COLlive Tishrei Magazine__2 _FINAL_Layout 1 10/2/2019 10:06 PM Page 54 THINGS TO DO ON CHOL HA BROOKLYN, NY Simchas Beis Hashoeva in Crown Heights Live band, Surprise singers Kingston Avenue and Montgomery St. 9:30 pm – Live music and singers Jewish Children’s Museum In Crown Heights Where: 792 Eastern Parkway Phone: (718) 907-8833 New York Transit Museum Hours: 10am – 4pm About 20 minutes from Crown Heights Featuring interactive exhibits & mini-golf, this museum Where: 130 Livingston St explores Jewish history & heritage. Phone: (718) 694-1600 The Art Café Hours: 10am – 4pm In Crown Heights Housed underground in an authentic 1936 subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, the Transit Museum’s Where: 326 Troy Avenue, Brooklyn working platform level spans a full city block, and is Hours: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm home to a rotating selection of twenty vintage subway Pottery and Craft Studio Tools, stencils and helpful staff and elevated cars dating back to 1907. Brooklyn Children’s Museum About 5 minutes from Crown Heights MANHATTAN, NY Where: 145 Brooklyn Ave, at St. Marks Ave. Phone: (718) 735-4400 American Museum of Natural History Hours: Sunday 10am – 7pm About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights Tuesday & Wednesday 10am – 5pm Where: 79th Street, Central Park West, Phone: (212) 769-5100 Hours: 10am - 5:45pm From dinosaurs to outer space and everything in between, this huge museum showcases natural wonders. Chelsea Piers About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights Where: 62 Chelsea Piers, New York Phone: (212) 336-6666 Hours: Thursday 5:30am – 11pm Friday 5:30am – 10pm Sunday 8am – 9pm Monday - Wednesday 5:30am – 11pm Huge sports complex with driving range, ice skating, swimming & bowling, plus drinking & eating. New York Aquarium Pier 62 About 40 minutes from Crown Heights About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights Where: 602 Surf, Brooklyn Where: 61 Chelsea Piers, New York Phone: (718) 265-3474 Phone: (212) 627-2020 Hours: 10am – 4pm Beyond its gardens & lawns, this pier overlooking the Hudson River features a carousel & skate park. 54 COLlive Magazine COLlive Tishrei Magazine__2 _FINAL_Layout 1 10/2/2019 10:06 PM Page 55 HAMOED Children's Museum of the Arts Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights About 1 hour from Crown Heights Where: 103 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014 Where: 234 West 42nd St. btwn 7th & 8th Phone: (212) 274-0986 Phone: (800) 246-8872 Hours: Fri - Mon 12 - 5pm, Thursday 12 - 6pm Hours: 9am - 10pm Hands-on arts experiences for kids & families, including classes, performances & exhibits. Spyscape About 45 minutes from Crown Heights Hayden Planetarium Where: 928 8th Ave About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights Phone: (212) 549-1941 Where: 79th Street, Central Park West, Hours: Mon - Fri 10:00 am - 9:00 pm, Phone: (212) 769-5100 Sun 9:00 am - 9:00 pm Hours: 10 am-5:45 pm Spyscape is a world-class museum of spy gadgets and stories Children’s Museum of Manhattan About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights Where: 212 West 83rd St Phone: (212) 721-1223 Hours: 10am - 5pm Kids' museum featuring a range of hands-on, educational & entertaining exhibits & activities. Circle Line/New York Cruise Lines About 40 minutes - 1 hour from Crown Heights Where: Pier 83, W 42nd St Phone: (212) 563-3200 Hours: 9am – 7pm Up-close perspective of Manhattan skyline, Statue of New York Skyride Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge with sea breezes. About 45 minutes from Crown Heights Empire State Building Observatory Where: 350 5th Ave , Phone: (212) 279-9777 About 50 minutes from Crown Heights Hours: 9am - 6pm Where: Empire State Building, 80th floor NY Skyride is New York City's only virtual tour simulator. Phone: (212) 736-3100 This virtual adventure takes you high above the streets Hours: 8am - 2am of New York. Iconic, art deco office tower from 1931 with exhibits & observatories on the 86th & 102nd floors. NYC Fire Museum About 30 minutes from Crown Heights Where: 278 Spring Street between Varick and Hudson Streets Phone: (212) 691-1303 The Jewish Museum Hours: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm About 1 hour from Crown Heights Displays illustrate the evolution of firefighting from the bucket brigades of Peter Stuyvesant's New Amsterdam Where: 1109 5th Ave through the colorful history of volunteer firefighters to Phone: (212) 423-3200 modern firefighting techniques and equipment. Hours: 11am - 5:45pm, Thursday 11am - 8pm, Wednesday - Closed Tishrei Edition 55 COLlive Tishrei Magazine__2 _FINAL_Layout 1 10/2/2019 10:06 PM Page 56 Ripley’s Believe It or Not About 40 minutes from Crown Heights Cradle Of Aviation Museum About 1.45 hours from Crown Heights Where: 234 W 42nd St. Phone: (212) 398-3133 Where: Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City, Hours: 10am - 11pm Phone: (516) 572-4111 Hours: Thursday & Friday – Closed, Sprawling, oft-interactive collection of curiosities ranging Sun- Wed 9:30am-5pm from shrunken heads to unusual animals. Long Island's Air and Space Museum. Over 75 air and space craft in 8 exhibit galleries, chronicling 100 years of aviation from hot air balloons to an actual Lunar Module! Funtopia USA About 40 minutes from Crown Heights Where: Metro Mall, 66-26 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY 11379 Phone: (718) 370-0077 Hours: Monday - Thursday 10am – 8pm, Friday 10am – 10pm, Sunday 10am - 9pm Indoor entertainment center with bumper cars, arcade games, a 3-level playground & kiddie rides. South St. Seaport Museum About 25 minutes from Crown Heights Old Westbury Gardens Where: 12 Fulton St. About 1 hours from Crown Heights Phone: (212) 748-8600 Where: 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11am – 5pm, Phone: (516) 333-0048 Monday - Tuesday - closed Hours: 10am - 5pm, Tuesday - Closed Maritime museum in New York City housing paintings, Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of John ship models, scrimshaw & more with vintage ships Shaffer Phipps, heir to a U.S. Steel fortune, in Nassau docked outside. County, New York. United Nations Sightseeing Tours BRONX, NY About 30 minutes from Crown Heights Where: 46th St & 1st Ave Phone: (212) 963-8687 Bronx Zoo Hours: Guided tours Mon - Fri 9:00 am – 4:45 pm About 1 hour from Crown Heights A one-hour guided tour offers an exciting opportunity to Where: Bronx River Pkwy & Fordham Rd discover UN Headquarters. Learn about the history and Phone: (718) 367-1010 work of the UN and visit the famous General Assembly Hours: Monday-Friday 10am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 5:30pm Hall and Security Council Chamber (meetings permitting). New York Botanical Gardens About 1 hour from Crown Heights LONG ISLAND, NY Where: 200 St. & Southern Blvd. Phone: (718) 817-8700 Hours: Tues - Sun 10am - 6pm Adventureland About 1.5 hours from Crown Heights Where: 2245 Broadhollow Rd, Farmingdale Phone: (631) 694-6868 Outdoor fun park features a mini coaster, waterslide & kiddie rides, with arcade & food court. Atlantis Marine World & Atlantis Explorer About 2 hours from Crown Heights Where: 431 East Main St., Riverhead Phone: (631) 208-9200 Hours: 10am – 5pm Interactive exhibits include boat rides, shark dives, feeding stingrays & frolicking with sea lions. 56 COLlive Magazine COLlive Tishrei Magazine__2 _FINAL_Layout 1 10/2/2019 10:06 PM Page 57 QUEENS, NY New York Hall of Science About 40 minutes from Crown Heights Where: 47-01 111th Street Corona, New York 11368 Phone: (718) 699-0005 Hours: Monday – Friday: 9:30 am – 5 pm, Sunday 10 am – 6 pm Discover over 450 exhibits, events, and workshops designed to engage ages 1 to 100. With over 100,000 square feet of indoor exhibition space, plus 60,000 square feet of outdoors, you’ve got room to explore! Staten Island Miniature Golf, Go-Kart & STATEN ISLAND, NY Batting Cage Center About 35 minutes from Crown Heights Fun Station USA Where: Address: 215 Schmidts Ln, Staten Island, About 1 hours from Crown Heights NY 10314 Phone: (718) 982-5576 Where: 3555 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10314 Hours: Sunday 10am – 9pm, Monday - Tuesday Phone: (718) 370-0077 10am –10pm, Wednesday - Friday 11am – 9pm Hours: Friday 10am – 12am, Sunday 10am – 10pm Monday - Thursday 10am – 11pm Cash-only spot with a go-kart track, mini-golf course, batting cages, roller hockey & a snack stand. Indoor kiddie fun park has arcade, toddler & kid rides, bumper cars, batting cage, laser tag & more. Staten Island Children’s Museum About 45 minutes from Crown Heights ' Where: 1000 Richmond Terrace Building M Enter via the Fillmore St. Gate off, Tysen St. Phone: (718) 273-2060 Hours: Sunday 10am – 5pm, Monday - Closed Tuesday - Friday 11am–5pm Hands on, imaginative & affordable fun for kids ages 1 & up, Programs include story and science times, cooking, art workshops, camps, & birthday parties. Staten Island Skating Pavilion About 45 minutes from Crown Heights Historic Richmond Town Where: 3080 Arthur Kill Rd, Staten Island, About 45 minutes from Crown Heights Phone: (718) 948-4800 Where: 441 Clarke Ave, Staten Island Hours: Sunday 10am – 9pm, Monday10am – 10pm Phone: (718) 351-1611 Tuesday 10am – 10pm, Wednesday 11am – 9pm Hours: Tuesday- Friday 12:00pm - 5:00pm, Saturday Thursday 11am – 9pm, Friday 11am – 9pm and Sunday 11am-5pm, Daily Tours Available Historic Richmond Town’s Main Village site comes alive with the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of New York City’s rural past! 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