Harbor, Colony, and Capital
New York started here, in eight crooked blocks the grid never reached.
Walk · 2.4 mi · 111 min · 18 stopsHear a free stopNew city tour
New York City
The harbor New York started in, the towers it raced to build, and the boardwalk at the end of the D train.
A real first stop from this destination, in your browser. No account needed; internet required.
Choose a route in the app. With location enabled, GPS starts stories near its stops. Download maps and recorded narration before you go offline.
New York City after dark · 1 night tour
Best routes
Choose a researched path.
Each route is ordered for a coherent walk or drive, with narration at every listed stop.
Ground Zero and What Came After
Sixteen acres in six stops: what was lost, what was fought over, and what got built.
Walk · 0.8 mi · 37 min · 6 stopsHear a free stop
Across the Great Bridge
Walk the bridge that cost twenty-seven lives and made two cities into one.
Walk · 2.5 mi · 90 min · 11 stopsHear a free stop
Cast Iron, Canal, and Doyers
Three immigrant cities stacked on the same twenty blocks of cast iron and brick.
Walk · 2.2 mi · 83 min · 11 stopsHear a free stop
Newcomers, Labor, and Rights
Tenements, picket lines and Stonewall: people who were told no and took power anyway.
Walk · 2.7 mi · 103 min · 14 stopsHear a free stop
The Village After Dark
After dark, through the bars and basements where American counterculture was rehearsed.
Walk · 2.0 mi · 76 min · 10 stopsHear a free stop
The High Line and the Invented West Side
A park on a dead railway, above the most deliberately invented mile in New York.
Walk · 2.1 mi · 75 min · 9 stopsHear a free stop
Race for the Sky
Beaux-Arts halls, Art Deco crowns, and the years Midtown raced itself upward.
Walk · 3.9 mi · 141 min · 18 stopsHear a free stop
A Designed Landscape
Every hill, lake and vista in Central Park was put there on purpose.
Walk · 2.8 mi · 110 min · 15 stopsHear a free stop
Museum Mile
Eight museums in a single mile of Fifth Avenue, most in houses never meant to be shared. Museum admission is not included.
Walk · 1.8 mi · 64 min · 8 stopsHear a free stop
Harlem: A Capital of Black America
The Renaissance, a pulpit that reached Congress, and one man’s archive of Black history.
Walk · 2.6 mi · 88 min · 10 stopsHear a free stop
Coney Island: The People’s Playground
Forty minutes on the D train and a century back, to the last sideshow in America. The rides run in the warm months; the boardwalk is open all year.
Walk · 0.6 mi · 32 min · 6 stopsHear a free stop
Millionaire’s Row
The mile where American money built itself a European skyline, and then lost it.
Walk · 1.7 mi · 70 min · 10 stopsHear a free stopGet the app
Put New York City in your pocket.
- First stop of every tour is free
- English and Spanish
- Choose a route in the app. With location enabled, GPS starts stories near its stops. Download maps and recorded narration before you go offline.
- Every tour has a free first stop in the app. Unlock one tour for $14.99, or all of New York City for $29.99: every tour, Free Roam, Vibe Roam and Story Mode, no subscription.
Or choose New York City plus any 2 of the other launched cities with the 3-city bundle for $59.99.
US prices shown. Your local App Store or Google Play price may vary.
Get it onGoogle PlayIn reviewApp Store
After installing Roamaloud, open Explore and choose New York City.