GL's Tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Gets Sunk

Boy, is Open House New York popular. We knew that some of the big ticket tours would be hard to access, but were holding out high hopes for a tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Until we got this email, which speaks to the incredible popularity of the event:

We regret to inform you that the bus tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Saturday, October 6, with space for 22, is full. The Navy Yard is developing a program about its history and its relationship with the community. When that program is established, tours of the Yard will be available more often. Thank you for your interest.

There were 123 names on the "We Regret to Inform You" list. (Each site is handling its own arrangements, capacity and reservations.) The tour is at 9AM on Saturday morning, and we sent in our email at, like, 7AM the morning that reservations opened. We've heard a lot of other tales of people that were too late for "reservation only" sites. This isn't whining--we're actually in awe of the popularity of the event, which is now in its fifth year, and that the fact that more and more people turn out every year. As a consolation, there are plenty of spots in Brooklyn and elsewhere that don't require reservations. Here's the list of the all the incredible Brooklyn spots, some of which require reservations and most of which do not, so there is still ample opportunity to visit a lot of sites.