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Brooklyn Navy Yard Photographers Ready For Spring

Our next Seasonal Photography Tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is just a few days away (Saturday, April 19, 11am-1pm – tickets are almost sold out!), and we are pleased …

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Credit: Theresa Fitzgerald

Adams, Jefferson, and the Unlikely Founding of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Two hundred and thirteen years ago today, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was founded, the last of the six original shipyards established by the US Navy. Today we celebrate the yard’s …

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EcoLogic Solutions Brings Green Cleaning to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

When it comes to so-called “green” products, we usually expect to pay more for something that doesn’t do the job quite as well as its mainstream counterpart. EcoLogic Solutions proves that this kind …

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See the Selections of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Winter Photo Contest

A portrait, a pan, and a zoom. BLDG 92 Visiting Artist Randy Duchaine spread the love broadly to three different styles of photography in picking winners for this winter’s seasonal …

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Photographers Capture Brooklyn Navy Yard Industry in Grips of Winter

For some people, a visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard is like visiting a zoo — a place showing off something rare and worth preserving.  Last Saturday a group of …

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WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY Exhibit Reveals Brooklyn Navy Yard Stories of WWII

If you have not yet been to the Brooklyn Museum to see their stunning exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, make no delay – the show closes on Sunday, February 2, when its three-city …

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Photographer Randy Duchaine to Judge First Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Tour of 2014

Each season, our Photography Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard highlight a different photographer or artist who plies their trade inside the gates of the Yard.  In 2013, we featured …

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See the Winners of the 2013 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest

After a month of voting and deliberation, we are proud to announce the winners of the People’s Choice and Photographer’s Choice Awards in the first annual Brooklyn Navy Yard photography contest. …

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Where Your Presents Came From: The Port of New York & New Jersey

By now all of us who celebrate Christmas have given and received our gifts.  While we all put a great deal of thought (hopefully) into finding the perfect present for …

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Vote In Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Contest

Throughout 2013, Turnstile Tours offered a series of photography tours at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in partnership with BLDG 92.  These seasonal explorations took visitors all around the Yard and …

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Photographers Come From All Over To Snap Brooklyn Navy Yard in Fall

The three winning photographers came from three different states to explore the Brooklyn Navy Yard on our Seasonal Photography Tour on October 19.  And our contest judge, photographer Davina Zagury …

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USS Iowa: Brooklyn-Built Battleship Lives on in LA

Earlier this year, Cindy and I had the privilege of visiting one of the largest and most decorated ships ever built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the battleship USS Iowa. …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photos Are In!

Usually a cloudy day is not ideal for a tour – but for our Fall Photography Tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the cloudy weather could not have been better. …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard-Based Photographer Davina Zagury Feinberg to Judge Fall Photo Tour Contest

When Brooklyn Navy Yard-based photographer Davina Zagury Feinberg moved to Brooklyn from Israel ten years ago, she had the notion that she could make it as an artist.  As we sat …

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Brooklyn “B-Corps” Offer New Models for Business Success

Today, many of the products we buy are slapped with a dizzying array of certification labels.  You’ve probably seen the USDA certification attached to organic food products, or the Fair …

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Labor Day Weekend: New Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Army Terminal

This weekend, explore the Brooklyn waterfront with Turnstile Tours!  From sidewalk botany to intermodal transportation to the Battle of Guadalcanal, our tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Brooklyn Army …

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Credit: Rich Garr

Winning Photos from Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Tour

The results are in for our Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Photography Tour!  Contest judge and Yard-based photographer Amy Fronczkiewicz has picked her three favorite photos from this season’s Instagram submissions out …

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Photo by TaraFawn Marek @thetfawn

Meet Our Team: Tour Guide Rich Garr

Over the next several weeks, we will be posting brief interviews with all of our great team members at Turnstile Tours.  From historians to actors, special education professionals to artists, our …

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