Open House New York 2017: Where To Go And What To See In Brooklyn

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — The public will gain access to hundreds of the New York’s most interesting buildings in Brooklyn during a city-wide open house event next weekend.

The nonprofit Open House New York will host tours of 98 historic sites — including manors, distilleries, consulates and more — for the 15th edition of this annual event on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15.

Reservations open on Thursday at 11 a.m., and require a $5 payment. There are also more than 140 sites that will open to the public without reservations.

Among the list of notable buildings in Brooklyn — which includes an exclusive peek into the New York Transit Museum archives and the former “Grand Central Depot” of the Underground Railroad — is the Kings County Distillery in Fort Greene, where OHNY will offer a guided tour of the Paymaster Building and the oldest operating whiskey distillery in the city.

Other notable sites in Brooklyn include the A/D/O design space in Greenpoint, the Square Roots Farm in a former Bed-Stuy Pfizer factory, and the West Elm global headquarters in DUMBO.

Here is the full line-up of tours available in Brooklyn. (For information about events and tours across the city, check out the OHNY website.)

A/D/O
Saturday, Oct. 14: 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: 11 a.m., 12 p.m.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Berkeley Carroll School, Performing Arts Center
Sunday, Oct. 15: 2 p.m.
Park Slope, Brooklyn

Birthplace of Mobil Oil
Sunday, Oct. 15: 12 p.m. 1:30 p.m.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Bridge Park
Saturday, Oct. 14: 11 a.m.
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Empire Stores
Saturday, Oct. 14: 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m.
DUMBO, Brooklyn

Fool's Gold Records
Saturday, Oct. 14: 12 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Gowanus Canal Conservancy Salt Lot
Sunday, Oct. 15: 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
Gowanus, Brooklyn

Industry City
Saturday, Oct. 14: 11 a.m., 2 p.m.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn

ISSUE Project Room
Saturday, Oct. 14: 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m.
Downtown Brooklyn

Kings County Distillery
Saturday, Oct. 14: 1 p.m., 1:20 p.m., 1:40 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 2:40 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 4 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: 1 p.m., 1:20 p.m., 1:40 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:20 p.m., 2:40 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:20 p.m., 3:40 p.m., 4 p.m.
Fort Greene, Brooklyn

New York Transit Museum Archives
Sunday, Oct. 15: 12 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sunset Park, Brooklyn

New York University: Tandon School of Engineering Makerspace
Saturday, Oct. 14: 12 p.m., 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
3:30 p.m., 4 p.m.
Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
Saturday, Oct. 14: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Plymouth Church
Saturday, Oct. 14: 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: 12:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m.
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Prospect Park
Saturday, Oct. 14: 10 a.m.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Red Hook Walking Tour
Saturday, Oct. 14: 2 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: 2 p.m.
Red Hook, Brooklyn

Square Roots Farm
Saturday, Oct. 14: 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m.
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

SUGARCANE DUMBO
Sunday, Oct. 15: 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 5:30 p.m.
DUMBO, Brooklyn

Urban Post-Disaster Housing Prototype
Saturday, Oct. 14: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 15: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn

Weeksville Heritage Center
Saturday, Oct. 14: 3 p.m.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn

west elm
Saturday, Oct. 14: 10 a.m., 10:20 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:20 a.m.,11:40 a.m., 12 p.m., 12:20 p.m., 12:40 p.m., 1 p.m., 1:20 p.m., 1:40 p.m., 2 p.m.
DUMBO, Brooklyn

Header photos courtesy of OHNY: Lauraparkes102, Nicolas Lemery Nantel, Freight Farms, Etienne Frossard and Frank Oudeman, nARCHITECTS