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A Staten Island Farmer’s Travels Abroad with Justin Martin | Episode 260

Join the Friends of Olmsted-Beil House for a fascinating presentation by Justin Martin, author of Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted. Justin will highlight Olmsted’s travels to England while he lived …

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Exploring Staten Island’s Olmsted-Beil House | Episode 226

Join us for a special panel discussion and virtual tour of Staten Island’s landmark Olmsted-Beil House, an historic farmhouse and museum where landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted began his monumental career. …

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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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Workers walk alongside a large stone dry dock in the Brooklyn Navy Yard with two white tugboats below and a red and white crane on the right.

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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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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A wooden-carved and painted lion with an open mouth and sharp, fierce teeth and beady yellow and dramatic, aggressive-looking eyes at Prospect Park's carousel

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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100 Years of Refuge at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

The Brooklyn Army Terminal was designed for war, a massive warehouse and port facility to receive, store, process, and ship war materiel to points around the globe. But the Terminal …

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PBS: Samantha Brown’s Places to Love: Brooklyn

PBS, aired January 16, 2018 We were so proud to have the Brooklyn Navy Yard featured in Episode 3 of the new PBS travel program Samantha Brown’s Places to Love, which explored unique …

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The Bridge: The Brooklyn Tour Guides Who Know All the Secrets

The Bridge, July 12, 2017 by Emily Nonko As Brooklyn’s tourism industry heats up, double-decker buses have crossed the river in herds, whirling visitors around Grand Army Plaza and other dramatic sights. But …

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The Great War and NYC: Prospect Park

War has played an integral part in the history of Prospect Park. In August 1776, the future site of the Park was a battleground, as American troops tried to stop the British …

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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

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