Laurie Cumbo, director of MoCADA (left), and Stacey Toussaint of Inside Out Tours

Oftentimes I find, when you’ve lived somewhere too long, you forget to look around anymore. I always hustle past the tourists snapping shots of the Chrysler Building on my way to work without ever bothering to look up. Similarly, I didn’t know much about Fort Greene beyond that it was a good place to hold a flea market. That’s not the case anymore, thanks to Inside Out Tours, a new walking tour intended to show off the best Brooklyn has to offer. Right now, the nascent tour company is focusing on local culture, with its Soul of Brooklyn Heritage Tours, but future offerings promise to be downright mouthwatering, including the Multi-ethnic Tasting and Treasure Hunt Tour, the Brooklyn Gospel Tour and Brunch, and American Comfort Foods of Brownstone Brooklyn.

The current Soul of Brooklyn Heritage Tour focuses on the African diaspora and African American contributions to Fort Greene, including stops at 40 Acres and a Mule (Spike Lee’s production company), the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Art, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. While there’s no food on the tour itself, attendees learn about local restaurants, and are welcome to sit down for brunch afterward at EN, a local Nigerian restaurant. The goodie bag also includes coupons for 10 percent of a meal at EN and $10 to Madiba, a South African joint (full of HDTVs, all the better for checking out the World Cup). Learn more about what Brooklyn has to offer with one of these fantastic walking tours.

Posted by: Nicole Price Fasig
Order: Soul of Brooklyn Heritage Tour
Price: $$$
Location: Starts at MoCADA, 80 Hanson Pl. (at S. Portland Ave.), Brooklyn
www.insideouttours.com