Brooklyn Navy Yard Bike Tour

Website:
http://www.urbanoyster.com/navy-yard-tour.html

Pedal along with Urban Oyster on a bicycle tour exploring the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s transition from being one of the nation’s foremost naval shipbuilding facilities to becoming a national leader for sustainable urban industrial parks.

Learn about the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation’s sustainable development efforts, including the nation’s first multi-story “green” industrial building, first solar and wind-powered street lamps, NYC’s first building-mounted wind turbines, adaptively reused historic structures, and new green buildings certified by the U. S. Green Buildings Council. Tour is co-sponsored by Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Brooklyn Greenway Initiative.

REQUIREMENTS: Each participant must supply his/her own bicycle & bring and wear a safety helmet at all times while on the Brooklyn Navy Yard tour.

Admission: $24 per person/ $20 for BHS members & BNYDC tenants and employees. Advance ticket purchase required through the website.

Tour dates:
Sunday May 23rd at 1:45 pm
Sunday June 6th at 1:45 pm
Sunday July 11th at 1:45 pm
Sunday August 8th at 1:45 pm
Sunday September 26th at 1:45 pm