Top Brooklyn Half-day Tours

Get a taste for Brooklyn's food culture as you visit some of its tasty eateries and small food shops during this small-group walking tour of the Carroll Gardens neighborhood. Come hungry and join your guide for a walking expedition that includes stops for tastings at an eclectic range of ethnic eateries and foodie hotspots. During your walk, you have the chance to sample sweet and savory delights, and visit diverse establishments, from artisanal cooking shops to long-standing Middle Eastern markets.

The food and drink choices in Brooklyn can be overwhelming, but foodies that explore this bustling borough with a guide can eat and drink the best of the best. With this tour, indulge in some of Brooklyn's best cuisine. You can try New American, Middle Eastern, and Italian food including pastries, cheese, and bread. Listen to commentary on the culinary history of the neighborhood and New York City as you go, and even take home a map so you can continue independently.

Immerse yourself in Brooklyn’s one-of-a-kind ambiance, and get an overview of its destination-worthy neighborhoods, on a small-group bicycle tour of the borough. Choose from several departure times, and meet your guide in DUMBO—right below the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges. Explore the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Williamsburg, see Fort Greene Park and Prospect Park, explore Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, and pause for refreshments at local, artisanal eateries.

Discover Harlem's top attractions during a walking tour. Known as a hub for African-American arts since the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, the iconic neighborhood is home to the legendary Apollo Theater, the Abyssinian Baptist Church, the Studio Museum of Harlem, Sylvia's Soul Food restaurant, and architectural masterpieces such as Striver's Row, Shepard Hall at the City College of New York, and the Hamilton Grange National Memorial.

Arts enthusiasts certainly shouldn't miss New York's renowned museums and galleries, but to understand why Brooklyn is the arts epicenter of New York City, there's nothing better than a graffiti art tour of the city's most artistic borough. On this guided tour, see impressive works produced by the revered Bushwick Collective, and follow your guide to some of the neighborhood's off the beaten path street art.

Avoid the typical generic Brooklyn tour with this personalized adventure through New York's hippest borough, with a private guide and an itinerary designed just for you. With your half-day outing, you can explore districts from DUMBO to Williamsburg, visit original shops with handmade crafts, clothing, and jewelry, and even stop to sample some New York cuisine, at your own expense. Since your guide makes recommendations based on your interests, expect to enjoy the best of Brooklyn on your own terms.

Explore the ‘City That Never Sleeps’ after dark during this private walking tour of Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bridge. Discover the elegant mansions, vintage lofts, and trendy stores of popular Brooklyn areas like Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, then cross the iconic Brooklyn Bridge as you enjoy the city lights.

Discover food venues you won’t stumble across while sightseeing on this tour of Brooklyn’s lesser-known Bensonhurst neighborhood. Learn about the history of the enclave, the diverse local community, and the multiethnic influences that have shaped its dining scene. Along the way, enjoy tastings of everything from sweet treats to savory snacks.

Discover Brooklyn’s beer-making past and present on this immersive small-group walking tour. Get to know Brooklyn’s trendy Williamsburg neighborhood with a local guide who will take you to places only locals know. Along the way, visit popular bars and breweries, sample a selection of craft beers, tuck into a pizza lunch, and get the inside scoop on NYC's craft beer scene.

Walk into Jewish life with a local guide. This exclusive tour will take you into places unavailable to the public. Giving you an inside view of the community. While answering all your questions and providing detailed history about the culture and traditions. The tour will give you in-depth knowledge into the history, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people and their practice. We will discover what makes someone Jewish and the Jewish view on non-Jews. Through this tour expect myths to be broken, your questions answered, and fascinating insights into what it means to be a Jew.

Join us as we explore an exciting part of Brooklyn, Red Hook, which features spectacular views of the statue of liberty and lots of innovative and fun food, craft distilleries, a winery, art and more. The Official Guide to NYC says, “The occasional cobblestone street and an industrial vibe (a holdover from when it was one of the country’s busiest shipping centers). It’s the big city infused with a touch of New England, and its residents include artisans, musicians, gardeners and a host of other creative and entrepreneurial types.” Tour Includes: Food at Hometown BBQ (NYC’s #1 food critic rated BBQ joint), wine tasting at Red Hook Winery, tasting at Widow Jane Distillery and Cacao Prieto Chocolate Factory, Steve’s Key Lime Pie and a visit to Raaka Chocolate and Pioneer Works (multi-use art “factory”) when open. We strongly recommend a Noon start time to avoid a wait at Hometown BBQ. Arrive or depart by ferry for great views of Lady Liberty and Governor’s Island.

Indulge in two of Brooklyn’s most celebrated culinary exports—pizza and craft beer—and discover a local’s view of the borough when you book this private, flexible walking tour. Pick a tour time that suits you best, and kick things off in trendy Williamsburg. You can tour one of the city’s most celebrated breweries, visit hip beer bars and heritage brewing sites, and enjoy numerous tastes as you go. You’ll also line your stomach at a traditional pizzeria, where you can enjoy several slices.

Head off the typical tourist trail, and enjoy a local’s perspective on vibrant Brooklyn, during this half-day, private tour. Pick between morning and afternoon tour times, and meet your guide at your hotel or at a central departure point. Over the course of the next few hours, travel by Subway (own expense) and on foot during a whirlwind tour of the borough’s diverse highlights. Stroll across the Brooklyn Bridge, see the scenic brownstones in Brooklyn Heights, explore trendy DUMBO, browse the boutiques in Boerum Hill, and more.

Brooklyn is famous for both its pizza and its craft-beer culture—and this private tour offers the perfect chance to taste your way through both. Meet your guide at a time and place that suits you best—as part of your booking experience, you’ll be assigned a like-minded host who will craft an itinerary based on your interests. Discover thriving breweries, venture to historical neighborhoods, visit family-run pizzerias, and more.

NYC has many exciting and special places to visit, but one of the most expected is food tours. The variety of food in New York is unbelievable, here you can find every food traditions and culture of any nation starting with Chinese and finishing with Russian food restaurants. Nevertheless, the highly recommended food tour place by frequent travellers is Brooklyn. The three-hour trip will take you to the world where the food is the central aspect and you will neighbourhood where your enthusiastic food guide will lead you to some of Brooklyn’s greatest food thrills. During the walking or driving tour, you will try the best Brooklyn cuisine such as New American, Italian and Middle Eastern including pastries, cheese, bread as well as old favourite American burgers. While you are challenging the abilities of your stomach by trying all the food around, the food guide will uncover many Brooklyn historical culinary scenes in areas of Brooklyn Heights, Cobble, Hill and Carroll Gardens.

If Brooklyn is New York City's hippest borough, then Williamsburg is the hub of all things trendy, chic, and just plain cool. You can shop, eat, and explore this Brooklyn cultural hub with a guide on this small-group shopping tour. Enjoy several stops along the way to peek into boutiques nestled into warehouses, browse shops featuring locally-made goods, and even enjoy discounts at independent stores.

Set in a 19th-century industrial complex in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, waterfront Industry City is home to artist studios, workshops, food venues, independent businesses, and events spaces. On this tour, explore parts of the campus inaccessible to the general public, meet some of the makers based there, and enjoy food and beer tastings from artisan shops.

This half-day experience is a great way to pack a lot of history into a small amount of time by immersing yourself in attractions that harken back to the ancient heyday of Athens. You’ll see some of its greatest monuments and explore its most vibrant neighborhood, all in the company of an expert, English-speaking guide.  Your day begins with First-entry, skip the line tickets to the Acropolis, the mighty stronghold crowned by the Parthenon. On the way up the hill, you’ll see some of the other sights, including the theaters of Dionysus and Herodes Atticus, then arrive at the Parthenon before the other crowds. After you have spent some quality time with this jaw-dropping building, you’ll visit the other major sights on the hill, including the Monumental Gateway,  Erechtheum, and Temple of Nike Athena all framed by stunning views over the entire city. With a small group and headsets, you'll never struggle to hear your guide and there's always plenty of time for all your questions.  Heading down the bluff, you’ll enter the Ancient Greek Agora with skip the line tickets. This was the commercial center of the old city as is filled with ruins dating back some 2,500 years. You’ll learn about everyday life in the ancient city as you take in old monuments, civic buildings, and temples. The highlight is the jaw-dropping Temple of Hephaestus, one of the best-preserved ancient temples in the world. Leaving the Ancient Greek Agora, you’ll enter the neighborhood of Plaka, where history and present-day blur as you stroll down the oldest street in the world. You’ll learn how the city has changed under various rulers over more than 2,000 years and how the modern state of Greece was born much more recently than you might think. Other highlights include a view of the Roman Agora and Tower of the wind (the first meteorological station in the world), Lyssikrates Monument, the Arch of Hadrian and the Melina Merkouri Cafe. Your tour ends in Plaka but we leave you with a special gift: a combo pass that you can use within five days to enter 5 of the city’s best attractions, including Hadrian’s Library, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, and more. This is a great tour for history buffs who want to immerse themselves in Hellenistic culture. With your local expert guide and all-inclusive, skip the line tickets to all attractions, there’s no more accessible way to travel back more than 2,000 years and visit the birth of the civilization. 

Take a booze cruise of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. Williamsburg’s charm is irresistible, with inspiring street art, stellar bites, cute boutiques, and a lively bar scene. Knowing the local hangouts is crucial to experience this area to the fullest, so your tour will be led by an expert. You will visit some faves like Brooklyn Brewery and designer hotspot Artists & Fleas. Your ticket also scores you beer, wine or whiskey, BBQ, ice cream, chocolate tasting and a guided hot sauce tasting by a hot sauce 'sommelier'.

Enjoy New York City's best graffiti and street art by bicycle! Visit world-famous murals and little-known hidden gems while also learning about local food, culture, and events. We'll bike through some of Brooklyn's most diverse neighborhoods and stop for spectacular views of waterfront murals along the Manhattan skyline.

Take a bite out of New York City’s hippest borough on this half-day Brooklyn food and culture tour. From traditional ethnic eateries to culinary hotspots that spark national dining trends, your guide will show you where to eat like a local. Snack on kielbasa and pierogis in the Polish enclave of Greenpoint, satisfy your sweet tooth in DUMBO, and get a taste of farm-to-fork freshness in trendy Williamsburg. Vegetarians can be accommodated. Ride walk, and taste your way through Brooklyn on a food and culture tour Explore four Brooklyn neighborhoods, and enjoy the views of the NYC skyline

Discover the art and artists of Brooklyn on a two-hour walking tour that takes you into studio and galleries. Sip a welcome drink as your knowledgeable guide introduces the art scene in Brooklyn. Then head out in the neighborhoods of Park Slope and Gowanus to visit two art studios, meet the artists and a curator, and gain insight into the arts in modern-day New York City. Take home an original piece of art and an art swag bag as a souvenir at the end of your tour.

Did you know that if Brooklyn were its own city, it would be the 4th largest in the U.S.? Explore and learn about this historic and lively borough with a guided walk through some of the best of Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Promenade + Park and DUMBO. This tour offers spectacular vistas of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan skyline and the majestic Brooklyn Bridge. You will also see famous landmark Jane’s Carousel, a wooden, 48-horse carousel that was built in 1922. And the best part is we will see it all while enjoying popular local food: Juliana’s pizza (same owner, same pizza next door to Grimaldi’s pizza), Jaques Torres Chocolate, One Girl Cookie and more! Can also include a popular beer bar or distillery!

On Secret Food Tours Brooklyn, we eat our way through the charming, historic and international neighborhood of Bensonhurst located in southwest Brooklyn. This area was one of the first settlements in the entire city, so as we walk and eat you will see vestiges of times gone by. Your three-hour tour will guide you through the many cultures and food influences that have made their way through this community throughout the years. In addition, as with all of our tours, there is our Secret Dish, which will only be revealed on the day of your tour. As a private tour, everything works around you! Our start times are much more easy going, dates can open up. It's a much more intimate and cozy experience. No need to shout over other tourists, you will have every question answered, and leave feeling like a native yourself!