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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Guide to the Ships of Fleet Week New York 2023
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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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 …
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Virtual Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Open House New York | Episode 278
More than 50 Brooklyn Navy Yard tenants welcomed the public on Open House New York Weekend, with manufacturers, artists, designers, and eateries hosting tours and open studios. We again hosted a …
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NSMBL: Planning a trip to New York? Then this Food Cart Tour in Queens is highly recommended
About three weeks ago we visited the city that never sleeps; New York City. There is plenty to do, almost too much. Not in a negative sense, because it’s all fun.
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De Telegraaf: Up To Date in New York
De Telegraaf (Netherlands), September 24, 2022 by Babette Wieringa We will have lunch this time on the street. Walking, during a real Food Cart Tour in Midtown (bookable via turnstiletours.com). …
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The Tideshift Project: Session 3 | Episode 277
The Waterfront Museum presents the final session of The Tideshift Project, featuring stories of waterfront workers from the pre-containerization era and people working in today’s final mile shipping industry. Tideshift is …
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Fleet Week New York is Back! Guide to 2022 Ships
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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Barge Family Reunion Celebration: The Tideshift Project, Session 2 | Episode 274
The Waterfront Museum presents the Barge Family Reunion Celebration, stories and images from people who have lived and worked aboard barges and their families. This is the second part of The …
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Job Opening: Tour Guide and Education Specialist
We are seeking to add a new team member who is enthusiastic, responsible, reliable, inquisitive, and passionate about leading in-depth, interactive, and inclusive tour experiences for people of all ages …
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(Re)connecting Brooklyn’s History: Brooklyn’s Homefront during World War II with Brooklyn Public Library
The history and legacy of the Second World War can be seen all around us in Brooklyn. Once home to hundreds of factories, shipyards, and warehouses, and responsible for sending …
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CUNY TV: Brooklyn Navy Yard | DiverseCITY
CUNY TV, March 18, 2022 On this edition, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and its big investment in small business. Ensuring no neighbor is left out of the windfall from the …
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A Staten Island Farmer’s Travels Abroad with Justin Martin | Episode 260
Join the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for a fascinating presentation by Justin Martin, author of Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Justin will highlight Olmsted’s travels to England while he lived …
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SS Great Republic and the Great Turkey-Lift of 1944
On Thanksgiving, we’re looking back at an unsung hero of the holiday during World War II, a merchant ship called SS Great Republic.
- Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Shipspotting
- Waterfront
- World War II
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Where It All Began | Oct 2021 Member Newsletter
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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The Tideshift Project: Session 1 with the Waterfront Museum | Episode 246
The Waterfront Museum presents The Tideshift Project, an oral history collecting event presented live aboard the 1914 Lehigh Valley Railroad No. 79 wooden lighterage barge moored in Red Hook, Brooklyn. This three-part …
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Terminals | Aug 2021 Member Newsletter
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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Tide Mills: Green Energy from the Colonial Era | Episode 239
In colonial New York, reliable power came from muscles (human and animal), firewood, and tides. From Spuyten Duyvil to Marine Park, Wallabout Bay to Flushing Bay, settlers turned many tidal …
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