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TOURS / Social impact tours with @BklynNavyYard @prospect_park @VendorPower @EssexMarket @NYCEDC • STUDIO / Museum consulting, training, research
New York, NY
Joined August 2012
Yesterday after 16 years on a waitlist & $140,000 spent renting a permit on the underground market - our member Mohamed Bahieldin finally got the green light to apply for a Supervisory License & own his very own food cart permit 🎉
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Prospect Park is one of the borough’s main locations for remembrance of Brooklynites lost during WW1. Join @turnstiletours on November 11 for a Veterans Day walking tour of the park, where we'll see the park's many memorial sites: https://t.co/jrWcJevAQk
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SAG LA Vice President Michelle Hurd explains that “you know those actors when you go ‘oh there’s that guy from that show’, you don’t necessarily know their names… those actors are working class actors who are literally working paycheck to paycheck.”
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Karaoke under the cranes at @BklynNavyYard Beats & Eats. Join us the first Thursday of the month all summer, coming up on Aug 3 & Sep 7. Thanks to @hiphopcloset, @KingsCoWhiskey, @TransmitterBrew for supporting tonight’s event. Put it on your calendar: https://t.co/V5jLPkZMhX
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Escape the heat by taking a stroll through Brooklyn's largest forest! Join our next @prospect_park walking tour this Saturday—and every Saturday—at 10:30am.
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In our newsletter: @BklynNavyYard tours every weekend, support @VendorPower at their gala and on our tours, @ohny boat tour of @PANYNJ, @OurWaterfront City of Water Day, @BrooklynGrange open house, @prospect_park ReImagine Lefferts, and @CarrieFurnaces. https://t.co/wiVYPWg7Nx
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Visit the Brooklyn Navy Yard every weekend on our guided tours, explore more of the waterfront on City of Water Day, and explore the port with OHNY
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Breaking News: Two firefighters died while responding to a fire on a cargo ship at Port Newark in New Jersey on Wednesday, the authorities said.
nytimes.com
The fire broke out on a ship carrying more than 1,000 vehicles, owned by an Italian company and anchored at Port Newark.
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This photo looks like the director of the IAEA is using psychokinetic powers to stop the plant from melting down.
"With military tension and activities increasing in the region where this major nuclear power plant is located, our experts must be able to verify the facts on the ground," Grossi said. https://t.co/lRJNvWjY8z
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Report shows the impact of @MadeinNY’s Production Assistant training program, which has long been based at @BklynNavyYard with @nybwi. 1,100 graduates, 92% POC, 78% working in film & TV for 2+ years after graduation with 2.4x average earnings increase.
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The training program to help bring underrepresented New Yorkers into the film and TV industry has led, on average, to graduates’ salaries growing by 2.4 times.
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Working at former military sites, we frequently receive inquiries from family members of people that worked and served at @BklynNavyYard & Brooklyn Army Terminal. Sadly, we have to tell them that the records may be gone. Great piece from @megreenwell.
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Fifty years ago, a fire ripped through the National Personnel Records Center. It set off a massive project to save crucial pieces of American history—including, I hoped, my grandfather’s.
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Great story from @THECITYNY about violence interrupters from Switching Lifestylez that do vital work in the three NYCHA developments outside @BklynNavyYard—and right now they’re doing it for free.
thecity.nyc
The members of Switching Lifestylez didn’t wait for a city contract to do the work.
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Amazing profile of the Bangladeshi community in Kensington, Brooklyn in @nytimes with photos by @JonahHMarkowitz.
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In “Little Bangladesh,” a growing community embraces tradition, and adapts to new trends.
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Can’t wait to experience “The Hook,” based on Arthur Miller’s unfinished screenplay and adapted by @BNWRep. The play is performed close to where it takes place, at Red Hook’s @MuseumBarge. Tickets are sold out, but put your name on the waitlist (that’s how we got in)!
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America’s greatest civic institution is Interlibrary Loan.
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Salty is at her first baseball game! Enjoying Bark at the Park as the @BKCyclones take on the @GreenvilleDrive. (Yes, they let us onto the field in our @RedSox gear.)
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Celebrating @VendorPower at the closing ceremony of the Street Vendor Project Scavenger Hunt at @LlamaPartyNYC. Congratulations to all the winning teams! Thanks for helping raise over $17,000 for SVP!
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In this month's newsletter, explore WWII history & urban ecology at @BklynNavyYard, celebrate @VendorPower at @LlamaPartyNYC, Sunset Boat Tour with @ohny, learn about @EquinorWindUS, @BrooklynGrange open houses, and virtual harbor tours with @CHLNewYork.
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Join our special tour series about WWII at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, celebrate the Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt, tour the harbor with OHNY
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