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Programs + Tours

PROGRAMS
Brooklyn Navy Yard hosts a variety of programs and events that are open to the public. These events unfold in different locations, in different formats, and with different themes… check out what’s upcoming in our calendar!

Programs Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Scrollathon with the Ladd Brothers
September 17, 2024
4 Sessions
Building 92
FREE
Learn more and RSVP here.

Enjoy a tour and community-based artmaking activity with artists Steven and William Ladd inside their exhibition at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Transforming America through Art: A Vision for Brooklyn’s Community. Participants will learn from the artists about their work and create an artwork for the gallery at Building 92.

Hedgework Eco Workshop
September 19, 2024
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Building 77 Mezzanine
Learn more and RSVP here.

Inspired by Hedgework, one of the Yard’s 2024 public art installations, join co-creator Mark Shepard for an interactive eco workshop. Learn about the data collected by the hedge and ways to interpret its data. The program will culminate in a co-designed speculative data collection system.

Growing Public Art in Brooklyn Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 10, 2024
6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Building 92
Learn more and RSVP here.

Join the artists behind the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s 2024 public art installations for a lively discussion on the important role that public art can have in driving positive impact for Brooklyn. Panelists will discuss the role public art has in fostering cultural identity, social cohesion, and a sense of belonging.

Scrollathon
Growing Public Art in Brooklyn Panel Discussion

Made in Brooklyn: Programs with Yard-Based Businesses

Movies with a View at Rooftop Reds
Sundays and Thursdays, movies start at dusk
RSVP here
Building 275
$35+

Your ticket includes not only a movie but two slices of pizza and a glass of wine. Arrive before 6:00 p.m. to enjoy happy hour. 21+ only event.

Kings County Distillery
Distillery Tours & Whiskey Tasting Classes are scheduled weekly.
View calendar here.

Barrels at Kings County Distillery

TOURS
Explore our 300-acre site that is today a nationally acclaimed campus of industry, technology, fabrication, and innovation across dozens of sectors while also taking a dive into the past to learn about our continued legacy of innovation and invention.

Public Tours

Learn about businesses that call the Yard home, recent adaptive reuse projects, and take a step back in time with historical throwbacks such as a visit to a 19th-century dry dock. Upcoming public tours:

Past, Present & Future: An Introduction to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Saturdays at 2 pm: August 10, 17, & 24
Learn more and buy tickets here.

Architecture & Infrastructure Tour
Sundays at 11 am: August 25
Learn more and buy tickets here.

The Yard & WWII
Sundays at 11 am: September 1
Learn more and buy tickets here.

Urban Ecology Bike Tours
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Learn more and buy tickets here.

 

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