DUMBO Brooklyn Cultural Tour
New York, New York
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 3 hours
Sample the best of DUMBO, Brooklyn, where, in an intimate environment, you’ll gain access to creative spaces and workshops and be introduced to works of art by local artists. Plus, meet neighborhood entrepreneurs who are creating the marketplace and trends of tomorrow. Enjoy additional stops for light bites (including a delicious diversion at a local chocolatier) and to sip on coffee and beer while en route.
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Sample the best of DUMBO, Brooklyn, where, in an intimate environment, you’ll gain access to creative spaces and workshops and be introduced to works of art by local artists. Plus, meet neighborhood entrepreneurs who are creating the marketplace and trends of tomorrow. Enjoy additional stops for light bites (including a delicious diversion at a local chocolatier) and to sip on coffee and beer while en route.
The wonderfully reinvented waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) delivers a cinematic setting, with a chic industrial air and cobblestone streets, set at the base of two bridges (the Brooklyn and Manhattan). Its East River-fronted Brooklyn Bridge Park proposes sweeping Manhattan skyline views, while old factories and warehouses have been converted into artists’ lofts, galleries, boutiques, bars/eateries, and performing arts venues.
Sample the best of them, where, in an intimate environment, you’ll gain access to creative spaces and workshops and be introduced to works of art by local artists. Plus, meet neighborhood entrepreneurs who are creating the marketplace and trends of tomorrow. Enjoy additional stops for light bites (including a delicious diversion at a local chocolatier) and to sip on coffee and beer while en route.
DUMBO Tour Highlights Include:
Sample the best of them, where, in an intimate environment, you’ll gain access to creative spaces and workshops and be introduced to works of art by local artists. Plus, meet neighborhood entrepreneurs who are creating the marketplace and trends of tomorrow. Enjoy additional stops for light bites (including a delicious diversion at a local chocolatier) and to sip on coffee and beer while en route.
DUMBO Tour Highlights Include:
- Panoramic skyline views; innovatively designed public spaces; and commentary on DUMBO, its history, culture, DIY (do-it-yourself) manufacturing movement, and relevance in the big picture of Brooklyn and NYC at large
- Access to an artist's studio
- Visits to an art gallery, “makers” workshop/showroom, and standout neighborhood establishments
- Stop for complimentary glass of wine and/or beer
- Choice of hot beverage at a historically significant and charmingly cozy coffeehouse
- Samplings of sweets and light bites from select local vendors, including chocolate from a world-renowned chocolatier located right here in DUMBO
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