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Every Friday at 8:30 / May through August
DOROTHY B VIII
Adults, $10; children 11 and under, $6.
Reservations: 718-646-4057.

 The Dorothy B. VIII, located at Pier 6 on Emmons Ave. Sheepshead Bay is offering a Coney Island Fireworks cruise on Friday evenings through Labor Day weekend. The boat sails at 8:30pm and returns about 10pm. Tickets go on sale at the boat at 7:30pm or you can reserve by phone, 718 646-4057.

Once home to dozens of pre-Prohibition breweries, including the famous Brewers' Row, a 10-block area containing 11 breweries, Williamsburg is now home to the Brooklyn Brewery. Opened in May 1996, the company's 25 barrel brewery is one of the largest in the East and Brooklyn's first commercial brewery in 20 years. The copper-banded, stainless steel brewhouse and fermentation/aging tanks are set in a 1860s-era former steel foundry in Brooklyn's Williamsburg section, a Mecca for thousands of New York artists, and site of many new art galleries and restaurants. Free tours of the Brooklyn Brewery's 50,000-square-foot brewery/warehouse complex, which include a taste, are conducted every Saturday from noon to 4pm. (You can also stop by the Brooklyn Brewery Company Store during that time.) 

 Braggin' About Brooklyn's 3-hour bus-and-walking tour visits historically and culturally African American places in Brooklyn. You'll see such sites as the Weeksville Houses, Simmons African Arts Museum and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument while learning about 300+ years of Brooklyn's history. The tour runs every Saturday. Reservations required. Led by Fred Laverpool
Sponsored by Braggin' About Brooklyn Tours, 718-297-5107 Saturdays, 3pm, through November

 Led by Park Rangers
Sponsored by Prospect Park Alliance

Saturdays, 3pm

RANGER'S CHOICE
Free

 The Brooklyn Urban Park Rangers lead changing tours of the Marine Park Salt Marsh. Walks could include animal tracking, a hawk watch, medicinal plant identification...the possibilities are endless! Great tour for the whole family. 

Led by the Brooklyn Urban Park Rangers

A lively introduction (mostly on foot) to four neighborhoods in the heart of Brooklyn: Park Slope, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Heights. It covers architecture, history, and more, over 4-1/2 hours. Limit 12 people. Call for reservations and meeting place. Tours run on alternate Saturdays, April through October. NOTE: Reservations required: (212) 239-1124 or order online.

Led by Norman Oder, licensed guide
Sponsored by New York Like a Native http://www.nylikeanative.com

Alternate Saturdays through November (call for dates), 1:30pm
BROOKLYN 101
$13

A lively introduction to the basics of Brooklyn history, visiting Park Slope, Downtown Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Heights. It covers architecture, history, and more, over 2-1/2 hours. Limit 16 people. Call for schedule and meeting place. Tours run on alternate Saturdays, April through November. NOTE: Reservations required: (212) 239-1124 or order online..

Led by Norman Oder, licensed guide
Sponsored by New York Like a Native http://www.nylikeanative.com

Sundays / 9:30am-1:30pm
HASSIDIC WALKING TOURS
$36; discounts for seniors, students & groups
The Hassidic Discovery Center
For reservations or more info: 1-800-838-TOUR (or 1-800-838-8687)

 Don't miss this unique opportunity to explore the mystery of Hassidic life, not from outsiders, but by the Hassidic Jews themselves! In this behind-the-scenes tour of Hassidic Crown Heights, you'll visit places not usually open to the public. (While there is no dress code, out of respect for the community, we recommend that you dress conservatively for this tour.) Bus leaves from and returns to a convenient mid-town location. Reservations required. Price of tour includes lunch. 

Tours of the restored Prospect Park Ravine -- still behind fences to allow the soil to heal and new plantings to grow -- are offered every Saturday and Sunday through November at 3pm.

Led by Park Rangers
Sponsored by Prospect Park Alliance http://www.prospectpark.org

Alternate Sundays through November (call for dates), 2pm
WILLIAMSBURG TOUR
$15

This walking-intensive tour will include the Hasidic enclave of South Williamsburg, home to the neighborhoodÉs historic library and mansions from the 19th century industrial barons that have since been converted to religious use; the historic Broadway corridor near the Williamsburg Bridge, home to several banks (one converted to an art gallery) and the famed Peter Luger steakhouse; the gritty Southside; and the rapidly gentrifying, artsy Northside, home to an astonishing array of restaurants, bars, and galleries. NOTE: In deference to neighborhood mores, women are requested (but not required) to wear pants/long skirts rather than shorts or short skirts, to wear closed toe shoes rather than open toe shoes/sandals, and to bring a long sleeve shirt or sweater. The tour will end near the L train stop at Bedford Avenue. Dinner options will be suggested. 2-1/2 hours. Limit 16 people. Call for reservations and meeting place. Tours run on alternate Sundays, April through October. NOTE: Reservations required: (212) 239-1124 or order online.

 Led by Norman Oder, licensed guide
Sponsored by New York Like a Native http://www.nylikeanative.com

Sail past the Statue of Liberty, Ellis and Governor's islands and the Holocaust Museum during this 3-hour Manhattan Skyline/Statue of Liberty evening cruise aboard the Dorothy B. VIII, a 90-foot luxury supercruiser, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 7:30pm; half-day family fishing trips also available (rod, tackle and bait included in fee.) The Dorothy B. VIII sails from Pier 6 in Sheepshead Bay. Call for reservations.

All aboard! If you're looking for a different and exciting way to spend a day in New York City, try a day in Brooklyn! And what better way to see it than by trolley? This replica of an old time trolley operates continuously from noon to 5pm every Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

The route begins at the Wollman Center Parking Lot in Prospect Park (718-965-8999) at noon and completes a full circuit of the Park with stops at 16th Street & West Lake Drive, Park Circle (at the Traffic Light), the Prospect Park Wildlife Center (Zoo) (718-399-7339), The Brooklyn Museum (718-638-5000), the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (718-622-4433), Grand Army Plaza, and the 9th Street Bandshell. The entire tour of the Park and Cultural Institutions takes approximately one hour. Get on and off as often as you like!

Estimated Time of Arrival:
Wollman Center by Prospect Lake - on the hour
Carousel/Wildlife Center (Zoo) - 10 minutes
Brooklyn Museum - 20 minutes
Brooklyn Botanic Garden - 25 minutes
Grand Army Plaza - 40 minutes
9th Street Bandshell - 50 minutes
(Also stops at the 16th Street & West Lake Drive, and Park Circle at the traffic light.) 

Hook up with the Brooklyn Children's Museum's new trolley at either Grand Army Plaza or the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The FREE, bright yellow trolley will make the 15-minute ride from Grand Army Plaza every half hour on the quarter hour from 10:15am to 4:45pm, with a stop along the way at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The trolley will make the return trip from the Brooklyn Children's Museum to Grand Army Plaza every half hour from 10:30am to 5pm.

By Subway:
2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza or Empire Boulevard
D/M/Q/Franklin Ave. Shuttle to either Prospect Park or Parkside Avenue. (You will be near the Carousel, Wildlife Center and the Wollman Rink.)
F to 7th Avenue & 9th Street. Walk up the hill and enter the Park at the Lafayette Monument near the Bandshell, 9th Street Playground and the Baseball Fields.

By Bus:
B41/B71 to Grand Army Plaza
B69 to Grand Army Plaza or get off at Prospect Park West & 9th Street
B68 to Park Circle at Parkside Circle and Coney Island Avenue
B12 to Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue or Coney Island Avenue

For more information about events taking place in Prospect Park, call 718-965-8999.

The Trolley is also available for Rentals. Call 718-965-6512 for more information.

The Trolley was purchased by NYC Parks & Recreation with funding provided by former Borough President Howard Golden.