A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours

01/27/2025

Good morning from Prospect Park in Brooklyn.☀️Have a great week everyone!

01/24/2025

Back in 2013, WestJet Airlines featured our owner Tony and our Pizza Tour in this segment they created to play on their in-flight program for their planes going from Canada to NYC!

01/24/2025

Happy 84th Birthday to Neil Diamond who was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn on this day in 1941! He attended Erasmus Hall High School for two years, during which time he was a member of the Chorus along with Barbra Streisand. When his family moved to Brighton Beach, he transferred to Lincoln High School where he graduated as the captain of the fencing team. He's sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. And the Broadway play about his life, “A Beautiful Noise”, has received rave reviews. He once said, "Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything."

01/22/2025

Words of wisdom from the late astronomer and scientist Carl Sagan who grew up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn.

01/16/2025

We're sad to hear that Tommy Brown passed away yesterday. Born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Brown was the final living member of the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers; the team for which Jackie Robinson debuted at first base on April 15, integrating the National League. Additionally, Brown was the last living major leaguer whose career began during World War II. With able-bodied men in short supply on the home front, Brown debuted for the Dodgers in '44 at the age of 16. In 1945, he hit a home run at the age of 17. He's still the youngest player ever to homer in the major leagues. He would go on to play with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs before retiring. Tommy Brown was 97 years old. May he Rest in Peace. 🙏

01/14/2025

Did you know that the first commercial pasta making machine was invented in Brooklyn? Ignazio De Francisci, a respected engineer from Sicily, founded Consolidated Macaroni Machine Corporation in 1914 to provide pasta-making machinery for the growing pasta-producing industry in the United States. The factory was located at 156-166 Sixth Street in Gowanus. Ignazio’s family owned a pasta factory in Palermo, Sicily called Pastaficio Virga. Using his knowledge of pasta making, and his ability to create machinery, he found a niche. As thousands of Italians came to America following World War One, the need for pasta increased. Working with Italian pasta entrepreneurs, the De Francisci was able to supply this growing market with modern production equipment. Ignazio patented a pasta-making machine which increased the speed of production, cut the drying time from two days to a few hours, and made the dough safer. Pasta would continuously flow and thus be more sanitary and there would be less waste because it did not have to be moved from one machine to another. The name of the company was changed to DEMACO (De Francisci Machine Corporation) in 1952; and the rest, as they say, is history.

01/12/2025

01/10/2025

It's ! Thank you to everyone who's taken one of our tours over the past 19 years! We honestly couldn’t have done it without all of you. ❤️

01/09/2025

Barry Manilow returns to his record-breaking Radio City Music Hall residency this year for 5 nights on April 9-13! Tickets go on sale on Friday, January 17 at 1PM ET.

Manilow, who was born in Brooklyn, began his Radio City residency in the Spring of 2023. Since then, he's done two five-night runs: one in April 2024 and one in October. Last April, he set the record for the most lifetime concert performances at the venue with 42!

Have you ever seen Barry Manilow live?

01/09/2025

Congratulations to Anne Illiano-Engelbrecht! 🎉 She’s the winner of our Tuesday T-shirt giveaway. Her 2025 resolution is to stay healthy, enjoy life & stress less. Thank you to everyone who entered! 🙂

01/08/2025

Words of wisdom from the late American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov who grew up in the East New York section of Brooklyn.

01/07/2025

Did you know that TWIZZLERS licorice candy began its journey in Brooklyn? It was started in 1929 by the National Licorice Company at its factory in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn!

01/07/2025

It's our first T-shirt Tuesday of 2025! Here’s your chance to win our official t-shirt made of 100% cotton with our logo on the front and our slogan on the back.

It’s a new year with new resolutions! To enter today’s contest, simply tell us your resolution for 2025. We’ll pick a random winner tomorrow morning and post his or her name in a separate post.

Good luck everyone! 🙂

01/05/2025

Brooklyn Bridge in Winter (1904) by the American Impressionist painter Childe Hassam. Noted for his urban and coastal scenes, Hassam was instrumental in promoting Impressionism to American collectors, dealers, and museums. He produced over 3,000 paintings, etchings, and lithographs over the course of his career, and was an influential American artist of the early 20th century.

01/04/2025

It’s our first Pizza Tour of 2025 with folks joining us from Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Brazil and the UK! Grimaldi's

01/01/2025

Wishing all of you a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year! We look forward to helping you make new memories in 2025.