New York Death and Burial History Tour

Experience the comprehensive New York history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this epic 3-hour tour (based on the book Death in New York) through Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown!
Main Features:

Find out about the city’s indigenous Lenape burial sites.

Unearth the burial space quarrels of New Amsterdam.

Learn about the British prisons for American Patriots during the Revolutionary War.

Hear about New York’s riots, epidemics, and crucial changes in legislation.

Discover the phases of capital punishment and the commercialization of the funeral industry.

Peer at the islands of New York Harbor, forgotten burial grounds, a Manhattan jail, and a busy funeral industry street.

Meeting Point

Whitehall Terminal

4 Whitehall St, New York, NY 10004, USA

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.

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Battery Park

State Street and Battery Place, New York City, 10004, New York

Tour meets at SOUTH FERRY/WHITEHALL STREET STATION, then moves onto
1.) Statue of Liberty Viewpoint.

30 minutes

Financial District

New York City, New York

2.) Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 7 State Street
3.) Wireless Operators Memorial
4.) National Museum of the American Indian
5.) Corner of Broadway and Morris Street, site of the old city cemetery
6.) Trinity Church
7.) St. Paul's Chapel
8.) 9/11 Memorial North Pool
9.) St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church

30 minutes

Civic Center

New York City, New York

10.) City Hall Park
11.) Surrogate's Courthouse
12.) Corner of Elk Street and Chambers Street
13.) African Burial Ground National Monument
14.) David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Center Street
15.) Metropolitan Correctional Center, 150 Park Row

30 minutes

Chinatown

Canal Street to Bayard Street, , New York City, 10013, New York

17.) Funeral Row, Mulberry Street

30 minutes

Two Bridges

New York City, New York

18.) Chatham Square

30 minutes

What's included:

• The booking fee covers the guided tour.