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Frommer’s New York City 2026: Turnstile Tours

This means that a lot of what you’ll learn on their history-rich outings comes from direct research, not from reading someone else’s books, making the tours unusually compelling. Turnstile is the sole tour operator of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Army Terminal; it also offers food-cart tours and Prospect Park tours.

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Exhibition: An Ecosystem of Access: Building a More Inclusive Storm King

Storm King Art Center, a 500-acre outdoor sculpture museum in New York’s Hudson Valley, has transformed its approach to accessibility from isolated accommodations to a comprehensive “ecosystem of access” that integrates physical improvements, staff training, and community partnerships.

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AARP: 10 Top Walking Tours Across the U.S.

From 1801 to 1966, the Brooklyn Navy Yard served as a shipbuilding and repair facility. During World War II, more than 70,000 people worked at the yard. Today, it is owned by New York City and is home to more than 550 businesses.

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Yahoo! Australia: ‘Ridiculous prices’ called out as Australia copies U.S. favourite: ‘$19 plus surcharge’

In fact, food trucks are so central to the city’s existence that you can do a tour of them in Jackson Heights, Queens with a company called Turnstile Tours (and, just quietly, I strongly recommend you do).

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Air New Zealand: Queens for a Day

“Peel back Queens’ food landscape and you’ll find successive waves of immigrants – from Ireland and Bhutan to Ecuador and Lebanon – who’ve brought their rich culinary heritage with them,” says Amanda Adler-Brennan, guide on a food walking tour of Jackson Heights, the Queens suburb with the largest foreign-born population (and an impressive array of food trucks).

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Canberra Times: Where to eat delicious food like a local in the city that never sleeps

Turnstile Tours offers several food cart tours in New York but this is the newest and arguably most interesting – a chance to sample dishes you simply can’t find in other boroughs.

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Street Vending

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Fleet Week Harbor Tour | Monday, May 27, 10:45am

Join us on Memorial Day for a special, in-depth tour of the rich military history of New York Harbor to celebrate Fleet Week New York.

Waterfront

Yard Patrol Boats and USS Wasp at Fleet Week 2023

Meet Our Team: Brian Hoffman

Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing brief profiles about our wonderful and talented team at Turnstile Tours & Studio. Next up is our senior Food Tour Guide …

Staff Profiles

Meet Our Team: Carinn Candelaria

Over the next several weeks, we will be sharing brief profiles about our wonderful and talented team at Turnstile Tours & Studio. First up is our Education Manager Carinn Candelaria, …

Staff Profiles

Meetings Today: A Different Perspective on NYC, From the Water

After 36 years living in NYC, the city is as familiar as my hand. Fresh looks are always rejuvenating, though, such as my recent Classic Harbor Line experience. Based at historic Chelsea Piers.

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AIANY Industrial Waterfront Tour to Freshkills Park | Virtual Tour with Classic Harbor Line

Cruise through the industrial waterways of New York Harbor around Staten Island en route to Freshkills Park—formerly the world’s largest landfill, this 2,200-acre site is being transformed into one of …

Architecture
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EF: A taste of everything New York City has to offer

EF Explore America partners with Turnstile Tours to take students on a food cart tour and introduce them to working street vendors, discover new perspectives, and (literally) try something new. For Cindy VandenBosch, Founder & President of Turnstile Tours, the goal is to use food as common ground where people can connect.

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The Bowery Boys: The Brooklyn Navy Yard and Vinegar Hill

In this episode, Greg is joined by the amazing Andrew Gustafson from Turnstile Tours who unfurls the surprising history of the Navy Yard — through war and peace, through new technologies and aging infrastructure, through the lives of the men and women who built the yard’s reputation. And the story extends to the tiny neighborhood of Vinegar Hill, famed for its early 19th-century architecture and the mysterious mansion known as the Commandant’s House.

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Insight Vacations: Mixing Business and Pleasure

On Best of Eastern Canada & USA, join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and immerse yourself in market life. Run by Cindy and Andrew of Turnstile Tours & Studio, meet vendors, enjoy a live cooking demonstration and learn how this nonprofit run market contributes to countless programs aimed to provide quality, affordable food to the community.

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Memorial Day Military History Tour of New York Harbor | Virtual Tour with Classic Harbor Line

In honor of Fleet Week New York and Memorial Day, we again worked with Classic Harbor Line to offer this special tour focusing on the military history of New York Harbor—and this time we …

Virtual Programs
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Finding Frederick Law Olmsted in Cotton’s Kingdom with Sara Zewde | Episode 280

Join architect Sara Zewde for this live virtual program as she shares her recent research on the impact of Frederick Law Olmsted’s journeys through the Slave States on his practice …

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PRESS RELEASE: Turnstile Tours Launches New Street Food Tour of Jackson Heights, Queens

For more than a decade, New York City-based social enterprise Turnstile Tours has been sharing the stories and flavors of Manhattan’s street food, and now they are coming to Queens.

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Frederick Law Olmsted: Designer of America & His Staten Island Roots | Episode 279

Join historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton, originator of and consulting producer to the PBS special Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America, as he shares the remarkable life and career of the …

Prospect Park
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