Special Events - Turnstile Tours

National Manufacturing Day, Oct. 5

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 …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Gowanus
Inside Industry
Street Vending

Lecture: “Wendy the Welder: Work in World War II,” Oct. 15

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 …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
World War II

An African-American female wearing a welder's helmet flipped up. She is smiling and looks surprised.

Lecture: “Naval Cartography and the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” Oct. 4

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 …

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Celebrate NYC’s Best Street Food at the Vendy Awards

For more than a decade, the Vendy Awards have been celebrating the unique – and delicious – contributions that street vendors make to this great city. The event takes place …

Street Vending

Guide to Fleet Week New York 2018 Ships

As Memorial Day approaches, that can only mean one thing – it’s Fleet Week in NYC! Here’s our annual guide to some of the units that will be in town …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Shipspotting
Waterfront

Made In NYC 15th Anniversary Party, May 3

Join us at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to celebrate 15 years of remarkable work of Made In NYC, an initiative the Pratt Center for Community Development. This special evening will bring …

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Explore the World of Street Vending at Museum at Eldridge Street, Nov 29

Join us on Nov. 29 at the Museum at Eldridge Street when Cindy VandenBosch will be moderating a conversation about street vending, past and present, covering the industry’s deep roots on …

Street Vending

Veronica Julien stands in front of her metal food cart on Water Street and talks to a tour guide and tour group as they smile. wearing glasses in an apron and a young man next to her are both standing in front of a metal food cart on a busy street.

Guide to Fleet Week New York 2017 Ships

This year during Fleet Week New York, we will be visited by more than a dozen ships and units from the US Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Military Sealift Command, …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront

Flight deck of USS Bataan during Fleet Week

Food for Good: How Non-Profits Are Creating Change Through Food

An Essex Street Market “Talk & Taste” event about food-based social enterprise Many organizations are recognizing the value of entrepreneurship and culinary arts to inspire young people, build their skills, and …

Inside Industry
Public Markets

Photo of Daytoine Shaw, a Black man wearing cap, glasses, and t-shirt with Reconnect Bakery written on it, holding a tray of muffins and giving a thumbs up

Market Value: How Public Markets Drive the Baking Industry Forward

An Essex Street Market “Talk & Taste” event about the baking industry in New York City Baking is literally our bread and butter in New York City making up the majority …

Inside Industry
Public Markets

several roles being sprinkled with powder

Guide to Open House New York 2016

Open House New York Weekend is always one of our favorite times of year, when hundreds of sites open their doors to the public on October 15 and 16. We …

Architecture
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Brooklyn Navy Yard

The inside of a metal fabrication shop, a fork lift drives down the center of the space

Homing Pigeons Return to Brooklyn Navy Yard After 115-Year Absence with “Fly By Night”

After a hiatus of 115 years, a vast squadron of homing pigeons has returned to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This weekend marks the opening of Fly By Night, an ambitious …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront
World War I

Another Successful and Satisfying Vendy Awards

Here’s a video capturing the great time had by all at this year’s Vendy Awards this past Saturday. 2015 NYC Vendy Awards Amazingly, the rain held off on Saturday as …

Street Vending

Noah Chesnin of NY Aquarium Joins Brooklyn Waterfront Tour August 22

We are now three weeks in to our Brooklyn Waterfront Past & Present Tour series, and our guest speakers so far have been spectacular. Nate Kensinger was able to recall …

Waterfront

New York Environment Report’s Emily Manley Joins Brooklyn Waterfront Tour August 15

For each of our Brooklyn Waterfront, Past & Present Tours, our guides will be joined by different guest speakers who have worked in some capacity along the New York City …

Waterfront

Fleet Week Ships Carry Strong NYC Connections

On Wednesday, May 20, a small flotilla of US Navy and Coast Guard ships will steam under the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to mark the beginning of a week-long, city-wide celebration …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Waterfront
World War II

USCGC Sturgeon Bay. Credit: US Coast Guard

Explore Traditional Letterpress Printing at Woodside Press on an Inside Industry Tour

Woodside Press is one of our featured Brooklyn Navy Yard tenants on our Making It In NYC: Inside Industry at the Brooklyn Navy Yard tour series. This past winter, we visited the …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
Inside Industry

Mergenthaler Linotype Machine at Woodside Press at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Cinnamon Snail Debuts Cookbook, Rolls Out Food Truck Tonight at Powerhouse Arena

Just over two months ago, Adam Sobel of The Cinnamon Snail – one of New York City’s most popular food trucks and the reigning Vendy Cup champion – made the shocking announcement …

Street Vending

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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.

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