Where to leave the car
The public structure on 3rd Avenue is free for the first three hours and is a two‑minute walk. Street parking on 5th is two‑hour metered and turns over slowly on Saturdays, so the structure is usually faster even though it looks further on a map.
If you are being dropped off, the west door on 5th is the one. The courtyard entrance around the side is lovely and is locked until nine.
Getting in
Solid wooden door, no glass, small brass plate at eye height. It looks closed. It is not. Push it and you are in the entry with the desk on your left, and somebody will take your coat before you have finished apologising for being early.
If it is your first time, read your first visit before you come. The whole sequence is written out there so the first fifteen minutes are not spent working out where to put your shoes.