Turnstile Tours

In our February newsletter, we have special tours at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, who is also opening a new photo exhibit at BLDG 92 and launching a connected series of talks and networking events with Yard businesses. We feature our Jackson Heights Food Cart Tour, winter tours in Prospect Park, and tours, exhibits, and classes at the Brooklyn Army Terminal with Biobat Art Space and Makerspace NYC. There are also special events from Schooner Apollonia, Battleship New Jersey, New Haven Museum, and Pratt Institute. Lastly, we pay tribute to our beloved dog Salty, who we lost this year and was a big part of our team.

Art, Architecture, Industry, History Architecture & Infrastructure Tours • Street Food of Jackson Heights • Winter in Prospect Park • Farewell to Salty • New Brooklyn Navy Yard Exhibit

In our newsletter, take our customer survey for a discount, or enjoy 2-for-1 tickets during New York City Tourism + Conventions Must-See Week. We have special tours coming up celebrating Black History Month at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, tours of the Brooklyn Army Terminal, a Valentine’s Day Food Cart Tour, and weather permitting, a skiing tour of Prospect Park. You’ll also find special events from our friends like a community feedback session for a new visitor center in Prospect Park, learn about architect Jacob Wrey Mould with The Green-Wood Cemetery, take an architecture boat cruise with Center for Architecture (AIANY) and Classic Harbor Line, support our new local PWHL Professional Women's Hockey League team, and explore the American Precision Museum.

Black History at the Navy Yard • Take our Survey • NYC Must-See Week • Ski Prospect Park • Vermont's Precision Valley Black history at BNY, share your feedback for discounts, join a tour during NYC Must-See Week, eat your way through Manhattan and Queens street food, ski Prospect Park, and learn about Vermont's Precision Valley.

See the progress of the restoration of Intrepid Museum’s Concorde at Brooklyn Navy Yard’s GMD Shipyard Corp.

To all those who celebrate, happy Manufacturing Day! We marked the occasion at Nanotronics, which held their annual manufacturing summit at their Brooklyn Navy Yard facility, attended by many students (with great questions!) from nearby Brooklyn Technical HS. The big closing event was a speech by company CEO Matthew Putman about their new venture into , a new typology for manufacturing semiconductors and other electronics that will be modular, prefabricated, and distributed, leveraging scale and AI to build these facilities at 1/100th the price, 1/10th the size, and in 1/5th the time of a traditional chip fab. Exciting ideas, born here in Brooklyn!

Read more about the announcement in Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90962875/nanotronics-cubefabs-prefab-chip-factories

Join us on Thursday night to explore the street food of Jackson Heights! This special tasting tour delves deep into the vendor community in NYC’s most diverse neighborhood and shares the stories, flavors, and challenges of the street. Try some Tibetan momos, Bangladeshi fuska, tacos al pastor, and much, much more. A portion of the proceeds support the Street Vendor Project, and you’ll come away not only full, but with new appreciation of the work of vendors feeding the city.

Tours are offered on select Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Info and tickets: https://turnstiletours.com/tour/food-cart-tour-jackson-heights/

Ten years ago today we launched our tours of the Brooklyn Army Terminal! From that first tour, the program has grown to host tens of thousands of visitors over the last decade, showcasing the history, architecture, and engineering of the stunning complex, and the service, industry, and creativity of the people that have occupied this space over the past 105 years. We want to thank all of our tour guides and researchers that have helped share the stories of the Terminal, thank our friends and partners at NYCEDC, and of course thank all of our visitors for supporting the tours.

We have seen the industrial park grow so much since 2013, with many new companies and nonprofits joining the community, but we want to give a big thanks to Biobat Art Space, BioBAT, Makerspace NYC, Adapt Ability, MOMO dressing, MOMO test kitchen, Uncommon Goods, FABSCRAP, Pete's Brooklyn Eats, and many, many more for participating in and supporting the tour programs through the years. And we have to give a big shoutout to Open House New York, which has brought thousands of visitors to the Brooklyn Army Terminal during the Weekend. We’re looking forward to many more years learning and exploring with our team, partners, and visitors!

Join one of our upcoming Saturday tours: https://turnstiletours.com/tour/brooklyn-army-terminal-tours/