Local guide · Junior's, 1626 Broadway at W 49th St
A small-bus night tour of Manhattan's skyline: through the West Side and downtown, over the Manhattan Bridge to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, then to New Jersey lookouts. Book it for the views after dark, with one cheese slice as the snack along the way.
Get the order right in your head: this is a night bus tour first, and the pizza is one stop. You ride a private bus or SUV through Hell's Kitchen, Hudson Yards, Chelsea, SoHo and Chinatown, cross the Manhattan Bridge with the skyline in view, and get off in Brooklyn for the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and its view of Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge. Then the bus heads to New Jersey.
The slice comes in New Jersey, not Brooklyn: a brief stop for one slice of cheese pizza with a view back at Manhattan. After that comes Hamilton Park in Weehawken, on the cliff edge above the Hudson. A bronze bust of Alexander Hamilton from 1935 stands there next to a boulder that, local legend says, he rested on after Aaron Burr shot him (Hudson County's tourism office). The duel itself was fought on 11 July 1804 on a ledge below, and Hamilton died in Manhattan the next day. The view from the top takes in the Midtown skyline end to end.
It runs in all weather except extreme storms, it suits all ages, and it ends near Times Square. Drinks and tips are not included. Two things to plan around: the listing says it runs on Wednesdays and Sundays, and if you arrive late you lose the seat with no refund. With a 4.8 rating from 73 reviews, it is the most-reviewed tour on this site with pizza included.
Meet at Junior's Restaurant and Bakery, 1626 Broadway at W 49th St. Be early: late arrivals are not refunded. Start times are on the booking calendar.
The guide drives and talks through Hell's Kitchen, Hudson Yards, Chelsea, SoHo and Chinatown, with the stories behind each.
Cross the Manhattan Bridge with the downtown skyline beside you, then step off the bus for the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and the Brooklyn Bridge up close.
A brief stop for a slice of cheese pizza facing Manhattan. This is the only food on the tour.
The cliff-top park by the duel monument, with the bust of Hamilton and a wide view of Midtown's lights.
The tour finishes close to Times Square, a short walk from where it started.
★★★★★The mini-group tour was really worth it. Lots of interesting facts, a delicious slice of pizza, and many views worth seeing!
★★★★★Great evening bus tour, very nice views of the lights of Manhattan from Brooklyn and New Jersey. Guide Uli even gave us her umbrella because it rained briefly at a vantage point. Thank you very much for that!
★★★★★We were very lucky to be able to experience the night bus tour as a kind of private guided tour with our guide Sanel [...] and we were thrilled from the very beginning! [...] It was especially nice that he also took us to places that we didn't know ourselves yet. This allowed us to experience the Manhattan skyline from very special perspectives.
★★★★★Great tour with lots of interesting information about the city and great photo stops. Our guide was very friendly and made a great effort. We were lucky enough to be alone on the tour. We were out for almost 3 hours, but time flew by.
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In New Jersey, at a brief stop with a view of Manhattan. You get one slice of cheese pizza; the Brooklyn part of the tour is the Brooklyn Heights Promenade photo stop.
Yes. The bus crosses the Manhattan Bridge and you get off at the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for the view of Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge.
A small cliff-top park above the Hudson next to the monument to the 1804 Hamilton and Burr duel. It has a 1935 bronze bust of Hamilton, a boulder linked to the duel by legend, and a wide view of Midtown.
The listing says Wednesdays and Sundays, for about 4 hours, starting at Junior's on Broadway at W 49th St and ending near Times Square. Start times are on the booking calendar.
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Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights lit up at night from the best lookouts, with a cheese slice on the way.
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