Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run:

Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn. Saturday, May 31 – 2-4 pm – with Francis Morrone. Celebrate Whitman’s 209th birthday (5/31/1819)! The literary scholar Harold Bloom said that Whitman was the only American writer who could be put in the same class as Shakespeare. Whitman’s was an art that tried to encompass all the world around him, and it was Brooklyn, he said, that nurtured his spirit. America’s Bard is forever associated with the city in which he lived and wrote for so many years. On our walk we will take in sites associated with Whitman’s life and writings, architectural reminders of his Brooklyn era, and examples of his influences. Meet at the NW corner of Court and Montague Streets. Court Street/Borough Hall station 2/3/4/5 or R trains; Jay Street/Borough Hall station of the A/C/F trains.

Brooklyn Navy Yard: A Busy and Walking Tour. Sunday, June 1, 1-3 pm – with Richard Drucker & Ans Heerdink-Schickler. Join us for a very special guided bus tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard with Richard Drucker, senior vice president for external affairs of the Brooklyn Navy Yard followed by a walking tour of Vinegar Hill, home to Irish immigrants and other ethnic groups who worked on the Brooklyn waterfront in the late 19th century. Meet promptly at 12:45 for 1 pm bus departure at the corner of York and Jay Streets. Take the F train to York Street Cost; $35 for members; $45 for non-members. Limited Capacity – Pre-Registration Required. Call 718-788-8500, ext 217 for reservations and details.