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The Brooklyn Navy Yard Yard is a growing community of food manufacturing businesses. On this tour, go behind the scenes at some of the Yard’s most delicious tenants! Participants will learn about different aspects of food production, distribution, and retail, while sampling …
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For the first time in 175 years, the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Timber Shed has emerged from behind a wall, and it is being prepared for a new life. One of …
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Queer history is linked to Brooklyn’s diversity, creativity, and vibrancy as a borough, yet this history is often forgotten or overlooked. Join us for this special tour about the queer …
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For Easter, we shared the story of the military’s war on the Easter Bunny and good-tasting candy, and the role played by Brooklyn’s Rockwood & Company in World War II. In …
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Wallabout Bay is currently hosting a pair of ships that harken back to the days of the New York Naval Shipyard, as a pair of mothballed ships from the James …
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We are hosting a special experience for Jane’s Walks around the perimeter of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. For 165 years, the Yard was a leading naval shipyard, and today it is …
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Brooklyn Designs is a showcase of design, architecture, and art, celebrating the creative energy of the borough. Hosted by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, this year’s design expo will be …
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Yesterday the Brooklyn Navy Yard announced that they will be rolling out the first autonomous vehicles in New York City, which will provide a self-driving shuttle service inside the Yard’s …
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Brooklyn Roasting Company creates and serves unique, fair trade-certified coffees from across the globe. Inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard, their headquarters, distribution center, and roasting plant produce more than 1 million …
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BLDG 92 is home to the visitor center, museum, and employment center of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and it is the starting point for all of our Brooklyn Navy Yard Tours. …
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Brownstoner, January 22, 2019 by Susan De Vries While the Brooklyn Navy Yard is being transformed with new buildings and uses, during World War II thousands of workers toiled to …
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Last week, New York City was visited by the flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Queen Elizabeth. This 65,000-ton carrier has spent several weeks in the US while undergoing flight …
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Celebrate National Manufacturing Day with events across the country on Friday, Oct. 5, including two events hosted by Turnstile Tours and our manufacturing partners. At 9:30am, join us at the …
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard reached its peak in World War II, employing 70,000 civilian workers. Desperately short of labor, the Navy employed more than 10,000 women at the Yard, in …
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Continuing the fall discussion series, “Wayfinding for the Wayfarer and the Landlubber,” this talk by Andrew Gustafson investigates the significant role cartography – the art and science of drawing maps …
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Bklyner, September 18, 2018 by Robin Kaizer-Schatzlein Last night author Jennifer Egan was in the green room of the Brooklyn Public Library‘s central branch getting ready to go on stage …
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Daily Express, July 23, 2018 by Jane Memmler NO OTHER borough of New York has changed as much as Brooklyn in the past decade. It may be within touching distance …
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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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