Welcome to NY History Tours, where we invite you to explore vibrant tapestry of New York City through its people, neighborhoods, and captivating stories.
Led by licensed tour guide and historian Bradley Shaw, our private and customized walking tours focus on the rich Jewish history of NYC.
From the Lower East Side to Harlem and everywhere in between, we learn about the lives of people who shaped this incredible city.
Join us to uncover the enduring legacy of the Jewish people whom still resonate in the streets and buildings of New York.
Jewish History Tours of New York City
New York has been home to one of the world's most important Jewish communities for more than three centuries.
Our Jewish history walking tours explore the people, neighborhoods, synagogues, institutions and cultural movements that helped shape Jewish New York and American Jewish life.
Private Historical Tours of New York
Want a tour designed specifically for you?
NY History Tours offers private and customized walking tours for individuals, couples, families and small groups.
Choose one of our existing tours or work with us to create an itinerary around your interests — whether that's Jewish history, immigration, architecture, politics, entertainment, food or the history of a particular New York neighborhood.
Private customized tours start at $250 for up to eight people.
Explore New York With a Historian
NY History Tours combines historical research with neighborhood knowledge to bring New York's past to life.
You'll go beyond the famous landmarks to discover the people, buildings and stories that explain how New York became the city it is today.
Featured Jewish History Tours
Jewish Lower East Side
Explore the synagogues, immigrant institutions, businesses and streets of one of the most important Jewish neighborhoods in American history.
Historic Jewish Harlem
Discover the largely forgotten history of Harlem's Jewish community.
Jewish Greenwich Village
Explore the synagogues, people and institutions that reveal Greenwich Village's Jewish past.
The Yiddish Rialto
Step into the world of New York's historic Yiddish theater district.
Sephardic Lower East Side
Discover the Sephardic communities that created a distinctive neighborhood within the Lower East Side.
Hasidic Williamsburg
Explore the history, institutions and culture of one of New York's largest Hasidic communities.
Join a scheduled group walking tour
I provide historic walking tours for several organizations in NYC
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