Comments on: Brooklyn Walking Tours http://brooklynheightsblog.com Dispatches from America's first suburb Thu, 17 May 2012 04:12:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ross Dubin http://brooklynheightsblog.com/brooklyn-walking-tours#comment-233095 Ross Dubin Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:30:23 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?page_id=14260#comment-233095 For those Brooklyn folks immersed in history, check out under the auction section of Steiner Sports: www.steinersports.com the listing for the Mel Kerper collection. Great stuff on the Brooklyn Dodgers and memorabilia for all. CHECK IT OUT!! For those Brooklyn folks immersed in history, check out under the auction section of Steiner Sports: http://www.steinersports.com the listing for the Mel Kerper collection. Great stuff on the Brooklyn Dodgers and memorabilia for all. CHECK IT OUT!!

]]> By: Rich Garr http://brooklynheightsblog.com/brooklyn-walking-tours#comment-231867 Rich Garr Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:12:31 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?page_id=14260#comment-231867 Megan and I at Gotham SideWalks have been honing our one-and-only bike tour, and it runs this Sunday (6/6). To schedule this or any of our tours at a different time, contact us. We've had great success with private tours and special events. I'm pasting our bike tour blurb below, but visit our website for more details and info on tours in Brooklyn Heights, Coney Island, and other other themed walks around Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. BIKE BROOKLYN BASEBALL 100 years of baseball history in 10 miles and 3 hours! Whether you live in Brooklyn or not, most baseball fans know about the great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the 1950s. You've probably heard about Jackie Robinson and the color barrier, the magic of Ebbets Field, or the meteoric rise of Brooklyn's own Sandy Koufax. This bike tour takes you from the roots of Civil War era "base ball" to the exit of the Dodgers in 1957... all while rolling along one of the finest circuits of urban bike paths in the country. Meet in Brooklyn in front of Ride Brooklyn bike shop, 468 Bergen Street (bike rentals available). Trains: 2/3 to Bergen; 4/5/6/D/N/R/M/LIRR to Atlantic-Pacific Happy Summer, Rich Megan and I at Gotham SideWalks have been honing our one-and-only bike tour, and it runs this Sunday (6/6). To schedule this or any of our tours at a different time, contact us. We’ve had great success with private tours and special events. I’m pasting our bike tour blurb below, but visit our website for more details and info on tours in Brooklyn Heights, Coney Island, and other other themed walks around Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.

BIKE BROOKLYN BASEBALL
100 years of baseball history in 10 miles and 3 hours! Whether you live in Brooklyn or not, most baseball fans know about the great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the 1950s. You’ve probably heard about Jackie Robinson and the color barrier, the magic of Ebbets Field, or the meteoric rise of Brooklyn’s own Sandy Koufax. This bike tour takes you from the roots of Civil War era “base ball” to the exit of the Dodgers in 1957… all while rolling along one of the finest circuits of urban bike paths in the country.

Meet in Brooklyn in front of Ride Brooklyn bike shop, 468 Bergen Street (bike rentals available). Trains: 2/3 to Bergen; 4/5/6/D/N/R/M/LIRR to Atlantic-Pacific

Happy Summer, Rich

]]> By: Homer Fink http://brooklynheightsblog.com/brooklyn-walking-tours#comment-220737 Homer Fink Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:17:48 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?page_id=14260#comment-220737 Walking Tour operators - feel free to plug any BROOKLYN based walking tours here. Walking Tour operators – feel free to plug any BROOKLYN based walking tours here.

]]> By: Homer Fink http://brooklynheightsblog.com/brooklyn-walking-tours#comment-214511 Homer Fink Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:20:47 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?page_id=14260#comment-214511 From cobblehillblog.com : Lost City will host its first-ever walking tour of Carroll Gardens on Sunday, November 22. That tour filled up so quickly that a second date has been announced for Sunday, December 6. If you’re interested in joining the tour, please make a reservation by emailing lostcitybrooks@gmail.com. The cost is $20. From cobblehillblog.com : Lost City will host its first-ever walking tour of Carroll Gardens on Sunday, November 22. That tour filled up so quickly that a second date has been announced for Sunday, December 6. If you’re interested in joining the tour, please make a reservation by emailing lostcitybrooks@gmail.com. The cost is $20.

]]> By: Gotham Walking Tours http://brooklynheightsblog.com/brooklyn-walking-tours#comment-212904 Gotham Walking Tours Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:07:31 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?page_id=14260#comment-212904 Many, many thanks for writing about Gotham Walking Tours. We offer a number of tours of Brooklyn and are delighted that you included us among the tour groups listed. Kindly note, however, that the correct link to our website is www.walkingnyctours.com. (The link on this page connects one to a different sight). Kind regards. Lina Viviano Founder, Gotham Walking Tours Many, many thanks for writing about Gotham Walking Tours.

We offer a number of tours of Brooklyn and are delighted that you included us among the tour groups listed.

Kindly note, however, that the correct link to our website is http://www.walkingnyctours.com.

(The link on this page connects one to a different sight).

Kind regards.
Lina Viviano
Founder, Gotham Walking Tours

]]> By: Rich Garr http://brooklynheightsblog.com/brooklyn-walking-tours#comment-212846 Rich Garr Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:27:38 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?page_id=14260#comment-212846 Hi John, Just a quick note: we're trying to always spell Gotham SideWalks with a capital "W". If you could easily change it, that would be awesome. If not, no biggie. Thanks so much for the mentions! Take Care, Rich Hi John,

Just a quick note: we’re trying to always spell Gotham SideWalks with a capital “W”. If you could easily change it, that would be awesome. If not, no biggie. Thanks so much for the mentions!

Take Care, Rich

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