Big Onion Walking Tours

Big Onion offers both In Person and Virtual Tours! All programs outing are listed on our website and are open to the public. We have an advance schedule of outings and detailed descriptions. Since 1991, Big Onion has been leading informative, award-winning, and innovative walking tours in the historic districts and ethnic neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Manhattan and the City of Hudson (Upstate NY). All tours are lead by PhD candidates in American history or a related field. Big Onion has been called "The Best Walking Tour in New York" by New York Magazine; "Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Guests" by The Village Voice; and "One of the best urban walking tours in the world" by Forbes. Big Onion is an approved educational vendor for the NYC Department of Education and a Programming Partner with a number of different local institutions. Our In Person tours are presented with limited participants and we adhere to CDC & New York Covid health and safety protocols.