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Join our licensed, native NY educators on a journey you will never forget.

RSVPTOUR RESERVATIONS
Saturdays
12:00pm - East Village
2:00pm - Gangsters
Sundays
Mondays
12:00pm - The Bowery
2:00pm - Alphabet City
Tuesdays
12:00pm - Lower East Side
3:30pm - Sacred Spaces (monthly)
Wednesdays
12:00pm - East Village
2:00pm - Fourth Ward
Thursdays
12:00pm - Lower East Side
2:00pm - Beat Literature
Fridays
12:00pm - Lower East Side 

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The Lower East Side History Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to researching, documenting and preserving the history of the greater Lower East Side of New York City.

"...A must do" - Frommer's  |  "Top 5 in NYC..." - Time Out New York  |  "You will be amazed..." - NBC  |  "A wealth of insight..." - About.com  |  "Every trip to NYC should include a tour..." - Suzy Guides  Our guides are:
  • Professional historians & educators
  • Native New Yorkers
  • Licensed by the City of NY
  • Active community members


Through multi-generation community roots, extensive in-house research, partnerships with local museums, cultural institutions and preservation societies, LESHP is able to provide truly unique, educational, and authentic excursions that are unforgettable.


Lower East Side Walking Tour

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays  @ 12:00pm - $15
This one-of-a-kind tour of the LES highlights all aspects of our neighborhood's rich diversity by providing an introduction to the many distinct populations -- Native-American, African, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Chinese, Hispanic, and others -- which influenced the character of the Lower East Side over the last thousand years.


Explore the neighborhood's historic synagogues, churches and tenements; Walk through a century old shopping district, the oldest Native American trail in the NYC, and the site of the city's second oldest African Burial ground; Discuss life in 19th century slums, and the events which led to the neighborhood's label as the "melting pot"; Discover some of the last ethnic enclaves in Manhattan and learn about the dramatic changes taking place on the Lower East Side today.


RSVP: REQUIRED (RESERVE THIS TOUR)
Fee: $15 General Admission
$12 AAA MembersLower East Side Walking Tour/LESpass Members
Duration:
1.5 - 2 hours
Meet: Find out when you reserve

 

LES Gangster Book

GMW
"A Guide to Gangsters, Murderers and Weirdos of New York City's Lower East Side"

BOOK INFO

 

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Free tours, local discounts, 100% tax-deductible!

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