Free tour

NYC True Crime Tour

5.00

Excellent(1)

New York

Duration: 3 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: Scott

PRO

Verified quality

Registered on 26 April 2024

Practicing artist, student of tech and computer art. Have lived in New York for going on 8 years. I love how I keep finding cool treasures in the city. I’m from Texas. I have been giving tours of art and architecture for 10 years, working at modern art museums as well as New York City guided tours.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Join us on this ghoulish ¨off the beaten path ¨ multi-neighborhood stop tour and visit famous mansions, apartments, bars, hotels and churches of NYCs most fascinating legends, true crime and creepy tales.

We will be utilizing the subway and a crosstown bus with 5 trips moving us all over Manhattan! We will begin at Columbus Circle and visit the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, Midtown, Chelsea and end in Hells Kitchen. Our real life stories involve 70s mob bosses, 90s era club kids, Punk Rockers, the perfect 50s Housewife, Irish gangs, fashion designers and more!

We will be visiting a few iconic sites : The Empire State Building, Colombus Circle, The Chelsea Hotel, and some cool buildings like the Dakota Building, fashion designer Halston’s chic townhouse as well as the Park Avenue Armory and a few lesser known crime scenes that all paint a great picture of classic New York City.

NOTE :
We will be making 4 subways trips and 1 crosstown bus ride. Total transportation cost is $14.50. After 12 trips using the same card, you get unlimited rides for 7 days.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

Columbus Cir, New York, NY, USA

I will be in the middle circle with a multi colored kids umbrella

Outside visit

Columbus Circle

Outside visit

Dakota Building

The set for “Rosemary’s Baby”, and where Beatle John Lennon was shot in cold blood.

Outside visit

9 East 71st Street

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How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).