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Brooklyn: 2-Hour Brooklyn Navy Yard Walking Tour

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Brooklyn: 2-Hour Brooklyn Navy Yard Walking Tour
Certified by GetYourGuide
4.4  / 58 reviews

Go behind-the-scenes on this Brooklyn Navy Yard walking tour to explore the Yard's legacy of naval shipbuilding and its recent transformation into a thriving green industrial park that is a hub for New York's manufacturing and creative sectors.

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Duration 2 hours
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible

Experience

Highlights

  • See how historic buildings have been preserved and adapted for modern industry
  • Visit a dry dock that dates to 1851 and is still in use for ship repair today!
  • Learn about the workers who designed, repaired, and built ships at the Yard
  • Discover how hundreds of businesses are designing and making things at the site
  • See infrastructure that is central to keeping the city running

Full description

For over 150 years, the Brooklyn Navy Yard churned out America's most famous fighting ships, from the USS Maine to the USS Missouri. Located on Brooklyn's historic waterfront, the Yard today is home to hundreds of innovative creative and manufacturing businesses On this tour, you'll discover the past, present, and future of the vast 300-acre (126-hectare) site and visit some of the Yard's most intriguing places, including a historic 1851 dry dock that's still used for ship repair today, a food manufacturing space that was the nerve center of the site in WWII, and exhibits, public art, and buildings that reveal the stories of the workers and innovation at the site over time. This tour includes audio clips from WWII-era workers and stories about manufacturers, artists, and even farmers in the Yard today!

Includes

  • Assistive listening devices to improve hearing access (available with advance notice)
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

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Meet your guide in front of Russ & Daughter's bakery in the ground floor public space at Building 77, located at 141 Flushing Avenue, at the intersection of Flushing and Vanderbilt Avenues. Building 77 is publicly accessible from Flushing Avenue and the "Brooklyn Navy Yard" NYC Ferry stop. The Brooklyn Navy Yard is a massive secure industrial facility with over 70 buildings. It is important that you use the address noted here so that you do not get lost, and that you do not attempt to enter any security gates, as you will be turned away. During your tour, you will have the opportunity to explore the inside of the Yard on foot with your knowledgeable guide.

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What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes

Not allowed

  • Pets

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Activity provider:Turnstile Tours

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