Death in New York Walking Tour

Immerse yourself in New York’s rich history of death, burial, epidemics, and execution on this in-depth 2.75-hour tour (based on the book Death in New York) 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 and exhibits at the National Museum of the American Indian
• Unearth the history of epidemics and burial prohibitions at Trinity Church
• See the cenotaphs of Irish war heroes and political activists at St. Paul’s Chapel
• Learn about the first NYC Catholic burial ground and the ensuing riot at St. Peter’s Church
• Visit the location of some of Manhattan’s historic prisons, executions, excavated dead, and President Lincoln’s New York funeral procession at City Hall Park
• Observe the site of body-snatching and rioting at the African Burial Ground
• Inspect the death toll stats of past and present jails in the Civic Center
• Survey an ever-evolving neighborhood on a funeral industry street in Chinatown
• Pay a visit to the oldest existing Jewish graveyard in North America in the area of Two Bridges