{"title": "Village Ghost Tours", "start": "2026-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Historic Richmond Town", "address": "441 Clarke Ave, 10306 Staten Island", "price": "$12 per person", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/group-reservations", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Village Ghost Tours is a one-hour walking ghost tour through the historic village, visiting historic structures after dark by lantern light. It is led by historical interpreters in costume who explore folklore and mysteries from the past, discussing the lives and deaths of Staten Islanders, including accused people who stood trial at the 3rd County Courthouse. The guides also share reflections on their own unexplained encounters in town, in a storytelling program rather than paranormal ghost hunting. 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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 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": "Halloween Special: Green-Wood Trolley Tour & Spirits Tasting", "start": "2026-10-31T11:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "place": "Industry City", "address": "67 34th Street, Brooklyn, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history", "occasion/halloween", "food-drink"], "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": "SUPER SPOOKY Candlelight Ghost Tours with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges", "start": "2026-10-29T21:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Merchant's House Museum", "address": "East 4th Street 29, 10003 New York", "price": "$70; $60 MHM Members", "price_from": "70.00", "price_to": "70.00", "tickets_url": "http://merchantshouse.org/calendar/reservations/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/architecture", "society/folklore"], "description": "SUPER SPOOKY Candlelight Tour with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges is a terrifying late-night candlelight tour held at the Merchant's House Museum, a place called the most haunted in New York. It is led by Dan Sturges, a paranormal investigator who has worked in the house for over a decade. The tour is described as a crowd-favorite every October, where he speaks about the hauntings and history of the building. At least eight people have died in the house, and paranormal activity has persisted for decades.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/super-spooky-candlelight-ghost-tours-with-paranormal-investi-53910/", "official_url": "https://merchantshouse.org/calendar/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f6bc588232120c6bb42189494183d17305a42296dac255441d771a2fda231dfa-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Candlelight Ghost Tours", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Merchant's House Museum", "address": "East 4th Street 29, 10003 New York", "price": "$45; $35 MHM Members", "price_from": "45.00", "price_to": "45.00", "tickets_url": "https://merchantshouse.org/calendar/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/19th-century", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A candlelight ghost tour through the Merchant's House Museum, known as Manhattan's most haunted house. The NoHo icon hosts the tours, its best-known seasonal programming, as part of a full slate of Halloween events and exhibitions on 19th-century death and mourning practices.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/candlelight-ghost-tours-53909/", "official_url": "https://merchantshouse.org/calendar/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Ghost Tours of The Mark Twain House", "start": "2026-10-30T18:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T22:00:00-04:00", "place": "Mark Twain House", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://eventmanager.vbotickets.com/tickets.asp?Page=Event&eid=195241", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Ghost Tours of The Mark Twain House is a tour through a house filled with haunted history, dark tales and Victorian traditions around seances and spirits. It is run by The Mark Twain House & Museum, and visitors hear about paranormal investigations at the house as well as Mark Twain's own interest in the supernatural. The house has been featured on Syfy Channel's Ghost Hunters, the Biography Channel's My Ghost Story, NPR's Where We Live and the West London Witch Podcast. Be warned: the tour talks about real people and stories related to death and dying.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/ghost-tours-of-the-mark-twain-house-66818/", "official_url": "https://marktwainhouse.org/event/ghost-tours-of-the-mark-twain-house-2/2026-10-30/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71bd2c35142d2778b6bc81b333b1fee2dc2b4579e2258ad7c2f41d7ac2d69f17-1200.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": "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 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": "\"Ranger's Choice\" Guided Walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge", "start": "2026-10-31T10:30:00-04:00", "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": ["occasion/seasons"], "description": "A ranger-led guided walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, this week a spooky Halloween Fall Foliage Walk. As leaves change colors and animals prepare for winter, a park ranger leads visitors on a walk to learn about the changes in Jamaica Bay, with a focus on the macabre and costumes encouraged. The program is part of the weekly ranger walks at Gateway National Recreation Area and is free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rangers-choice-guided-walk-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-55489/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=B9A4EB4F-EC82-87B9-DE598C80AC5F99F0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c9dc8b5d68d03950046ecb9deb20e5db4febb8df15bde22f4c50da7163faf670-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The World's Borough's Spooky Scavenger Hunt", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "place": "NYC DSA Office", "address": "10002", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["occasion/halloween", "society/activism"], "description": "The World's Borough's Spooky Scavenger Hunt is a scavenger hunt through Senate District 12 in Queens. It is co-hosted by Aber for Senate and NYC DSA's WG: Budget. Teams of up to five, or solo participants assigned to a team, follow clues to sites across the district, learn about them and help get out the vote. Prizes include a $100 gift card to a local restaurant, drinks at the social afterwards, and tote bags.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/the-worlds-boroughs-spooky-scavenger-hunt-54465/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a796dd7166c6755ba4ff3b38443de787b9ffc7f41761a5cf9f2f1eaec6b83325-1200.webp"}, {"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", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "Guided tours of Bowne House lasting about 45 minutes, offered between 2:00pm and 4:00pm. 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"}]}