Scott's New York

06/13/2024

The Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s rose garden is in splendorous full bloom. Go enjoy it soon. Unfortunately, there is a proposal to build a 14-story tower on a site adjacent to the BBG that would cast a shadow on the precious greenhouse conservatory and decimate BBG’s sunlight. It will require a zoning exemption from city council. If you are a New Yorker please let your council member know that protecting our world class botanical garden needs to be top priority.

06/10/2024

🚕 Have you ever hailed down a Checker taxi cab? I have. I guess that makes me old. Officially named the Checker Marathon, this urban tank of a car was introduced in 1960. Its design remained essentially unchanged for 22 years. Adopted as the choice of New York City taxi industry, due to its massive size, it dominated the streets of the Big Apple for decades. Production of the car ended in 1982, and the last Checker retired from the New York City taxi fleet as late as 1999! Today, these iconic vehicles can still be spotted, on rare occasions, mostly on TV and movie shoots and the occasional wedding. Stylish couples can make it the limo of choice for the big day. (Best wishes to this lovely couple.)

06/09/2024

Haters gonna hate but there’s nowhere like New York in the summertime.

06/07/2024

Massive turnout for Brooklyn’s Greek Week celebration at Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Runs through Sunday. I ♥️ NYC in the summer. So many fun things to do. So many of them cheap or free.

05/31/2024

Kids climbing a tree. In downtown Brooklyn. Don’t see that much in the Big Apple. Reminds me of home state of Michigan.

05/06/2024

Wake up, baby! A new park just dropped in Brooklyn!

04/23/2024

Spotted in Brooklyn’s Cadmen Plaza, new Spike Lee movie “High and Low” doing a location shoot. Denzel Washington was spotted and Ice Spice. So glad to see crews back at work, over 180,000 New Yorkers work in TV and film industry. Spike is utilizing Steiner Studios, situated in a ship building hanger in the Brooklyn Navy Yards.

Pro-Tip: Swing by the location shoot at breakdown time and sometimes the crew will invite you to take the perishable crafts services leftovers.

04/21/2024

The DOT sprang for a new lighting scheme for the Brooklyn Bridge this years. It has its detractors but I love it. What do you think?

04/02/2023

Spotted in Brooklyn Heights: These hardy violets bursting their way through concrete. Spring has sprung. Get yourself outdoors.

05/26/2021

For 138 years arists from Georgia O’Keefe, to Frank Stella to Looney Tunes have drawn inspiration from John Augustus Roebling’s gorgeous design of the Brooklyn Bridge.

05/23/2021

New Review: “Great experience with Scott, got to see so much of Manhattan and Brooklyn that I wouldn’t have been able to see on my own. Learned a lot of history about NYC and enjoyed lots of great views while cycling.” — Doralis ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

05/20/2021

Summer is arriving, and tours are filling up. It’s great to be back!

05/13/2021

Raise a glass and toast the return of DUMBO Station! The beloved landmark reopens serving brew and in the impressive and inspiring space that is literally Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. Stop by and say hi and indulge yourself with a treat from master mixologist Randy. And tell her Scott sent you.

04/22/2021

Scuba footage from project illustrates how oysters create a habitat for a huge variety of plants and animals in NY Harbor. These reefs, once naturally plentiful, are seeded by volunteers. You can see so much more and speak with Billion Oyster project volunteers when their home on reopens soon—May 1! Start planning your visit now.

04/18/2021

Brooklyn Bridge Park looking wonderful with exuberant spring cherry blossoms at their peak. Get outside now! Still room on our next Brooklyn Bridge and Waterfront tour.

04/09/2021

With the cherry blossoms and spring flowers bursting there is no better time to tour Central Park.

12/29/2020

Today it may be overshadowed by the NYC skyline, but upon opening in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere.

12/08/2020

It was a long arduous process to get the Squibb Park foot bridge finished. But totally worth it. What a great way to enter and exit !

12/04/2020

High tide floods the salt water marsh area of Pier 1. The designers carefully recreated the East River’s natural shoreline as it would have appeared to indigenous people prior to colonization. The restored ragged shoreline is more than picturesque; it provides habitat to marine life and birds while protecting the area from storm surges.

12/01/2020

‪“Scott was the perfect tour guide… picturesque views I've never experienced before. Scott also shares a ton of knowledge in regards to the history of landmarks. I highly recommend this tour to any and everyone!” Garden Stater Dennis. He was a great guest, even if he didn’t tell me my mask was on upside down. 🤣 https://abnb.me/SlsnVXPYRbb‬

11/15/2020

‪Father and son feeding geese at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Would you imagine kids could do that in the heart of New York City? https://scottsnewyork.com/‬

11/12/2020

Autumn color came bursting into the city. Brooklyn Bridge Park’s wide variety of trees creates a gorgeous mosaic.

10/27/2020

‪Nini treated her daughter mid-term exam break with a Brooklyn Waterfront tour. “This is a great tour. Scott is very informative and personable. Tour tailored to our timeline, was very happy it went beyond the 2 hours… a great value.” Book: https://abnb.me/4xds86MyUab‬

10/23/2020

Pumpkin Point is back! Fills me with joy to see Governors Island idyllic Nolan Park all dressed up charmingly for Halloween festivities. Come by before November 1 and enjoy socially distanced autumn fun, and bring home a free pumpkin. Wonderful.

10/18/2020

Autumn color arriving in the Hills of Governors Island. Just 14 more days to book a tour before the season ends. https://scottsnewyork.com/portfolio-item/gib1/

10/14/2020

Taking a tour of Old St. Pat’s and the catacombs beneath courtesy of Tommy’s New York.

10/12/2020

The Governors Island Post Hospital as it appeared upon completion in 1932, followed by its appearance today. It was used for intake physicals, routine medical care for soldiers, officers and their families and veteran care. It was designed by McKim, Meade and White and was the birthplace of 1970s comedy duo, Tom and Dick Smothers, aka the Smothers Brothers. Their father was an Army officer stationed on the island. The Brothers, ironically, lost their hit TV show when CBS became uncomfortable with their criticism of the Vietnam War.

10/10/2020

Walked the trail through Discovery Hill on Governors Island today. Really impressed by park designer’s eye to create tableaus and the horticulturalists collection of shrubs bearing flowers and berries. Just a lovely little get away from the city.

09/05/2020

04/27/2020