The New York Academy of Sciences

The American Museum of Natural History, located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world.

The New York Transit Museum, one of the city's leading cultural institutions is the largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history, and one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world. The Museum explores the development of the greater New York Metropolitan region through the presentations of exhibitions, tours, educational programs, and workshops dealing with the cultural, social, and technological history of public transportation.

LaGuardia Airport opened in 1939. Built on the site of the old Gala Amusement Park, LaGuardia quickly become an integral part of the Northern Queens community. The Port Authority took control in 1947 and instituted a variety of innovations and improvements.