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Holiday Gifts: Tour Edition

Looking for a fresh gift idea? Tired of giving sweaters and socks? Why not give an experience? These tour companies offer some great possibilities. 

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Turnstile Tours - Turnstile offers a wide range of tours including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn’s Avenue of Puerto Rico and the Moore Street Public Market, a Historic Church Tour, and Manhattan’s Food Carts and Food Trucks.

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Exploring with Adventure Club

Adventure Club is our new home for walking tours and other fun explorations all around the city.

Check out the latest offerings over on the site, including nighttime listening tours in Prospect Park, Brooklyn's waterfront history, and lots of street art. 

Below are a few photos from some recent tours around the boroughs! 

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 a Space Invader mosaic on the Lower East Side, from our Williamsburg Bridge tour with Saddleshoe Tours

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Out and About with Adventure Club

Adventure Club is our new home for walking tours and other fun explorations all around the city.

Check out the latest offerings over on the site, including nighttime listening tours in Prospect Park, Brooklyn's waterfront history, and lots of street art. 

Below are a few photos from some recent tours around the boroughs! 

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 a Space Invader mosaic on the Lower East Side, from our Williamsburg Bridge tour with Saddleshoe Tours

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Brooklyn Brainery is accessible, community-driven, crowdsourced education. read a bit more here!

Every month, we host a bunch of free events along with our classes. If your pennies need pinching you might want to check them out.

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Drawing Summer Foliage (Outdoors)

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Crewel Embroidery: Reimagining a Cloister Tapestry

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Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present & Future Walking Tour

Sat. September 6, 2pm

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Open Watercolor Exploration (In Person/Outdoors)

Sun. September 7, 1:30pm

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Mend & Personalize Clothing with Needle Felting

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Since 2010, Brooklyn Brainery has hosted affordable classes for adults on anything and everything. Nowadays, we host almost 100 classes per month at our two locations in Brooklyn!

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Teaching at the Brainery isn't about being a world-renowned expert on a topic, it's just about being excited to help people learn the things you're already excited about.

When you share your knowledge everyone benefits.

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