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Staying Afloat During COVID-19: Three Stories from the Brooklyn Waterfront

The Brooklyn waterfront is blessed with many cultural institutions, but three of the most unique are led by three dynamic cultural entrepreneurs. The Brooklyn waterfront is richer because of Andrew …

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Gabs: Supporting local small businesses in New York

Gabs Photography, January 11, 2018 by Gabriela Hengeveld When we were invited to visit New York for a story about the Bronx we got in touch with Turnstile Tours an …

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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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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.

Naval Cemetery Landscape Opens to Public at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Our friends at the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) achieved a great milestone Friday when they officially opened the Naval Cemetery Landscape at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The beautifully designed 1.7-acre green space is …

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Well Made, Well Done: Inside Industry with Bien Hecho

We recently had the opportunity to visit a unique business in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that will be a featured tenant on our Inside Industry Tour series, Bien Hecho, a woodworking outfit that specializes …

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Isabelle Garbani’s “Post-War Blues” Brightens Brooklyn Army Terminal

If you walk the length of the atrium of the Brooklyn Army Terminal’s Building B during this weekend’s Open House New York, you will encounter a remarkable piece of art …

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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 …

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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 …

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Explainer: The Brooklyn Navy Yard and the National Register of Historic Places

Last month, we were so excited to learn that the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. But this raises an important question: what on earth does …

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Thompson Reuters: Benefit Corporations: Organizing for Multiple Stakeholders

Thompson Reuters Sustainability, May 30, 2014 by Shari Helaine Littan In the last couple of years, the phrase “sustainability” seems to have touched every aspect of business. With the adoption of …

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EcoLogic Solutions Brings Green Cleaning to the Brooklyn Navy Yard

When it comes to so-called “green” products, we usually expect to pay more for something that doesn’t do the job quite as well as its mainstream counterpart. EcoLogic Solutions proves that this kind …

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Brooklyn “B-Corps” Offer New Models for Business Success

Today, many of the products we buy are slapped with a dizzying array of certification labels. You’ve probably seen the USDA certification attached to organic food products, or the Fair …

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Turnstile Tours Releases First Annual Benefit Report

You may have seen on our website or promotional materials that Turnstile Tours is a “New York State-registered Benefit Corporation” and wondered, what on earth does that mean? To …

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Meet Our Team: Sustainability Guide Doug Chapman

Meet Doug Chapman, head of Sustainability Programming and leader of our Sustainability Tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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Navy Yard Manufacturer IceStone Uses Crowdsourcing to Recover from Sandy

We all know that glass is made of sand, but Hurricane Sandy was no friend to recycled glass countertop manufacturer IceStone. The Brooklyn Navy Yard tenant was hit hard by …

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