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Heat Up Your Workday with Lunch Rush Tours!

Is your normal lunch routine boring and uninspired? Let us help you spice it up! This week, we and our friends at Midtown Lunch will be celebrating foods that Bring the Heat as …

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The Port Chicago Disaster: Race and the Navy in World War II

This summer marks the 70th anniversary of the tragic events of Port Chicago, California, the worst home front disaster of World War II. 320 people were killed, most of them US Navy sailors, …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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From USS Wrangell to Turnstile Tours, “The Saga of Salty Sam” Continues

Update, February 20, 2024: Sadly, we lost Salty earlier this year, but she will forever live on in our hearts. Last month, we at Turnstile Tours had the pleasure of …

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Salty, a dog with pointy black ears, a black half-mask and white fur.

Get Your Sandwich On with Lunch Rush Tours!

Sandwiches are quintessential lunchtime eats and next week we and our friends at Midtown Lunch will be celebrating this classic midday meal as part of our month-long series of lunch rush food cart tours in …

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Black and white photo depicting a man in a suit and black hat standing in front of a food truck that reads, "Diso's Italian Sandwich Society" and "Imported from Italy"

Kicking off Lunch Rush Tours with Street Meat!

Eat Street Meat is our mantra this week as we and our friends at Midtown Lunch co-host a special month-long series of lunch rush food cart tours in Midtown and …

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Summer Submissions to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Contest

The submissions are in for the summer installment of our Seasonal Photography Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. As usual, the summer season offered some great natural beauty amidst the …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
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BLDG 92 Visiting Artist Michael Miller Explores the Seen and Unseen

This Saturday, July 26 will be the summer installment of our Seasonal Photography Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. As always, the tour will be accompanied by a photo contest, …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Photography
  • Waterfront

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USS Slater Celebrates History of Destroyer Escorts

As I write this, the USS Slater, a World War II-era destroyer escort, is steaming its way (actually, being pushed by a tugboat) up the Hudson River back to its …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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USS Slater at Caddell Dry Dock. Credit: Cindy VandenBosch

Explainer: The Brooklyn Navy Yard and the National Register of Historic Places

Last month, we were so excited to learn that the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. But this raises an important question: what on earth does …

  • Architecture
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Visitors Share Memories and Mementos

Earlier this month, we hosted a group of retirees from central New Jersey on a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. On nearly every tour we lead, we have visitors who …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • World War II

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Celebrate Father’s Day Weekend with Turnstile Tours!

Father’s Day is often a time when people gather with their families, maybe have a cookout, and often sit inside watching sports or old war movies on cable with their …

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D-Day Landings and Brooklyn Navy Yard Ships

Around the world today, people are commemorating the anniversary of D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history. The landings finally cracked open “Fortress Europe” and marked the beginning of the …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Spring Photo Contest Winners

The Brooklyn Navy Yard, to quote a famous Brooklynite, “[is] large, [it] contain[s] multitudes.” At once a place of furious activity and industry, it still contains quiet, neglected spaces; once the …

  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Photography

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Thompson Reuters: Benefit Corporations: Organizing for Multiple Stakeholders

Thompson Reuters Sustainability, May 30, 2014 by Shari Helaine Littan In the last couple of years, the phrase “sustainability” seems to have touched every aspect of business. With the adoption of …

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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.

DNAinfo: WWII Boat Cruise Shows Off City’s Harbor History for Fleet Week

DNAinfo New York, May 21, 2014 by Matthew Katz A historical boat cruise will let New Yorkers get up a close look at the city’s maritime past during the World …

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  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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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.

Fleet Week NYC 2014 Calendar of Events

Celebrate Fleet Week NYC 2014 with these tours, parades, public programs, and other special events around New York City. Don’t forget to check out our special Fleet Week Harbor Tours, …

  • Brooklyn Army Terminal
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Waterfront
  • World War II

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The Perrys of Newport and the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Last week, Cindy and I spent our brief honeymoon in Newport, Rhode Island. Even though we were told to relax, how could we resist not doing a little bit of …

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Industry, Old and New, Snapped by Spring Photographers

The submissions are in from our Spring Photography Tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. As you can see below, the photographers captured a diversity of spaces, from the sealed-up structures …

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