New York City Walking Tours

Big Onion offers both public "show up" tours and private tours year-round.

We do not require pre-payment for our public tours - just show up at the meeting site and join. We require reservations only for our Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour. Meeting sites are listed with tour descriptions.

Tours last approximately two hours and cover between one and two miles at a moderate walking pace.

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All tours are available for private and group bookings. We can accommodate group sizes ranging from 1 to 500 participants.

Please call the Tour Hotline [212] 439-1090 or email for detailed school group information and private or adult group tour rates. Fee minimums apply for private tours.

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Note: Tour schedule is subject to change due to inclement weather. Please call our hotline (212) 439-1090 ext. 1 after 9:30 a.m. and our message will reflect any changes to our tour program.

Special Holiday Tours are listed in bold italics

The November and December 2009 calendar of public tours will be added soon.

July
July 1	Wed	SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
July 2	Thurs	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
		Gangs of New York at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
July 3	Fri	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
*July 4*	*Sat*	*Revolutionary New York HOLIDAY TOUR*	*1:00 p.m.*
		Central Park at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
July 5	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
July 6	Mon	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
July 7	Tues	The East Village	1:00 p.m
July 8	Wed	Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
*July 9*	*Thurs*	Revolutionary New York HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
July 10	Fri	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
July 11	Sat	Irish New York	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
July 12	Sun	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Fort Greene	1:00 p.m.
July 13	Mon	Immigrant New York	11:00 a.m.
		Central Park	1:00 p.m.
July 14	Tues	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
July 15	Wed	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
July 16	Thurs	Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
July 17	Fri	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
July 18	Sat	Green-Wood Cemetery	1:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
July 19	Sun	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	1:00 p.m.
July 20	Mon	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
July 21	Tues	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
July 22	Wed	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
July 23	Thurs	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
		Central Park at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
July 24	Fri	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
July 25	Sat	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
July 26	Sun	The Bowery	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
July 27	Mon	Historic Times Square	11:00 a.m.
		SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
July 28	Tues	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
July 29	Wed	Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
July 30	Thurs	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
		Immigrant New York at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
July 31	Fri	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.

August
August 1	Sat	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
August 2	Sun	Jewish Lower East Side	11:00 a.m.
		Upper West Side	1:00 p.m.
August 3	Mon	Chinatown	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
August 4	Tues	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
August 5	Wed	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
August 6	Thurs	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
August 7	Fri	Immigrant New York	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	1:00 p.m.
August 8	Sat	SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
August 9	Sun	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
August 10	Mon	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
August 11	Tues	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
August 12	Wed	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
August 13	Thurs	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
		Central Park at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
August 14	Fri	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
August 15	Sat	Historic Fort Greene	1:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
August 16	Sun	The East Village	11:00 a.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery	1:00 p.m.
August 17	Mon	Historic Times Square	11:00 a.m.
		Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
August 18	Tues	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
August 19	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
August 20	Thurs	Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
		Historic Harlem at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
August 21	Fri	SoHo & NoLiTa	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
August 22	Sat	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
		Central Park at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
August 23	Sun	Upper West Side	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
August 24	Mon	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
*August 25*	*Tues*	Revolutionary New York SPECIAL TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
August 26	Wed	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
August 27	Thurs	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
		Gramercy Park & Union Square at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
August 28	Fri	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	1:00 p.m.
August 29	Sat	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
August 30	Sun	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
August 31	Mon	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.

September
September 1	Tues	Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
September 2	Wed	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
September 3	Thurs	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
September 4	Fri	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
September 5	Sat	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
September 6	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
*September 7*	*Mon*	We Built New York HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
September 8	Tues	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
September 9	Wed	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
September 10	Thurs	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	2:00 p.m.
September 11	Fri	The East Village	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	2:00 p.m.
September 12	Sat	SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
		Central Park at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
September 13	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	11:00 a.m.
		Annual Pre-Rosh Hashanah Jewish Lower East Side HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p .m.*
September 14	Mon	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Immigrant New York	2:00 p.m.
September 15	Tues	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
September 16	Wed	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
September 17	Thurs	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	2:00 p.m.
September 18	Fri	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		Gramercy Park & Union Square	2:00 p.m.
September 19	Sat	Green-Wood Cemetery	1:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
September 20	Sun	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		Upper West Side	1:00 p.m.
September 21	Mon	Chinatown	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	2:00 p.m.
September 22	Tues	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
September 23	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
September 24	Thurs	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		Gangs of New York	2:00 p.m.
*September 25*	*Fri*	Revolutionary New York SPECIAL TOUR	*11:00 a.m.*
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	2:00 p.m.
September 26	Sat	Historic Fort Greene	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
September 27	Sun	SoHo & NoLiTa	11:00 a.m.
		Central Park	1:00 p.m.
September 28	Mon	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		The Financial District	2:00 p.m.
September 29	Tues	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
September 30	Wed	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.

October
*October 1*	*Thurs*	*The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour*	*1:00 p.m.*
October 2	Fri	Historic Lower Manhattan	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
October 3	Sat	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Fort Greene	1:00 p.m.
October 4	Sun	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	1:00 p.m.
October 5	Mon	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
October 6	Tues	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
October 7	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
October 8	Thurs	Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
October 9	Fri	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
October 10	Sat	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
October 11	Sun	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
*October 12*	*Mon*	Revolutionary New York HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
October 13	Tues	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
October 14	Wed	Historic Times Square	1:00 p.m.
October 15	Thurs	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
October 16	Fri	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
October 17	Sat	Irish New York	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
October 18	Sun	Jewish Lower East Side	11:00 a.m.
		Upper West Side	1:00 p.m.
October 19	Mon	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
October 20	Tues	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
October 21	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
October 22	Thurs	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
October 23	Fri	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	1:00 p.m.
October 24	Sat	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		Park Slope	1:00 p.m.
October 25	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	11:00 a.m.
		SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
October 26	Mon	Historic Lower Manhattan	11:00 a.m.
		Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
October 27	Tues	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
October 28	Wed	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
*October 29*	*Thurs*	The Financial District – 80th Anniversary of the Great Crash	*1:00 p.m.*
October 30	Fri	Chinatown	11:00 a.m.
		Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
October 31	Sat	Immigrant New York	11:00 a.m.
		Halloween in Green-Wood Cemetery HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*