Less than Two Months to Go: Open House New York Weekend is October 17-19, 2025
New Yorkers gain access to 300 special spaces for ONE weekend a year, from members-only clubs and artist studios to architectural landmarks and hard hat infrastructure tours.
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August 18, 2025—In less than two months, 300 hard-to-see spaces across all five boroughs will be open to the public, largely for free. Since 2003, Open House New York Weekend (OHNY Weekend) has offered a once-a-year rare chance to see parts of the city that are often inaccessible to the average person.
Check out five of our favorite spots and activities available for the first time during this year’s OHNY Weekend, held from October 17 to 19:
Go behind the scenes at Printemps in the Financial District, a legendary French department store’s first outpost in the US that occupies part of a landmarked Art Deco building’s lobby. Photo: Gieves Anderson for Printemps New York.
Join NYC Parks Urban Park Rangers to peek inside the base of newly restored Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza, a tribute to Civil War soldiers and sailors that just emerged sparkling from a $8.9 million restoration by the Prospect Park Alliance. Photo: Paul Martinka.
Snag a first look at MADE Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, a brand new waterfront hub for manufacturers, artisans, designers, and entrepreneurs. Photo: Take Out Creative.
Row Rocking the Boat’s student-built vessels along Bronx River. NYC’s only freshwater river has been transformed from polluted waterway to nature and wildlife habitat. Photo: Joaquin Cotten.
Climb aboard Yankee Ferry, a former Ellis Island ferry that’s now a palatial floating home in Staten Island. Photo: Brian Ogelsbee.
Plus! This year’s lineup also features:
- Woolworth Building Lobby
- New York Sign Museum at Noble Signs
- Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Ravenswood Generating Station
- Sunset Park Materials Recovery Facility
- Tall Ship Wavertree
- Manhattan Borough President’s Topographical Bureau
- Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field
- Ford Foundation (CANCELLED)
- Iron Workers Locals 40 & 361 Training Center
- Tactile Transmission at the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation
- LiveOnNY Kidney Rescue Area & Sim Center
- Fulton Fish Market Cooperative
- Hudson River Park’s Wetlab
- Four Sparrow Marsh Wetland Restoration
Mark these dates in your calendar so you don’t miss a single spot.
- September 26: The full list of 300-plus spaces open to the public during OHNY Weekend is revealed here.
- October 3: Tickets become available for select OHNY Weekend sites that require them for safety and security. Most tickets are $7.
- October 17-19: The official weekend: The majority of the festival is free and open to the public — no advance registration or tickets are required for the majority of spaces and activities.
OHNY Weekend is produced by Open House New York, a nonprofit organization that promotes broad, unparalleled access to the city—to the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future. Through year-round programming, including the annual Open House New York Weekend festival, OHNY offers a citywide platform for education, exploration, and engagement about the connections between quality of place and quality of life for all New Yorkers.
The 2025 OHNY Weekend festival is made possible with support from Bloomberg Connects. Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. Additional support is provided by Brooklyn Army Terminal & MADE Bush Terminal, M&T Bank, NYC Ferry, the Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation, and the American Institute of Steel Construction.
