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 mid-June and beyond schedule of public tours will be added soon.

January
Jan. 28	Thurs	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
Jan. 29	Fri	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Jan. 30	Sat	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
Jan. 31	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.

February
Feb. 1	Mon	Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 4	Thurs	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 5	Fri	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 6	Sat	The East Village	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 7	Sun	Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 8	Mon	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
*Feb. 11*	*Thurs*	Celebrating Black History Month in Historic Harlem SPECIAL TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
Feb. 12	Fri	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
*Feb. 13*	*Sat*	Chinatown – The Year of the Tiger HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
*Feb. 14*	*Sun*	The Annual Valentine’s Day Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
*Feb. 15*	*Mon*	Revolutionary New York HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
Feb. 18	Thurs	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 19	Fri	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
*Feb. 20*	*Sat*	Celebrating Black History Month in Historic Harlem SPECIAL TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
Feb. 21	Sun	Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 22	Mon	Historic Times Square	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 25	Thurs	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 26	Fri	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 27	Sat	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Feb. 28	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.

March
March 1	Mon	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
March 4	Thurs	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
March 5	Fri	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
March 6	Sat	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		SoHo & NoLiTa	2:00 p.m.
March 7	Sun	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		Greenwich Village	2:00 p.m.
March 8	Mon	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
March 11	Thurs	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
March 12	Fri	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
*March 13*	*Sat*	St. Patrick’s Weekend Irish New York SPECIAL TOUR	*11:00 a.m.*
		The Upper West Side	2:00 p.m.
March 14	Sun	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	2:00 p.m.
March 15	Mon	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
March 18	Thurs	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
March 19	Fri	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
March 20	Sat	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery	2:00 p.m.
March 21	Sun	Jewish Lower East Side	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	2:00 p.m.
March 22	Mon	Historic Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
March 24	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
March 25	Thurs	The Financial District	1:00 p. m.
March 26	Fri	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
March 27	Sat	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Fort Greene	2:00 p.m.
March 28	Sun	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		Annual Pre-Passover Jewish Lower East Side Tour SPECIAL TOUR	*2:00 p.m.*
March 29	Mon	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
March 31	Wed	Central Park	1:00 p.m.

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

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

June
June 1	Tues	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
June 2	Wed	Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
June 3	Thurs	Gramercy Park & Union Square	1:00 p.m.
		Central Park at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
June 4	Fri	Chelsea & The High Line	11:00 a.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	2:00 p.m.
June 5	Sat	SoHo & NoLiTa	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	2:00 p.m.
		Greenwich Village at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
June 6	Sun	The Upper West Side	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
		The East Village	2:00 p.m.
June 7	Mon	Historic Times Square	11:00 a.m.
		Gangs of New York	2:00 p.m.
June 8	Tues	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
June 9	Wed	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
June 10	Thurs	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
		Brooklyn Bridge & Heights at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
June 11	Fri	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	11:00 a.m.
		The Financial District	2:00 p.m.
June 12	Sat	Historic Fort Greene	11:00 a.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery	2:00 p.m.
		Historic Harlem at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
June 13	Sun	Jewish Lower East Side	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
		Gramercy Park & Union Square	2:00 p.m.
June 14	Mon	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		Central Park	2:00 p.m.
June 15	Tues	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
June 16	Wed	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
June 17	Thurs	Historic Lower Manhattan	1:00 p.m.
		Chelsea & The High Line at Twilight	6:00 p.m.
June 18	Fri	Gangs of New York	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Harlem	2:00 p.m.
June 19	Sat	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		The East Village	2:00 p.m.
		Central Park at Twilight	5:00 p.m.
*June 20*	*Sun*	Annual Father’s Day Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour HOLIDAY TOUR	*1:00 p.m.*
		Greenwich Village	2:00 p.m.
June 21	Mon	SoHo & NoLiTa	11:00 a.m.
		Immigrant New York	2:00 p.m.