From touring a historic ship to listening to music in a cemetery, uncover the best ways to spend Memorial Day Weekend in NYC!
The original foundation walls of the Lovelace Tavern, dating back to the 17th century, can be seen through a glass window in the sidewalk at 85 Broad Street.
Get discounted tickets to this multi-sensory experience!
When a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter was discovered in the Brooklyn Bridge, it had a stockpile inside that had lain untouched for fifty years.
NYCGO has a great guide to some of the secrets of New York, including that there’s a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter in the Brooklyn Bridge! When it was discovered in 2006 by city workers, it had an impressive stockpile inside that had lain untouched for fifty years.
As reported by The New York Times in 2006, the shelter was located in one of the masonry foundations of the bridge on the Manhattan side, filled with “water drums, medical supplies, paper blankets, drugs and calorie-packed crackers — an estimated 352,000 of them, sealed in dozens of watertight metal canisters and, it seems, still edible.” Boxes with blankets were labeled “For Use Only After Enemy Attack.”
Many boxes were stamped with two key dates, continued The Times, “1957, when the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite, and 1962, when the Cuban missile crisis seemed to bring the world to the precipice of nuclear destruction.” There were also “several dozen boxes” containing sealed bottles of Dextran, an antithrombotic medication.
Learn more on our upcoming tour of the Secrets of the Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO! (Please note: while this tour will cover the history of the vaults and Cold War shelter, we will not be going inside of the vaults.)
Walk NYC's iconic span and explore the formerly industrial waterfront neighborhood that is now one of the most visited (and Instragrammed) sites in all of New York!
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