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.

See our FAQ page for more Tour information

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 September and October calendar of public tours will be added later this spring.

May
May 1	Thurs	We Built New York	1:00 p.m.
May 2	Fri	Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
May 3	Sat	Immigrant New York	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
May 4	Sun	Jewish Lower East Side	11:00 a.m.
		Central Park	1:00 p.m.
May 5	Mon	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
May 8	Thurs	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
May 9	Fri	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
May 10	Sat	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery	1:00 p.m.
May 11	Sun	Annual Mother’s Day Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
May 12	Mon	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
May 15	Thurs	Central Park	1:00 pm.
May 16	Fri	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
May 17	Sat	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Irish New York	1:00 p.m.
May 18	Sun	SoHo & NoLiTa	11:00 a.m.
		Park Slope	1:00 p.m.
May 19	Mon	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
May 21	Wed	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
May 22	Thurs	Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
May 23	Fri	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	1:00 p.m.
May 24	Sat	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
May 25	Sun	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
May 26	Mon	Revolutionary New York	1:00 p.m.
May 28	Wed	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
May 29	Thurs	SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
May 30	Fri	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
May 31	Sat	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
		Gramercy Park & Union Square at Twilight	5:00 p.m.

June
June 1	Sun	The Bowery	11:00 a.m.
		Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
June 2	Mon	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
June 4	Wed	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
June 5	Thurs	Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
June 6	Fri	Times Square	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
June 7	Sat	Park Slope	1:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
June 8	Sun	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
June 9	Mon	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
June 11	Wed	East Village	1:00 p.m.
June 12	Thurs	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
June 13	Fri	SoHo & NoLiTa	11:00 a.m.
		Central Park	1:00 p.m.
June 14	Sat	Green-Wood Cemetery	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
June 15	Sun	Greenwich Village	11:00 a.m.
		Annual Father’s Day Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
June 16	Mon	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
June 18	Wed	Times Square	1:00 p.m.
June 19	Thurs	Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
June 20	Fri	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m
		Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
June 21	Sat	NEW TOUR – Historic Fort Greene	1:00 p.m.
		Summer Solstice Central Park at Twilight Tour	5:00 p.m.
June 22	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	11:00 a.m.
		The Upper West Side	1:00 p.m.
June 23	Mon	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
June 25	Wed	Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
June 26	Thurs	SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
June 27	Fri	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		East Village	1:00 p.m.
June 28	Sat	Before Stonewall	1:00 p.m.
		Historic Harlem at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
June 29	Sun	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
June 30	Mon	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.

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

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