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The Photo That Inspired NYC’s Merchant Mariners’ Memorial

On June 9, 2018, Reinhard Hardegen, the last surviving German submarine commander of World War II, died at the age of 105. With his passing, he joins the ghosts of …

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Naval Cemetery Landscape

The former Naval Hospital Cemetery at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is now a publicly-accessible green space created by the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative. Part of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, a 14-mile …

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Guide to Fleet Week New York 2018 Ships

As Memorial Day approaches, that can only mean one thing – it’s Fleet Week in NYC! Here’s our annual guide to some of the units that will be in town …

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Curbed: Exploring Brooklyn’s last remaining dry docks

It’s a strange feeling to be standing in the mud 40 feet below the East River without getting wet. Even stranger is having a 119-foot-tall ship above your head, its 12,000 tons balanced out on a few concrete blocks around you. So it goes every day in the dry docks of the GMD Shipyard, Brooklyn’s last ship repair facility.

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Visiting the Ships of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Since we began working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard nearly ten years ago, the Yard has become a huge part of our lives and our identity, both as a company …

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Made In NYC 15th Anniversary Party, May 3

Join us at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to celebrate 15 years of remarkable work of Made In NYC, an initiative the Pratt Center for Community Development. This special evening will bring …

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Vote in the 2017 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest

Over the course of five years of leading our photography tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, we have received well over 500 photographs from 118 photographers submitted to our photo contest. For …

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A collage of industrial features of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, including a crane, salt pile, tugboat in a dry dock, and ropes and rusty machinery

The Brooklyn Navy Yard and the US Occupation of Haiti, 1915–1934

As we reflect on the deeper meaning and troubling implication of the US president describing certain foreign countries as “shitholes,” it has also opened an opportunity to think critically about how …

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Portrait of Gompers as a young man in a suit and a newsboy style hat.

PBS: Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Brooklyn

We were so proud to have the Brooklyn Navy Yard featured in Episode 3 of the new PBS travel program Samantha Brown’s Places to Love, which explored unique sites around town including our friends at Prospect Park, Kings County Distillery, and the Gowanus Canal. Jump to 5:40 to see the segment on the Navy Yard.

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Escape: New York City Bus Tours: See a Different Side of the Big Apple

Escape, January 16, 2018 by Rob McFarland Turnstile has a diverse range of tours but one of its most interesting is an exploration of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. For 165 years, …

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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

New York Times: After the Launching (and Scrapping) of Navy Ships, a New Mission

“One of the great things about the redevelopment of the Navy yards is that there’s been so much preservation of the historic character,” said Andrew Gustafson, who has led tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard since 2010. “The history’s a selling point. It makes the place unique and attractive.”

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From Fulton to Constellation: The Worst Accidents in the History of the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Today marks the 57th anniversary of perhaps the darkest day in the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. To commemorate the fire on board the USS Constellation, we are going …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photo Contest

For our penultimate Brooklyn Navy Yard Seasonal Photography Tour of 2017, we asked another Yard-based artist to make selections for the year-end finalists. Nick Golebiewski is a visual artist who makes …

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Hopkins Views from the Hill: Hopkins’ Network at Work

Hopkins Views from the Hill, Fall 2017 by Judy Sirota Rosenthal and Leo Sorrel In July 2017, Andrew Gustafson hosted a student from his high school alma mater, New Haven’s …

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Chicago Tribune: Borough with a view: Brooklyn beckons with new hotels, other perks

Chicago Tribune, November 6, 2017 by Elaine Glusac The Brooklyn Navy Yard, an expansive, 300-acre patch of waterfront established in 1801 and the birthplace of the USS Maine, now serves …

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Archtober Podcast: Brooklyn Grange Farm at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Throughout AIA NY’s Archtober – New York Architecture Month – each day has a “Building of the Day,” which is highlighted with tours and other programming. This year, three of the …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Photography Contest Judge: Painter Jeff Britton

On our Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Tours, we’re always encouraging people to look for the unexpected. Even on streets we’ve walked down a thousand times, there may be something new, …

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The Bridge: The Brooklyn Tour Guides Who Know All the Secrets

The Bridge, July 12, 2017 by Emily Nonko As Brooklyn’s tourism industry heats up, double-decker buses have crossed the river in herds, whirling visitors around Grand Army Plaza and other dramatic sights. But …

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