And, now, from our friends at the Center for the Urban Environment, here is this weekend’s very interesting tour: Ditmas Park. Sunday, November 23, 2-4 pm– with Francis Morrone. Ditmas Park is one of the most popular neighborhoods in Brooklyn even as its splendid “Victorian” houses have ceased to be bargains. The streets of the […]

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Sunset Park – The Old Neighborhood. Sunday, November 16, 2-4:30 pm – with Joe Svehlak. Our tour guide grew up here in the 1940’s and 50’s. Join him for a walk up and down the tree-lined row house streets of New York’s largest National Register District. Enjoy the spectacular harbor views from the 22 ½ […]

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Here’s this weekend’s tour from our friends at the Center for the Urban Environment: Written in Stone: Tales of Green-Wood. Sunday, November 9, 1 – 3:30 pm – with Ruth Edebohls. The monuments and mausoleums of Green-Wood have many fascinating stories—and not just about the many famous figures buried there. Visit final resting places and […]

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Here’s this weekend’s tour from our friends at the Center for the Urban Environment: Sheepshead Bay & Manhattan Beach. Saturday, November 1 – 10:30 am -12:30 pm – with Ron Schweiger, Brooklyn Borough Historian. Take a walk along the water through these historic and colorful neighborhoods which were part of the largest and most popular […]

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Crown Heights North, Old & New. Saturday, October 25 – 2-4 pm – with Matt Postal. Unusually rich in architecture and history, Crown Heights is being rediscovered. Focusing on the long blocks between Eastern Parkway and Grant Square, our route includes free-standing mansions and rowhouses, as well as Dean Street, one of the borough’s finest […]

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Here’s one of our regular posts from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Last Exit to Brooklyn: Red Hook. Saturday, October 18 – 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – with Dan Wiley. Red Hook’s tough reputation has been depicted in literature, plays and movies. This isolated neighborhood of low-rise […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Dumbo. Saturday, August 23 – 1 – 3 pm – with Joe Svehlak. An acronym for the old Brooklyn waterfront under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges is an amazing area of former industrial buildings converted to lofts […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Gowanus. Saturday, August 16, 2-4 pm– with Francis Morrone. A walk through Gowanus opens a window on the industrial heritage of Brooklyn, and also shows a neighborhood in the midst of a very interesting transition. Gowanus is […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: The Other Islands of New York – East River & New York Bay. (Last Tour of the Season!) Sunday August 10 – 9:30-12 Noon – with Sharon Seitz & Stuart Miller. Sharon Seitz and Stuart Miller, co-authors […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Jamaica Bay Fringe Bike Tour. Saturday, July 19 – 1-4 pm – with Adam Schwartz. More a “two wheeled historical tour” than a group bike ride, this is just the best way to reach this rarely accessed […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Newtown Creek Cruise. Sunday, July 13 – 9:30 – 12 noon – with Jack Eichenbaum. This canalized creek, a tidal arm of the East River, forms the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. Join us to cruise what […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Bats in Brooklyn! Friday, June 27, 7:45- 9 pm – with Paul Keim. Naturalist Paul Keim of the Brooklyn Bird Club leads a Prospect Park adventure in search of the fascinating bats that live behind the fences […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Park Slope: Celebrating 35 Years as a Historic District. Saturday, June 21 – 11am – 1 pm – with Matt Postal. In July 1973, Park Slope became an historic district, preserving one of Brooklyn’s finest residential neighborhoods. […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Park Slope South – Southern Exposure. Sunday, June 15 – 3-5 pm – with Matt Postal. Explore Park Slope’s numbered streets, heading south from the Litchfield Villa. Both older and more architecturally varied than the blocks to […]

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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 […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Saturday, May 17, 1-3 pm – with Adam Schwartz Rust and Remembrance: Bushwick’s Southern End Bushwick is a bustling neighborhood with a sleepier southern side. The historic houses lining these leafy streets date from a late 19th […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Saturday, May 10, 2:00p- 4:00pm – with Dan Wiley Gowanus Neighborhood Walking Tour Dan Wiley will lead an interactive walking tour around CUE’s new backyard, to explore the legendary Gowanus Canal waterway and the area’s environment, history, […]

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