Day trips from the A train

Marjorie Feld

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I have lived off the A line in Inwood for the better part of four decades, and I have made a quiet sport of proving that you can see half of civilization without ever paying for a car service. This is the itinerary I hand to visiting grandnieces and retired colleagues who think the only museum worth the trip is the one with the dinosaurs. Pack a paperback for the ride; some of these stops are worth the detour, and all of them are worth the walk afterward.

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Day trips from the A train — 4 items
Name	Place	Address	City	Best reached by	Time needed	My take
1The Met Cloisters	The Met Cloisters	99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park	New York, NY 10040	A train to 190th Street, then the M4 bus or a brisk walk	Half a day	Practically my backyard, and still the one place that makes me whisper out of habit rather than instruction.
2New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building	NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building	476 Fifth Avenue	New York, NY 10018	B, D, F, M to 42nd St–Bryant Park	One to two hours	Patience and Fortitude guard the steps, which is also roughly my professional motto after forty years of shelving returns.
3The Morgan Library & Museum	The Morgan Library & Museum	225 Madison Avenue	New York, NY 10016	6 train to 33rd Street	Two hours	A financier's private library turned public one, which feels like the closest thing to poetic justice in Midtown.
4Brooklyn Botanic Garden	Brooklyn Botanic Garden	990 Washington Avenue	Brooklyn, NY 11225	2 or 3 train to Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum	Half a day	A full hour and a half each way from Inwood, but I have never regretted a single stop of it once the magnolias are out.