BROOKLYN BREWERY
79 North 1lth St. (Weythe Ave.), Williamsburg.Tours every 30 minutes on SATURDAYS, Noon-5:00pm.1-718-486-7422First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum of Art 6:00 - 9:00pm
A musical journey around the world - from the Balkans to the Caribbean - by the Brooklyn based bands: Sheger and Sonide Costeqo.
Since it was introduced four years ago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art's First Saturday series has become enormously popular, with thousands of visitors attending this free program of art and entertainment each month. All evening, the Museum Cafi offers a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, including wine and beer. The Museum is open on the First Saturday of every month until 11:00pm. (All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6:00pm.)
Free Tours of Evergreens Cemetery
Sundays at 11am
Set atop high hills with commanding views of New York City to the north and Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the south,
more than half a million people have been interred amid its landscaped grounds in the 150 years since The Evergreens was
incorporated as a non-sectarian cemetery, including painter Frances Guy and entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
This free tour will begin at 11am at the front gate of the cemetery, on the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Conway Street,
one block north of the Broadway/East New York 
train station. More information: 1(718) 455-5300.
Heart of Brooklyn Trolley
This hour-long ride is a great way to see the sights in and around Prospect Park,
including historic Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Museum of Art,
Prospect Park Zoo, and Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It operates on Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays, Noon to 6:00PM, throughout the year. Leaves from Prospect Park's Wollman Rink
on the hour and makes stops throughout the Park. A connection to the Brooklyn Children's
Museum Trolley is also available
Prospect Park's Discover Nature Tours
March through November - Saturday, Sunday and Monday holidays at 3:00 PM
Learn how to identify birds, discover the source of the Lullwater and experience the
feeling of hiking through the Adirondack Mountains right in the middle of Brooklyn!
The Prospect Park Audubon Center offers free DISCOVER NATURE Tours along the
Lullwater, around the newly restored Ravine and through Brooklyn's last remaining
forest. You'll also encounter some of the 200 species of birds that inhabit the Park
and learn how modern ecological techniques are enabling Brooklyn's native woodlands
to become self-sustaining again.
Introduction to Bird Watching
Saturdays, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Springtime brings hundreds of migratory species to the Park! See how many you can spot
in this free weekly tour.
Early Bird Walks
Morning is the busiest time for the Park's feathered residents!
8:00 - 10:00AM
All Tours leave from the Boathouse. Tours are free unless otherwise noted. No reservations
required. For more information, please call 1(718) 287-3400.
MANHATTAN
CENTRAL PARK
The park offers eight
or more free walking tours. For more information, call 1(212) 860-1370.
The Conservatory Garden offers a one hour horticultural tour on SATURDAYS at 11:OOAM.
Meet inside the Vanderbilt Gate at 5th Ave. and 105th St. Sponsored by the Central Park
Conservancy. 1(212) 360-2726.
DOWNTOWN NY
Wall Street Walking Tour: A 90 minute guided tour of Downtown NY on THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS at Noon.
Meet outside the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (US Customs House), at 1 Bowling Green.
Sponsored by the Alliance for Downtown New York. 1(212) 606-4064
Free for All at Town Hall
GRAND CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD
Discover little known facts about Grand Central Terminal and the surrounding neighborhood
with acclaimed guide Justin Ferate. Tour varies from week-to-week. Tour length is 1= to
2 hours. This walking tours meets inside the lobby at Altria Building,
located at the southwest corner of 42nd St & Park Ave directly across from
Grand Central Terminal. Each FRIDAY at 12:30PM.
grandcentralpartnership.org 1(212) 697-1245.
GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
WEDNESDAYS at 12:30PM. Meet at the information booth, grand concourse on 42nd St.
between Lexington and Vanderbilt Ave. For groups of five or more, please make private
arrangements. Sponsored by The Municipal Arts Society. 1(212) 340-2210.
GREENWICH VILLAGE
Take the Free Village Alliance walking tour led by Arthur Marks
(Greenwich Villages premier raconteur and favorite tour guide). Discover where
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opened the first Whitney Museum; where Jackson Pollack
lived; where Abe Lincoln declared Right Makes Might; and where Barbra Streisand
performed for $125 per week. 2009 tours depart from the northwest corner of 2nd Ave
& St Marks Place on Saturdays at 11:30am. May 16 & 30, June 13 & 27, July 11 & 25,
Aug 8, 22 & 29; Sept 12 & 26; Oct 10. For more information, call 1(212) 777-2173.
LINCOLN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD
The first and third SUNDAY of every month at 2 pm. Meet at the southwest corner of
Broadway & 60th Street (under the Jazz at Lincoln Center marquee at the Time Warner Center).
Sponsored by the Lincoln Square BID. 1(212) 581-3774.
LOWER EAST SIDE
Every SUNDAY at 11:00AM. Meet in front of Katz's Deli at 205 E. Houston St.
(corner of Ludlow St.) Sponsored by the Lower East Side BID. 1(212) 226-9010.
PLAZA HOTEL TOUR
Every TUESDAY & SATURDAY at 3:00PM. A 45 minute peek into the
luxurious Plaza Hotel (including some areas normally off-limits to tourists) on this tour
led by art and architecture critic, Francis Morrone. Plaza Hotel, 768 Fifth Ave at Central Park
South (59th St). Space limited. Call 1(212) 546-5477 for reservations.
MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL
First TUESDAY of June from 6:OOPM - 9:OOPM. Free admission to all museums on Fifth Ave.
from 82nd St. to 104th St. and much more. 1(212) 606-2296.
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY - MAIN BRANCH
Library Tour: TUESDAY-SATURDAY AT 11AM & 2:OOPM. Special Exhibitions Tour: TUESDAY-SATURDAY 12:30PM & 2:30PM
Fifth Ave. between 40th & 42nd St. 1(212) 930-0501.
PENN STATION
The 4th MONDAY of each month from 12:30PM - 2:OOPM. Meet in the rotunda of the main station
near the tourist information booth at 7th Ave. between 32nd & 33rd St. Sponsored by the
34th Street Partnership. 1(212) 719-3434.
34th STREET TOUR
Every THURSDAY at 12:30PM. Meet in front of the 5th Ave entrance of the Empire State
Building at 34th St. & 5th Ave. Sponsored by the 34th Street Partnership. In case of
rain call Paul Romano at 1(917) 438-5123.
TIMES SQUARE Exposi
Join the Times Square Alliance every Friday at Noon for "Times Square Exposi" a free,
behind-the-scenes walking tour of Times Square. Visit historic theatres, new sites,
and the best of the neighborhood during this walking tour through the Crossroads of the
World. The tour leaves, rain or shine, every Friday at noon from the Times Square Information
Center, on 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets.
QUEENS
LONG ISLAND CITY Queens
Artlink is a free shuttle service to cultural attractions in Queens. It travels from
Manhattan to MoMa QNS and to 6 Long Island City museums on SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS from
10:00AM-4:OOPM. Call 1(212) 708-9750 for times and other pick-up locations and times
when buses cannot accommodate wheelchairs.
FLUSHING
Free trolley tours and the Queens Culture Loop. SUNDAY noon to 5:00pm. All loops
begin and end at Flushing Town Hall, 137?35 Northern Blvd. 1(718) 463-7700 ext.222
weekdays, ext.234 weekends Noon to 5:00pm.
STATEN ISLAND
STATEN ISLAND FERRY
The ferry operates 24 hours a day every day of the week. Through most of the day
(the only exception being the hours of midnight to 6am), you will not have to wait
more than half an hour for the next departure, and it will be more frequent and crowded
during weekday rush hours. Weekdays and weekends, boats leave and arrive on the half hour.
Among the sights to take in from either side of the vessel, are Governor's Island, the
Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, lower Manhattan skyscrapers, Ellis Island,
and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge connecting Staten Island to Brooklyn. Switch sides
so you can take in all views. And as it pulls in to Manhattan, take a walk up to the
front of the boat and bring your camera. It's a great view you won't want to miss.
For Staten Island Ferry info, call 1(718) 815-BOAT (2628).
FREE OR PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH DURING CERTAIN TIMES
- American Craft Museum is pay-what-you-wish Thursday 6-8pm.
- Bronx Zoo is pay-what-you-wish Wednesday.
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden free all day Tuesday and Saturday 10am-noon.
- Brooklyn Museum of Art is free from 5pm the first Saturday of every month.
- Jewish Museum free all day Saturday.
- New Museum of Contemporary Art is free Thursday 6-8pm.
- Museum of Modern Art is free Friday 4-8pm.
- New York Botanical Garden is free all day Wednesday and Saturday 10am-noon.
- New York Hall of Science September-June, is free Thursday-Friday 2-5pm.
- Staten Island Botanical Garden is open from dawn until dusk at no charge, though its Chinese Scholar's Garden has an admission fee.
- Studio Museum in Harlem is free the first Saturday of every month.
- Wave Hill, the acclaimed public garden and cultural institution overlooking the Hudson and Palisades, is free all day Tuesday, and Saturday mornings 9am--noon.
- Whitney Museum of American Art Friday 6-9pm pay-what-you-wish admission.
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