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 calendar of public tours will be added soon.

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

October
Oct 1	Wed	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
Oct 2	Thurs	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Oct 3	Fri	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
Oct 4	Sat	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery	1:00 p.m.
Oct 5	Sun	The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	11:00 a.m.
		The Bowery	1:00 p.m.
Oct 6	Mon	The Financial District	1:00 p.m.
Oct 8	Wed	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
Oct 9	Thurs	Immigrant New York	1:00 p.m.
Oct 10	Fri	The Financial District	11:00 a.m.
		SoHo & NoLiTa	1:00 p.m.
Oct 11	Sat	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Oct 12	Sun	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
Oct 13	Mon	Revolutionary New York	1:00 p.m.
Oct 15	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Oct 16	Thurs	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
Oct 17	Fri	The East Village	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
Oct 18	Sat	Irish New York	11:00 a.m.
		Historic Fort Greene	1:00 p.m.
Oct 19	Sun	Historic Harlem	11:00 a.m.
		The Jewish Lower East Side	1:00 p.m.
Oct 20	Mon	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	1:00 p.m.
Oct 22	Wed	Historic Chinatown	1:00 p.m.
Oct 23	Thurs	Central Park	1:00 p.m.
Oct 24	Fri	The Financial District – 79 Years since Black Friday	11:00 a.m.
		Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Oct 25	Sat	The Upper West Side	11:00 a.m.
		Park Slope	1:00 p.m.
Oct 26	Sun	Gramercy Park & Union Square	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
Oct 27	Mon	Gangs of New York	1:00 p.m.
Oct 29	Wed	Greenwich Village	1:00 p.m.
Oct 30	Thurs	Historic Harlem	1:00 p.m.
Oct 31	Fri	Brooklyn Bridge & Heights	11:00 a.m.
		The Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour	1:00 p.m.
Nov 1	Sat	Central Park	11:00 a.m.
		Green-Wood Cemetery for Halloween Weekend	1:00 p.m.