Event Information
Description
Brooklyn's art, culture, and creativity has been part of the global zeitgeist for years. But what really happens here, in that industrial Gowanus warehouse or quirky Park Slope store front or cavernous Red Hook factory?
If you’re interested in the artists behind the art and the craftspeople behind the craft, we’d love to show you what goes on in your own backyard. Tours visit over a half-dozen unique shops, museums, and experimental spaces, and include private talks, demos, and discounts at each. Along the way, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the history of these buildings, the realities of the people who keep them alive, and the future of those trends the New York Times loves to “discover.” Don’t worry, we’ll also feed you: there will be a waterfront snack break by Trough Catering midway through.
Tour stops may include:
- Gowanus Ballroom
- Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
- Morbid Anatomy Museum
- The Robotic Church
- Hot Wood Arts
- Ugly Duckling Presse
- Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
- Pioneer Works
- Waterfront Museum
- De-Construkt Projekts
- Twig Terrariums
- Court Tree Collective
- Lite Brite Neon
$40 ticket price includes access to all venues and vegetarian snack break. A confirmation e-mail will include the start and end location of the tour, within the Gowanus/Red Hook area.
BYOBike and Lock
Organizer Oriana Leckert and Jonah Levy
Organizer of Brooklyn Spaces Bike Tours
Oriana is a writer, editor, and cultural hipstorian [sic] who is kind of obsessed with Brooklyn. She is the author of "Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture & Creativity" (Monacelli, 2015) and creatrix of the website of the same name. She is the events editor at both Brokelyn and Greenpointers, and her writing has appeared on Slate, Atlas Obscura, Matador, Hyperallergic, Curbed, Brooklyn Based, and more.
Jonah received his New York City tour guide license age 19 and started working for his family tour company, Levys’ Unique New York, incorporating his history of performance and behind-the-scenes theater experience into the role of the tour guide. In 2011 he began to pursue a career in arts administration and has since performed as the Project Director for the Center for the Holographic Arts, Assistant Director for the (un)SCENE and Co-Producer of Everyhere Logistics, an ephemeral series of interactive pop-up art installations in the backs of box trucks.
