Top Brooklyn Historical Tours

This walking tour through Brooklyn's trendy Williamsburg neighborhood offers a brief look at Brooklyn history and its influence on contemporary culture, with an insider guide leading the way. Meet-up just steps from the subway, and begin your adventure uncovering trends and traditions—from the urban street art scene to hip local businesses. Venture past historical buildings, chic boutiques, and neighborhood cafés reflecting the area's laid-back vibe. Then be sure to capture the iconic Manhattan skyline from the scenic Brooklyn waterfront.

The food and drink choices in Brooklyn can be overwhelming, but foodies that explore this bustling borough with a guide can eat and drink the best of the best. With this tour, indulge in some of Brooklyn's best cuisine. You can try New American, Middle Eastern, and Italian food including pastries, cheese, and bread. Listen to commentary on the culinary history of the neighborhood and New York City as you go, and even take home a map so you can continue independently.

Experience Brooklyn like a local on a cycling tour through the borough’s hippest neighborhoods, including tough-to-reach areas that visitors often miss. Avoid the stress of navigating on your own as you follow a guide to popular landmarks and hidden gems, including breweries and eateries to rest and refuel. Photo stops and complimentary tastings along the way make this a popular choice for active New York visitors.

On this tour we'll stroll through Coney Island and learn the history of one of America’s oldest amusement parks and summer communities. We’ll walk the famous boardwalk from there to Brighton Beach, NYC’s largest Eastern European and post-Soviet community. During the tour, we’ll stop frequently to experience NYC's best hot dog, pizza, fried clams, Manti Dumplings, Caviar, and Baklava! Perfect for groups, families, parties, or corporate events! Our Private Food and History Tours are one of a kind NYC experiences. Perfect for anyone looking to see New York’s food and history in a new way! Tours are flexible, and we arrange everything, so you can simply focus on the experience.

Immerse yourself in Brooklyn’s one-of-a-kind ambiance, and get an overview of its destination-worthy neighborhoods, on a small-group bicycle tour of the borough. Choose from several departure times, and meet your guide in DUMBO—right below the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Explore the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Williamsburg, see Fort Greene Park and Prospect Park, explore Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, and pause for refreshments at local, artisanal eateries.

Get to know one of the hippest parts of New York City outside Manhattan with this walking tour of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Join a host that is personally matched according to your interests, and head out to explore the neighborhood’s street art, galleries, music venues, and record stores. Experience Williamsburg’s vibrant food scene with a stop to sample craft beer, street food, or a classic deli—at your own expense—and even request custom stops so you can do what's most interesting to you.

Get a comprehensive overview of one of New York’s most fascinating revitalization projects at the waterfront Brooklyn Navy Yard. Explore the 300-acre (121-hectare) site by bus and on foot with a guide, and learn about its history as a naval shipyard, as well as its transformation into a modern-day hub for technology, design, and manufacturing.

Discover Harlem's top attractions during a walking tour. Known as a hub for African-American arts since the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, the iconic neighborhood is home to the legendary Apollo Theater, the Abyssinian Baptist Church, the Studio Museum of Harlem, Sylvia's Soul Food restaurant, and architectural masterpieces such as Striver's Row, Shepard Hall at the City College of New York, and the Hamilton Grange National Memorial.

The Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn is a picturesque area renowned for its magnificent Victorian mansion houses. With this walking tour, get to know the historic district, admire its striking 19th-century architecture, and see landmarks such as the Kings Theatre, Ditmas Park, and the Flatbush Reformed Church.

Everyone else comes to the Bridge to take a photo and move on. Not us - we'll understand the huge effort that went in to getting the Bridge built, the lives lost and made, the scandals and celebrations. It's such a beautiful bridge but even better when you understand how it came to be. In many ways the story of New York is the story of the Brooklyn Bridge. Almost nothing you see in the City existed before the Bridge - we'll use the Bridge as a way to understand the City that rose around it - the buildings, the other bridges, the transportation system, the people. And then there are all the fun stories that span 140 years. Who knows if 2 hours is enough! I'll keep going until you've heard all you need to know about the Brooklyn Bridge.

Brooklyn is famous for both its pizza and its craft-beer culture—and this private tour offers the perfect chance to taste your way through both. Meet your guide at a time and place that suits you best—as part of your booking experience, you’ll be assigned a like-minded host who will craft an itinerary based on your interests. Discover thriving breweries, venture to historical neighborhoods, visit family-run pizzerias, and more.

This tour explores some of the most famous and vibrant neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The only constant of any neighborhood in New York City is change, and Brooklyn has undergone more change in the last few decades than any place in the city. You’ll see Prospect Park, where the architects of Central Park fixed their “mistakes”. You’ll see Barclay’s Center, the first major professional sports venue in Brooklyn since the Dodgers left Ebbet’s Field. We’ll go to the Promenade, one of the best places in the City to see New York Harbor and the Downtown skyline. You’ll see DUMBO, the neighborhood with the coolest name in NY, and take a ferry ride under the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges. After a stroll through Williamsburg, we’ll finish in Greenpoint, one of the hidden gems of New York, with easy subway access back to Midtown and Times Square or Grand Central.

We start the tour near the Brooklyn Navy Yard to receive your bikes. We head into Williamsburg along the waterfront to our first stop at Other Half Brewing Company. Here we may stop at Roberta’s for pizza. We go into Greenpoint Brooklyn to visit Greenpoint Brewing Company before going into South Brooklyn to visit other breweries and options like Frankies in Carroll Gardens. The tour ends where we started with a short 5 minute walk to Transmitter Brewing Company for your last celebratory beer… and the Ferry Back to Manhattan is right across the street. Perfectly planned and coordinated by Brooklyn Giro Bike Tours. One inclusive price covers it all - food and beers.

Leave the tourist trail behind with a tour of the Brooklyn Army Terminal, a one-of-a-kind New York landmark that many visitors overlook. Once the country’s largest military supply base during World War II, the terminal today is on the National Register of Historic Places, and hosts an array of businesses. Learn all about this complex on your small-group, history-packed walking tour. Along the way you can visit several of the complex’s buildings, learn about the sight's history, and admire the New York Harbor views.

Explore the literary side of Brooklyn on a 3 hour walking tour with an informative guide. Visit Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, stopping at bars that were favorite watering holes for renowned writers. Purchase a drink to sip while hearing passages of the writers' work read aloud and learning about the history of the the bars, the neighborhoods and New York City as a whole. You'll gain insight into the urban planning of Robert Moses, and check out architectural and historical points of interest on this fun and fascinating tour.

Visit the capitol of the United States in Washington D.C.! Visit the Independence National Historical Park! Explore the U.S. Capitol and the White House. Explore the famous memorials: Lincoln, Korean and Vietnam. Day 1 Itinerary: Independence National Historical Park & Lunch (90 mins) → U.S. Capitol + Supreme Court of the United States + Library of Congress (outside visit, 120 mins) → Washington D.C. Night Tour (Optional) → Hotel Washington D.C. Night Tour itinerary: Air Force Memorial (20 mins)→ Thomas Jefferson Memorial(20 mins) → World War II Memorial (20 mins) → Capitol Reflecting Pool (20 mins) Day 2 Itinerary: White House (Outside visit, 30 mins) → Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial (60 mins) → Baltimore Inner Harbor (60 mins) → New York Promotional information Departing from 3/16/2022 to 4/10/2022, we will arrange a special stop in Washington, D.C., to view cherry blossoms by the Tidal Lake at the Jefferson Memorial.

Brooklynites that want to enjoy nature often head to Prospect Park, and though Manhattan's Central Park may be more popular among tourists, this Brooklyn green space is a hidden gem that's well worth a visit. You can explore the landscaped natural spaces of Prospect Park on this guided tour. Join your group for a stroll, and unpack the history of the park, see the Brooklyn Public Library, and stop by park landmarks like the Long Meadow, LeFrak Center, and the Ravine.

Brooklyn Heights first took shape when Robert Fulton's steamship started ferrying passengers across the East River. Today, it’s a well preserved residential neighbourhood with Greek Revival and Italianate Row House architecture, a beautiful promenade and breathtaking views of Manhattan. Let's explore it together. On this self guided audio tour, I’ll tell you about its first residents, and I’ll guide you through its charming streets. We’ll walk on the Promenade where you can take as many pictures of Manhattan's skyline as you like because there’s no rush to finish the tour. I’ll also recommend some spots to grab a bite along the way. Some of the landmarks you’ll see include: • The Brooklyn Heights Promenade • Manhattan's skyline • A glimpse of the Statue of Liberty • Trump Capote's former house • Brooklyn Historical Society Building

NYC has many exciting and special places to visit, but one of the most expected is food tours. The variety of food in New York is unbelievable, here you can find every food traditions and culture of any nation starting with Chinese and finishing with Russian food restaurants. Nevertheless, the highly recommended food tour place by frequent travellers is Brooklyn. The three-hour trip will take you to the world where the food is the central aspect and you will neighbourhood where your enthusiastic food guide will lead you to some of Brooklyn’s greatest food thrills. During the walking or driving tour, you will try the best Brooklyn cuisine such as New American, Italian and Middle Eastern including pastries, cheese, bread as well as old favourite American burgers. While you are challenging the abilities of your stomach by trying all the food around, the food guide will uncover many Brooklyn historical culinary scenes in areas of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble, Hill and Carroll Gardens.

Focus on capturing the best possible photos of Brooklyn on this tour with a professional photographer guide. Stroll through the borough with a native fine-art photographer in the lead, stopping to snap frame-worthy shots of some of Brooklyn's top sights as well as hidden gems. Get as much or as little guidance as you wish depending on your skill level; your guide will provide engaging commentary as you walk. A DSL camera is highly recommended.

Our Private Food and History Tours are one of a kind NYC experiences. Perfect for anyone looking to see New York’s food and history in a new way! Tours are flexible, and we arrange everything, so you can simply focus on the experience. On this tour we'll stroll through Brooklyn Heights and learn the history of America’s first suburb. We’ll discuss the area’s past, from Dutch farmland to one of NYC’s most exclusive neighborhoods, and its close relationship to the history of transportation in NYC. The tour visits churches, 19th century homes, and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, stopping at a few celebrity homes along the way. We’ll enjoy great food from several local restaurants, including Middle Eastern food from NYC’s “Little Syria”, and one of New York’s most famous pizzerias. If time allows, we might even cross the Brooklyn Bridge! Perfect for groups, families, parties, and corporate events!

Our tours take a deep dive into the history, science, culture, and taste of pizza using the best New York City neighborhoods as our backdrops. We show you things you never would have seen as a casual visitor to our pizzeria stops. All of our tour guides go through a rigorous training process so they can give you the most accurate information. This tour is perfect for everyone from casual pizza lovers to high level pizza nerds. Whether you make pizza at home every night or order it when you're too tired to cook, you're guaranteed to learn something new about the food we all love!

We will be exploring how railroads and the NYC subway helped to connect and develop Brooklyn, New York's most populous borough! Highlights: • Uncover many abandoned subway stations hidden in plain sight. • Experience the design of the oldest subway station in Brooklyn. • Explore the highest rapid transit station in the world and soak in impressive skyline views on the Manhattan Bridge. • Practice your moonwalk in the station where Michael Jackson filmed "Bad". • Admire public artwork, including the famous Masstransiscope. • Explore how the subway operates and learn about some of the technology keeping it moving 24/7. • See how the subway and railroads continue to influence the NYC region of 20+ million people. Your licensed tour guide is from NYC and is an AICP certified urban planner and Guides Association of NYC member. Note: Tour only visits public areas and tour route/length may vary slightly based on the MTA’s schedule.

You’ll ride through DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Red Hook, an area featuring a mix of tiny eateries, quirky bars and edgy art galleries. You’ll then ride over the Brooklyn Bridge and to TriBeCa. Located in downtown Manhattan, TriBeCa is famous for It’s cobblestone streets, trendy boutiques and restaurants. There will be a break for food/refreshment (not included in pricing). This tour is available during the day or night. Your choice, pricing varies.