Closing Bell: Explore Navy Yard With Camera

Normally visitors can’t roam around the Navy Yard and take pictures of interesting industrial history, but this weekend, you’ll get a chance to explore and photograph a few of its fascinating closed sites. Participants in the winter photography tour will get to see the 19th-century Navy Hospital campus, the World War II-era pier that offers views of Wallabout Bay and a functioning dry dock used for ship repairs.

Sadly, the tour won’t allow access inside these buildings, and don’t expect to get anywhere near the dilapidated houses in Admiral’s Row. Turnstile Tours is leading the tour, which costs $30 per person.  And anyone on the tour can score free tickets to another Navy Yard tour by entering the Yard’s Instagram photo contest. You can buy tickets here, and it begins at 11 am tomorrow morning.