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Tour Calendar New York

Updated: October 12, 2021

Not sure what tour to take?  Check out the quick summary of our New York Tours below the calendar.   If you don't see a tour on our schedule that fits yours, let us know! We offer private tours as well!

We recommend that you:

  • First, check out our calendar below.  This calendar will show you the tours that we have on offer during your desired time period.
  • Be sure to check out our entire selection of tours underneath the calendar organized by location.
  • Consider one or more of our self-guided tours.

Due to city regulations and the overall enjoyment of guests, we aim to keep our groups relatively small.   Our tours are very popular and we often are forced to turn away many interested guests.  We have found that groups have a higher than average no show rate.  In order to be fair to everyone, we do have requirements for groups who wish to join our public tours. Groups should refer to our group booking page.

 

 

 

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Brooklyn Walking Tours -  these 2-hour tours cover different aspects of the history and culture of Brooklyn. Note: never every tour starts in Brooklyn! Some begin in Manhattan so we can cross the Brooklyn Bridge!

Brooklyn Heights: One of our most popular shorter Brooklyn tours, this is one of America's first suburbs with history and architecture to rival the view of the Manhattan skyline.

DUMBO: Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass was once an industrial neighborhood, now turned ultra-chic.

Greenwood Cemetery: One of America's first rural cemeteries, outside the city limits, it is the final resting place of famous (and infamous) New Yorkers from its beginnings in 1838.

Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour: Our original street art tour, you'll see some world renowned and some obscure artist using the remarkable architecture of Brooklyn's buildings as a canvas.

Williamsburg Street Art Tour: Not just graffiti painted on unsuspecting walls, sticker art, yarn bombing and modern sculpture make up what street art is today.

Williamsburg Brooklyn: Discover one of the hippest parts of town through its culture, art and people. This ethnically diverse area is one of the newly developing parts of NYC.

Williamsburg Food: Along Bedford Ave, you'll sample from the historic Hasidic Jewish shops and the newer hipster eateries, a diverse eating experience that is decidedly "Brooklyn".

Flatbush Food: A hidden community with Dutch roots, and Irish and Italian history and now a West Indies flavor, we'll sample amazing Jamaican, Haitian, and many more dishes.

All In One Brooklyn: This is a 6-hour highlight tour covering Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Williamsburg. Walking through the borough, you'll also take the ferry to get around leaving great photo opportunities of the skyline.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo: A 3-hour tour for a true feel of Brooklyn. If you also want to check our Williamsburg, look into our All In One Brooklyn 6 Hour tour!

 


Lower Manhattan: These two-hour tours cover some of the most well-known neighborhoods, from Wall Street to Greenwich Village!

Lower Manhattan: Our most popular tour of the financial district and the history of New Amsterdam, as it was called.

SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour: Three neighborhoods in one, we discover the ever-evolving cultures of some of the oldest areas of town. From fashionistas to pizzerias, this tour includes many of the sites and sounds from television and film.

Greenwich Village: A residential neighborhood famed for the social, artistic and political movements that took root in its famed brownstones.

The High Line: Once an elevated railroad track, this now park above the rooftops weaves through the commercial Meatpacking and Chelsea districts.

Alternative New York: A journey through East Village and it's storied past of crime and tragedy but more importantly of artistic expression and political change.

World Trade Center and 911 Memorial Tour: From the history of the World Trade Center to the tragic events that led to tales of heroism, we'll cover the memorial and St. Paul's Church. This tour does not include entrance into the museum.

 


Upper Manhattan: These two-hour tours cover some of the iconic sites of NYC downtown.

Midtown Manhattan: From Times Square to Grand Central Terminal, this is one of the busiest and most well-known parts of the city!

Grand Central Terminal Tour: A journey through one of the world's most well-known train station, we'll discover the secrets and stories within these Beaux Arts walls.

Central Park: Central Park is too big for one tour, so we offer three! The shorter 2-hour tours cover either Lower or Middle sections of the park but for those who want it all, our All In One Central Park will cover both!

Harlem: A neighborhood of change, known for the Harlem Renaissance of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, we'll cover the cultural and socioeconomic change of this well-known neighborhood.

Harlem Food: More than just jazz at the Apollo, Harlem has Latin, an Italian, and most well known - a soul food side!

 


Night Tours: After the museums shut, the streets are still open in the city that never sleeps! Our two hour night tours show you the lights, sights and sounds after the sun sets.

9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge: An illuminated tour of the 9/11 Memorial to the City Hall and Woolworth skyscraper, this night tour ends halfway across the Brooklyn Bridge for stunning night views of Manhattan.

New York Holiday Lights Tour: Famed holiday windows in the storefronts and plazas celebrating Christmas, Hannakuh and the New Year! This tour uses the subway. This tour is NOT accessible. We cannot accommodate wheelchairs or non-foldable strollers.

Dark Side of the High Line: A darker side of the history of this famed park in the sky, we talk about ghosts, curses, and death. For the faint of heart, we offer a daytime, non-dark side tour as well!

Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour: Through the West Village streets, you'll hear tales of murder and stories of these fabled haunted houses. We do not recommend this tour for children who might be disturbed by these stories.

Midtown Manhattan Night: Those beautiful stories of architectural feats in downtown Manhattan are even better lit at night! This tour uses the subway.

 


Special Interest Tours

New York City Skyline Photo Tour: Led by a professional photographer, he'll share with you secrets on how to set up a great shot, even with a smartphone, of the famed skyline of New York City.

Central Park Photography Tour: An oasis of nature in the middle of the city, this tour, led by a professional photographer, takes you to some of the most beautiful spots in the park.

Central Park Running Tour: Get some sightseeing and exercise in all in one go! Your runner guide will take you at an easy pace, no man left behind, around the park.

Central Park Bike Tour: With the size of Central Park, it's too big to take it all in on foot. Bring your own bike or rent one through us ($16) to wind your way through the bike paths in the park. This tour is not recommended for children under 11.

Shopping Tours: Boutiques, Vintage and thrift stores abound in the city and in partnership with ZTrend, we'll take you to the best to find the perfect souvenir for your friends at home - or for yourself! We have three shopping tours covering SoHo, NoLita Shopping,  Gramercy Thrift and Vintage Shopping Day, or East Village Vintage & Boutiques

Holiday Movie Tours of NYC:  On our brand new Holiday Movie Tour of NYC you can visit some of the most iconic spots from favorite films such as Elf, Home Alone 2, Serendipity, Scrooged and Miracle on 34th Street.

 


Street Art and Graffiti Tours: These two-hour tours take you on a stroll through historic neighborhoods, but instead of looking for Victorian window bays or historic markets, keep an eye out for sculptures and hidden paintings.

Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour: Our original street art tour, you'll see some world renowned and some obscure artist using the remarkable architecture of Brooklyn's buildings as a canvas.

Williamsburg Street Art Tour: Not just graffiti painted on unsuspecting walls, sticker art, yarn bombing and modern sculpture make up what street art is today.

New York City Subway Art Tour: Statues and artwork are hidden throughout the NYC subway system and our guide will take you to find them! This tour uses the subway.

Manhattan Street Art Tour: Join us for a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side (LES) – SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy.

Astoria Street Mural Walk: Spanning over 5 years of public work and over 130 murals, Welling Court is one of the best collections of contemporary street culture.

 


Longer Tours (3-6 hour): Want to fit as much as possible into one tour? We offer 3 and 6-hour highlight tours of multiple neighborhoods!

All in One Downtown: Our most popular tour, this covers 75% of our Lower Manhattan, Soho, Little Italy, Chinatown, Greenwich Village and the High Line! This tour does break for lunch and uses the subway.

All in One Uptown: The upside of town, we visit Midtown, Central Park and Harlem on this 6-hour tour. This tour does break for lunch and uses the subway.

Lower East Side, Nolita and East Village Tour: Covering some of the most historic parts of town, we see how the neighborhoods have changed from the homes to newly arrived immigrants to one of the trendiest areas of town.

Lower Manhattan, Chinatown, Little Italy, Soho: Combining two of our most popular tours, this 3-hour tour covers four neighborhoods to get a true feel for the south tip of Manhattan.

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo: A 3-hour tour for a true feel of Brooklyn. If you also want to check our Williamsburg, look into our All In One Brooklyn 6 Hour tour!

 


Food Tours: What is better than learning about a neighborhood while tasting treats from area establishments? Food tastings are not included. Guests are recommended to bring $9-12 per person to samples.

Lower East Side Food Tour: Our most popular food tour visits this historic Jewish community to taste traditional fares of bialys, bagels, and knish!

Greenwich Village Food Tour: Known for pizza, this neighborhood also features falafels from a well known, out the door lines, restaurant and rice balls from a shop that is in its second century!

East Village Food Tour: Polish, Jewish, Middle-Eastern, Italian - the multi-ethnic cuisine led the East Village to have the most restaurants per capita.

Chinatown Food Tour: Take a pan-Asian culinary journey without leaving Manhattan.

 


Self-Guided Tours: Can't fit in any of our tours to your schedule? We've written down some of our favorite stories and routes for many of the famed neighborhoods in NYC.

For an even more extensive experience, check out our anytime audio tours, where you will find several of our most popular tour narrated by Free Tours by Foot tour guides.  These audio tours go deeper than our self-guided maps and allow you to enjoy our guided tours whenever they fit your schedule.

Hells Kitchen

9/11 Memorial ((also available in audio tour version)

High Line (also available in audio tour version)

Historic New York City Bars

Little Italy

Lower East Side

Lower Manhattan (also available in audio tour version)

Midtown Manhattan (also available in audio tour version)

New York Skyscraper Tour

New York Mafia Tour

Rockefeller Center

Seinfeld Locations

SoHo (also available in audio tour version)

Sex and the City Tour

South Street Seaport

Super Hero Tour

Roosevelt Island

Times Square

Tribeca

TV and Film Locations of New York

Wall Street

 

Battery Park 

Broadway Theater District

Brooklyn Bridge (also available in audio tour version)

Brooklyn Heights  (also available in audio tour version)

Bushwick Brooklyn

Central Park (also available in audio tour version)

Central Park Movie and TV Sights

Chelsea Market

Chinatown (Manhattan)

Donald Trump Buildings

DUMBO

East Village

Flatiron District

Gramercy Park and Union Square

Grand Central Terminal (also available in audio tour version)

Greenwich Village (also available in audio tour version)

Greenwich Village Food Tour (also available in audio tour version)

Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village

Harlem (also available in audio tour version)

Harlem Soul Food

 

About The Author

Stephen Pickhardt

Stephen is the CEO of Free Tours by Foot and has overseen the transformation of a local walking tour company into a global tour community and traveler’s advice platform. He has personally led thousands of group tours in the US and Europe, and is an expert in trip planning and sightseeing, with a focus on budget travelers. Stephen has been published and featured in dozens of publications including The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Yahoo, Washington.org, and more.
Updated: October 12th, 2021
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