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This event is in the past.It took place on February 21, 2026 at The Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Brooklyn’s Black Trailblazers

Greenwood Heights

Ride through Green-Wood Cemetery and meet the Black pioneers who shaped Brooklyn's history. This trolley tour visits the memorials of Jean-Michel Basquiat, civil rights leaders Grace and James Weldon Johnson, and mathematician Charles L. Reason among other trailblazers.

Historical trolley tour
Black history
Famous gravesites
Cemetery exploration

Tips

call ahead for wheelchair arrangements on trolley
🗺️cemetery is hilly and easy to get lost without a map
👶not recommended for kids under 10

The Green-Wood Cemetery

25th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA

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