{"title": "The Empire City: Discover New York City's Hidden History + Wine Tasting", "start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-empire-city-discover-new-york-citys-hidden-history-wine-tasting-tickets-2002076314150", "category": "tours", "tags": ["food-drink/wine", "history/new-york"], "description": "A museum tour at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum paired with a historically-inspired wine tasting, marking the 200th anniversary of the hotel's opening. The tour covers New York City's rise after the Erie Canal opened in October 1825, highlighting the new exhibition The Empire City Begins. It ends in the Tavern with a tasting of four to five contemporary New York wines led by a WSET-certified docent, with light refreshments served. Attendees must be 21.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-empire-city-discover-new-york-citys-hidden-history-wine-54014/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/the-empire-city-discover-new-york-citys-hidden-history-wine-tasting/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/01f647f5502dc216d91fab38ab371b14afe169138cb56efc39f9c91055beb93a-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Empire City: Discover New York City's Hidden History + Tea Tasting", "start": "2026-11-09T15:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T17:00:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-empire-city-discover-new-york-citys-hidden-history-tea-tasting-tickets-2002079606999", "category": "tours", "tags": ["food-drink/tea", "history/new-york"], "description": "A museum tour with a historically-inspired tea tasting at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden, marking the 200th anniversary of the hotel's opening. The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden presents this event about the rise of New York City driven largely by the Erie Canal, opened in October 1825, which made day hotels like the Mount Vernon Hotel flourish. The tour highlights the new exhibition The Empire City Begins and explains the canal's impact on travel and trade. Afterwards, guests step into the Tavern for a tea talk with four to five teas inspired by what would have been served at the Mount Vernon Hotel, plus light refreshments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-empire-city-discover-new-york-citys-hidden-history-tea-t-54015/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/the-empire-city-discover-new-york-citys-hidden-history-tea-tasting/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/01f647f5502dc216d91fab38ab371b14afe169138cb56efc39f9c91055beb93a-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://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-house-at-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-garden-tues-nov-3rd-tickets-2003830449817", "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": "An Unlikely Barn: The Mount Vernon Hotel & Villa Building on the East River", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-10T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-unlikely-barn-the-mount-vernon-hotel-villa-building-on-the-east-river-tickets-1992596328257", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A lecture on the history and architecture of the 1799 building that now houses the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum. Art historian J. Keith Doherty explores how the structure, ostensibly built as a barn on the former estate of Revolutionary War colonel William Stephens Smith, served as a showpiece displaying its owner's wealth and taste to those sailing past on the East River. He also discusses the history of villa building along the river, from Peter Stuyvesant's Bowery farmhouse to the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Gracie Mansion, and compares surviving buildings such as Philipse Manor Hall, the Van Cortlandt House Museum and the Valentine-Varian House. The talk marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Mount Vernon Hotel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/an-unlikely-barn-the-mount-vernon-hotel-villa-building-on-th-54016/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/an-unlikely-barn-the-mount-vernon-hotel-museum-early-villa-building/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/457fa469fc5be0f503a35cf2c706c1dc308a1d82d3f4a226c749ac852f6b09ca-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Spies Among Us: From the American Revolution to 1830s New York", "start": "2026-11-06T12:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T13:30:00-05:00", "place": "Mount Vernon Hotel Museum", "address": "East 61st Street 421, 10065 New York", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spies-among-us-from-the-american-revolution-to-1830s-new-york-tickets-2001890882519", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/american-revolution"], "description": "A program at the Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden looking back at spies and spying in New York City from the American Revolution to the 1820s and 1830s. The museum's brand new program explores the spying and spying techniques of ordinary citizens, from George Washington's Culper Spies in the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and early 19th-century reform movements like temperance and abolition, which set the stage for spies of the Civil War. It is followed by a tour of the Mount Vernon Hotel, where from 1826 to 1833 guests might have gossiped about spies of their day—or been spies themselves—while pursuing leisure activities in the then-tranquil countryside of Manhattan. The museum marks 250 years of American Independence and 200 years of the Mount Vernon Hotel with this look at a hidden facet of New York City history.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/spies-among-us-from-the-american-revolution-to-1830s-new-yor-54013/", "official_url": "https://mvhm.org/event/spies-among-us-from-the-american-revolution-to-1830s-new-york/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Tour the Building with a Docent, October (2-4 PM on the half hour)", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "The New York Society Library", "address": "East 79th Street 53, 10075", "price": "free of charge; drop in", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Escape the hustle and bustle of the city and step into history on a docent-led tour of the Library's landmark 1917 building, exploring the gallery and its architectural wonders. The New York Society Library offers these tours, which on some days focus especially on the Peluso Family Exhibition Gallery and its current exhibition, 'Collective Witness: A Library for a Young Country,' celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary and exploring how a public library and a nascent democracy converged in New York City. Tours run on the half hour, and visitors meet their docent guide in the first-floor public Reference Room, to the right as they enter. The event is open to the public and visitors can simply drop in.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tour-the-building-with-a-docent-october-2-4-pm-on-the-half-h-79672/", "official_url": "https://www.nysoclib.org/events/tour-building-docent-october-2-4-pm-half-hour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7c4561d354af77449b1ec93f426289ca85eaec9df4cdcc39b3a0ec29cc2a835f-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://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/historicrichmondtown/items/492436/calendar/?flow=943168&full-items=yes", "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": "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"}, {"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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/public-walking-tour-chinatown-a-walk-through-history-tickets-HLD238", "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": "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": "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": "Halloween Special: Green-Wood Trolley Tour & Spirits Tasting", "start": "2026-10-31T15:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T18:00:00-04:00", "place": "Industry City", "address": "67 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["food-drink/spirits", "history/local-history", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Halloween Special: Green-Wood Trolley Tour & Spirits Tasting takes visitors into the storied past of distilled spirits in Brooklyn. It is run with Fort Hamilton Distillery and the neighbors at Green-Wood Cemetery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/halloween-special-green-wood-trolley-tour-spirits-tasting-66644/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1a301538a53f239dee9c1903dcf2592207bc614d87ac3318eb5e2fb2ad4a7647-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Photo-Walk: Visions of New York Harbor", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Noble Maritime Collection", "address": "10301", "price": "", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/photo-walk-visions-of-new-york-harbor-tickets-2003076088502", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A guided Photo-Walk led by photographer and Oceanus co-curator Michael McWeeney, exploring New York Harbor and its working waterfront through photography. Participants meet Noble Maritime Collection staff in the St. George area, photograph the waterfront and ferry terminal, then ride the Staten Island Ferry round-trip between St. George and Whitehall while experimenting with composition, perspective, light and movement. Afterwards, participants are invited back to the museum for a gallery walk with Michael McWeeney through the Oceanus exhibition, which celebrates the harbor's visual and cultural character.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/photo-walk-visions-of-new-york-harbor-54393/", "official_url": "https://noblemaritime.org/events/2026/11/7/photo-walk-visions-of-new-york-harbor", "image": "https://noky.io/images/46a8e562d0c8620fc725d4cea6261af309f2e5d740ac736e8e1046c835332098-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Industry City Gourmet Food and Drinks Tour", "start": "2026-10-31T16:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T19:30:00-04:00", "place": "Industry City", "address": "67 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "food-drink", "tags": ["food-drink"], "description": "Industry City Gourmet Food and Drinks Tour is a premium food and cocktail tour through the revitalized industrial halls of Industry City, set against Sunset Park's historic waterfront. The curated journey begins with artistic bonbons at Lilac Chocolates, explores gourmet imports at Sahadi's, and includes a refined whiskey tasting at Fort Hamilton Distillery followed by a sophisticated sake flight. It is offered as a distinctive date night and is fully customizable for private groups, corporate retreats, team-building, and client entertainment. A sophisticated mini-vacation for locals and a profound discovery for visitors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/industry-city-gourmet-food-and-drinks-tour-66645/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0bbae824be062c276e123cfd7e7b6bafbedbdfa1715797c8a63794fb3cd3701c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "TCS New York City Marathon Experience", "start": "2026-10-30T08:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T19:00:00-04:00", "place": "Grand Central Terminal", "address": "East 42nd Street 89, New York", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.nycforfree.co/events/tcs-new-york-city-marathon-experience", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["sport/running/marathon", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "The TCS New York City Marathon Experience is a free four-day interactive event at Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal celebrating the 50th anniversary of the marathon's five-borough course. Organized by NYRR with borough presentations by TCS, Justworks, GetYourGuide and Volvo, it invites visitors to journey through the five boroughs along the marathon route, highlighting the history, culture, and spirit of each community. Guests can work together toward NYRR's goal of 1,976,000 steps, enjoy DJ music, video projections, giveaways, cheer-sign making, photo ops, and special guests including past marathon champions. Visitors can also enter a sweepstakes offering the chance to run in 2027.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/tcs-new-york-city-marathon-experience-67278/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/42456c307318af4ec7665ca746ff5a5de71cd2a6872053d78f1fce526ae487e1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "50 YEARS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Grand Central Terminal", "address": "East 42nd Street 89, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["sport/running/marathon", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "50 YEARS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS is a four-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the New York City Marathon's 5-boro course, held in Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal. It is presented by NYRR, whose guests are invited to reach 1,976,000 steps during the event to inspire people to get moving and complete their own marathon. Interactive experiences take visitors on a journey through the five boroughs along the marathon route, highlighting the history, culture, and spirit of each community. Visitors can also enjoy DJ music, a projected name wall, giveaways, and special guests including past marathon champions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/50-years-through-the-five-boroughs-52924/", "official_url": "https://www.nyrr.org/en/tcsnycmarathon/50-years-through-the-five-boroughs", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0ec2e7bdc7459a22e719b0bcc0566d1295ff68c18f319b36f69e7b28efdb1322-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Seneca Village Tour", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "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, "tickets_url": "https://www.centralparknyc.org/activities/tours/seneca-village-tour", "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"}]}