From Bowling Green, where a duplicitous Dutchman "bought" Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24 worth of seashells and hatchets, to Black Panther headquarters off 121st Street, where the mother of the late rap artist Tupac Shakur led community organizing efforts, this collection of nontraditional "walking tours" guides activists and history buffs through every neighborhood of the Big Apple. 30 photos .

Product Description: Home to more than 2.3 million people who speak at least 150 different languages, Queens is heralded as the most multicultural place on Earth. People go there to watch Major League Baseball or the U.S. Open. Perhaps they venture just across the river from New York City to check out a trendy new restaurant, bar, or performance space in Long Island City or Astoria, or ride the train all the way out to the beach on a summer's day...read more

Product Description: With New York City Past to Present: A Guided Tour, anyone can travel through the streets of the Big Apple! This unique travel guide offers a past to present experience, where readers can view the city’s famous neighborhoods and amazing landmarks first hand and see how they evolved over time...read more

Product Description: See the best of New York with this streamlined, itinerary-driven guide, created in a handy, take-along format. Part of a brand-new series from National Geographic that showcases the world's great cities, Walking New York is divided into the following sections: The Whirlwind Tours section shows you how to see the entire city in a day or a weekend; what sights will interest kids most; plus, a hedonist's tour that's pure pleasure from dawn to midnight and beyond...read more

Product Description: These full-sized history travel guides each come with two popout maps and the promise of a walk through the history of a particular city, region, or battlefield.  One popout map shows the area back when; the other shows the modern view...read more

Product Description: The history of New York City is written in its streets; uncover it with Chronicles of Old New York. Discover 400 years of innovation through the true stories of the visionaries, risk-takers, dreamers, and schemers who built Manhattan...read more

Adrienne Onofri has created an exceptional guide to and through Brooklyn’s most interesting and notable neighborhoods, providing a mix of information about culture, history, architecture, places to eat, venues to visit, and more. From a walk through the Russian-influenced Brighton Beach, to the expansive Prospect Park, and out to Red Hook, Walking Brooklyn reveals the many layers and sites of Manhattan’s lesser-known neighbor. This two-color book features 30 routes, a clear neighborhood map for each walk, black-and-white photographs, and critical public transportation information for every trip. Route summaries make each walk easy to follow, and a “Points of Interest” section outlines each walk’s highlights.

Helps you to explore historic areas and haunted buildings. This title reveals New York's history. It features illustrated maps, route directions and running tour commentary that make it easy to find your way to New York's landmarks as well as the secrets only known by the locals.

Product Description: New York churns at a relentless pace. It is constantly being rebuilt, torn down, and rebuilt again to make way for the next era of commerce and culture. It is truly the sum of its neighborhoods, all of which offer a different perspective on the history and attitude of the city, each of which is best explored on foot...read more

Product Description: Revised and updated, the popular On Foot Guides offer city tours in a totally new way―illustrating a variety of walks with full-color, aerial-view, three-dimensional maps to give users an immediate sense of each route and what can be seen along the way...read more

Presents an entertaining and informative walking guide to the historic people and places of Brooklyn, featuring ten fascinating, fact-filled walks that invite the reader to take an intimate tour through Brooklyn's important historic sites, neighborhoods, cultural institutions, and shops. Original.

Product Description: Explore Central Park’s more than 150 landmarks and attractions. Six walking tours take you around the Pond, Mall, Lake, Ramble, Reservoir, and Meer. Illustrations of birds and waterfowl and a seasonal guide to flora reveal the natural wonders...read more

Suggests eleven walking tours through each section of the city and describes points of interest along each route. (view table of contents)

The author takes readers on a literary tour of New York, revealing the homes and favorite places of Poe, Mailer, Millay, Kerouac, Wright, Miller, and others. Original.

Suggests ten walking tours through each section of the city and describes points of interest along each route (view table of contents)