Take a Walk on the Wild Side: An East Village Self Guided Tour

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Duration

1.5 hours

Wheelchair accessible
Audio guide
Live guide
  • Lifetime access to this tour in English before your booking date and after it
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • App for Android and iOS
  • Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
  • Smartphone and headphones
  • Personal expenses for admission fees not included during the tour
  • Food and drink
  • Transportation
  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby

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.

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  • Duration from 1 Hour and 30 Minutes to 2 Hours
  • Private Tour
  • 1

    St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery

    You'll start at the storied St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 2

    Stuyvesant Street

    And hear the story of Elizabeth Stuyvesant's son named after a founding father.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 3

    St. Mark's Place

    We'll walk the area of Saint Marks Place, and hear how the name came from a fancy branding exercise.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 4

    Saint Marks Place

    We'll pass by the house Alexander Hamilton's son grew up in.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 5

    Saint Marks Place

    We'll pass by the spot that housed the iconic fashion store, SEARCH & DESTROY.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 6

    2nd Avenue

    We'll pass by the Ottendorfer Library, and hear about Oswald Ottendorpher, and his famous newspaper.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 7

    2nd Avenue

    We'll pass by the Orpheum Theatre, and hear about some of the famous plays that were staged there.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 8

    Saint Marks Place

    We'll pass by the Little Missionary Day Nursery and hear about the fascinating Sara Curry.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 9

    Saint Marks Place

    We'll pass the building used in the iconic Led Zeppelin album cover.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 10

    Saint Marks Place

    We'll pass by the iconic Please Don't Tell bar and hear the story of how Blondie formed.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only

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