Fleet Week came early this year, as last week the city was visited by USS Cooperstown, which became the first US Navy ship commissioned in New York City since USS …
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After a two-year hiatus, the fleet is returning to New York, though with a somewhat smaller contingent. This year, Navy, Coast Guard, and Royal Navy ships will be gathering on …
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On Thanksgiving, we’re looking back at an unsung hero of the holiday during World War II, a merchant ship called SS Great Republic.
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October is usually a time of beginnings for us at Turnstile. It’s always our busiest month of the year, and it’s when we often launch new tours—our Essex Market (2016), …
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On August 8, New York Harbor was shaken by an explosion, and 1.5 million square feet of historic structures came tumbling down. The Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne (MOTBY) was originally conceived …
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WCBS Newsradio 880, July 28, 2021 by Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso A New York City tour business has been growing despite the pandemic shutdown by adding new viable …
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Earlier this month, a pair of billionaires climbed into their respective rockets and launched themselves to the edge of space. Richard Branson made it there first (there being not space) …
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Last week, we continued two ongoing series on our virtual programs: programs about canals, and programs from boats. This time we paddled around in a canoe to explore the Connecticut River, …
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Crain’s New York Business, May 10, 2021 by Brian Pascus When the Covid-19 pandemic threatened to shut down their Brooklyn tour-guide business—Turnstile Tours—husband-and-wife team Cindy VandenBosch and Andrew Gustafson reinvented …
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This week is the 199th birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, and we will be announcing special programming for his 200th birthday year. While parks and public lands have been critical to …
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What are the objects that have brought you comfort, companionship, or connection? If your favorite keepsake is a product manufactured in the past 50 years, there’s a good chance that it …
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Where Traveler, October 15, 2020 by Noah Diamond Turnstile Tours, a Brooklyn-based company, normally offers custom-made walking tours of locations like the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Essex Market, in …
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Below is a selection of prints from the renowned firm Imagerie d’Épinal from the collections of the Musée de L’Image and the French Ministry of Culture. These paper dolls can …
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On Wednesday, June 17, Turnstile Tours will broadcast their 100th “virtual tour” since the New York City lockdown began, a trivia night looking back at the highlights of the last …
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At 3:57 p.m. on May 2, 1982, the British submarine HMS Conqueror fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, located approximately 230 nautical miles …
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Crain’s New York Business, April 27, 2020 by Brian Pascus For small-business owner Cindy VandenBosch, who runs Turnstile Tours from her office in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the lack of communication from JPMorgan Chase on …
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Travel Unity Podcast, April 10, 2020 Since the WHO has categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic, the global economy has suffered, and millions of people are filing for unemployment. There are …
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The hospital ship USNS Comfort is en route to New York City. One of just two hospital ships in the Navy fleet, it has been dispatched from Norfolk, while its …
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