Obscura Day - April 9, 2011

Behind-the-Scenes at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 1:45 PM to 4:30 PM (ET)

Brooklyn, NY


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Brooklyn Navy Yard Tour

Special Behind-the-Scenes Tour and Studio Visit at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

For over 150 years, the Brooklyn Navy Yard churned out America's most famous fighting ships from the U.S.S. Maine to the U.S.S. Missouri.  Today, the Yard is a 250-acre industrial park with over 240 tenants who are artists, manufacturers, and even movie producers.  On this tour, we'll go behind the walls of the Yard to explore its rich history as we listen to World War II-era oral histories.  Along the way, we'll hop off the bus to get a closer look at an 1851 dry dock, a Navy Hospital that closed in 1948, the nation's first "green" multi-story industrial building, and we'll take a step inside one of the buildings to visit the studio of Thomas Witte, an artist who draws inspiration from and incorporates materials from the historical and industrial landscape of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.  This special tour is given by Urban Oyster on behalf of the Brooklyn Historical Society and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation

.Details/Special Instructions:

  • Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society at 128 Pierrepont Street, a convenient location close to the Jay Street-Metrotech subway stop in Brooklyn Heights.  The bus will pick up and drop off everyone at the Brooklyn Historical Society but the tour will be almost entirely inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

    Advance ticket purchase required. This tour has a limited capacity and may sell out. Purchase tickets above.

    Bring a Bottle of Water - The tour will not pass any stores while inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Please bring a bottle of water in case you get thirsty.

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When

Saturday, April 9, 2011 from 1:45 PM to 4:30 PM (ET)

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Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn NY




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