St. Mark's Place Tours and Tickets

Step into NYC's hidden underworld on this Mobsters, Ghosts & Crime Walking Tour, where true crime, gangster history, & haunted legends collide. Explore the city’s most infamous neighborhoods, including Chinatown’s Blood Alley, once the deadly turf of rival tongs, & 5 Points, notorious for violent gangs & historic crime. Discover the rise of the Mafia in Little Italy, passing former mob social clubs, restaurants, & streets tied to real executions & power struggles involving legendary figures like Lucky Luciano & John Gotti. In the West Village & Greenwich Village, haunted brownstones & historic crime scenes reveal chilling stories of restless spirits & tragic events. The tour concludes near Washington Square Park, built over a former burial ground where unexplained sightings & eerie encounters have been reported for generations. Led by knowledgeable guides, this experience includes regular stops, engaging storytelling & authentic locations bringing New York’s dark past vividly to life.

New York City's East Village is a melting pot of flavors and cultures. Take the guesswork out of exploring its many culinary options and follow a foodie guide around St. Mark’s Place, a colorful stretch of storefronts featuring Italian, German, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and Latin eateries during this walking food tour with a small group, and enjoy a range of food samples along the way.

On this epic sustainable food tour, you get a sense of the entire neighborhood known as the Village from West to East, meeting the community and sampling food along the way with a local food expert by your side. We start in the posh West Village where you'll wander through a maze of tree-lined streets right alongside historic brownstone homes. Next, we delve into Greenwich Village which has been home to everyone from Italian immigrants, NYU students, bohemian artists, political activists, and musicians from little known Bob Dylan to up-and-comer Taylor Swift. We touch upon many of these groups to find out how they eat, drink, and live. Visit sandwich shops beloved by local students, an old school Italian market, and the iconic Washington Square Park. Finally, we make your way into the East Village, which was once part of the Lower East Side, where you'll still find remnants of immigrant communities, including Little Germany, the Yiddish Rialto, and Ukrainian Village.

Explore Manhattan’s East Village while sampling dishes locals love on this private food tour. East Village is a diverse district defined by the many different cultures that have called the area home over the centuries, making it a great place to savor unique cuisines. Enjoy authentic New York City pizza, Ukrainian cabbage rolls, Korean dumplings, and more, and take away food tips to enhance the rest of your trip.

Don't waste time on touristy nightlife—this Greenwich Village nightlife tour reveals where locals *actually go*. With your guide, you’ll discover legendary venues where Dylan, Hendrix, and Chris Rock performed, plus hidden gems most tourists miss. You’ll learn all about Stonewall Inn, Comedy Cellar, and even a few authentic local eateries. At the end of it all, you’re sure to know where (and how) to party like a New Yorker.

The East Village is full of great places to eat, but it can be hard knowing where to go. A walking tour of the artsy neighborhood takes you to several restaurants and food vendors with a guide who knows their stuff. Enjoy plenty of tasting and opportunities to learn about the artists, writers, and musicians who called this neighborhood home over the years.

Step into one of New York City’s most eclectic neighborhoods, where grit meets creativity and history lives on every corner. Once part of the storied Lower East Side, the East Village has welcomed waves of immigrants, nurtured poets and political radicals, and ignited cultural revolutions from punk rock to performance art. On this immersive walking tour, you’ll uncover hidden landmarks, striking architecture, and legendary gathering places that shaped generations. Wander past historic tenements and vibrant street art, hear tales of counterculture icons, and sample the diverse flavors that reflect the neighborhood’s immigrant roots. From the bohemian past to its ever-evolving present, the East Village is a living museum of New York’s rebellious spirit—and this tour is your insider’s guide.

The East Village has reinvented itself so many times that residents have been complaining it’s gone downhill since the 1600s. On this walking tour along St Mark’s Place, you’ll follow radicals, artists, and outcasts who, for three centuries, made this three-block stretch one of the most rebellious streets in America. The tour starts at St Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, built on the former farm of Peter Stuyvesant, the peg-legged Dutch governor whose ghost still haunts the sanctuary. You’ll head into the heart of St Mark’s Place where wave after wave of immigrants, bohemians, and provocateurs left their mark – from the German shooting societies and Yiddish theater of the 1800s, to the jazz clubs, punk boutiques, and anarchist schools of the 1900s.