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A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour
Forget the Brooklyn Bridge! A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour worships landmarks in the form of pizzerias. Native Brooklynite and tour guide Tony Muia treats pizza lovers to Zagat- rated Grimaldi’s for a perfectly charred Neapolitan pie and L&B Spumoni Gardens for a thick Sicilian slice (corner square, please!). Learn the history of pizza, visit famous Brooklyn movie locations, explore Keyspan Park, Coney Island and more on a pleasantly full stomach.
Tour Information:
When: Fridays, Saturday, Sundays and Mondays at 11:00am. These are the standard tour times; please click the link below to see all currently available dates.
Length: Approximately. 4 1/2 hours
Price: Adults: $75 • Children under 12: $65 (tour includes pizza & soft drinks)
Meeting Place: 4th Avenue between 13th and 14th Street, just off Union Square(exact details provided upon purchase)
Tour Highlights:
-Learn about the history of the Brooklyn Bridge while standing nearby on Old Fulton Street.
-See Coney Island’s historic amusement park and boardwalk.
-See million dollar homes along scenic Shore Road in Bay Ridge.
-See the Brooklyn Army Terminal where Elvis shipped off to Germany in 1958.
-Ride along tree lined streets of Brooklyn brownstones.
-Learn about George Washington’s Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
-Visit locations from movies filmed in Brooklyn such as “Saturday Night Fever”, “The French Connection”,“Scent of a Woman”, “Requiem For A Dream”, “Annie Hall” and many more.
-See Keyspan Park - home of the Brooklyn Cyclones and baseball’s return to Brooklyn.
-Learn about Brooklyn-born celebrities.
-Learn about the history of pizza from Italy to Brooklyn.
-See Trump Village - the development where The Donald’s dad, Fred, first made his fortune.
A Slice of Brooklyn Bus tours also provide a Neighborhood Tour and a Christmas Lights Tour. Find more information on their Web site listed below .
A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour
Tour leaves from Union Square
www.asliceofbrooklyn.com
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John’s Pizzeria on Astoria Blvd. in Astoria, Queens…
BEST in Queens.
Wow John, that’s a bold statement but we’ll definitely give it a try. What makes it the best? CiNYC has always been a big fan of Ben’s Pizza in the Village, among others. What does everyone else think?
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