| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age [v] |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Interesting an Enjoyable tour
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| Sun, Sep 7, 08 1:30 PM |
marianned |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Our family enjoyed this tour so much. Our tour guide was so interesting and thorough with a great sense of humor. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone who is interested in this great borough we call Brooklyn! |
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Fun tour of Park Slope
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| Thu, Sep 4, 08 1:30 PM |
jtb328 |
Female |
50-59 |
Unspecified |
Family With Children |
| my daughter and I met Rick right at 1:15 and had a great time with him on the tour. Even though it was about 90 degrees, we laughed a lot and saw some beautiful homes. Rick was very informative and it is obvious he loves his town. He is definitely the real deal. |
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outstanding experience--highly recommended
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| Wed, Sep 3, 08 1:30 PM |
arnogl |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Rick did a fantastic job of orienting us to the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. The tour focused on the local history, architecture and some interesting cultural aspects of the area. We felt like we were visiting with an old friend. Put your walking shoes on and plan for a wonderfull 3 hours. |
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saw so much in such a short time span!
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| Mon, Sep 1, 08 10:00 AM |
pattybofill |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| my daughter recently moved to brooklyn and this was a perfect way to get to know park slope. rick was so entertaining and so native! we were the only ones on the tour so it felt like our own special personal tour. rick was funny, courteous and so full of knowledge; historical and his own personal history! we spent full three hours walking throughout park slope and into prospect park and learned so much. i would definitely recommend this tour with rick as a must do on a visitor's list! |
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Excellent Tour
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| Fri, Aug 22, 08 1:30 PM |
mshapiro8 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My husband and I take at least three walking tours each year in NYC. This one was the best. |
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Local Color at Its Best
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| Thu, Aug 7, 08 1:30 PM |
kkroeber |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We were hoping to get a sense of the history, architecture and general flavor of South Brooklyn but what we got was so much more. Rick is a native of these neighborhoods and while he is a master of the facts of Park Slope and environs, it is his stories of the day-to-day life over many decades that he, his friends, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents actually experienced that really bring the place alive. And the pizza was great. |
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Loved the Brooklyn Walking Tour!!!
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| Sat, Jul 26, 08 10:00 AM |
mariahenly |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our daughter recently moved to Brooklyn and we were visiting her so we thought it would be a good idea to know more about her "neighborhood" as she now lives in the Prospect Heights area. We, including her, were all very happy with the very informative and entertaining guide who has been a Brooklynite his whole life. Everything from recent to more distant history of Brooklyn, architecture information, gossip and local color were part of the tour. Also the cold water bottle provided at the beginning and the slice of real Brooklyn Italian pizza towards the end were very appreciated. We would all highly recommend it. |
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You see so much more with a good tour guide!
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| Mon, Jul 21, 08 10:00 AM |
raussen |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We were a family of 5 (including 3 daughters of age 19-24) from Denmark visiting New York for the first time. We were told that Brooklyn tours was worth the effort and the money spent, and it certainly was. Our tour guide Rick showed us around his home environment, and we saw many areas of Brooklyn that we would never have discovered ourselves. It was amazing to listen to wealths of details concerning the history of the neighborhoods, their inhabitants (some of them famous) and the architecture of houses, churches, parks etc. Everything told in an entertaining tone, including answers to all the questions we had. Close to the end of the tour we were fed with large slices of pizza, and we were offered water bottles already when starting our tour on this very hot day. Highly recommended! |
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oustanding tour
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| Sat, Jul 12, 08 10:00 AM |
NormSchwartz |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Rick was a wonderful tour guide.... he was extremely passionate about his neighborhood and was so down to earth, but had an extensive knowledge of the history and architecture of the neighborhood..the tour was so interesting ....I learned so much and would definitely recommend this tour to others.... |
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wow!
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| Fri, Jul 4, 08 1:30 PM |
MaryGardner |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I thoroughly enjoyed the tour with Rick. He was very knowedgeable ( a virtual encyclopedia) of the area with little stories for each site. I would highly recommend his tour. He is witty and informative-- a great way to spend the afternoon.... |