New York City Tours by Urban Oyster

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Join us for this tour replete with fascinating stories of the Brooklyn Navy Yard's past, present, and future. For over 150 years, the Brooklyn Navy Yard churned out America's most famous fighting ships, from the USS Maine to the USS Missouri. Today, the Yard is becoming a model for sustainable urban industrial parks.  This tour explores the vast 300-acre property and offers opportunities to take a closer look at the Yard's most intriguing sites, including a a dry dock that's been used since before the Civil War, the 24-acre former Navy hospital campus that is virtually frozen in time, and the nation's first multi-story LEED Gold-certified industrial building. While this tour uses a bus to get you from place to place, we will be getting off the bus at almost all of the stops.
Length: 2 hours
Start and End Points: The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 at 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. 
Admission: $30/person. Tickets must be purchased for all tour attendees, including children, and may be purchased at BLDG 92. Tours do sell out.  Advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged.
March-October Schedule: Saturdays and Sundays from 2:30PM-4:30PM. (see calendar for dates).
January-February Schedule: Saturdays in Jan. & Feb from 12:30PM-2:30PM.
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Pedal along with us on this bicycle tour as we explore the Brooklyn Navy Yard's transition from being one of the nation's foremost naval shipbuilding facilities to a national leader for sustainable urban industrial parks. Learn about the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation's sustainable development efforts including the nation's first multi-story "green" industrial building, first solar and wind-powered street lamps, NYC's first building-mounted wind turbines, adaptively reused historic structures, and new green buildings certified by the US Green Buildings Council.  Length of Tour: 2 hours

REQUIREMENTS: Each participant must supply his/her own bicycle & bring and wear a safety helmet at all times while on the Brooklyn Navy Yard tour.

Need to rent a bicycle?  Our bike rental partner at Recycle a Bicycle is a community-based bike shop and non-profit organization that provides educational/job training programs and encourages environmental stewardship and everyday bicycle use.  Their shop is located in DUMBO, just a short ride away from the start of the tour.  You must reserve your rental in advance.  Click here to find out more info and to arrange a bike rental or call 718-858-2972 to reach their DUMBO office.  If they are out of rental bikes, you can also check out Ride Brooklyn Bike Shop.

Admission: $24 per person Advance ticket purchase required.  Click here to purchase tickets or contact us to request a private bicycle tour of the Yard. 

Schedule: Public bicycle tours of the Brooklyn Navy Yard run March through October of each year on select Saturdays and Sundays. Please click here to book yourself a spot on an upcoming public tour or contact us to request a private bicycle tour of the Yard.  Private tours can be scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays at anytime of the year.

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Upcoming Dates: May 13th & June 10th - Purchase Tickets
This abbreviated Yard tour provides a broader overview of the Yard’s rich history and exciting future and includes visits to a historic 1851 dry dock, a former machine shop, and a new green industrial building. This shorter tour is a great way to both see the Yard and experience the exhibits at BLDG 92—and have lunch in the café! This tour uses a bus to get from place to place, but you will be getting off the bus for a closer look at most of the stops.
Length: 1 hour
Start and End Points: The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 at 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. 
Admission: $18 per person.  Tickets may be purchased at BLDG 92 but tours do sell out.  Tickets must be purchased for all attendees, including children.  Advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged.
Upcoming public tour dates: May 13, 2012 and June 10th, 2012 from 1:00-2:00PM.
Private tours can be scheduled at any time.  Contact us to request a private bus tour of the Yard.

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Tour guides take visitors on a Yard-wide adventure.  Follow clues throughout the Navy Yard to uncover its hidden treasures.  Search for the colors of the industrial cranes on the waterfront, find new objects made out of old railroad tracks, search for street lamps powered by wind and the sun, and much, much more on this guided Yard-wide adventure for families!  Perfect for children between the ages of 6 and 14, and their parents!  This is just one of the many activities that will be hosted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend.  Click here for information about all of the festivities that will be happening!

Length of tour: Approx. 1 hour
Start and End Points: The Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 at 63 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. 
Admission: Special prices for Memorial Day only!  $18/adults and $9/children. Tickets must be purchased for all tour attendees, including children, and may be purchased at BLDG 92. Tours do sell out.  Advance ticket purchase is strongly encouraged. Click here to purchase tickets.

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Tour Discounts: 10% discounts are available for all Brooklyn Navy Yard Tours for members of BLDG 92, the Brooklyn Historical Society, City Lore, the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, and the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, as well as tenants and employees of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation.

Tickets for
Comprehensive Tour (2 hr)
Public Tour every Saturday and Sunday
Private tours upon request

Tickets for
Highlights Tour (1 hr)
Upcoming public tours:
Sundays, May 13th and June 10th
Private tours upon request

Tickets for
Bicycle Tour (2 hrs)
Public tours bimonthly
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Tickets for Special Kids Tour!
Yard Inspectors Family Tour
on May 26, 2012

Please note: Tickets must be purchased for
all attendees, including children.

 

Public bicycle tours are available between March and October. 
Click here to view upcoming dates or request a private bicycle tour anytime of year.

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