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PRESS RELEASE: Turnstile Tours Launches New Street Food Tour of Jackson Heights, Queens

For more than a decade, New York City-based social enterprise Turnstile Tours has been sharing the stories and flavors of Manhattan’s street food, and now they are coming to Queens.

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NSMBL: Planning a trip to New York? Then this Food Cart Tour in Queens is highly recommended

About three weeks ago we visited the city that never sleeps; New York City. There is plenty to do, almost too much. Not in a negative sense, because it’s all fun.

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De Telegraaf: Up To Date in New York

De Telegraaf (Netherlands), September 24, 2022 by Babette Wieringa We will have lunch this time on the street. Walking, during a real Food Cart Tour in Midtown (bookable via turnstiletours.com). …

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CUNY TV: Brooklyn Navy Yard | DiverseCITY

CUNY TV, March 18, 2022 On this edition, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and its big investment in small business. Ensuring no neighbor is left out of the windfall from the …

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WCBS 880: NYC tour company grows revenue with new profitable services

WCBS Newsradio 880, July 28, 2021 by Joe Connolly and Neil A. Carousso A New York City tour business has been growing despite the pandemic shutdown by adding new viable …

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Crain’s: Brooklyn tour company has found new life online

Crain’s New York Business, May 10, 2021 by Brian Pascus When the Covid-19 pandemic threatened to shut down their Brooklyn tour-guide business—Turnstile Tours—husband-and-wife team Cindy VandenBosch and Andrew Gustafson reinvented …

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New York City Sightseeing is Slowly Returning With Creative Tours

Where Traveler, October 15, 2020 by Noah Diamond Turnstile Tours, a Brooklyn-based company, normally offers custom-made walking tours of locations like the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Essex Market, in …

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Crain’s: Mom-and-pop shops faced red tape—or silence—from PPP lenders

Crain’s New York Business, April 27, 2020 by Brian Pascus For small-business owner Cindy VandenBosch, who runs Turnstile Tours from her office in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the lack of communication from JPMorgan Chase on …

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Podcast: Unifying Connections During COVID-19

Travel Unity Podcast, April 10, 2020 Since the WHO has categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic, the global economy has suffered, and millions of people are filing for unemployment. There are …

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Brownstoner: Virtual Prospect Park Launches to Help Brooklynites Adhere to Social Distancing

Brownstoner, March 24, 2020 by Susan de Vries While you can still appreciate the beauty of the park for brief respites of fresh air with appropriate social distancing, the Prospect …

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NY Japan: Social Studies Tours for Adults

NY Japan, September 13, 2019 by Reiko Suga On a public tour, you can learn how the facility works to transform old things into modern, and to help small businesses …

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The Telegraph: The 20 Greatest Ways to See New York

The Telegraph, May 22, 2019 by Jane Mulkerrins Turnstile Tours has built a reputation for offering quirky tours, from historic sites such as Brooklyn’s Army Terminal to street markets, and …

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Brooklyn Paper: Tour de four: Prospect Park launches a new walk for each week

Brooklyn Paper, April 19, 2019 by Kevin Duggan These tours make history a walk in the park. Four new walking tours will reveal Prospect Park’s rich history and uncover its …

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Traveller Australia: World’s 50 Best Day Tours to Take

Traveller Australia, April 4, 2019 by Traveller Staff SAVOUR THE FOOD CARTS OF NEW YORK Hundreds of food carts patrol New York’s streets every day offering cheap, filling feeds with …

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Behind the Scenes at the Prospect Park Carousel

For opening day of the Prospect Park Carousel, Cindy went behind the scenes with the Parks Department and the carousel staff and shared some of the amazing history of this …

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CBS New York: Why Prospect Park Is The Perfect Place For A Love Story

CBS New York, February 14, 2019 by John Dias Some even pop the question in the park. So it doesn’t come as a shock that weddings are popular there, too, …

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Brownstoner: Fighting World War II at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

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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Bklyner: Jennifer Egan Discusses ‘Manhattan Beach’ at Brooklyn Public Library

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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