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Breuckelen: Stories of Brooklyn’s Dutch History and Heritage | Episode 148

In 1636, the first European settler, Willem Adriaensen Benet, was granted title to land in what is today Brooklyn. Though Dutch rule over the colony would last only 30 years, …

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Inclusive Design and Employment for People of All Abilities | Made in NYC Week | Episode 146

In this special Made in NYC Week program, learn how New York City’s makers and manufacturers are advancing inclusion of people with disabilities through adaptive design and employment practices. In …

Inside Industry
Virtual Programs

How to Take a Walk in an Era of Social Distancing with Photographer Sean Carroll | Episode 144

In the height of the pandemic, artist Sean Carroll drew inspiration from his street and neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to create How to Take a Walk in an Era of Social Distancing: A …

Photography
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National Manufacturing Day at the Brooklyn Army Terminal | Episode 143

Celebrate National Manufacturing Day by visiting one of the centers of industry in New York City, the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Located in Sunset Park, the Brooklyn Army Terminal is home …

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Cycling for All New Yorkers: Adaptive Bicycles with Adapt Ability | Episode 141

As New Yorkers are riding their bicycles more than ever, new Brooklyn-based nonprofit Adapt Ability is on a mission to ensure that people with disabilities can enjoy cycling in the city’s parks …

Inside Industry
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Climate Week: Tackling Climate Change in Prospect Park | Episode 140

Celebrate Climate Week NYC and learn how climate change has affected Prospect Park and other natural areas in New York City and the projections for the future, including how Prospect Park Alliance and the Natural …

Prospect Park
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How It’s Well Made: Woodworking with Bien Hecho | Episode 139

Join us for a virtual visit to Bien Hecho, a woodworking business at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that specializes in making furniture, millwork, cabinetry, public street seats, and other custom …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry
Virtual Programs

Climate Week: Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency Virtual Tour | Episode 137

Like many cities around the world, New York City is facing the reality of climate change and its severe impacts on the urban environment. In Lower Manhattan, high tides with …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

“Every Day Is a Holiday” Film Screening and Discussion | Episode 136

Chinese-American filmmaker Theresa Loong knew little about her father’s past. One day, she found his secret diary, written when he was a POW in a Japanese work camp during World …

Virtual Programs
World War II

Marnee Thai’s Pad Thai | Thai Food in America Recipes

Chef Chai Siriyan founded San Francisco’s Marnee Thai in 1986, and since then he has been serving his take on the star attraction of any Thai menu: Pad Thai. Chef …

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The 9/11 Boatlift: Panel Discussion with Maritime Heroes | Episode 134

Join us for this special program, presented in partnership with the Transportation Institute and the New York Council Navy League, to hear firsthand stories from the Coast Guard and maritime …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Planting for Pollinators and Native Plant Gardening | Episode 133

Learn how Prospect Park restores and manages habitat for pollinator conservation, why invertebrates are so important to Brooklyn, how managers choose plants, why native plants are critical to pollinator survival, and how …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

From Arizona to Missouri: Bookends of World War II | Episode 130

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are looking back at the remarkable careers of the ships where the war began and ended for …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War II

Lighting the Way: Staten Island’s National Lighthouse Museum | Episode 129

From the Civil War through the 1960’s, a site next to the Staten Island Ferry terminal served as the central depot supplying America’s lighthouses and Aids to Navigation. Join us …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

White Sauce, Hot Sauce: Film Screening & Conversation to support the Street Vendor Project

‘White Sauce Hot Sauce‘ is a 20-minute documentary film that follows the lives of two food vendors originally from Egypt, who have migrated to NYC and set up shop as Halal …

Street Vending
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Images d’Épinal: Paper Models from the Turn of the Century | Episode 127

Papercraft modeling and dolls are as old as paper, but the art form exploded in the 19th century with new innovations in printing technology, and tiny French city of Épinal …

Virtual Programs
World War I

The Trees of Prospect Park with Howard Goldstein | Episode 126

Get to know the trees of Prospect Park! Prospect Park Alliance forest ecologist Howard Goldstein joins us again for a discussion about the 30,000 trees of the park. We will look at …

Prospect Park
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Voices of World War II: Brooklyn Navy Yard Oral Histories | Episode 124

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are listening to the voices of men and women who lived through the war in Brooklyn. We …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War II

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