{"id":276684,"date":"2026-06-24T15:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276684\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T15:16:10","slug":"sail-4th-250-tall-ships-in-brooklyn-what-you-need-to-know-brooklyn-bridge-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/276684\/","title":{"rendered":"Sail 4th 250 Tall Ships in Brooklyn \u2013 what you need to know | Brooklyn Bridge Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NYC celebrates America\u2019s 250th anniversary with the largest-ever flotilla of tall ships from around the world from July 3 to 7. The class B fleet of tall ships will be visible from most of the Brooklyn waterfront on July 3. \u00a0The class A fleet of tall ships will be visible from Governors Island on July 4. \u00a0Some of these ships will be docked at \u00a0Brooklyn Bridge Park with free tours on July 5, 6 and 7.<\/p>\n<p>July 3: Watch the Parade of Sail Class B | 1-3 pm | Visible from Brooklyn waterfront (East River)<\/p>\n<p>View the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail: Class B Tall Ships, as they sail down the East River to Gravesend Bay, passing the Brooklyn waterfront on July 3 from 1-3 PM. The parade will be visible from the waterfronts of Greenpoint, Williamsburg, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, Red Hook, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, and Coney Island. <a href=\"https:\/\/sail4th.org\/schedule\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/sail4th.org\/schedule\" data-uw-original- rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View the full schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>July 4: Watch the Parade of Sail Class A | 9.30 am \u2013 2 pm | Visible from Governors Island (Hudson River)<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026, the largest fleet of the world\u2019s most magnificent tall ships and gray hull ships will sail into New York Harbor, pass in Presidential review, and salute the Statue of Liberty to the Hudson River. Find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/sail4th.org\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>July 5-7: Tour select ships | Docked at Brooklyn Bridge Park<\/p>\n<p>Sail4th 250 brings several to dock at Brooklyn Bridge Park, open for tours July 5\u20137, from 12\u20136pm most days. While tall ship tours are FREE of charge, reservations are strongly recommended due to high demand. Your reservation will guarantee your spot during your selected time frame. Children must be five and older to board the ships and require a ticket. Strollers are permissible on the piers but are not allowed aboard the tall ships. Closed-toe shoes are required to board the ships. This event is rain-or-shine.Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/sail4th.org\/schedule\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/sail4th.org\/schedule\" data-uw-original- rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sail4th 250 Event Schedule<\/a> for the most up-to-date information. Separate reservations are required for each pier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nitro-offscreen\">Pier 1: Sagres (Portugal) and Sundarshini (India)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/india.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"463\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"nitro-offscreen\">Pier 3: Gorch Fock (Germany) \u2013 open July 6-7 only<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GorchFock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"382\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"nitro-offscreen\">Pier 5: Mircea (Romania)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-78428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/romania.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"459\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NYC celebrates America\u2019s 250th anniversary with the largest-ever flotilla of tall ships from around the world from July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-276684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}