Closing Bell: Free Wallabout Walking Tours

The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy will be hosting free guided walking tours of Wallabout the last Saturday of each month through September 26. The walks will focus on the areas north of Myrtle Avenue that are on the National Register of Historic Places, exploring hundreds of years of history through the area’s architecture and landmarks.

These include the neighborhood’s pre-Civil War homes and late 19th century industrial buildings. Information on the area’s best-known resident, Walt Whitman, as well as a reading of some of his works, will be provided by the Walt Whitman Project.

Upcoming tours take place on June 27, July 25, August 29 and September 26. They start at the Fort Greene Park Visitors Center at 11 am and end at Whitman’s former home at 99 Ryerson Street.

Though the tours are free, those attending must RSVP here.

Photo by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership