Green-Wood is one of Brooklyn's strangest and best historic sites — a rural cemetery turned arboretum turned open-air sculpture park — and this event turns its history into a tasting narrative at Fort Hamilton Distillery. The format pairs a journey through the cemetery's past with cocktails built around it, so the storytelling and the drinking run together. If you like local history with a glass in hand, this is an unusual Sunset Park afternoon.
What to expect
Expect a hosted, seated experience at the distillery rather than a walking tour of the cemetery itself: the Green-Wood material is delivered at Fort Hamilton, with a curated set of cocktails accompanying it. Groups are small enough to ask questions. It runs about three hours, which leaves plenty of the afternoon for Industry City afterward.
Good to know
- Take the D/N/R to 36th St and walk into Industry City toward Building 6, 68 34th Street.
- Tickets are sold through Fort Hamilton Distillery's own site rather than at the door.
- The cocktail portion means you must be of legal drinking age; bring ID.
- Green-Wood Cemetery itself is about a mile away if you want to walk the grounds before or after.
- Seated and indoors, so weather is not a factor.
- Industry City's food halls are the easiest option for eating around it.
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Common questions
Is this a tour of Green-Wood Cemetery?
The experience is hosted at Fort Hamilton Distillery inside Industry City and explores Green-Wood's history alongside a curated cocktail experience.
Where is Fort Hamilton Distillery?
Building 6, 68 34th Street, inside Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
How do I get tickets?
Through Fort Hamilton Distillery's website, linked from the Industry City event listing.
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