May 17, 7 pm
Death in New York Walking Tour
Trace more than four centuries of life and death in New York City on the Death in New York tour (based on the book Death in New York) via Battery Park, the Financial District, Tribeca, the Civic Center, and Chinatown.
Main Features:
Find out about the city’s indigenous Lenape burial sites
Discover the quarrels of New Amsterdam over burial space and new arrivals
Learn about the British prisons for American Patriots during the Revolutionary War
Hear about New York’s riots, epidemics, and crucial changes in legislation
Peer at the islands of New York Harbor, forgotten burial grounds, a Manhattan jail, and a busy funeral industry street
Featured Events
May 18, 11 am
May 21, all day
May 24, all day
May 25, 11 am
