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They are run by Gateway National Recreation Area of the U.S. National Park Service, first come first served. Children must be 48 inches or taller to climb, and tour signups start at 12:30 at the Sandy Hook Visitor Center. The tours are free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-lighthouse-tours-55485/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/96e28942452aad96f02117074d82bbd7cee676df556c16fecbbfa0ad5f517541-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sandy Hook Birding Club", "start": "2026-11-01T08:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "Sandy Hook Birding Club is a beginner-friendly, guided bird walk to learn about the birds of Sandy Hook. It is hosted by a park ranger from Gateway National Recreation Area. A limited number of binoculars will be available to borrow, and spots must be reserved on Eventbrite.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-birding-club-55492/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8A78262A-C340-4EAF-C0717A472FA00BAC", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e50544f543ff5f7f158973e2ac904d16eaa1799affb228b6d909de2d89571ad9-600.webp"}, {"title": "Public Tours", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "place": "Wyckoff House Museum", "address": "Clarendon Road 5816", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Public Tours offers guided visits of the Wyckoff House, said to be New York's oldest house, on Saturday tour hours. The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum runs the tours, with the park grounds and garden open and guided house tours starting each hour from 11:30 AM. 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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/group-reservations", "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. The tour covers uneven ground and is not recommended for visitors with mobility issues.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/guided-tours-66593/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a097030439265b7461a69161ca8d3c2c78becaa2edc6256c3cf503ce98760a28-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fort Tompkins Tour", "start": "2026-11-07T10:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/military"], "description": "A guided tour around Fort Tompkins, exploring the fort and its surrounding areas. It is run by Gateway National Recreation Area, part of the U.S. National Park Service. Inclement weather will cancel the tour, so dress appropriately for the weather and bring water. 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Admission is free, but reservations are required. 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Visitors learn about the Bowne family and what life was like in Queens, NY from the 17th century through the early 20th century. No pre-registration is required and tickets are purchased upon entry via cash or credit card.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saturday-guided-tours-in-english-language-53309/", "official_url": "https://www.bownehouse.org/events/saturdaytoursnovember7", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e4ae8d38a78ec596bda8e0aed481f33759b168fa6734ac3b58a99a6d223cf59f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "OPEN HOURS", "start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "The Waterfront Museum", "address": "Conover Street 290, 11231", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/maritime", "nature"], "description": "The Waterfront Museum holds open hours with free tours for families and individuals while its wooden covered barge is docked in Red Hook. The museum, aboard the Lehigh Valley Barge No. 79, was founded by David Sharps, a former juggler who bought the barge in 1985 and restored it as a performance space. The barge, built in 1914 for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, is the only surviving example of its kind and offers some of the best sunsets and waterfront views in the city. The museum also offers educational programs, circus acts, and a sunset music series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-hours-56991/", "official_url": "https://waterfrontmuseum.org/event/open-hours-3-2/2026-11-05/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4c86968e87474e6366dedafed6608bbd4010a9655b3e71e395ab76e13d220502-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Saturday Guided Tours in Mandarin Chinese Language", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T14:00:00-05:00", "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", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Guided tours of Bowne House offered in Mandarin Chinese, running about 45 minutes each. The tours tell the story of the Bowne family and what life was like in Queens, New York from the 17th century through the early 20th century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/saturday-guided-tours-in-mandarin-chinese-language-53308/", "official_url": "https://www.bownehouse.org/events/chinesetoursnovember7", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e4ae8d38a78ec596bda8e0aed481f33759b168fa6734ac3b58a99a6d223cf59f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Open House at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden-Tues, Nov 3rd", "start": "2026-11-03T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-03T16:30:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://mvhm.org/events/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A free, all-day open house at a historic house museum celebrating a new exhibition and the 200th anniversary of the Mount Vernon Hotel opening on this site. The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden invites the public to drop in between 11am and 4:30pm for complimentary tours, Insider Talks on the exhibition The Empire City Begins: New York in the 1820s and 1830s, and refreshments in the historic Tavern. Visitors can also play a traditional 19th-century game, stroll the historic garden, browse the gift shop, and learn about the hidden history of day hotels in 1820s New York.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/open-house-at-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-garden-tues-nov-54012/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/open-house-at-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-garden-tues-nov-3rd/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/61d4ce3d251a6651aebc9429ab891f677ac2db4c30af0ce60ec8e5c482bb7aa6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Spooky Snug Harbor Tour", "start": "2026-10-30T19:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Snug Harbor", "address": "", "price": "$50 & Under", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://snugharbor.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SQg000009ucWrMAI", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Spooky Snug Harbor Tour is a nighttime walking tour through Snug Harbor, a historic destination on Staten Island said to be one of its most haunted places. It is guided by Michael Pelczar, a local history enthusiast and founder of Spooky Staten Island, and shares never-before-published information about the site's darkest history. Participants can also use ghost-hunting equipment during the tour, in search of contact with the other side.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/spooky-snug-harbor-tour-55938/", "official_url": "https://snug-harbor.org/event/spooky-snug-harbor-tour/?slot_id=23146", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7293be837b3a397ba1ad86c35610ac6207e7d24e220ea92544fb5fee613d7430-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Living History After Dark", "start": "2026-10-30T17:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T19:00:00-04:00", "place": "Fraunces Tavern Museum", "address": "Pearl Street 54, 10004 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/frauncestavernmuseum/items/666176/?full-items=yes", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "Living History After Dark is a candlelit evening event that turns Fraunces Tavern Museum into an after-dark adventure, with costumed interpreters, rare artifacts unveiled just for the night, and tales from the Revolutionary era, ending with a themed goody bag. It is held by Fraunces Tavern Museum, which is owned and operated by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York, Inc. The museum invites everyone to experience history in a whole new light, and says the event is fun for all ages, with costumes encouraged but not required. Doors open at 5:30pm and close at 6:30pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/living-history-after-dark-52700/", "official_url": "https://www.frauncestavernmuseum.org/events-calendar/2025/10/30/living-history-after-dark-5bbx5", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b2787858c9782938874073f1bbae1d13cca0f20e6dcdd2806ca07df7ed5b8fe2-600.webp"}]}