Jackson Heights Life

I think this might be the closest available factory tour to us in JH -
it's the famous Steinway piano factory. 

This is from an email from them:
"We schedule tours of the factory every Monday and Tuesday - the tour officially starts at 9:30 AM and ends at around Noon. Due to our very busy schedule tours do have to be booked well in advance."

However, some of the dates I was offered were less than 2 weeks from the date of the email, which doesn't seem too bad.

All you have to do to book a tour is email info@steinway.com and they will send you information on what to do.

http://steinway.com/factory/steinway_history.shtml

The piano factory is adding an amazing solar thermal energy system on its roof, the largest of its kind in the world.  I hope they add that to the tour!

Coming Soon at Steinway, Solar Power (NYT City Room Blog, Dec. 26, 2008)