A 1905 Warship in Dry Dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
A guide leads you past a working dry dock, Civil War machine shops and the food makers now filling the old buildings.
🛠️ The Dock Still Works
Brooklyn Navy Yard started repairing ships in 1801, and one piece of that run is still open to the sky. The 1851 dry dock on the walking route still takes working vessels out of the water, with granite steps and a pump house you would expect from a Victorian shipyard.
Guides build the two hours out of documents and voices, from Civil War era machine shops to oral histories given by the welders, riggers and sailors who worked the slips. The loop runs about two miles between Building 77, the museum at BLDG 92 and the waterfront, mostly flat pavement, and it goes ahead in rain or shine.
Meet inside Building 77 at 141 Flushing Avenue, at the corner of Vanderbilt: the guide gathers on the ground floor by Russ & Daughters, not at the Yard's main gate on Flushing. Departures are on Saturdays. Turnstile Tours' booking calendar currently lists 2 pm for the November 2026 dates while the Yard's own tours page has shown 1 pm, so go by the time printed on your booking confirmation. Adults pay 25 dollars, seniors, students and veterans 22.50, children 5 to 12 are 12.50 and under fives are free. Advance ticket purchase is required.
