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Twilight Tour: Death in New York (Lower Manhattan)
(6) Reviews
Manhattan
About
Explore New York’s history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this 1.75-hour evening walking tour through Lower Manhattan. Discover how centuries of disease, reform, and public policy shaped the city’s streets, institutions, and traditions of remembrance. Visit sites linked to epidemics, capital punishment, and religious controversy, and learn how each reveals a hidden layer of urban history. Based entirely on research rather than legend, this tour offers a clear-eyed and captivating look at how New York’s past continues to shape its present.
Highlights
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Meeting Points
Departure
Whitehall Terminal
The exact meeting point is outside the doors of Manhattan's Whitehall Ferry Terminal (for the Staten Island ferry) at 4 Whitehall Street (under the word “STATEN” in the “STATEN ISLAND FERRY” SIGN above the entrance). The guide will be carrying a folder with the name of the tour on it.
Return
City Hall Park
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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.
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Twilight Tour: Death in New York (Lower Manhattan)
(6) Reviews
Manhattan
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$38.00
Price varies by group size
About
Explore New York’s history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this 1.75-hour evening walking tour through Lower Manhattan. Discover how centuries of disease, reform, and public policy shaped the city’s streets, institutions, and traditions of remembrance. Visit sites linked to epidemics, capital punishment, and religious controversy, and learn how each reveals a hidden layer of urban history. Based entirely on research rather than legend, this tour offers a clear-eyed and captivating look at how New York’s past continues to shape its present.
Highlights
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All Fees and Taxes
Meeting Points
Departure
Whitehall Terminal
The exact meeting point is outside the doors of Manhattan's Whitehall Ferry Terminal (for the Staten Island ferry) at 4 Whitehall Street (under the word “STATEN” in the “STATEN ISLAND FERRY” SIGN above the entrance). The guide will be carrying a folder with the name of the tour on it.
Return
City Hall Park
Itinerary
1
Statue of Liberty View Point
Travelers will have a view of Staten Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Governor's Island and learn about Lenape history, ancient burial sites, the last NYC pirate execution, and Civil War prisoners.
15 minutes
2
Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Travelers will see a Catholic shrine to a New York saint while hearing about the canonization of saints and the Catholic way of death.
10 minutes
3
Battery Park City
Travelers will visit a cenotaph and discover Titanic history relevant to the cenotaph.
10 minutes
4
National Museum of the American Indian
Travelers will hear more indigenous history and stories linked with funerary museum acquisitions.
10 minutes
5
Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull)
Travelers will find out about New Amsterdam burial history by visiting the site of the first city cemetery.
10 minutes
6
Trinity Church
Travelers will hear about epidemic history, burial prohibitions, and potters fields.
10 minutes
7
St. Paul's Chapel
Travelers will hear about the Irish representation at St. Paul's graveyard.
10 minutes
8
St. Peter's Church
Travelers will hear about Catholic history; the New York ban on Catholicism, and the first New York Catholic burial ground.
10 minutes
9
City Hall Park
Travelers will visit the site of the first NYC almshouse and hear stories relating to Bellevue Hospital, embalming, President Lincoln's funeral, and excavating the dead.
