1 p.m. Green-Wood’s Great Women Walking Tour

Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Saturday, May 7, 2011 Join us on the day before Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th centuries who are buried here. Matilda Tone, wife of the Irish patriot; pioneering doctors Susan McKinney Steward and Mary Jacobi; abolitionist Abigail Hopper Gibbons; and actresses Laura ... Read more

$15

(Rescheduled) Brooklyn Bridge at Green-Wood Trolley Tour

Join Jeff Richman, Green-Wood's historian and the author of the recently -published Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History with Images in 3D, for a visit to the graves of the many Cemetery residents who played key roles in the construction of the New York City icon. We'll visit the assistant engineers who built ... Read more

Brooklyn Bridge at Green-Wood Trolley Tour

Join Jeff Richman, Green-Wood's historian and the author of the recently -published Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History with Images in 3D, for a visit to the graves of the many Cemetery residents who played key roles in the construction of the New York City icon. We'll visit the assistant engineers who built ... Read more

Green-Wood’s public programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.