New York City Day Trip
October 24, 2026 · 9 AM
Tenement Museum, 103 Orchard Street, New York
An Amtrak day trip to NYC with lunch, a separately booked guided Tenement Museum visit, an optional Brooklyn food stop and a sunset walk across the Brooklyn Bridge before returning home.
Explore immigrant history on a guided Tenement Museum tour and walk the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset; museum reservations and train tickets are separate purchases, and some apartment tours involve stairs without an elevator.
The day starts with Amtrak in the am. up to NYC. We grab lunch near Penn Station, then on to **The Tenement Museum**. **The Tenement Museum** preserves the history of immigration through the personal accounts of those who built lives in the Lower East Side. Visitors can view restored apartments from the 19th and 20th centuries, walk the historic neighborhood, and interact with residents to learn the stories of generations of immigrants who helped shape the American experience. The museum is available by guided tour only. Be sure to take note of the number of steps involved to access some of these apartments. These are old buildings built in the 1800's, don't count on an elevator. I will be visiting one of the lower floors. Each tour is roughly $30.00. Purchase tickets and reservations at www.tenement.org Tenement's website says no refunds or exchanges. I called them and they stated they would exchange for us to a later date if there is bad weather, if we call a day in advance. Next, we head to Brooklyn for more grub if we feel like it, then on to walk over the famous **Brooklyn Bridge** for a fabulous view of the Manhattan skyline at sunset!. After that, head back to Penn Station and home. We are catching Amtrak train #152 from Penn Station, departing 9:06am, returning from NYP on train #165, departing New York at 8:01pm. Round trip tickets are currently about $100 round trip. I recommend buying refundable Amtrak tickets in case of bad weather.