On Location - Turnstile Tours

Thanksgiving Traditions of the Essex Market | Episode 164

In preparation for Thanksgiving, join us for this interactive virtual program that will include live visits with vendors at the Lower East Side’s Essex Market and Thanksgiving-themed trivia We will learn …

Public Markets
Virtual Programs

International Street Vendor Day Celebration | Episode 161

Join the Street Vendor Project, Queens Night Market, and Culinary Backstreets for a virtual event celebrating street food & culture in the most diverse community in the world. This virtual event will feature live …

Street Vending
Virtual Programs

Veterans Day in Prospect Park: Commemorating the Great War | Episode 160

More than 2,800 Brooklynites were killed in World War I, and Prospect Park quickly became one of the borough’s key points of remembrance and commemoration. On this virtual walking tour for Veterans …

Architecture
Prospect Park
Virtual Programs
World War I

A statue of a soldier who stands clutching his gun and looking off into the distance as an angel begins to wrap her wing and arm around him

Exploring the East River from Wall Street to Astoria | Episode 157

Take a virtual ride with us on the Astoria route of the NYC Ferry. We will board at Wall Street, and on this one-hour ride, we will examine the historical buildings …

Architecture
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Prospect Park Waterways Virtual Tour | Episode 152

Join us for a virtual exploration of Prospect Park’s waterways. We will look closely at the ingenious drainage system and chain of manmade streams and ponds that terminate in Brooklyn’s …

Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

Prospect Park Well House A one-story brick structure with windows and an ornamental portico painted in pastel colors and brown with trees in the background

Open House New York at Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Dry Dock 1 | Episode 151

Celebrate Open House New York Weekend by joining us for a live virtual visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s historic Dry Dock No. 1. Built in 1851, this New York …

Architecture
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry
Virtual Programs
Waterfront

United States Coast Guard Cutter in a dry dock undergoing repairs in Dry Dock 1 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Open House New York at Brooklyn Army Terminal | Episode 150

As Open House New York Weekend goes online this year, we are hosting a virtual visit to one of the most popular sites of the weekend, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, so join us …

Architecture
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Inside Industry
Virtual Programs
Waterfront
World War I
World War II

View of the metal frames that span the two sides of Building B, a massive concrete industrial building with an atrium at the center that opens to the sky.

Amazing Thailand Uptown’s Somtam Papaya Salad | Thai Food in America Recipes

This recipe comes to us from Amazing Thailand Uptown of Minneapolis, where Chefs Kulsatree Noree and Sukie Panthialath made classic papaya salads on our Thai Food in America series, episode …

Virtual Programs

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 …

Brooklyn Army Terminal
Virtual Programs

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
Prospect Park
Virtual Programs

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

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
Virtual Programs

A Brief History of NYC Street Vending with the Street Vendor Project | Episode 115

Street vending has been a part of New York City’s public life for hundreds of years, often taken up by newcomers to the country and New Yorkers excluded from the …

Street Vending
Virtual Programs

Three Generations of Conservation: The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park | Episode 109

Vermont is known for its natural beauty, but the National Park Service has only one property in the state, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park. Established in 1992, the park tells the …

Virtual Programs

Lighter Life with David Sharps of the Waterfront Museum | Episode 102

The Lehigh Valley No. 79 covered barge shuttled cargo around New York Harbor from 1914 until sometime around the mid-1970s. David Sharps rescued this wooden barge in 1985, digging it …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

Rocking The Boat: Changing Lives on the Bronx River | Episode 93

The Whitehall skiff, a style of boat developed in New York 200 years ago, has been changing the lives of teens in the Bronx for the last 20 years at …

Virtual Programs
Waterfront

A Rose in Spanish Harlem: Gardening with Urban Garden Center | Episode 86

Join us for a gardening demonstration and conversation with Dimitri Gatanas of the Urban Garden Center at La Marqueta, a third generation family-owned business in East Harlem. We’ll hear the …

Public Markets
Virtual Programs

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