1249 Fifth Avenue opened as a hospital in 1850. It was designed by the architecture firm York and Sawyer and was inspired by the designs of Italian buildings. It served as a pillar in the community for many years and was where famed soprano Maria Callas was born. After more than one hundred years, Flower Fifth Avenue closed in 1978. The Archdiocese of New York took over the building and opened the Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center in the facility. Now the building operates as a nursing home for the elderly and ailing.

The epicenter of our bike tour. Users can either begin or end at the museum. Make sure to pop in to check out our "Cycling in the City" exhibition. The Museum of the City of New York was founded in 1923 by Henry Collins Brown, a Scottish-born writer with a vision for a populist approach to the city. The Museum was originally housed in Gracie Mansion, the future residence of the Mayor of New York. Hardinge Scholle succeeded Henry Brown in 1926 and began planning a new home for the Museum. The City offered land on Fifth Avenue on 103rd-104th Streets and construction for Joseph H. Freedlander’s Georgian Colonial-Revival design for the building started in 1929 and was completed in 1932. During the next few decades, the Museum amassed a considerable collection of exceptional items, including several of Eugene O’Neill’s handwritten manuscripts, a complete room of Duncan Phyfe furniture, 412 glass negatives taken by Jacob Riis and donated by his son, a man’s suit worn to George Washington’s Inaugural Ball, and the Carrie Walter Stettheimer dollhouse, which contains a miniature work by Marcel Duchamp. Today the Museum’s collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculpture, toys, and theatrical memorabilia.

This 11 story building was once used as the center for meetings of the Oddfellows fraternity until the mid 1900s when it was sold to Pathe Industries. The building then operated as a motion picture studio and film lab. Currently, the building houses multiple small companies and a public school.

This building was once known as Station U and was a part of the United States Postal Savings System. The System was introduced through the efforts of President William Howard Taft. The USPSS offered a 2% interest rate and at its peak in 1947, the savings system held almost $3.4 billion in deposits. The building has since been closed down, but recent scaffolding hints that a new owner may be opening it back up soon.

This friendly neighborhood park has many facilities including a skate park, outdoor pools, and basketball courts. Excavation for the park was started in 1899 and opened in 1905. The park features two sculptures that were commissioned and installed in 1995: Tomorrow’s Wind by Melvin Edwards and El Arbor De Esperanza, by L. Brower Hatcher.

Our Lady of Good Counsel is a Roman Catholic Church here on 90th street. The church was completed in 1892 under the designs of Thomas H. Poole, a British architect who designed numerous churches and schools throughout the city.

Row houses are an architectural standard in many New York City boroughs. A row house is a residential building that shares one or both sides and a roofline with the buildings next to it. 242 has gone under some structural changes since it was built. This row house at east 90th is now an apartment building after it was combined with 240 next to it in 1960. The home now contains 25 units and has a 5,000 square foot lot size.

The property was built as a Georgian style townhouse for the philanthropist Emily Trevor. Here, her family held multiple high society events. The interior of the building has rococo ceilings and ornamenting that reflects the style of the architect, Mott Schmidt.

This elegant residence, built in 1902-03 for M. Louise McAlpin, was designed by the New York City architectural firm of Barney & Chapman. In keeping with their training at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the architects' design was inspired by the classical traditions of the 18th-century French Wotel particular.

The Church of the Heavenly Rest is an Episcopal church noted for its stunning architecture. The church was founded in 1865 by American Civil War veterans as a memorial to the soldiers who died in the war. By 1900, the church had grown to almost 1000 members. The church was located originally on 46th Street, but moved after the current site was sold by Andrew Carnegie's widow, Louise Whitfield. The new building was given a Neo-gothic style and opened Easter Sunday, 1929.

The New York Academy of Medicine is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847. In 1926, the Academy moved to this building, designed by York and Sawyer. The exterior uses Limestone and Sandstone bricks while combining Byzantine and Romanesque styles throughout the entryway and interior. The Academy Library is home to one of the most important collections of medicinal literature. It holds over 500,000 items and is open to the public.

The epicenter of our bike tour. Users can either begin or end at the museum. Make sure to pop in to check out our "Cycling in the City" exhibition. The Museum of the City of New York was founded in 1923 by Henry Collins Brown, a Scottish-born writer with a vision for a populist approach to the city. The Museum was originally housed in Gracie Mansion, the future residence of the Mayor of New York. Hardinge Scholle succeeded Henry Brown in 1926 and began planning a new home for the Museum. The City offered land on Fifth Avenue on 103rd-104th Streets and construction for Joseph H. Freedlander’s Georgian Colonial-Revival design for the building started in 1929 and was completed in 1932. During the next few decades, the Museum amassed a considerable collection of exceptional items, including several of Eugene O’Neill’s handwritten manuscripts, a complete room of Duncan Phyfe furniture, 412 glass negatives taken by Jacob Riis and donated by his son, a man’s suit worn to George Washington’s Inaugural Ball, and the Carrie Walter Stettheimer dollhouse, which contains a miniature work by Marcel Duchamp. Today the Museum’s collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculpture, toys, and theatrical memorabilia.