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- Category: Architecture
- 2019 Guide to Open House New York
- Saving the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Timber Shed
- New York Times: After the Launching (and Scrapping) of Navy Ships, a New Mission
- Archtober Podcast: Brooklyn Grange Farm at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Guide to Open House New York 2016
- Food Manufacturing Hub Opens at Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Naval Cemetery Landscape Opens to Public at Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Well Made, Well Done: Inside Industry with Bien Hecho
- Longtime Yard Photographer John Bartelstone to Judge Fall Photo Tour
- Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s Naval Cemetery Landscape
- Natacha Mankowski Brings Out What Goes On Inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Explainer: The Brooklyn Navy Yard and the National Register of Historic Places
- Meet Our Team: Sustainability Guide Doug Chapman
- The Brooklyn Navy Yard’s “Lincoln” Photo
- Navy Yard Manufacturer IceStone Uses Crowdsourcing to Recover from Sandy
- Pouring Concrete: The Brooklyn Navy Yard Prepares for War
- Category: Brooklyn Army Terminal
- (Re)connecting Brooklyn’s History: Brooklyn’s Homefront during World War II with Brooklyn Public Library
- SS Great Republic and the Great Turkey-Lift of 1944
- Americal Division: Brooklyn Army Terminal Sends First US Troops to Pacific
- Brooklyn to Belfast: Red Bull Division Were First US Overseas Troops of World War II
- Italian Service Units in the New York Port of Embarkation
- The Pickabacks, Unsung Heroes of D-Day
- Joining the Fleet Week Parade of Ships
- Eating Around the Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Take NYC Ferry to the Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Bush Terminal Park
- Pete’s Brooklyn Eats at the Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Brooklyn Kura Sake Brewery at Industry City
- The Photo That Inspired NYC’s Merchant Mariners’ Memorial
- Five Boroughs Brewing Co.
- Bklyner: Brooklyn Army Terminal Celebrates 100th Anniversary, Unveils New Industrial Space
- 100 Years of Refuge at the Brooklyn Army Terminal
- The Bridge: The Brooklyn Tour Guides Who Know All the Secrets
- Curbed: Developers Compete to Shape the Future of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park
- Wall Street Journal: Brooklyn ‘Annex’ to Bring Back Manufacturing
- Gothamist: Deep Inside the Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Isabelle Garbani’s “Post-War Blues” Brightens Brooklyn Army Terminal
- New York Times: Next Phase of Renovation to Begin at a Vast Military Remnant in Brooklyn
- Curbed New York: At 95, The Repurposed Army Terminal Still Impresses
- Fleet Week NYC 2014 Calendar of Events
- Where Your Presents Came From: The Port of New York & New Jersey
- Discover Uncommon Gifts on Our Brooklyn Army Terminal Tour Nov. 24
- Thirty Years After Famed Show, Art Carries On At Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Brooklyn “B-Corps” Offer New Models for Business Success
- Labor Day Weekend: New Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Army Terminal
- Brooklyn Army Terminal: Fortress of Prohibition
- Merchant Mariners, Unsung Heroes of World War II
- Category: Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Guide to the Ships of Fleet Week New York 2023
- Virtual Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for Open House New York | Episode 278
- Fleet Week New York is Back! Guide to 2022 Ships
- CUNY TV: Brooklyn Navy Yard | DiverseCITY
- ARA General Belgrano: A Lost Ship, A Stolen Photograph
- Comfort at Sea: History of Hospital Ships in New York City
- Slavery and the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Clayton Colefield and the Building of USS Missouri
- Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Women Welders, Past and Present, Mar 8
- Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Love Stories and Letterpress, Feb 9
- Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Digital Fabrication, Jan 31
- Special Tours Mark 75 Years Since the End of World War II at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Special Brooklyn Navy Yard Tour with Jennifer Egan, Mar 1
- USS Edson: From Bath to Brooklyn to Bay City
- What was the First Ship Built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard?
- National Manufacturing Day Tours, Oct. 4
- NY Japan: Social Studies Tours for Adults
- USS Duluth, the End of an Era
- USNS Pathfinder, Submarine Hunter
- Taste the Yard: Brooklyn Navy Yard Food Tour, August 16
- USS Arizona, Brooklyn’s Most Famous Battleship
- Brooklyn Navy Yard: When Brooklyn Was Queer Tour, June 22
- The 1919 Brooklyn Chocolate Flood
- Mothballed Cargo Ships Visit Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Jane’s Walk Around the Brooklyn Navy Yard, May 4
- The Easter Bunny Goes to War
- Brooklyn Designs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, May 10–12
- Guide to Fleet Week New York 2019 Ships
- Transit at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Past and Present
- Brooklyn Roasting Company
- BLDG 92 Visitor and Exhibition Center
- Russ & Daughters at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brownstoner: Fighting World War II at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Eating Around the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Aircraft Carrier Visits Now a Rare Sight in NYC
- National Manufacturing Day, Oct. 5
- Lecture: “Wendy the Welder: Work in World War II,” Oct. 15
- Lecture: “Naval Cartography and the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” Oct. 4
- Bklyner: Jennifer Egan Discusses ‘Manhattan Beach’ at Brooklyn Public Library
- Papermaking Studio Dieu Donné at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brooklyn Grange Farm
- Woodside Press at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Kings County Distillery at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Rooftop Reds at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Daily Express: Brooklyn: Dumbo rebirth of a borough
- Naval Cemetery Landscape
- Guide to Fleet Week New York 2018 Ships
- Curbed: Exploring Brooklyn’s last remaining dry docks
- Visiting the Ships of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Made In NYC 15th Anniversary Party, May 3
- Vote in the 2017 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- The Brooklyn Navy Yard and the US Occupation of Haiti, 1915–1934
- PBS: Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Brooklyn
- Escape: New York City Bus Tours: See a Different Side of the Big Apple
- From Fulton to Constellation: The Worst Accidents in the History of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photo Contest
- Hopkins Views from the Hill: Hopkins’ Network at Work
- Chicago Tribune: Borough with a view: Brooklyn beckons with new hotels, other perks
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Photography Contest Judge: Painter Jeff Britton
- French Morning: Vignoble-rooftop, distillerie, entrepôts: visitez le Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Guide to Fleet Week New York 2017 Ships
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Tour of Navy Yard, old & new, ties together three 19th-century Brooklyn icons
- The Many Names of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Baldev Duggal
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Stanislaw Kozikowski
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Frederick Lois Riefkohl
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: James Diani
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Peter Asserson
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: John Ericsson
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: Henry Eckford
- Immigrants Who Made the Brooklyn Navy Yard Great: John Barry
- Vote in the 2016 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- Fall 2016: Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- Press Release: Brooklyn Navy Yard Launches Fall 2016 Inside Industry Tour Series
- Summer 2016: Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Spring Photo Finalists, 2016
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Spring Photo Submissions, 2016
- Curbed New York: Revamped Brooklyn Navy Yard Begins Its Slow Unfurling
- Homing Pigeons Return to Brooklyn Navy Yard After 115-Year Absence with “Fly By Night”
- Winter Photo Contest Winners
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Winter Photo Submissions, 2016
- Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Contest
- Presidential Visits to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Part II
- Vote in the 2015 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photo Finalists Capture NYC’s Working Waterfront
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photography Contest Submissions
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Photography Tour Finalists
- From Perry To MacArthur: Flag Links Historic US Visits to Japan, in Peace and War
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Photography Submissions
- Highlights of the Harbor: Shipyards
- Robin Michals Documents Change Along Brooklyn’s Waterfront
- Cranes and Cabanas: Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Finalists, Spring 2015
- From the Brooklyn Navy Yard to Mars: Honeybee Robotics
- Carrier Catapult Tests Once a Common Sight at Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Spring Photography Submissions
- Fleet Week Ships Carry Strong NYC Connections
- Gothamist: Behind The Scenes At The Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Explore Traditional Letterpress Printing at Woodside Press on an Inside Industry Tour
- Digital Technology Augments Craftsmanship at Scott Jordan Furniture
- Snowy Streets of the Navy Yard: Winter Photography Tour Finalists
- Inside Industry: Space Suit Maker Final Frontier Design at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard in Winter, 2015
- The Fall of Singapore, 1942
- Extraordinary Journey to Bring Camels to US Began at Brooklyn Navy Yard
- The Brooklyn Reader: Take a Tour of the Navy Yard
- Atlas Obscura: Ruins and Revitalization at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- “Find Something Just For You”: TaraFawn Marek Offers Advice for Photographing Brooklyn Navy Yard
- See the Winners of the 2014 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- “We Need Your Skills”: Pearl Harbor and the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- News 4 New York: Pearl Harbor Day
- Vote in the 2014 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- Winners of the Fall 2014 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Contest
- The Brooklyn Bridge and the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Too Close for Comfort
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photo Contest Submissions
- People and Motion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard: Photographer Travis Magee
- Under the Waves or Under the Torch: The Fate of Brooklyn Navy Yard Ships
- ROYGBIV: Summer Photographers Uncover Unique Color Palette of Brooklyn Navy Yard
- The Port Chicago Disaster: Race and the Navy in World War II
- From USS Wrangell to Turnstile Tours, “The Saga of Salty Sam” Continues
- Summer Submissions to the Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Contest
- BLDG 92 Visiting Artist Michael Miller Explores the Seen and Unseen
- USS Slater Celebrates History of Destroyer Escorts
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Visitors Share Memories and Mementos
- D-Day Landings and Brooklyn Navy Yard Ships
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Spring Photo Contest Winners
- The Perrys of Newport and the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Industry, Old and New, Snapped by Spring Photographers
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Photographers Ready For Spring
- Adams, Jefferson, and the Unlikely Founding of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- EcoLogic Solutions Brings Green Cleaning to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- See the Selections of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Winter Photo Contest
- Photographers Capture Brooklyn Navy Yard Industry in Grips of Winter
- WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY Exhibit Reveals Brooklyn Navy Yard Stories of WWII
- Photographer Randy Duchaine to Judge First Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Tour of 2014
- See the Winners of the 2013 Brooklyn Navy Yard Photo Contest
- Vote In Brooklyn Navy Yard Photography Contest
- Photographers Come From All Over To Snap Brooklyn Navy Yard in Fall
- USS Iowa: Brooklyn-Built Battleship Lives on in LA
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Fall Photos Are In!
- Brooklyn Navy Yard-Based Photographer Davina Zagury Feinberg to Judge Fall Photo Tour Contest
- Winning Photos from Brooklyn Navy Yard Summer Tour
- Meet Our Team: Tour Guide Rich Garr
- Summer Brooklyn Navy Yard Photos Span the Ages
- Summer Photography Tour Shows Navy Yard in Full Bloom
- Red Hook Crit Takes Over Brooklyn Navy Yard June 8
- NYC Fleet Week Canceled, but USS Franklin Not Forgotten
- Spring Photography Tour Offers New Perspective on Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Atlas Obscura: Realm of Wounded Soldiers: Abandoned Brooklyn Naval Hospital
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Spring Photography Tour Submissions
- Next Photography Tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard April 20
- National Geographic Intelligent Travel: Hyper-Local Tours in NYC
- Presidential Visits to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Brooklyn Navy Yard a Photo Haven for Every Season of Photographer
- Brooklyn Navy Yard Winter Photography Tour Submissions
- Category: Building of the Week
- Category: Events
- Join the Final Vendy Awards, Sep. 21
- Celebrate NYC’s Best Street Food at the Vendy Awards
- Explore the World of Street Vending at Museum at Eldridge Street, Nov 29
- Food for Good: How Non-Profits Are Creating Change Through Food
- Market Value: How Public Markets Drive the Baking Industry Forward
- Turnstile’s Hockey Guide to NYC: Watching
- Another Successful and Satisfying Vendy Awards
- Noah Chesnin of NY Aquarium Joins Brooklyn Waterfront Tour August 22
- New York Environment Report’s Emily Manley Joins Brooklyn Waterfront Tour August 15
- Cinnamon Snail Debuts Cookbook, Rolls Out Food Truck Tonight at Powerhouse Arena
- Last Chance to Visit Vendy Plaza at East Harlem’s La Marqueta Sunday, Nov 23
- Get Your Sandwich On with Lunch Rush Tours!
- Kicking off Lunch Rush Tours with Street Meat!
- Celebrate Father’s Day Weekend with Turnstile Tours!
- Support Turnstile Turtles in Gowanus Canal Race June 15
- Vendy Awards Roll into New Orleans March 13
- Groundhog Day in NYC: All Politics is Local
- Food to Eat Hosts a Downtown Relief Food Crawl
- New York Food Trucks Battle Boston Food Trucks This Weekend
- Celebrate Jackson Heights with Jeff Orlick and the 82nd Street Partnership
- Category: General
- Job Opening: Tour Guide and Education Specialist
- Where It All Began | Oct 2021 Member Newsletter
- Terminals | Aug 2021 Member Newsletter
- Space Tourism | Jul 2021 Member Newsletter
- Tours for NIA Brooklyn Families
- Reopening | May 2021 Member Newsletter
- Outdoors | Apr 2021 Member Newsletter
- The Things We’ve Carried | Mar 2021 Member Newsletter
- Six More Weeks of Winter | Feb 2021 Member Newsletter
- Means of Ready Escape | Jan 2021 Member Newsletter
- Far From Home | Dec 2020 Member Newsletter
- Crossing Divides | Oct 2020 Member Newsletter
- Waterfront Views | Sep 2020 Member Newsletter
- Oral History | Aug 2020 Member Newsletter
- Épinal Prints from World War I
- Mapping Stories | Jul 2020 Member Newsletter
- Turnstile Tours Releases First Annual Benefit Report
- Category: Gowanus
- Category: Inside Industry
- Category: Job Opportunities
- Category: Photography
- Category: Presentations
- Category: Press
- PRESS RELEASE: Turnstile Tours Launches New Street Food Tour of Jackson Heights, Queens
- NSMBL: Planning a trip to New York? Then this Food Cart Tour in Queens is highly recommended
- De Telegraaf: Up To Date in New York
- WCBS 880: NYC tour company grows revenue with new profitable services
- Crain’s: Brooklyn tour company has found new life online
- New York City Sightseeing is Slowly Returning With Creative Tours
- Crain’s: Mom-and-pop shops faced red tape—or silence—from PPP lenders
- Podcast: Unifying Connections During COVID-19
- Brownstoner: Virtual Prospect Park Launches to Help Brooklynites Adhere to Social Distancing
- Brooklyn Paper: Tour de four: Prospect Park launches a new walk for each week
- Traveller Australia: World’s 50 Best Day Tours to Take
- Behind the Scenes at the Prospect Park Carousel
- CBS New York: Why Prospect Park Is The Perfect Place For A Love Story
- Curbed: Saying goodbye to the old Essex Street Market
- Metro: The 8 essential things to do during Fleet Week in New York
- Gabs: Supporting local small businesses in New York
- PIX11 News: History of Food Carts and Vendors in NYC is Celebrated
- Traveller Australia: Food Truckin’ in the Big Apple
- Harper’s Bazaar Spain: Esto es lo que se come ahora en las calles de Nueva York
- The Lo-Down: Essex Street Market Debuts Historical Mural
- Makansutra: Eating In New York
- Edible Brooklyn: Worth the Trip: The Moore Street Market
- DNAinfo: How Young New York City Businesses Mix Philanthropy and Profit
- Thompson Reuters: Benefit Corporations: Organizing for Multiple Stakeholders
- DNAinfo: WWII Boat Cruise Shows Off City’s Harbor History for Fleet Week
- New York Daily News: Brooklyn Army Terminal opening up for tours of the 95-year-old Sunset Park military depot
- New York Times: A Return to Duty for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
- Eat to Blog: FiDi Food Cart Tour With Turnstile Tours
- Category: Press Releases
- PRESS RELEASE: 100 Days, 100 Virtual Tours: How a Small NYC Tour Company Keeps Going During the Pandemic
- Press Release: Turnstile Tours Launches New Weekly Tour of Essex Street Market Sept. 25
- Press Release: Turnstile Tours and Classic Harbor Line launch new tour series, Brooklyn Waterfront: Past & Present
- Press Release: Turnstile Tours & Classic Harbor Line Launch World War II Harbor History Tours in Honor of Fleet Week and Memorial Day
- Press Release: Turnstile Tours Honored as ‘Best for Community’, Creating Most Overall Positive Community Impact
- Category: Prospect Park
- Frederick Law Olmsted: Designer of America & His Staten Island Roots | Episode 279
- A Staten Island Farmer’s Travels Abroad with Justin Martin | Episode 260
- Exploring Staten Island’s Olmsted-Beil House | Episode 226
- Prospect Park Zoo
- Lakeside BKLYN at Prospect Park
- The Great War and NYC: Prospect Park
- Category: Public Markets
- New York City’s Public Markets, Past and Present
- Finding a World Cup Squad to Root for through Street Food
- The Great War and NYC: Street Vendors and Public Markets
- Chocolate & Cheese: Launching Businesses at the Essex Street Market
- Thanksgiving Shopping at the Essex Street Market
- Fishmongers of the Essex Street Market
- Essex Street Market: A Look Back at Opening Day, 1940
- Mayor LaGuardia and the War on Sidewalk Christmas Tree Sellers
- LA Stories: More Than Just Food Trucks
- Celebrate the Season: Our Favorite Holiday Songs
- Category: Shipspotting
- Category: Street Vending
- Testifying at NY City Council: Lift the Caps!
- Heat Up Your Workday with Lunch Rush Tours!
- Happy International Street Vendors Day!
- Couple Celebrates Marriage with Street Vendors on Food Cart Tour
- Busting Myths About Street Vending
- Arrested Development: Parable of Street Vending
- Vending Beyond the Street: de Royal Dinges Factory
- Our Day at City Hall: Council Approves Package of Street Vendor Measures
- City Council Set to Vote to Lower Fines on Street Vendors
- Street Vendors Need Lower Fines, Not Shake Downs from City
- Food Trucks Helping Communities Recover from Sandy
- Turnstile Tours at the 2012 Vendy Awards [Video]
- Category: Technical Assistance
- Category: Things To Do
- Category: Things to do
- Category: Things To Do
- Category: Things To Do
- Category: Trainings
- Category: Turnstile Studio
- Category: Turnstile Studio
- Category: Virtual Programs
- The Tideshift Project: Session 3 | Episode 277
- Barge Family Reunion Celebration: The Tideshift Project, Session 2 | Episode 274
- The Tideshift Project: Session 1 with the Waterfront Museum | Episode 246
- Sonic Boom and Bust: Concorde in New York | Episode 230
- Chef Kasem’s Lobster Tom Yum | Thai Food in America Recipes
- Chef Baobao’s Larb Isan | Thai Food in America Recipes
- Amazing Thailand Uptown’s Somtam Papaya Salad | Thai Food in America Recipes
- Chef Warunee Mouthapong’s Spicy Curried Rice Salad | Thai Food in America Recipes
- Marnee Thai’s Pad Thai | Thai Food in America Recipes
- Category: Waterfront
- Category: World War I
- Category: World War II
Resources
Tours
- Food Cart Tour: Financial District
- Brooklyn Navy Yard: Inside Industry Tour
- Essex Market Tour
- Brooklyn Navy Yard: Urban Ecology Tour
- Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present & Future Walking Tour
- Brooklyn Navy Yard: Architecture & Infrastructure Tour
- Food Cart Tour: Midtown
- Prospect Park Tours
- Brooklyn Army Terminal Tours
- Food Cart Tour: Jackson Heights
- Brooklyn Navy Yard: World War II Tour