Lower East Side Tour

While the LES (Lower East Side) was the most densely populated place in the world due to the vast Jewish immigrants arriving to the United States around the 1900’s, the area still has many remnants of the past. The walking tour will focus on many of the remaining vestiges and surviving buildings. It's time to explore this remarkable period of immigration in New York City history through the neighborhood's history. We’ll be stopping at existing and repurposed synagogues, tenements, old banks, food stores to names a few. Not only will you see interesting architecture but we’ll stop to get a nosh or two along the way. I grew up in this beautiful neighborhood and know many of its secrets that I would love to show you. As with every ToursByLocals, this tour is of course customizable Please contact me using the orange 'message guide' button to discuss.

a. Start the tour at the Pickle Guys and enjoy a pickle. b. Learn about Jewish Immigration and the building of tenements. b. Stop at Strauss Square and learn about its history and its significance during the heyday of Jewish immigration c. Visit the Forward building and learn the role of this important Jewish newspaper and its Yiddish advice column “A Bintel Brief” d. Stop by Seward Park, the first municipally built free playground in the United States and designed especially for the neighborhood’s children and the first generation to grow up in such crowded conditions e. Visit the Museum at Eldridge Street f. Roam the streets and view the architecture and historic building and eat some food along the way.