Taste the pallet of a wide variety of Boutique beer while listening to some live music on Coney Island.

October 3, 5pm-Midnight / $50

Coney Island / 1208 Surf Avenue / Brooklyn / 11224

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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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If you crave more than just ocean waves and sunrays at the beach, head to Coney Island. This landmark Brooklyn location is brimming with the finest in freak show and burlesque entertainment, and The Coney Island Museum only charges 99 cents admission. Plus, classic amusement park rides such as the Wonder Wheel and the Zipper are running and ready to make your stomach drop. After you’ve worked up an appetite, stroll on over to Nathan’s for a world famous hot dog and do some people watching while you scarf it down. Some of the world’s most interesting characters traverse the beat-up boardwalk, every one of them adding to the utterly unique atmosphere.

1000 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn
www.coneyisland.com

Coney Island Events:

Nathan’s Famous holds an annual hot dog eating contest every July 4th at noon sharp.

Fireworks displays crackle and pop over the beach at 9:30 pm every Friday, from the last weekend in June until the Friday before Labor Day.

Burlesque at the Beach shakes, shimmies and twists every Friday night at 10pm at Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn.

Directions to Coney Island:

By Train:
Take the D, Q, N or F train to Stillwell Avenue.

By Car:
Take the Belt Parkway to exit 6. Head south on Cropsey Avenue to West 17th Street. Keyspan Park and the Parachute Jump will be in front of you on Surf Avenue.

Parking:
Street parking is available. There are commercial parking lots on West 17th Street and West 12th Street between Mermaid and Surf, West 15th Street between the Boardwalk and Surf and on Neptune Avenue between West 12th and Stillwell Avenue.