NYC Home Improvement Tour Guide Exam
with Questions and Accurate Answers.
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ✔✔Warren and Wetmore, Reed and Stem
What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ✔✔4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ✔✔The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? - ✔✔SoHo
(SOuth of HOuston)
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ✔✔Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an exclusive,
eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ✔✔It was a sheep barn
What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? - ✔✔United Nations,
Rockefeller Center, Battery Park City, master plan for Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Opera
House, Albany's Empire State Plaza, Corning Museum of Glass
What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses, to motivate
social reform? - ✔✔How the Other Half Lives
Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? - ✔✔Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ✔✔Stanford White
,Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ✔✔Emma Stebbins; Central Park
What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St. Nicholas Park? -
✔✔Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home)
What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? - ✔✔Marble Collegiate
Church
Where was West Side Story filmed? - ✔✔Lincoln Center
What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ✔✔Belmont, the "Little Italy of the Bronx"
What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and where is it? -
✔✔Congregation Shearith Israel, W 70th Street and Central Park West
Where is the Islamic Cultural Center, the first mosque built in the US, which faces Mecca? -
✔✔1711 Third Avenue, between E 96th Street and E 97th Street
Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th Street are named for him? -
✔✔Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market
(market for African goods and clothes)
The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn and Queens? - ✔✔Newtown
Creek
Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ✔✔Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
, Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? - ✔✔El Greco, Diego
Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
What is CBGB? - ✔✔A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and helped launch
punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking
Heads, and Blondie played here.
What is a bialy? - ✔✔A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole. Usually covered with
onions.
What is unique about wooden water towers? - ✔✔Wood expands when wet, preventing leaks.
Cheaper to build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel.
Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural model in the world? -
✔✔Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? - ✔✔Temple Emanu-El
Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable family supposed to live? -
✔✔St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ✔✔The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations
in NYC and numerous worldwide
Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ✔✔Sabbath Brown
Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ✔✔Jan
Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
with Questions and Accurate Answers.
Who are the architects of Grand Central Terminal? - ✔✔Warren and Wetmore, Reed and Stem
What subway lines do NOT stop at Times Square? - ✔✔4/5/6, B/D/F/M, A/C/E, G, L
What borough has Edgar Allan Poe's cottage? - ✔✔The Bronx
Where can you find the greatest concentration of cast iron buildings in the world? - ✔✔SoHo
(SOuth of HOuston)
What's a nickname for the AT&T Building? - ✔✔Golden Boy
What was the original function of the building that holds Tavern-on-the-Green, an exclusive,
eccentric restaurant in Central Park? - ✔✔It was a sheep barn
What are some of Wallace K. Harrison's accomplishments as an architect? - ✔✔United Nations,
Rockefeller Center, Battery Park City, master plan for Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Opera
House, Albany's Empire State Plaza, Corning Museum of Glass
What famous book did Jacob Riis write about the conditions in tenement houses, to motivate
social reform? - ✔✔How the Other Half Lives
Who designed the outside of the Statue of Liberty? The inside? - ✔✔Frédéric Auguste
Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel
Who designed the Washington Square Arch? - ✔✔Stanford White
,Who sculpted Bethesda Fountain? Where is it? - ✔✔Emma Stebbins; Central Park
What home of a Founding Father was moved from its original location to St. Nicholas Park? -
✔✔Hamilton Grange (Alexander Hamilton's home)
What is the oldest continuous Protestant organization in New York City? - ✔✔Marble Collegiate
Church
Where was West Side Story filmed? - ✔✔Lincoln Center
What's at Arthur Avenue in the Bronx? - ✔✔Belmont, the "Little Italy of the Bronx"
What is the oldest Jewish synagogue in New York City (founded in 1654), and where is it? -
✔✔Congregation Shearith Israel, W 70th Street and Central Park West
Where is the Islamic Cultural Center, the first mosque built in the US, which faces Mecca? -
✔✔1711 Third Avenue, between E 96th Street and E 97th Street
Who was Malcolm Shabazz? What two locations on W 116th Street are named for him? -
✔✔Malcolm X's grandson; Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market
(market for African goods and clothes)
The Kosciuszko Bridge spans what waterway between Brooklyn and Queens? - ✔✔Newtown
Creek
Where is the New Wave Festival held each year? - ✔✔Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
, Which great painters are on display at the Hispanic Society of America? - ✔✔El Greco, Diego
Velázquez, Francisco de Goya, and others
What is CBGB? - ✔✔A music club that opened in the East Village in 1973 and helped launch
punk and new wave music. "Country, BlueGrass, and Blues." Police, the B-52s, the Talking
Heads, and Blondie played here.
What is a bialy? - ✔✔A Jewish pastry similar to a bagel but without a hole. Usually covered with
onions.
What is unique about wooden water towers? - ✔✔Wood expands when wet, preventing leaks.
Cheaper to build and maintain. Water freezes later than in steel.
Where is the New York City Panorama, the largest architectural model in the world? -
✔✔Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
What is the largest Jewish congregation in New York City? - ✔✔Temple Emanu-El
Where was the Bill Cosby Show shot? Where were the Huxtable family supposed to live? -
✔✔St. Luke's Place in the West Village; Brooklyn Heights
Where are the great works of Picasso found? - ✔✔The Gagosian Gallery, which has 3 locations
in NYC and numerous worldwide
Who designed the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque? - ✔✔Sabbath Brown
Who were the original owners of the Dutch farmhouses in the Brooklyn Museum? - ✔✔Jan
Martense Schenk & Nicholas Schenk
