A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours

08/23/2024

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08/22/2024

Brooklyn Bridge and Boy and Dog (1947) by the late French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.

08/21/2024

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Spumoni is a classic Italian dessert made of 3-layers of ice cream: pistachio, almond and chocolate. And the best is found at L&B Spumoni Gardens in Brooklyn.

Ludovico Barbati, the L&B in the name, started selling spumoni door to door from a horse-drawn wagon throughout Brooklyn in the 1930s before opening the storefront in 1939.

It’s the quintessential Summer treat you can enjoy year round, and most folks don’t think twice of indulging in a spumoni while they’re at L&B on our Pizza Tour!

08/20/2024

For this week’s , we put together a list of 6 cool things invented in Brooklyn. Let’s see how many you know!

So many cool things were invented in Brooklyn, and when we say cool we mean it literally: air conditioning was invented in Brooklyn!

08/20/2024

We were sad to hear that Charlie Moss passed away earlier this month. The late, Brooklyn-born ad executive helped produce successful ad campaigns including the iconic "I heart New York" tourism ads in the 1970s. The actual logo, seen below, was invented by graphic artist Milton Glaser. That logo has become synonymous with New York. It’s what Charlie Moss did with it that really took it to the next level. He created a series of commercials (link available in the comments section) that helped bring NYC back from the brink of financial disaster to a top tourism destination. He also created the ad campaigns for Alka-Seltzer (“Plop, plop, fizz, fizz”) and Bic lighters (“Flick your Bic”). Charlie Moss was 85 years old.

08/14/2024

Back in 2005, our owner Tony began A Slice of Brooklyn Bus Tours as a way of introducing folks from around the world to Brooklyn's favorite foods, neighborhoods, landmarks and famous movie locations. We've weathered plenty of ups and downs over the years, but we're blessed to still be here doing what we love best. THANK YOU to everyone who's taken a tour with us over the past 19 years! THANK YOU to all our tour guides who are the best in the business! And THANK YOU to all our tour partners & restaurants! We couldn’t have done it without all of you. 🙂❤️

08/13/2024

It’s time to play Just One Word! That’s where we post a photo and you describe it using just one word. This week’s photo is of the pool on the roof of the DUMBO House in Brooklyn. Remember, just one word. GO!

08/11/2024

73 years ago today, on August 11, 1951, WCBS-TV in NYC televised the first-ever color broadcast of a baseball game! 📺 It was the first game of a doubleheader at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers beat the Braves 8-1 in the first game but lost the second game 8-4. Unfortunately, it nearly went unwatched since most people had only black-and-white televisions.

08/08/2024

On this day in 1960, the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie We**ie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" became the #1 single in the United States. It would stay at #1 for a week. Sung by Brian Hyland, the song was actually written by Paul Vance from Brooklyn whose real name was Joseph Paul Florio. He got the idea for the song one day when he took his family to the beach. His 2-year-old daughter, Paula, was wearing a two-piece swimsuit for the first time and was shy about being seen when she emerged from a dressing room.

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08/08/2024

Happy Birthday to Don Most! 🎂 The actor best known for playing Ralph Malph on the 1970s TV show "Happy Days" was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn on this day in 1953. Like many other famous Brooklynites, he graduated from Erasmus Hall High School.

07/26/2024

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Prince's legendary album and movie
'Purple Rain'. In honor of the occasion, there will be a celebration tonight on the Brooklyn waterfront with a free film screening and dance party on the lawn at Pier 3 Plaza in Brooklyn Bridge Park! There will be a DJ spinning Prince hits as the sun sets from 6:30-8:30 PM, then the film begins at sundown!

07/25/2024

Someone just brought it to our attention that Christmas is 5 months from today! We know, we know; but believe it or not, many folks are already planning their trips to NYC in December. Naturally that made us think of our Christmas Lights Tour of Dyker Heights! It’s the original tour of the area that we started back in 2006. The tour’s been featured on Travel Channel, Good Morming America, the Today Show, Good Morning Britain and more. Don’t settle for all the copycat companies in Manhattan that have popped up over the years that just drop you off in the area. Our guides are all native Brooklynites who know the history and the homeowners, so you’ll personally be escorted around. The tour’s fun for the whole family. Just look at all the happy faces below! For more info, or to purchase tickets, please visit: asliceofbrooklyn.com/bus-tours/christmas-lights-tour/. Hope to see you on the bus!

07/25/2024

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Also known as Carousel Day, this day was created by the National Carousel Association to mark the registration of the first patent for a carousel design in 1871 by William Schneider of Davenport, Iowa. A highlight of amusement parks, these circular rides are still widely popular across America and around the globe. Here in Brooklyn we've got three: the B&B Carousell (yes, they misspelled that way years ago and it has remained that way) which is now on the Coney Island Boardwalk that was built in 1906, the Prospect Park Carousel located in Prospect Park that was built in 1912, and Jane's Carousel in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn that was built in 1922.

07/24/2024

Happy Birthday to actor Dan Hedaya who was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn on this day in 1940! 🎂 He worked as a junior high school teacher for many years before pursuing acting full-time. He played Nick Tortelli, the husband of Rhea Perlman's character Carla, on "Cheers". By the way, Rhea Perlman is also from Brooklyn. She’s from Coney Island!

07/19/2024

It's ! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who's taken a tour with us over the past 18 years! We couldn’t have done it without you.❤️

07/19/2024

On this day in 2011, "Captain America: The First Avenger", starring Chris Evans in the title role, premiered in Los Angeles. At one point in the movie, when asked what made him so special, Captain America responds, "Nothing. I'm just a kid from Brooklyn".

07/19/2024

The Brooklyn Italian version of Boba.😉

07/18/2024

Thank you to Mike Waskiewicz from Tucson, Arizona for becoming our 29,000th Facebook follower! We’d also like to thank all of you who helped get us to this point as well! We couldn’t have done it without you. 🙂❤️

07/18/2024

Photo titled "Man in hat, trunks, socks and shoes" taken in Coney Island by the American photographer Diane Arbus in 1960.

07/18/2024

Happy Birthday to Joe Torre who was born in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn on this day in 1940! 🎂 He lived on Avenue T and East 34th Street and went to St. Francis Preparatory School. A class act all around, he’s had an amazing career in baseball as both a player and a manager. A proud Brooklynite, he carried the Olympic flame in Brooklyn on its journey to the Olympics in Utah in 2002. And in 2014 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. ⚾️

07/18/2024

Congratulations to Lorna Jones from Edinborough, Scotland! 🎉 She’s this week's winner of our T-shirt contest! Being from Scotland, she likes lochs which are like large lakes. Thank you to everyone who entered! 🙂

07/17/2024

from the late Mary Tyler Moore who was born in the Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn.

07/17/2024

It’s ! 🌭 To celebrate the occasion, Nathan’s Famous is offering hot dogs for 5 cents, the original price of the hot dog when the first restaurant opened in 1916! The discount is available at participating locations across the country from 11am to 1pm. Be sure to celebrate! 🙂

07/16/2024

While Brooklyn isn’t the largest of the 5 boroughs (that would be Queens which is 109 square miles), Brooklyn’s still pretty big. How big? Compared to Manhattan which is 22.5 square miles, Brooklyn is 71 square miles. That’s over three times the size of Manhattan! Next is Staten Island at almost 60 square miles followed by the Bronx which is 42 square miles. Manhattan is the smallest.

07/16/2024

The late actress Barbara Stanwyck was born Ruby Catherine Stevens in Brooklyn on this day in 1907. She attended Erasmus High School for a just a short time as she had big dreams and was soon acting. She changed her name (Barbara was the name of her character in her first play and Stanwyck was the last name of a fellow actress) and in 1927 Hollywood came calling. Besides a wonderful career in film, she would also have a career in television starring in Big Valley, The Thornbirds and Dynasty.

07/16/2024

It's T-Shirt Tuesday with another chance for you to win our official T-shirt! Made of 100% cotton, it features our logo on the front and our slogan on the back!

Summer’s in full swing, with many folks taking a vacation on or near the water. To enter this week’s contest, tell us if you prefer the beach or the lake.

Tomorrow we’ll choose a random winner and announce the winner’s name in a separate post. Good luck everyone! 🙂

(This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with, Facebook.)

07/15/2024

Happy Birthday to Marky Ramone! 🎂 The Ramones’ drummer was born Marc Steven Bell on this day in 1952 in the Kensington section of Brooklyn. He grew up at 640 Ditmas Avenue and attended Erasmus Hall High School. He replaced Tommy Ramone, the original drummer in the band, in 1978. A proud Brooklynite, he currently lives in Brooklyn Heights. 🥁

07/14/2024

Today we welcome Ted Long, owner of Ted’s Tours in Pennsylvania, and his group who are coming to do a Pizza Tour with us! Ted’s bringing 53 people with his own bus and our guide Tony will be doing the tour for them. It's always a pleasure seeing Ted and his groups who have done numerous tours with us over the years. 🙂

07/12/2024

It's ! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who's taken a tour with us over the past 18 years! We couldn’t have done it without you.❤️ And if you’ve never done a tour of Brooklyn with us before, we hope that this is the year that you do! 🙂