New York Death and Burial History Tour

Immerse yourself in New York’s rich history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this in-depth 2.75-hour tour, exploring Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown.
Tour Highlights:

Peer at the Lenape burial, capital punishment, and prisoner of war islands of New York Harbor from Battery Park.

Discover the controversy surrounding museum death acquisitions at the National Museum of the American Indian.

Unearth the history of epidemics at Trinity Church.

See the cenotaphs of Irish political activists at St. Paul’s Chapel.

Learn about the first NYC Catholic burial ground at St. Peter’s Church.

Visit the location of some of Manhattan’s historic prisons and executions at City Hall Park.

Observe the site of body-snatching at the African Burial Ground

Survey a funeral industry street in Chinatown.

Pay a visit to the oldest existing Jewish graveyard in North America in Two Bridges.

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's included:

• The booking fee covers the guided tour.

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes

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