Your guide, Eric Ferrara, is founder of the Lower East Side History Project, a 7-time published author and native New Yorker whose family goes back four generations in Little Italy.
He is also the founder of the former Museum of the American Gangster, the Lower East Side Welcome Center and East Village Visitor Center. Eric has worked as a consultant on several movie & tv projects including History Channel, Netflix's The Irishman, HBO's Boardwalk Empire, AMC's Making of the Mob, and Warner Brothers' new Great Gatsby. His books include Manhattan Mafia Guide.
Ferrara has consulted several law enforcement agencies and crime victims as well as families and estates of many of the mafia figures d...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Professional local historian tour guide
Meeting Points
Departure
72 2nd Ave
Meet outside the former Bank of America. The closest subway is the F train (orange line) to the "2nd Avenue/Lower East Side" station. Once out of the station, simply walk 4 short blocks north on 2nd Avenue (against traffic) to the meeting location.
Return
Mulberry Street & Hester Street
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
- Former mafia social clubs
- Former homes and businesses of influential mobsters
- Sites of notorious mob hits
- Former Sicilian and Neapolitan districts of Little Italy
- "Black Hand Block"
- "Curb Exchange," an open air alcohol market during Prohibition
- Ravenite Social Club
- Former HQs of John Gotti, Peter Gotti, Joe Bonanno, Carmine Galante, "Prince Street Crew," and many more
- Historic Little Italy churches, restaurants, gift and pastry shops
- Movie locations where Godfather, Sopranos, Mean Streets, Donnie Brasco and more were filmed
- Much, much more
2 hours
NYC Mafia Walking Tour of Little Italy
New York City
About
Your guide, Eric Ferrara, is founder of the Lower East Side History Project, a 7-time published author and native New Yorker whose family goes back four generations in Little Italy.
He is also the founder of the former Museum of the American Gangster, the Lower East Side Welcome Center and East Village Visitor Center. Eric has worked as a consultant on several movie & tv projects including History Channel, Netflix's The Irishman, HBO's Boardwalk Empire, AMC's Making of the Mob, and Warner Brothers' new Great Gatsby. His books include Manhattan Mafia Guide.
Ferrara has consulted several law enforcement agencies and crime victims as well as families and estates of many of the mafia figures d...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Professional local historian tour guide
Meeting Points
Departure
72 2nd Ave
Meet outside the former Bank of America. The closest subway is the F train (orange line) to the "2nd Avenue/Lower East Side" station. Once out of the station, simply walk 4 short blocks north on 2nd Avenue (against traffic) to the meeting location.
