Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO Walking Tour
Discover the best way to experience New York’s skyline — on our Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO Walking Tour.
Walk across the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge with an expert guide, explore the historic Brooklyn Heights Promenade, and wander through DUMBO’s cobblestone streets and photo spots beneath the Manhattan Bridge. This is the most complete Brooklyn Bridge walking tour in NYC—full of stories, skyline views, and local flavor.
Discover New York City on our Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO Walking Tour. Cross the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge, stroll the historic streets of Brooklyn Heights, and explore DUMBO's cobblestone streets, waterfront, and the iconic Washington Street view beneath the Manhattan Bridge while discovering the fascinating history behind these unforgettable landmarks.
The Famous Washington Street view of the Manhattan Bridge from DUMBO
Led by licensed, expert guides with extensive local knowledge, discover the history, architecture, engineering, and stories that bring these iconic New York City landmarks to life.
Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge while your guide explains its remarkable engineering, points out the best photo opportunities, and ensures you follow the correct pedestrian route so you can relax and enjoy the experience.
I took a Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO sightseeing tour with Renee from Tours by Foot, and she was absolutely incredible. As a New Yorker, I’m always curious to learn more about my own city, and I feel like I hit the jackpot with Renee as my guide. She was knowledgeable, engaging, and full of fascinating history and stories.
In one fantastic walk over the bridge, I learned far more than I expected to in just a few hours. I highly recommend Renee to anyone looking for a memorable, informative, and enjoyable sightseeing experience.
We took this tour through Brooklyn and it was amazing! Even though I knew the neighborhood I had no idea of the amount of history and fun facts I’ve learned. I’ll take more of these tours when I return to NYC. Renee was a delight and so knowledgeable!
Renee’s Brooklyn tour was really terrific! She is knowledgeable, warm and down to earth. We learned a ton and had so much fun! We hope to take her Greenwich Village tour too!
We booked the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO Tour and had a wonderful time! Our guide, Michael, was knowledgeable, thorough and so patient with all my questions along the way. Thank you for a memorable trip!
An absolutely wonderful tour! Meredith was so informative and patient with our group as we asked lots of questions and took a LOT of pictures! Meredith brought the neighborhood to life with stories about its history, architecture, and hidden gems that we never would have found on our own. Highly recommended to anyone visiting NYC. You’ll leave with amazing photos, fun facts, and a whole new appreciation for one of Brooklyn’s most iconic neighborhoods!
Highly recommend these fantastic tours! I took 4 of them during a recent stay in Brooklyn. I went with Onel on the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights tour on a Sunday. Jon was my guide to Soho, Little Italy and Chinatown one day, and on the Food Tour of the Lower East Side on a Saturday. Then Kassi took us through the East Village, Chelsea and the HighLine. All the guides were fantastic, highly knowledgeable, interesting and fun!
Do yourself a favor and see Brooklyn with Onel - nothing like seeing Brooklyn with a proud Brooklynite! Onel, I took the Easter River ferry back up to Greenpoint, it’s the best way to go home! (Go with Onel on Sunday, it’s the best day.) Loved Jon with his color-coordinated hoodies and baseball caps – Jon, I’ll never look at another crazy person in the street again, I’ll only look at you! 😄 Jon takes the best group photos as well, and the food was delicious on the food tour. Kassi, thanks for a lovely stroll around the East Village, Chelsea and Chelsea Market and the HighLine. I can see why you stayed in New York - you’re the quintessential New Yorker! What a fun day it was.
Folks, evidently there’s some movement afoot to push people towards taking paid walking tours. Resist this and sign up with Free Walking Tours by Foot/NYC - you’ll have a wonderful time. Whatever you tip your guide at the end of the tour will be graciously received and well worth whatever you decide to give them. Support this wonderful New York institution - and you’re welcome…
I took the 'Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights & DUMBO' tour and my guide was Merdith. She was super friendly, knowledgeable and took her time. You could tell that Meridith enjoys her time talking about NY and she clearly enjoys showing people her home town. Lovely and enjoyable tour. Thanks! I would definitely recommend 'Tours on foot' to others.
Had Michael as a guide and honestly he was the best. He explained everything really good and even made couple of jokes while telling us about the history and the architecture of some of the NYC Skysrcapers, the Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn. The route he chose gave us the best views possible and we had the chance stops for photos every now and then. Can highly recommend this tour for everyone visiting New York, will definitely have a look at their other tours.
Thank you Michael, see you next time.
Meeting Point: Meet your guide at the green Elevator Kiosk next to the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall Subway Station (4, 5, 6 trains) on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Use the Centre Street exit (between Chambers Street and the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade). The kiosk is on the same side of Centre Street as City Hall Park—there is no need to enter the park. (map)
What You'll See: Walk across the iconic Brooklyn Bridge before exploring the historic neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights and the vibrant waterfront district of DUMBO. Highlights include spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, cobblestone streets, Jane's Carousel, the Manhattan Bridge, the famous Washington Street photo spot, and Brooklyn's scenic waterfront.
Ending Point: The tour concludes at Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn. From there, you may continue exploring DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park, or, if you wish, purchase a ticket for the NYC Ferry to Pier 11/Wall Street or other Manhattan ferry terminals (ferry ticket not included).
Please meet your guide 5-10 minutes before the tour start time listed below to check in. You only need to check in with your name.
View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge & DUMBO Map
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