October 2, 2008
Brooklyn Navy Yard bus tours to start monthly schedule
Starting this weekend, the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard will open up once a month for public tours, allowing visitors to get a glimpse at spots including the still-in-use dry dock where the ironclad USS Monitor was outfitted for the Civil War.
Founded in 1801, the Brooklyn Navy Yard still works on ships, but also houses a 300-acre industrial park, Steiner movie studios, and soon, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Historical Center. Active during WWI and WWI, it’s where the USS Connecticut, USS Arizona, and USS Missouri were launched. It’s also the spot from where the first song was broadcast over wireless radio. In 1907, opera singer Eugenia Farrar sang “I Love You Truly” from the USS Dolphin docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The bus tours will be offered the first Sunday of every month, staffed on alternate turns by the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Center for the Urban Environment.
This weekend’s tours will be offered as part of OpenHouse New York. And although they’re free, all the reservations have already filled up. (However, no reservations are needed to attend this Saturday’s Brooklyn Navy Yard Arts Open Studio from non to 6 p.m.)
The CUE tour on November 2, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., is priced at $30 and will be led by Adam Schwartz. Advance registration is required. (718) 788-8500, ext. 217.
The December 7 tour, led by the Brooklyn Historical Society, is the same price. It departs at 1:30 p.m. Reservations required: (718) 222-4111 ext. 250
Earlier: Down in Brooklyn’s Dry Dock No. 1 with Mary Whalen
Brooklyn Navy Yard helps launch ‘Graving Dock’
October 2, 2008 2:12 PM in Cheap Stuff, History, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Tours
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