{"title": "\"Bowne Around Towne\" Flushing Walking Tour", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "John Bowne House", "address": "Bowne Street 37-01, 11354", "price": "$20 General; $15 Member of BHHS", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A guided walking tour of Flushing sites connected to the Bowne family, who were among the first European settlers of the area in the 1650s and lived in the same home for nine generations. It is organized by the John Bowne House, whose family members fought for religious freedom in the 1660s and later supported Quaker pacifism and the anti-slavery movement. The roughly one-mile route stops at places including the Bowne House, the Fox Oaks Stone, Flushing Town Hall, the Flushing Friends Meeting House, and the Weeping Beech Tree, showing where the family lived, worshipped, and worked. Visitors should bring comfortable walking shoes and a bottle of water, and the walk ends at Bowne House, now the only Queens site on the National Park Service's Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bowne-around-towne-flushing-walking-tour-53310/", "official_url": "https://www.bownehouse.org/events/save-the-date-bowne-around-towne-flushing-walking-tour-hzyeg-l8sc4", "image": "https://noky.io/images/628c45065e4c327db9d704080266d03c59ce2ba82f6b76f0dd57d40b104331e2-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T15:00:00-05:00", "place": "John Bowne House", "address": "Bowne Street 37-01, 11354", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Saturday Guided Tours in English Language", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "John Bowne House", "address": "Bowne Street 37-01, 11354", "price": "$10 General; $8 Student; $5 Child; Free for Members of BHHS", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Guided tours of Bowne House lasting about 45 minutes, offered between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. 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Visitors are guided through three furnished rooms reflecting periods from the 17th-century Dutch Colonial Era to the early 19th century. A 11:30 AM 'Family Style' Tour is well-suited for young historians, and afterwards guests can rest in the garden or on the covered patio.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/public-tours-57573/", "official_url": "https://wyckoffmuseum.org/event/public-tours-12/2026-10-31/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e48e93e21f6521387fe52e2172ea287994f9109dc9869f8080d27127e4e3d5d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Open Hours", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "place": "Old Stone House", "address": "3rd Street 336, 11215", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution", "art"], "description": "Open Hours are the public visiting times of the Old Stone House, a historic house in Brooklyn where visitors can drop in without a reservation. The organizer is Old Stone House & Washington Park, which keeps the house open and welcomes all, with a suggested three-dollar donation at the door and no one turned away for lack of funds. Upstairs, the contemporary exhibition 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Land', curated by Jeremy Dennis, brings together new work by Indigenous artists Luanne Redeye, Ella Mahoney, Leonard Harmon and Dennis himself to examine the contradiction between the Declaration of Independence's promises and the dispossession of Native lands. On the ground floor, the permanent exhibit 'The Old Stone House: Witness to War' leads visitors through ten themed areas covering the journey from the Lenape village of Marechkawick through Dutch colonization and the Revolutionary War era in Brooklyn.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-hours-76987/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6500f42884a5b5d67183669b37bf6c23a15f15238db7e199bdb63def46ddfab7-600.webp"}, {"title": "Guided Tours", "start": "2026-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-20T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Historic Richmond Town", "address": "441 Clarke Ave, 10306 Staten Island", "price": "", "price_from": "3.00", "price_to": "8.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Guided Tours are walking tours through Historic Richmond Town, a historic site of restored buildings from the 17th to 19th centuries on Staten Island. Led by expert Historical Interpreters, the tours include the 1820s Village Life Tour, exploring taverns, trades like basket making and broom making, and an 1820s kitchen, and the Two Centuries Tour, a survey of Staten Island from a 1640s Native Encampment through the Revolutionary era to slavery and emancipation in the 1820s. Each tour lasts 75 minutes and also includes admission to the Historical Museum, open 11am to 4pm on the day of the visit. 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It follows the footsteps of Sephardic Jewish refugees who fought for the right to stay, Lutherans who challenged colonial authority, growing Anglican influence, and African Muslims who carried their faith across the Atlantic. It is organized by Peace Islands New York and Ignatian Interfaith Ministry and led by experienced guide Kevin McKeever. The tour takes place rain or shine, space is strictly limited, and the meeting address in Lower Manhattan is provided to registrants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/many-faiths-one-city-an-interfaith-journey-through-colonial-55547/", "official_url": "https://ignatius.nyc/event/many-faiths-one-city-an-interfaith-journey-through-colonial-new-york/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Public Walking Tour- Chinatown: A Walk through History", "start": "2026-11-07T11:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Museum of Chinese in America", "address": "Centre Street 215, 10013", "price": "$25/adult, $20/adult 55 & up, $20/student (with valid ID), free for children under 5; $15/MyMOCA mem", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/new-york"], "description": "A guided walking tour through Chinatown, one of New York City's oldest and most culturally diverse neighborhoods. It is offered by the Museum of Chinese in America and shows how everyday buildings and places of historical significance reflect and shape a community, tracing the area from the Native American Lenape village of Werpoes Hill to today's Chinatown. Stops include Chinatown's oldest streets, a bustling neighborhood park and a Catholic church with layered histories, its oldest general store, and a Chinese eatery that served the turn-of-the-century \"bachelor society.\" The tour lasts about ninety minutes, covers one to one and a half miles, leaves from the museum's lobby, is capped at 15 participants, and tickets include museum admission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/public-walking-tour-chinatown-a-walk-through-history-54049/", "official_url": "https://www.mocanyc.org/event/public-walking-tour-chinatown-a-walk-through-history-14-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/648089b32f776d31f65cfdbb00aed4075522ceaae7a3c3b43094d7cb22ff10b4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nature Walk at Floyd Bennett Field", "start": "2026-11-16T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/aviation", "nature/walks"], "description": "A ranger-led nature walk exploring the campground trails of Floyd Bennett Field. 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Presented by Prospect Park Alliance, it explores the important and varied roles Black people played in the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, the first and largest battle of the American War for Independence. It shows how they served as soldiers and spies on both sides, built American forts, maintained British ships, and seized the conflict to better their lives. The exhibit also tells how the Africans enslaved by the Lefferts family and their neighbors navigated the war, including fighting at Battle Pass in what is now Prospect Park.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/black-people-and-the-battle-of-brooklyn-exhibit-53028/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Indigenous Central Park Tour", "start": "2026-11-14T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Central Park Conservancy", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/indigenous-peoples/north-america", "nature/parks"], "description": "The Indigenous Central Park Tour is a guided walk through the lesser-traveled areas of Central Park's wooded north end. It is run by the Central Park Conservancy and explores the past, present, and future of indigenous presence in the park's landscapes. Before Europeans arrived, the land was part of an ecosystem the Lenape people still call home, and the tour uncovers vestiges of their presence. Through native flora and fauna, it also references contemporary indigenous relationships with the land.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/indigenous-central-park-tour-51780/", "official_url": "https://www.centralparknyc.org/activities/tours/indigenous-central-park-tour", "image": ""}, {"title": "Historic New York: Lenape Folktales", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-08T12:30:00-05:00", "place": "Snug Harbor", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/indigenous-peoples/north-america", "literature/fairy-tales"], "description": "A guided walk around Snug Harbor led by the Urban Park Rangers, who share Lenape folktales and the tradition of oral storytelling. The Rangers discuss lessons these stories can still teach today, and attendees are invited to share folktales from their own heritage. The walk is accessible, with assistance for people with sight, hearing, and mobility impairments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/historic-new-york-lenape-folktales-110191/", "official_url": "https://snug-harbor.org/event/historic-new-york-lenape-folktales/?slot_id=25411", "image": ""}, {"title": "Bartow-Pell Tree ID Walk", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum", "address": "895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY 10464", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/plants/trees", "history/indigenous-peoples"], "description": "Bartow-Pell Tree ID Walk is a guided tree identification walk on the grounds of the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum. It is led by Connecticut Licensed Arborist and Super Steward: Pathkeeper Marc Brodsky and celebrates Native American Heritage Month, teaching about the significance of trees in the everyday lives of the indigenous people who lived on this land. There is a rain date of Saturday, November 14, 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bartow-pell-tree-id-walk-51247/", "official_url": "https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/bartow-pell-tree-id-walk-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ffc91ea2bb6a42896ee96636f69ba53fe1756b5352b33d902a7ba9ff5a6e080-600.webp"}, {"title": "Sandy Hook History House", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Sandy Hook History House is a building from 1898 that once served as a lieutenant's quarters on Officers Row and is now furnished to the WWII era, the busiest time in the fort's history. It is presented by Gateway National Recreation Area. Visitors can explore it at their own pace on a self-guided tour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-history-house-55484/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8A573A65-9EAF-6243-056326DD54E84E80", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f9d90bd430b84c470547cc7945da504be4d81333be3d0a4b9dc16361a2bdc27-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sailor's Snug Harbor Historical Tour", "start": "2026-11-14T13:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-14T14:30:00-05:00", "place": "Snug Harbor", "address": "", "price": "$10 & Under", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "Sailor's Snug Harbor Historical Tour is a guided walking tour of the Snug Harbor campus in New York City, meeting at the Visitor Info Booth at Chapel Road and Gazebo Road and lasting 1:00-2:30 PM. It is run by Snug Harbor, whose tour explores the rich history of its 19th-century campus and the architecture that made it an irreplaceable architectural collection, featuring six of the first 40 New York City landmarks. Snug Harbor is described as one of the largest ongoing adaptive reuse projects in America, and the tour covers its landmarked structures. General admission is $10.00, with a 10% discount for Snug Harbor members.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sailors-snug-harbor-historical-tour-77028/", "official_url": "https://snug-harbor.org/event/sailors-snug-harbor-historical-tour-3/?slot_id=20029", "image": ""}, {"title": "Seneca Village Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Mariner's Gate: West 85th St. and Central Park West", "address": "West 85th St. and Central Park West", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/black-history"], "description": "Seneca Village Tour is a 90-minute walking tour, about 0.78 miles long, through the area of Central Park from West 82nd to West 89th Street. It is offered by the Central Park Conservancy, the nonprofit that has cared for Central Park since 1980. Before the Park was built, this area was home to Seneca Village, the largest community of African-American property owners in New York. The tour starts at Mariner's Gate at West 85th St. and Central Park West.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/seneca-village-tour-51779/", "official_url": "https://www.centralparknyc.org/activities/tours/seneca-village-tour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2d8891a89a5cd37b03cb6f79e8f8ee23ed47527a4cc6b058f27a874330f5f863-2000.webp"}, {"title": "“Battle Pass in Prospect Park” Exhibit", "start": "2026-07-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-15T23:59:00-05:00", "place": "Lefferts Historic House", "address": "Flatbush Avenue 452, 11215 Brooklyn", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "This exhibit at Lefferts Historic House is a replica of the famous Battle Pass, a military installation with two historic replica cannons where visitors can learn about a formative battle. It was created by the Prospect Park Alliance to mark the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn, the first and largest battle of the American War for Independence. In August 1776, American troops stationed two cannons on this site, in the hills separating Flatbush from the rest of Brooklyn, to defend against the British, but on August 27 British troops evaded these defenses, forcing the Americans to withdraw across the Gowanus Creek. Nearly a century later, Prospect Park landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux named the area Battle Hill to commemorate the soldiers who fought there.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/battle-pass-in-prospect-park-exhibit-53027/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7fb33b0844b17c77c9928d1e0ea6fee046ce93819b9a7f871655b3fe085652b9-1200.webp"}]}