Moonlight Walking Tour in Green-wood Cemetery
Saturday, June 2nd, 8:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Green-wood Cemetery historian Jeff Richman will lead an expedition through the cemetery's Catacombs, built in the 1850s and normally closed to the public. Then it's on to gravestones of several historical figures and to the site of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn.
The tour will be accompanied by live accordion music.
Bring a flashlight with you.
Ticket price: $15 for members of the Green-Wood Historic Fund; $20 for non-members.
Reservations are recommended. Make them online at http://www.green-wood.com/event/moonlight-walking-tour/ or call (718) 210-3080.
Meeting place: inside the main gate at 25th Street at 5th Avenue.
Subway directions: R train to 25th Street in Brooklyn. Walk up the hill one block and into the cemetery.
Free parking is available.