HISTORY

Events

Explore Canarsie Pier and Beach

Learn about the pre-World War II plans to construct wharves and storage facilities in a partially filled-in Jamaica Bay, then join naturalist Mickey Maxwell Cohen on a hike along the biologically-rich inter-tidal beach.

Word War II Harbor Defense Lantern Tour

Join the Army Ground Forces Association volunteers for a lantern tour of several seacoast gun batteries.

Open House New York: Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse

Tour the newly restored Jacob Riis Park Bathhouse, an art-deco architectural icon, during Open House New York.

Freedom Forums: Conflict of Home

Freedom Forums at Federal Hall considers how our realities in our neighborhoods and communities intersect to shape, threaten and enhance our perceptions of home in this read, talk, listen workshop.