NY1 Parenting Correspondent Shelley Goldberg meets with Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe to learn of the Historic House Trust, a group of 22 historical house-museums that are open across the five boroughs which offer free and low-cost holiday events.

Participating houses include:

Bronx

• Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Pelham Bay Park, 895 Shore Road
(718) 885-1461
www.bpmm.org

• Van Cortlandt House Museum
Broadway at West 246th Street
(718) 543-3344
www.vancortlandthouse.org

Brooklyn

• Lefferts Historic House
Prospect Park, Flatbush Avenue at Empire Boulevard and Ocean Avenue
(718) 789-2822
www.prospectpark.org

• Old Stone House
J.J. Byrne Park, Fifth Avenue at 3rd Street
(718) 768-3195
www.theoldstonehouse.org

• Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum
Fidler Park, 5816 Clarendon Road at Ralph Avenue
(718) 629-5400
www.wyckoffassociation.org

Manhattan

• Dyckman Farmhouse Museum
4881 Broadway at 204th Street
(212) 304-9422
www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org

• Merchant’s House Museum
29 East 4th Street between Lafayette Street and Bowery
(212) 777-1089
www.merchantshouse.org

Queens

• Flushing’s Historic Holiday House Tour
December 14, 1 – 5 p.m.
Tour five museums and historic sites: the Queens Historical Society at the Kingsland Homestead, the Quaker Meeting House, Flushing Town Hall, Voelker-Orth Museum, and the Lewis H. Latimer House.
$10 adults; $5 children under 12.
(718) 939-0647, ext. 17

• King Manor Museum
King Park, 150-03 Jamaica Avenue
(718) 206-0545
www.kingmanor.org

• Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway
(718) 347-FARM
www.queensfarm.org

Staten Island

• A Shoreline Holiday Trolley Tour
December 14, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Free, reservations required.
(718) 390-8012
www.historichousetrust.org

• Conference House
Conference House Park, 7455 Hylan Boulevard
(718) 984-6046
www.theconferencehouse.org

• Historic Richmond Town
441 Clarke Avenue
(718) 351-1611
www.historicrichmondtown.org

For more information on the holiday season's events, call 311 or visit HistoricHouseTrust.org.