Top Experiences in Brooklyn Heights

New York is big and wonderful. And, at times, overwhelming. Whatever your tour goals or interests, I'll help you plan the ideal itinerary. Plus, I'll show you places only real New Yorkers know. (If desired, we can arrange for a private vehicle and driver for an additional fee, paid directly to the driver.)

New York in French offers you a day trip (6h including approx. 2h30 actual cycling) in neighborhoods of Brooklyn which have not yet given in to the sirens of mass tourism.

Our French guides, expatriates in New York for years, are keen to make you spend a friendly moment full of original discoveries!

Nothing says Christmas like Dyker Heights, the most famous display of lights on the planet. Locals have been decorating their homes—personally and professionally—since the '80s, making it a true NYC winter wonderland.

THE TOUR WILL TAKE PLACE RAIN or SHINE!

The ride from Midtown to Dyker Heights in Brooklyn is about an hour long on board of our comfortable coach fully heated with a restroom on board.

Your guide will escort you to Lucy Spata's house, the house that started this tradition, and walk you through the most illuminated streets before taking you back to the bus. You will spend about an hour in Dyker Heights strolling around and taking pictures.

The next stop will be at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in the DUMBO/Brooklyn Heights area of Brooklyn. You will have about 25 minutes to take pictures of the breathtaking Manhattan skyline and the Bridge.

Then you will return to Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge. The tour ends at the Bryant Park Winter Village.

On this guided tour in French, discover two beautiful neighborhoods in Brooklyn, anchored on the banks of the East River and cross the Brooklyn Bridge!

Our French guides, expatriates in New York for years, are keen to make you spend a friendly moment full of original discoveries!

Spend 3 unforgettable hours with your private guide in the city which never sleeps. Explore the most popular New York attractions by night. Discover the city of thousands bright lights, colorful illuminations, glistening skyscrapers and flashing lively streets. 

Explore the Brooklyn Heights and don't miss the legendary Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. See Dumbo and take a selfie with the legendary Brooklyn Bridge. 

Your knowledgeable guide will show you the highlights of Broadway Street and tell you fun facts and memorable stories about City Hall, Woolworth Building, One World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial, Trinity Church, St Paul’ Chapel and St Paul’s Churchyard, Battery Park and, of course, Charging Bull. 

Finish the tour at Battery Park to enjoy the views. 

Prepare your taste buds for a culinary journey through Brooklyn, New York City's liveliest borough! Accompanied by a knowledgeable local guide, this walking tour will unveil the diverse gastronomic delights of the DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights neighborhoods. You'll savor mouth-watering bites of authentic New York City pizza and other beloved local specialties while gaining insight into the history of the restaurants and their owners. Throughout the tour, you'll also have the opportunity to admire iconic landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge, all while experiencing the rich culture of Brooklyn.

A private walking tour to explore one of the most historic neighborhoods of New York City – Brooklyn Heights with Dumbo and the Brooklyn Bridge. During the Tour, we will enjoy unparalleled views over the Manhattan Skyline and the New York Bay right from the Brooklyn Promenade Park. We will be walking along tree-lined streets with some of the most gorgeous townhomes in the city and we will learn how Brooklyn Heights transformed over the past 200 years. We will have plenty of opportunities for photos and to learn how this area, and the city, has changed throughout the centuries adapting to new challenges. A tour that can be equally enjoyed by first-time and returning visitors as it focuses on hidden gems, fun facts and anecdotes. To close our tour, as we cross the bridge, we will learn what it took to build the first suspension bridge in the world.

Explore Brooklyn with a private tour guide; a perfect way experience the city! Stroll through tree-lined streets and discover why Brooklyn is famous for its unique collection of architectural styles. See Brownstones, carriage houses and a cornucopia of beautiful churches; the most of any of the 5 boroughs. From colonial times to present day learn all about the rich history of its diverse communities and the people whose contributions shaped the city.

Take an unforgettable bike ride across two New York City bridges. Starting in DUMBO, Brooklyn, this bike tour rides along the Manhattan Bridge into China Town then along the East River with stops in South Port Sea Port. This tour introduces you to City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan, and makes the "must-do-once-in-a-lifetime" trip across the Brooklyn Bridge into downtown Brooklyn into the first historically preserved area of the United States, Brooklyn Heights. This tour takes you along the Brooklyn Bridge Park Waterfront and ends in one of the fasted growing parts Brooklyn with sweeping views of the East River, The Manhattan Bridge, and the Brooklyn Bridge above.. There are great dining options and shopping post ride. One of the most exciting tours offered in NYC.

Experience the best travel stories for yourself!
You may not immediately compare Brooklyn to a small town, but the hippest borough is made up of distinct community-oriented neighborhoods that thrive and blossom because of the local mom-and-pop businesses, many of which have been here for generations. Throughout this neighborhood food tour, we celebrate the businesses by telling the stories of the people involved, by sampling some of the delicious food being sold.

Explore lower Manhattan on a 2-hour guided, private tour. Cycle around Manhattan’s southern tip, climb uphill into the City Hall area, then up onto the Brooklyn Bridge itself. This will be a steady climb of about 15 minutes, stopping at the Brooklyn-side tower of the bridge for photos.

Did you know that if Brooklyn were its own city, it would be the 4th largest in the U.S.? Explore and learn about this historic and lively borough with a guided walk through some of the best of Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Promenade + Park and DUMBO. This tour offers spectacular vistas of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline and the majestic Brooklyn Bridge. You will also see famous landmark Jane’s Carousel, a wooden, 48-horse carousel that was built in 1922.

And the best part is we will see it all while enjoying popular local food: Ignazio's pizza, Jaques Torres Chocolate, One Girl Cookie and more!

Know that you are making a difference by simply choosing our tours; we offer guests a way to give back to the community, by engaging with our social impact partners. By adding a social impact partner to each food tour, we've created a unique experience for you and assure that every tour we run is having a direct positive impact on the community we'll be exploring.

Covering five different neighborhoods, this is the most comprehensive Brooklyn tour available. You'll get to see how diverse Brooklyn truly is: I will show you classic Brooklyn brownstone architecture as well as the 'hipster' side of Brooklyn, street art and vintage shops, hidden bars, amazing Manhattan views, an Orthodox Jewish community and grand historic homes.

You will explore some of Brooklyn's greatest and most fascinating neighborhoods. We will start in hipster Williamsburg, head to artsy Bushwick from there, pay a visit to a Jewish Orthodox community in South Williamsburg and end the tour with a stroll through historic Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights near the Brooklyn Bridge.

To be able to show you as much of this giant borough as possible, we use the subway three times on the tour, but this will give you time to sit down and take a break in between exploring the various neighborhoods on foot.

There's also a short bathroom / snack / coffee break halfway through the tour.

Dine along the skyline with City Cruises
Enjoy chef prepared menus, seasonal cocktails, live music, iconic sights, and the bright city lights as you dine along the New York skyline!

Depart from Lincoln Harbor Marina in Weehawken NJ and sail for two-and-a-half hours along the Hudson and East rivers past many notable attractions such as Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Vessel at Hudson Yards, Chrysler Building, One World Trade Center, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, South Street Seaport, Brooklyn Bridge and more.

Take in the views as you enjoy the chef prepared dinner buffet with freshly prepared entrees, salads and desserts along with live musical entertainment provided by the onboard DJ. Creative cocktails, wine and beer available from the well-stocked bar.

Board the Spirit of New Jersey for a festive and casual dinner cruise with incredible skyline views from interior and exterior open-air observation decks.

Your ride begins at the world famous Water Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn. You’ll then be taken through the streets of Brooklyn with stops in Dumbo, Vinegar Hill and Brooklyn Heights, a posh residential area known for its tree-lined promenade along the East River. You’ll take in breathtaking views of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty before your ride across the Brooklyn Bridge all while traveling in the most awesome way of transport via sidecar motorcycle to see our great city. This tour is a no-nonsense experience to see as much of this awesome city in the shortest time possible. You will get a taster for the sweet allure of riding by sidecar and want to reach out and touch the city as it whips by you. ( But, uh, please don’t try and touch literally!)

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.

We'll see Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park and the DUMBO warehouse district. After a quick tour of City Hall area, we roll over the Brooklyn Bridge with stops for the perfect photo ops of the gorgeous Wall Street skyline. While there, I'll share historical insights into the twin icons of New York City's East River: the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. We'll continue on to the charming brownstone streets of Brooklyn. After a stop at the beautiful Promenade, we'll zip through NYC's newest, most innovative and beautiful 85-acre waterfront playground, the Brooklyn Bridge Park (just opened in 2010). There will be stops and photo ops galore in the shabby-chic shipping and warehouse districts of DUMBO, Vinegar Hill and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. You’ll get a peek into the history of Brooklyn’s shipping industry that once thrived on these docks and cobblestone streets.

Brooklyn is Revolutionary! Step back in time and experience the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Heights. Discover the borough’s amazing history and modern reinvention. Some of what you will do:
*Walk over the entire Brooklyn Bridge and learn the story of its creation
*Take in incredible views from the bridge.
*Enjoy breathtaking waterfront vistas in DUMBO
*Walk through the elegant and quiet tree-lined streets of Brooklyn Heights with hundreds of beautiful townhouses from the 1800s
*See a fully-restored sensational 1922 carousel on the river
*Enjoy the picturesque piers of Brooklyn Bridge Park
*Visit locations where movies such as "Moonstruck," were filmed
Come along on this grand adventure into Brooklyn's monumental story. The Revolutionary Brooklyn Walking Tour is led by a historian and licensed New York City tour guide with 20 years of experience.
The tour is given by a licensed tour guide and New York City historian with over 20 years of experience.

This private walking tour will be exclusive to your party.  With your very own photographer, you will be captured in professional quality photos of yourselves with NYC landmarks as the backdrop. Additionally, your guide/photographer is a native New Yorker so the insights about dining, shopping and off the beaten path locations to explore will be invaluable during your stay.

You receive over 75 professional quality photos of you, delivered by gallery and zip-file within 48 hours.

The tour will begin in SoHo, and include the Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park as well as historic Brooklyn Heights. All locations are distinctly unique and offer wonderful backdrops for photos.

We will have one subway ride which offers an opportunity for photos as well as allows us to provide you insider tips on how to navigate around NYC.

All tours can be customized if you want to spend more or less time in a specific location.

We have been touring guests around NYC for over 15 years.

We will start this guided tour from our store located in Brooklyn, very close to the famous Brooklyn Bridge.

Enhance your New York City experience with our Downtown Bike Tour, a 2.5-hour journey that combines the charm of downtown with the comfort of Dutch biking.

Explore iconic neighborhoods, including the Financial District, World Trade Center, Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown, Little Italy, United States Court District, Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, and DUMBO.

Marvel at towering structures, cross architectural masterpieces, and immerse yourself in the cultural richness of these diverse neighborhoods.

This unforgettable ride promises stunning views, historical landmarks, and a taste of the vibrant tapestry that is the city that never sleeps.

On this private walking tour you and your party will have an unforgettable walk over the famous Brooklyn Bridge that was completed in 1883. Enjoy the amazing views and learn about the incredible story of its construction. Once in Brooklyn, discover the trendy Dumbo neighborhood, the new Brooklyn Bridge Park with terrific views of the Manhattan skyline, and the quaint streets and brownstones of historic Brooklyn Heights. Take a break at a popular DUMBO café, which will include a small complimentary treat. You’ll leave the tour with great photos and lots of memorable stories.