| Rating |
Date Attended [^] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Brooklyn Walking Tour - Sat. Feb. 7
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| Sat, Feb 7 12:00 PM |
JanetGaspar |
Female |
50-59 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| Recently, a friend & I signed up for the Park Slope tour & strolled around this beautiful Brooklyn neighborhood with Big Rick. After the tour was done, we met other friends & found ourselves relaying what we'd learned on this informative tour that took place in an area that neither one of us knew much about at the start.
Hearing stories from Rick's childhood days, growing up in Brooklyn, brought a warmth to the tour that is hard to beat since most tours of other cities are given by 'hired guns' who simply memorize details while Rick actually experienced the ones that he portrayed. He pointed out many sights & architectural details - both past & present, that would surely have been missed had we done our own walking tour.
Thanks for providing this service! One Brooklyn neighborhood 'down', others to follow! |
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A great way to know Brooklyn
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| Sat, Feb 7 12:00 PM |
Hadaroi |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We loved the tour! Who knew Brooklyn is so cool!
Our tour guide was really nice and informative, a true "Brooklnit" like it was promised... |
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very informative and interesting
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| Sat, Feb 7 12:00 PM |
janetbarson |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Unspecified |
| Big Rick was lots of fun while totally giving us a lot of history of the Park Slope area of Brooklyn. he was pleasant and outgoing and told many personal stories that were woven into the history of the area. i would definitely go again to other tours - this by the way was my 4th time with a Zerve tour, Janet Barson |
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Highly recommend
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| Sat, Feb 14 12:00 PM |
mcaputo |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Individual |
| The tour guide really gave a good flavor of the neighborhood he grew up in. I got a good sense of how it was in the seventies and how it gentrified to become the nice area it is today. I received a good cultural and historical perspective of the neighborhood and the Grand Army Plaza area. Would highly recommend. |
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Wonderful way to spend Sunday afternoon
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| Sun, Feb 15 12:00 PM |
eijacarlsson |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday afternoon learning about South Brooklyn,
Park Slope, Prospect Park etc. from someone who has lived in the neighbourhood all his life. It didn't really seem like 3hrs. |
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great
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| Thu, Feb 26 12:00 PM |
Jane8686 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We had a fabulous walk with Rick. He was knowledgeable, fun and interesting.
We were lucky to have him all to our selves. We followed his suggestions for two other days exploring in Brooklyn, which we would not have done without his encouragement.
We recommend him with enthusiasm and will take another tour with him when we return to NYC. |
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You Gotta Do This One!
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| Sat, Feb 28 12:00 PM |
mikeclark |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Cannot reccomend this tour highly enough. I did this tour on a freezing February day and when I turned up I was the only person booked for this day. Speaks volumes that Rick was more than happy to go ahead with the tour with just me on it. I have been fortunate enough to visit NYC on many occasions now and was looking for an alternative tour to find out more about the real neighbourhoods away from usual tourist haunts. This was by far the most informative, personal tour that I have been on. Rick was an absolute top bloke, lost count of the amount of locals who stopped said hello and had a few words with us. The areas we walked were full of character and interesting architecture with lots of stories from Ricks childhood being thrown into the mix. Spot on tour and if you read this please book as you wont be dissapointed. |
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A comprehensive tour
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| Tue, Mar 10 12:00 PM |
inaveneanar |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Rick was very knowledgeable about the place, he was born and raised in Brooklyn. An interesting and educational tour. |
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Very Organized and Informative
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| Sat, Mar 21 12:00 PM |
elviradoyle |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| The tour guide who is the owner of the tour company is a very pleasant person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about showing the neighborhood. The tour is very informative and I surely recommend it to anyone. |
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A WINNER---You Can't Go Wrong With This One.
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| Sat, Mar 28 12:00 PM |
CynthiaHarri |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Dollar for dollar this is among the best walking tours we've ever taken. My husband and I lived in Park Slope for three years in the '80s, and we learned more about the Park Slope neighborhood in the first half-hour of Rick's tour than we had in the three years we lived there! Rick possesses a veritable wealth of knowledge and lore about Park Slope (as well as the rest of Brooklyn) and somehow manages to make you as thoroughly and passionately interested in the subject as he is----but without overwhelming you with irrelevant facts you don't need. Far beyond any tour guide I can remember anywhere in the world where we’ve taken tours (which takes in a lot of territory), he's personable, gracious, and generous to a fault. We will definitely take this tour again, but only after we've taken his Greenwood Cemetery tour. What's more, we're putting it at the top of our list of things to do with our own out-of-town visitors. My rating for this tour is 100% Five Star, out to the tenth power. You can't go wrong with this one. |
