Day trips from the A train

Marjorie Feld

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Thirty-odd years of shushing children has taught me that the quietest patrons are usually the ones who got here by public transit and are saving their energy for the walk home. These are the places I send former students (and the occasional bridge partner) when they want a full day out of a single MetroCard swipe, no car required and no apology necessary for bringing a thermos. I have ranked them, as I rank everything, by whether I would go back on a rainy Tuesday.

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Day trips from the A train — 3 items
Name	Address	City	Best reached by	Ideal season	Bring	My take
1The Met Cloisters	99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park	New York, NY 10040	A train to 190th Street, then the elevator	Late October, when the park goes copper	A library hold you've been meaning to finish on the bench outside	Fifteen minutes from my apartment and it still convinces me I have left the country. Unbeatable for a slow Sunday.
2New York Transit Museum	99 Schermerhorn Street	Brooklyn, NY 11201	2 or 3 train to Borough Hall, or the R to Court Street	Any gray afternoon when the outdoors has failed you	A grandchild, or someone who still finds turnstiles charming	A museum housed in a decommissioned subway station, which is the kind of civic wit I respect. Worth the trip for the vintage cars alone.
3Green-Wood Cemetery	500 25th Street	Brooklyn, NY 11232	R train to 25th Street	Fall foliage season, unapologetically	A map, because the paths wander and so will you	Not morbid in the least; more like a very quiet, very hilly park with excellent company buried underfoot. I go for the view of the harbor.