Brooklyn By Name Trolley Tour
By The Green-Wood Historic Fund
Date and time
Starts on Saturday, August 15, 2015 · 1pm EDT
Location
500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232
Refund Policy
Contact the organizer to request a refund.
Description
Bergen, Schermerhorn, Martense, Havemeyer, Berry, Tompkins…to New Yorkers, these are household names. They grace our roads, our subway stations, and our parks. So how did these names come to be NYC fixtures? In most cases, these ubiquitous names are all attached to influential and powerful city dwellers of the 19th-century. They also all happen to be buried at Green-Wood.
Join expert tour guide Ruth Edebohls on this tour to the final resting places of the people who bear the names we know so well. You’ll learn about their lives, their businesses, and how they become powerful enough to have a street named after them.
$15 for members of Green-Wood and BHS/$20 for non-members.
Green-Wood trolley tours are fully accessible and ADA compliant.
Organized by
The Green-Wood Historic Fund's mission is to maintain Green-Wood's monuments and buildings of historical, cultural and architectural significance; advance public knowledge and appreciation of this significance; and preserve the natural habitat and parklands of one of New York City's first green spaces.
Please note: all ending times listed are approximate, and all tickets are non-refundable unless event is canceled or rescheduled (in which case ticket price minus service fees can be refunded).