Open House New York Weekend Opens Two Historic Landmarks to Drop-Ins
A Saturday in an 1881 Brooklyn library and a Sunday in an 1887 synagogue make an easy first plan for the citywide festival.
Museum at Eldridge Street
4.7 (1,224)
Mon – Fri, Sun, 10:00 – 17:00
12 Eldridge St
This 1887 Moorish Revival synagogue, a National Historic Landmark, reopened in 2007 after a twenty-year restoration. During OHNY Weekend it takes drop-in visitors on Sunday, October 18, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Look up for the star-painted domes and the blue east window.
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Center for Brooklyn History
5.0 (2)
Mon – Fri, 10:00 – 18:00;
Sat, 10:00 – 16:00
128 Pierrepont Street
George B. Post designed this Brooklyn Heights landmark, completed in 1881 and now part of Brooklyn Public Library. During OHNY Weekend it takes drop-in visitors on Saturday, October 17, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The wood-paneled Othmer Library holds Brooklyn maps, atlases and family histories.
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