Forty historic New York places representing all five boroughs have been named finalists competing for $3 million in grants through Partners in Preservation, a collaboration between American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The preservation effort powered by social media will allow the public to vote online through May 21, 2012 for the preservation projects most important to them at www.PartnersinPreservation.com. Participants can vote once a day, every day, for the same site or for different sites. The top four vote-getters, to be announced May 22, are guaranteed to receive grants for their preservation projects. A Partners in Preservation advisory committee of community and preservation leaders, will select sites that will receive the rest of the $3 million in grants.
To encourage voting, a “Preservation Station” vehicle will travel around New York City throughout the voting period, giving New Yorkers the opportunity to get their photos taken against the backdrop of their favorite sites and have those pictures projected onto buildings. To find out where the “Preservation Station” will be, follow @PartnersinPres and @AmericanExpress on Twitter.

The 40 historic places in New York City competing for the $3 million in grants are:

Alice Austen House Museum, Staten Island

Apollo Theater, Manhattan

Astoria Pool, Queens

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bronx

Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Brooklyn

Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brooklyn

Caribbean Cultural Center, Manhattan

City Island Nautical Museum, Bronx

Cleopatra’s Needle, Manhattan

Coney Island B&B Carousell, Brooklyn

Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn

Duo Multicultural Arts Center, Manhattan

Ellis Island Hospital Complex, Manhattan

Erasmus Hall Campus, Brooklyn

Federal Hall National Memorial, Manhattan

Flushing Town Hall, Queens

Gateway National Recreation Area, Brooklyn

Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, Brooklyn

Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan

Helen Hayes Theatre, Manhattan

Henry Street Settlement, Manhattan

High Line, Manhattan

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Manhattan

Japan Society, Inc., Manhattan

Jefferson Market Library, Manhattan

Louis Armstrong House Museum, Queens

Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Manhattan

Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center, Bronx

Museum of the City of New York, Manhattan

New York Botanical Garden, Bronx

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Rosebank, Staten Island

Queens County Farm Museum, Queens

Rocket Thrower, Queens

Rossville African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Staten Island

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Manhattan

St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery, Manhattan

Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor, Staten Island

Tug Pegasus & Waterfront Museum Barge, Brooklyn

eeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx