“Satan’s Seat”: 
New York During Prohibition

Created in conjunction with WNET New York Public Media, a walking tour based on the 2011 Ken Burn’s documentary “Prohibition”. On our walk we will discuss and explore the history, politics, culture and speakeasies of New York in the Roaring ‘20s – one of the most volatile eras in American history. Stops could include: John McGurk’s “Suicide Hall”, The Black Swan, Chumley’s and sites associated with Margaret Sanger, Al Jolson, Carrie Nation, and Fiorello LaGuardia.

Between mid-May and early September the “Satan’s Seat” tour is one of a variety of walks offered as public “twilight” tours. Summer public “twilight” tours are lead Thursday & Friday evening at 6 p.m. & Saturday’s at 5 p.m. We rotate a variety of tours in these time slots. Please see our Schedule page for details for specific dates and times.

Related Tours:

Greenwich Village
The East Village

Tour Highlights:

Downtown
History
The Village

Schedule:

May 31, 2:00 pm
June 7, 6:00 pm
June 15, 2:00 pm
June 24, 2:00 pm
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Meet:

Northeast corner of Bowery & Houston Street, in front of the iron-fenced community garden.

Subway Trains:

F to Second Avenue; 6 to Bleecker Street; F/B/D to Broadway-Lafayette.
NYC Subway Map

FAQ:

Tours last approximately two hours. We generally present tours rain or shine.
Check the local weather forecast.
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Cost:

Adults: $20
Students/Seniors/BHS Members: $15

We do not require pre-payment for most public tours. Just show up and join us at the meeting site. Exceptions: Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour requires reservations; America’s Museum Tour requires reservations & advance payment.

Tours Today Sunday, May 19th

11:00 America’s Museum: Art and History of the Metropolitan
12:00 Jewish Lower East Side
1:00 Original Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour
2:00 Park Slope
Tour Status: All tours running as scheduled.
Group Tours

All tours are available for private walks and group bookings.

Call (212) 439-1090 ext. 5 or Email us for more information.

As Featured In:

"For most of my life, I believed independent travel was the only route to the real unfiltered stuff. I eschewed group experiences like the plague, most of all, anything incorporating the word tour. My mistake. I’ve gained some of my best travel memories from being herded around with a bunch of strangers on a Big Onion Walking Tour."

Peter Jon Lindberg, Travel + Leisure's editor-at-large, January 2009.