This page covers Brooklyn Heights tours that you can take with us, including a pay-what-you-wish guided tour, our audio guide or our self-guided tour in PDF format you can download for free.
- Why Brooklyn Heights?
- Guided Tours
- Self-Guided Tours
- Private Tours
- Guide to Brooklyn
- Things to Do in NYC
Join New York Tours by Foot on one of our Brooklyn Heights walking tours as we take it one of New York City's most historic, beautiful and architecturally diverse neighborhoods.
WHAT IS THERE TO SEE IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS?
Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history.
These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists.
A walk on the Promenade cannot be missed!
It's an area with beautiful homes in various architectural styles, from Federal to Greek, Gothic, and Renaissance Revivals, from 1820s carriage homes to 1880s mansions.
Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Come also for the stories of engineering feats, military defeats, anti-slavery preachers, prodigious authors, legendary athletes, and fictional TV families.
If anything, come for the unbeatable views of Manhattan.
For more on the history of the neighborhood and some tips on things to see, do and eat, read our guide to Brooklyn Heights.
GUIDED TOURS OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, and DUMBO Tour
This tour includes the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights, and DUMBO (see video above).
This tour runs several times a week, usually at 9:30 am, with occasional afternoon starts, and lasts approximately 2.5 - 3 hours.
It spends approximately 45-60 min in Brooklyn Heights.
Click here to book this tour.
Alternatively, you can take this tour on your own with a self-guided audio tour or our self-guided tour in PDF format, which you can download for free. ee more below.
You can also book this as a private tour.
SELF-GUIDED AND AUDIO TOURS
We also offer 2 self-guided options: a GPS-enabled audio tour or a self-guided tour.
The 1st option is our self-guided audio tour.
This option is our full tour of Brooklyn Heights and was researched and recorded by one of our tour guides from the neighborhood. Listen to a sample.
Here is how it works:
- Purchase an audio tour.
- Get a confirmation email with .mp3, .pdf and embeddable Google Map
- Enjoy the tour(s).
Our 2nd option is a self-guided tour and is totally free.
You can take this tour by viewing or downloading this PDF file or by following the tour on this Google Map.
This version isn't as in-depth as the audio or public tours, but it will give you a good overview.
Some sites included:
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade
- Brooklyn Bridge
- General Washington's Headquarters
- Plymouth Church
- Homes of Truman Capote and other literary figures
- Movie and TV locations
- St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church
- Fulton Ferry District
- Walt Whitman's Brooklyn Eagle
- Brooklyn Historical Society
- and much more!
PRIVATE TOUR OF BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
We are available for private tour bookings for a Brooklyn Heights tour or a Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO Tour.
Find all of our FAQs on our private tour page.
