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