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Battery Park - The tour commences at SOUTH FERRY/WHITEHALL STREET STATION, proceeding to
1.) The vantage point for the Statue of Liberty. -
Financial District - 2.) The Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, located at 7 State Street
3.) The Memorial to Wireless Operators
4.) The National Museum of the American Indian
5.) The intersection of Broadway and Morris Street, the former site of the city’s cemetery
6.) Trinity Church
7.) St. Paul’s Chapel
8.) The North Pool of the 9/11 Memorial
9.) St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church -
Civic Center - 10.) The park surrounding City Hall
11.) The Surrogate’s Courthouse
12.) The junction of Elk Street and Chambers Street
13.) The African Burial Ground National Monument
14.) The David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Center Street
15.) The Metropolitan Correctional Center, located at 150 Park Row - Chinatown - 17.) The stretch of Mulberry Street known as Funeral Row
- Two Bridges - 18.) Chatham Square
- Guided tour included in booking fee
Explore over 400 years of NYC’s life and death history through a walk around Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown, guided by ‘Death in New York’ author K. Krombie.
Key Highlights:
Unearth the history of NYC’s native Lenape burial grounds.
Unravel disagreements in New Amsterdam concerning burial spots and new settlers.
Obtain knowledge about the British prison camps for American Patriots from the era of the Revolutionary War.
Listen to tales of Manhattan’s upheavals, disease outbreaks, and significant shifts in law.
Get a glimpse of the islands in New York Harbor, neglected graveyards, a Manhattan penitentiary, and a bustling road known for its funeral businesses.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.