Astor Place.

------

Nov. 12 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM ALEXANDER HAMILTON IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT—“HOW THE SAUSAGE GETS MADE” MEET: Trinity Church, Wall St. & Broadway.

------

Nov. 18 SATURDAY 1 to 3 PM THE FLAMBOYANT AND THE BOHEMIAN — GREENWICH VILLAGE AND HOW IT BECAME FAMOUS MEET: Washington Sq. Arch, Fifth Ave. 1 block south of 8th St.

Dec. 2 SATURDAY 1 to 3 PM FIFTH AVENUE GOLD COAST MEET: The Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. between Fifth & Madison Aves.

------

Dec. 10 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL — ”CROSSROADS OF A MILLION PRIVATE LIVES” MEET: Just inside GCT entrance at E. 42nd St. under the Park Ave. viaduct.

------

Dec. 17 SUNDAY 1 to 3 PM JEWISH HARLEM MEET: NYS Office Building Plaza, W. 125th St. & Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. (Seventh Ave). Take #2 or #3 subway to 125th St.

Our public tours will resume in March 2018. Private custom tours are always available, beginning at $275 for up to 6 people.

EMAIL - [email protected]

PHONE - 212-242-5762

Joyce Gold, Instructor of Manhattan history at New York University conducts these walks. With a M.A. in Metropolitan Studies from NYU, she has contributed to the Encyclopedia of and is the author of From Windmills to the World Trade Center: A Walking Guide through History and From Trout Stream to Bohemia: A Walking Guide through Greenwich Village History.