1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
1 p.m. Scandals in Stone Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, April 23, 2011 Join NYC historian, author and raconteur Benjamin Feldman for a two-hour trolley tour to the gravesites of five long-forgotten permanent residents of Green-Wood Cemetery, notorious in their days. Hear the story of Dr. Harvey Burdell, a misogynist dentist in lower Manhattan whose gruesome murder in 1857 turned the town on end. ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSunday, April 24, 2011 On the last Sunday of each month (starting January 2010) there will be a historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Similar to our Wednesday trolley tours (held each week, rain or shine), tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
10:30 a.m. Walk With the Appalachian Mountain Club
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, April 30, 2011 In April, Green-Wood is a walker’s paradise. For the past four years, members of the Appalachian Mountain Club have toured through Green-Wood, marveling at our 150-year old trees, lakes, winding carriage paths and vistas. For the first time, we’re making this tour available to the general public. Led by Steven Estroff, ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
1 p.m. Green-Wood’s Great Women Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSaturday, May 7, 2011 Join us on the day before Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th centuries who are buried here. Matilda Tone, wife of the Irish patriot; pioneering doctors Susan McKinney Steward and Mary Jacobi; abolitionist Abigail Hopper Gibbons; and actresses Laura ... Read more
1 p.m. Birds, Blooms and Beauty Mother’s Day Walking Tour
Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesBirds, Blooms and Beauty Mother’s Day Tour »
(Postponed) Members-Only Screening, ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child’
The Historic Chapel at Green-Wood 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThis event has been postponed. A new date will be announced shortly. Plus wine, cheese, and Q&A with the film's producer and a special guest TBA. Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over 20 years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the ... Read more
1 p.m. Historic Trolley Tour
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Every Wednesday a new historic trolley tour at Green-Wood. Tours last approximately two hours and feature the beauty of Green-Wood’s grounds, the Cemetery’s history, its bird life, the most fascinating tales of its permanent residents, views of Manhattan’s skyline, The Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Civil War Project and its preservation program, and ... Read more
Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
