Manhattan Island
Did you ever think that you could see Manhattan Island in one day? Well...You can! This tour takes you all over Manhattan: Uptown, Midtown, and Downtown.
Visit many of the neighborhoods that make New York City famous as a cultural mosaic including Central Park, Midtown, Greenwich Village, Soho, Noho, Nolita, Chelsea, Little Italy, Chinatown, South Street Seaport, Wall Street, Battery Park, and The World Trade Center Site.
Duration: Seven hour walking and subway
Price: $400
Downtown
Downtown is where all the action is! On this comprehensive walking tour of Lower Manhattan, you will visit neighborhoods like: Chelsea, The Meatpacking District, Greenwich Village, The East Village, Noho, Soho, Nolita, Little Italy, Chinatown, South Street Seaport, Wall Street, and The World Trade Center Site.
Locations include: The Chelsea Hotel, Washington Square Park, St. Luke's Place, Christopher Street, Astor Place, Tompkins Square Park, The Brooklyn Bridge, The New York Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, Charging Bull, St. Paul's Chapel and many more...
Duration: Six hour walk
Price: $400
Uptown
New York is a hell of a town. On this tour, we will explore all of the wonderful nooks and crannies of Upper Manhattan, including the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Central Park, Harlem, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood.
Locations Include: Rockefeller Center, The Pond, The Lake, Bethesda Terrace, Strawberry Fields, Museum Mile, Millionaires' Row, Grand Central Terminal, The Apollo Theater, Striver's Row, The Morris-Jumel Mansion, The Cloisters, and more...
Duration: Six hour walking and subway
Price: $400
Central Park: A Walking Tour
Join us as we stroll for three hours through this 843 acre oasis designed by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead. Learn about the history of the park, its revolutionary design, and its various uses throughout history. Also, scope out some locations from films like Home Alone 2, Enchanted, Highlander, and Spiderman 3 as well as TV shows like Friends.
Locations include: The Mall, Sheep Meadow, Belvedere Castle, The Ramble, The Lake, The Pond, Bethesda Terrace, Cherry Hill Fountain, Strawberry Fields, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Two Villages: East and West
There is a stark contrast between the architecture and vibe of Greenwich Village and The East Village. The main reason for the discrepancy is that the East Village was never part of Greenwich Village at all. It was actually named The East Village as a real estate marketing ploy. Learn about the history of these two neighborhoods from New York's inception to the present day.
Locations include: Christopher Park, Washington Square Park, Minetta Lane, Jefferson Market Library, Bigelow Pharmacy, Astor Place, Alphabet City, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Erroneous Plaques and Fun Facts: The West Village
The West Village is filled with erroneous plaques. Join us as we try and uncover a couple of these plaques, and discuss some of the fascinating history of this neighborhood along the way.
Locations include: Christopher Park, St. Luke's Place, The Narrowest House, Cherry Lane Theatre, White Horse Tavern, Grove Court, Church of St. Luke's in the Fields, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
From Peg Leg To Punk: The History of the East Village
The East Village started out as the giant farm of Peter Stuyvesant, the Governor General of Dutch New Amsterdam. Since then, it evolved into the mecca of punk music culture and revolutionary politics in New York City. Join us as we trace the evolution of this incredible neighborhood.
Locations include: Stuyvesant Street, CBGB Site, Extra Place, The Bowery, Church of St. Mark's in the Bowery, Tompkins Square Park, Charlie Parker House, 6th Street Avenue B Botanical Garden, Marble Cemetery, St. Mark's Place and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Historic Harlem
Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington; these are just a few of the names that made the Harlem Rennaisance one of the most spectacular periods in American History. Stroll through historic Harlem and visit many of the places where poets, playwrights, jazz musicians, and civil rights leaders lived and worked. Also visit iconic theaters and stunning architectural sites. Begin the trip on the northern edge of Central Park, and walk through Morningside Heights, Harlem, and Sugar Hill on this fantastic journey.
Locations include: The Pool in Central Park, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Columbia University, The Apollo Theater, Hotel Theresa, Mother Zion Church, Striver's Row, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Meet The Immigrants
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, New York City was engulfed by immigration. The Lower East Side, Chinatown, and Little Italy were teeming with people from all different backgrounds and cultures. Walk in the footsteps of these immigrants as we pass through various places they called home in Lower Manhattan.
Locations include: Yonah Schimmel, Russ & Daughters, Columbus Park, The Five Points, Katz's Deli, The Houston Hippodrome, Straus Square, Doyers Street, Mulberry Street, Alleva Dairy, Ferrara, Guss' Pickles, and many more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Old New Amsterdam
Before it was called New York, our city was New Amsterdam. Visit the Financial District, the original site of Dutch settlement and the center of New York for many years. Here we trace history from the 17th century into the present.
Locations include: New York Stock Exchange, Federal Hall, Bowling Green, Charging Bull, Brooklyn Bridge, World Trade Center Site, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
The Highline
Travel through Chelsea, The Meatpacking District, and The West Village on New York's first and only elevated park in the sky, The Highline. Learn about the history of these incredible tracks and how they came to be transformed into this bucolic oasis.
Locations include: The Highline (of course), The Hotel Chelsea, The Joyce Theater, Jane Wood's Way, The IAC Building, The Kitchen, The Chelsea Market, The Maritime Building, Hogs & Heifers, The Standard Hotel, The Soho House, and much more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Two Sides Of The Bridge
Everyone at least once in their life should walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. It is a majestic experience. Learn about the wonderful history of this monument of urban transport and see the neighborhoods that it affects. Visit Manhattan's Civic Centre, The South Street Seaport, DUMBO, and Brooklyn Heights.
Locations include: City Hall Park, The Municipal Building, The Seaport, Sugar House Prison Window, Fulton Landing, The River Cafe, The Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk.
Price: $250
The Park And The Slope
Prospect Park is one of the most beautiful urban landscaped parks in the entire world. It was designed by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead, and still endures as the largest and most impressive park in all of Brooklyn. Visit this incredible urban oasis and learn about its peculiar history. Walk through the tree lined streets of Park Slope, one of the most architecturally interesting neighborhoods in the whole city. Finish the tour at Greenwood Cemetery, the final resting place of scores of famous New Yorkers.
Duration: Three hour walk
Cost: $250
Lower East Side Gallery Hop
Come and visit some of the most cutting edge galleries in the world, exhibiting the work of both established and emerging artists. The Lower East Side now has dozens of wonderful galleries and has turned into an incredible arts district, centered around the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
Galleries include: Lisa Cooley, Invisible Exports, James Fuentes, Eleven Rivington, Salon 94 Freemans, Simon Preston, Smith Stewart, Canada, Lehmann Maupin, Envoy, Smith-Stewart, ABC No Rio, and more.
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Chelsea Gallery Hop
Chelsea is the center of the art world. The neighborhood boasts over 300 contemporary and modern art galleries, the largest concentration in the world. Visit some of these galleries and discuss the history of the neighborhood and many fabulous works of art.
Galleries include: Gagosian, Mary Boone, Paul Kasmin, Bortolami, Andrea Rosen, Daniel Reich, Paula Cooper, David Zwirner, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Brownstone Brooklyn
Brooklyn is frequently called Brownstone Brooklyn because of the many brownstone town houses that dot its tree lined streets. Visit two of the most historic neighborhoods in Brooklyn: Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, and examine some of this incredible architecture. Also, visit the Brooklyn Navy Yard, one of the most incredible industrial zones of New York City.
Locations include: Fort Greene Park, The Prison Ship Martyr's Monument, The Williamsburg Savings Bank Building, DeKalb Avenue, The Brooklyn Masonic Temple, The Pratt Institute, Cakeman Raven, The Pfizer Mansion, St. Joseph's College, Admiral's Row, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
Way Uptown
Explore the undulating topography and fantastic vistas of Upper Manhattan. Neighborhoods like Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood are home to some of New York City's oldest and most fascinating structures. Delve deep into the history of our founding fathers as we explore this beautiful and underappreciated section of New York.
Locations include: Morris-Jumel Mansion, Dyckman Farmhouse, The Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park, High Bridge, Inwood Hill Park, and more...
Duration: Four hour walking and subway
Price: $250
Hipster Galore: The Lower East Side and Williamsburg
Visit two of the hippest, artsiest, and fun neighborhoods of New York City in the same day. Begin on the Lower East Side and hop over the Williamsburg bridge into Williamsburg, the arts, culture, and music center of New York City.
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
The Skyscrapers of Midtown
Midtown is the commercial heart of New York City, and according to many people, the heart of the entire world. Visit many of the places that truly make New York the city that never sleeps.
Locations include: Empire State Building, New York Public Library, Grand Central Terminal, Chrysler Building, Times Square, New York Yacht Club, the Theater District, Rockefeller Center, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250
East Village Pub Crawl
The East Village is known for having some of the most historic and interesting watering holes in our great city. We will visit the place where Abraham Lincoln grabbed a beer, and stop to chat with some locals at various pubs along the way.
Locations include: McSorley's, Burp Castle, Old Towne Bar, Pete's Tavern, and more...
Duration: Three hour walk
Price: $250 plus cost of beverages
West Village Pub Crawl
Bohemians and Beatniks loved to drink. And they loved to drink at historic haunts in the West Village. We will visit some of the places that writers like Kerouac, Dos Passos, Fitzgerald, and Dylan Thomas called home, imbibing a few beverages along the way.
Locations include: Ear Inn, White Horse Tavern, and more...
Price: $250 plus cost of beverages
The Great White Way
Broadway is arguably the world's most famous avenue. It is certainly the most important in New York City, as well as the longest. Stroll down Broadway from the tip of Manhattan all the way to the tail. From the Spuyten Duyvil to the Battery, we will recount some of the stories that make Broadway legendary.
Duration: Six hour walk
Price: $400
Custom Tour
Design your own tour! Pick and choose different aspects of different tours and combine them to make your own.
Duration: Three hour minimum
Price: $250-$400 depending on tour duration selected
