New York Outlaws Who Built Manhattan Tour

Visit Purefinder New York’s “Top-10” felon, grifter, and opportunist tour stops! The Outlaws Who Built Manhattan explores how key individuals and organizations, via methods of piracy, misconduct, and double-dealings, established the evolution and expansion of Manhattan and beyond.
Main Features:

Find out how the worst noisy neighbors in Manhattan kickstarted “old money” dynasties.

Discover how Manhattan-made pills and potions drastically changed New York’s demography.

Connect the dots between infamous pirates and famous landmarks.

Hear about the dubious rise of the NYPD and the FBI.

Meeting Point

Millennium Downtown New York

55 Church St, New York, NY 10007, USA

The nearest subways are Cortlandt Street (N, R, W; Dey St & Church St NE exit is next to the meeting point), WTC Cortlandt (1), WTC (PATH), and Fulton Street (2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J, R, Z).

What to expect:

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

Lower Manhattan

, , New York City, New York

The guide will meet you OUTSIDE the entrance to the Millennium Downtown New York hotel and escort you to the first stop on the tour.

5 minutes

Oculus Center

185 Greenwich St LL3110, New York, NY 10006, USA

Tour attendees will learn about the first privateers in the NYC area and of the remains of ships embedded in the earth.

7 minutes

The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum

180 Greenwich St, World Trade Center, New York City, 10007-0089, New York

The site of the former business of Madame Restell.

7 minutes

The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum

180 Greenwich St, World Trade Center, New York City, 10007-0089, New York

Site of the former home of New York City's first black millionaire.

6 minutes

Trinity Church Wall Street

89 Broadway, New York City, 10006, New York

Tour attendees will learn about the trial that established the Freedom of the Press.

6 minutes

Wall Street

New York City, 10005, New York

The site of the 1920 Wall Street bombing.

7 minutes

Wall Street

New York City, 10005, New York

The site of the The Manhattan Company relating to NYC's water supply and bank formation.

7 minutes

East River Waterfront Esplanade

FDR Drive at 96th Street, New York City, 10075, New York

A birds-eye view of Brooklyn Bridge to discuss its corrupt beginnings.

7 minutes

Financial District

New York City, New York

Visitors will stop at the First Precinct to learn about 1970s police corruption.

7 minutes

Financial District

Financial District, New York, NY, USA

Visitors will stop at Hanover Square to hear about how local resident and criminal Captain Kidd had a hand in developing the colony.

7 minutes

The White Horse Tavern, Bridge St

25 Bridge St, New York City, 10004-2106, New York

The site of the home of New Amsterdam law-breakers who created the elite of New York City.

8 minutes