The Castle at Fort Totten Park

From the East: Long Island Expressway (I-495) to Exit 31N (Cross Island Parkway North). Go 2.8 miles to Exit 32 (Bell Boulevard) and make a right at the light into Fort Totten.

From the West: Long Island Expressway (I-495) to Exit 27N (Clearview Expressway toward Bronx/Throgs Neck Bridge). Go 3.3. miles to Exit 7 (Willets Point Boulevard); turn right onto Bell Boulevard; at second light turn left onto 212th Street, which leads into Fort Totten.

* Please stop at the guard booth to inform them you are attending an event at Bayside Historical Society.

Proceed straight ahead for a short distance to a fork in the road and bear right. The Castle will be the fourth building on the right. Parking is opposite the front entrance on Murray and Weaver Avenues.

We've reserved a block of rooms at a hotel halfway between LaGuardia and Fort Totten (5-ish miles from each):

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott New York Queens/Fresh Meadows

183-31 Horace Harding Expy • Queens NY 11365 • (718) 746-7230

Please note: these rates do not include occupancy taxes of $3.50 + 14.75%. Also, if you have a vehicle, parking is $30 per day. (But on the bright side, there is free breakfast!)

• Check in: Friday, October 20 (after 3:00 p.m.)
• Check out: Sunday, October 22 (before noon)

To book a room in the block, click here or the link below, or call the hotel and reference "Peggy and Matt's Reception." But don't wait - the block closes for reservations on September 20.

If rooms are not available at the Fairfield, you might try the Marriott property right next door: Courtyard, at 183-15 Horace Harding Expy. (718) 746-6769

Our venue in is Queens, home of the two airports in New York City proper:

LaGuardia (LGA) is the closer of the two. And now that reconstruction of Terminal B is now substantially complete, LGA is now a very pleasant place to fly in and out of.

• Terminal A: Spirit, and Frontier
• Terminal B: American, JetBlue, Southwest, United, and Air Canada
• Terminal C: Delta and WestJet

JFK International Airport is at the other end of Queens from Fort Totten Park. All major carriers serve JFK, and we do find that car rental is more convenient than at LGA.

Note: Neither MacArthur (ISP) nor Newark Liberty (EWR) is convenient to Fort Totten Park. If you fly, we strongly recommend looking only at LaGuardia or JFK.