Greenwich Village Small-Group Haunted Ghost Tour, in NYC
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Greenwich Village Small-Group Haunted Ghost Tour, in NYC

By New York Ghost Tours
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Whether you're a first-time visitor or Manhattan local, if you want to uncover the macabre tales of New York City, don't miss this ghost history tour. Meet-up with your group to set out on an evening stroll through some of Manhattan's most haunted areas, and uncover the ghastly tales of Greenwich Village. As you go, see top area sights including the Washington Square Arch, Emma Lazarus House, and Hangman's Elm.
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Ages 0-99, max of 20 per group
Duration: 1h
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Live guide: English
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Highlights
  • Explore historic Greenwich Village on a New York haunted history tour
  • Uncover the spooky history of the Village from your guide's live narration
  • Get a personal experience with this small-group tour, capped at 20 guests
  • Meet-up in the heart of Greenwich Village

  • Professional guide
  • All taxes, fees, and handling charges
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off


Start:
  • Washington Square North, Washington Square N, New York, NY, USA
    Tours begin in Washington Square Park, under the Washington Square Park Arch, at Washington Square North, New York, NY 10012. Look for your tour guide, who will be holding a lantern. Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour’s departure time.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Pushchair accessible
    • Service animals allowed
    • Near public transportation
    • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
    • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
    If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 51468P1

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not recommended for travellers with back problems
    • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
    • Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travellers

    • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

    If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 51468P1

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    • Washington Square N, New York, NY, USA
      Tours begin in Washington Square Park, under the Washington Square Park Arch, at Washington Square North, New York, NY 10012. Look for your tour guide, who will be holding a lantern. Please arrive 15 minutes before your tour’s departure time.
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    About the operator
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    • New York Ghost Tours
      4.6 of 5 bubbles154
      United States
      Joined in October 2015
    • valeriecF4771YY
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Greenwich Village is So Spooky
      The tour was an excellent combination of interesting history and spooky stories. I especially liked stopping at Washington Square Park and later hearing about the girl in the blue dress! Our guide Emilia was AWESOME! I really recommend :)
      Written 8 October 2024
    • steniof193
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Thumbs up!
      Positive experience, guide was professional and on time, lots of interesting stories. Personally I would prefer less historical accuracy and more ghost stories, but there were plenty of haunting tales and now when I go to the area I can show off my knowledge to friends :-)
      Written 28 September 2024
    • K2915FOshannonw
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Must have experience in the city!!
      Jules was such an amazing tour guide. I went with my best friend and she is a medium in training, and she was able to sense/see so many spirits! Our tour guide was so patient and knowledgeable, and the extended tour guide was absolutely worth it!!
      Written 24 August 2024
    • biminiw2024
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Spooky boozy fun
      This is SUCH a fun way to spend a night with friends- an educational and entertaining way to go drinking. I learned a lot of fascinating spooky history, and our tour guide Becca was so charming and funny. She made everyone feel welcome and made an effort to make sure everyone was included. Great tour!
      Written 29 July 2024
    • J8875VQmelissas
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Boos and Booze - Highly Recommend!
      We had such a great time on this tour! We were lucky enough to be the only 2 on the tour, so we really got to know our guide well. Becca was so knowledgeable about the ghost stories, but also about the City as a whole! We loved the wide range of ghost stories and the unique bar stops through such a fun part of the City!
      Written 13 June 2024
    • darellano18
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Don’t miss out on this tour!
      My husband and I always do a ghost tour in every city we visit and NYGhost and Marcus did not disappoint! We were greeted by Marcus and pleasantly surprised to hear we were the only attendees who showed (due to the weather being cold and rainy). Marcus was extremely informative, entertaining and kind. He shared so many experiences, stories and history from all around the village that we actually felt like we learned something after the tour had ended.
      Written 2 December 2023
    • C948IFjeank
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great Tour
      Great NYC history and select famous homes like EA Poe . Loved the areas shown to us…..Good presentation………………………………..
      Written 4 October 2023
    • Daydream304695
      0 contributions
      4.0 of 5 bubbles
      Bride had a great time!!
      Tour guide was informative and was kind enough to wait on us as the traffic was ridiculous and made us late
      Written 12 July 2023
    • I6384TJdavidn
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great tour
      Marcus was great and very informative. You will enjoy it. We came late but was very accommodating. Great!
      Written 1 April 2023
    • Reidf97
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fun tour with a friendly guide!
      John was great! We did a tour with only two of us and had a blast. He was very friendly knowledgeable about the area and kept the tour very interesting. The stories told were spooky with background history of the city. Really cool to walk through the Greenwich area on foot and learn the history. Would definitely go again when in NYC.
      Written 31 January 2023
    • jordaneM740ED
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great tour
      Sarah was an excellent guide. The tour was an easy walk and very interesting. Will recommend to others.
      Written 12 November 2022
    • hjm1265
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Fun with ghosts
      Lots of fun and really informative. Our guide was very knowledgeable and fun. If you like NYC history with some spooky additions book a tour!
      Written 24 October 2022
    • marymR5942SS
      0 contributions
      1.0 of 5 bubbles
      Bad, no guide showed
      Booked, arrived early and NO TOUR GUIDE SHOWED!!! WTF. Save your money. Could not even contact the tour company, what a pain in the butt.
      Written 18 March 2022
    • amydodson
      0 contributions
      5.0 of 5 bubbles
      Great fun
      I’ve been on several tours like this and have learned so much about this history of whatever city I’m in. This NYC tour was equal parts informative history and great fun! A unique and relaxing way to spend a couple of hours. Hannah was a great guide; she has a quick wit and charm...and no corny jokes. You won’t regret this tour!
      Written 24 April 2021
    • GenioAzul
      0 contributions
      2.0 of 5 bubbles
      Stressing and non enjoyable experience... and not because of ghosts.
      The guide seemed to be in a hurry since minute one so the group was following her almost running all around Greenwich Village. She was explaining even while walking (and crossing the streets) so the people behind couldn't even listen to her stories. She knows what she talks about and once you stop in front of a building you receive a quick explanation about why the stop there. Zero ambiance, adequate attitude or feeling of staying in spooky or even interesting places as all the time you feel like running (and I am in good shape) and that she wants to finish as soon as possible and leave you there. It is a pity as the zone seems interesting with good places and stories and with a good guide it must be a good experience. On the other hand you can pay 10 dollars more to have an "extra" 30 minutes that consists basically in one place more a couple of blocks from the finishing point. That finally tastes cheap. I have done ghosts tours around the world and they were way far better experiences (even the mediocre ones). They should better prepare the guides to help customers get in the "ghosts mood", if they are in a hurry or they don't care at all about the job they are doing show them to pretend they are enjoying the experience. Better visit less places and let people feel or imagine something but above all don't underestimate good will in customers or the value of their money.
      Written 22 July 2019
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    4.6 of 5 bubbles112 reviews
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    Natalie P
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Sept 2024 • Couples
    It was a great experience. Trevor was super knowledgeable, genuine, and entertaining. He did a great job sharing the history of New York and also keeping us entertained with the ghost stories. It was both a fun spooky evening and educational. There is certainly something in this tour for everyone. My fiancé and I had a wonderful time. Thanks for a wonderful evening Trevor!
    Written 24 September 2024
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    Tink1077
    Brisbane, Australia47 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2022 • Solo
    I did this tour in October. it was spectacular. I had so much fun. Our guide John was very knowledgeable for such a young fella, and he was very entertaining. The stops on the tour were just great, so full of history and the macabre, and I'm so glad I went the extra mile and upgraded for the 4 additional stops, because I got to see a bucket list item of mine, the Triangle Shirtwaist factory location. John was very patient with all my questions, and the group was a max of 20 so it made it pleasant to travel as a pack. I was the only one who paid for the EMF reader, so it was fun being the designated lookout for paranormal activity, which there sure was plenty of! The Poe house location was a hotbed of EMF readings and I experienced physical sensations at the location as well, spooky considering this was a stop on the extended tour and there were only 4 of us including the guide, so none of them touched me! This was a really fun way to spend an evening if you've never been to NYC before (Im an Australian, so its not an easy quick trip to make regularly), or even if you're a resident and never knew the long history ofanhattan (Washington Square park alone has a long sad and messy tale!). Shout out to John who was just a gem, thanks for making my short trip to the USA a fun one!
    Written 21 November 2022
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    Missy
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Apr 2023
    I absolutely loved my tour host Marcus ("rhymes with Carcass") who was funny, educational, entertaining, accommodating. He had so many great stories about the downtown area and was helpful in getting directions and a sense of the area in the times long before. Would highly recommend you ask for him and giving him a shoutout here in case he is ever reading this. Thank you for being a great host!
    Written 2 May 2023
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    Ben W
    Leeds3 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mar 2025 • Couples
    A great little tour. We booked for Sunday so weren’t surprised that we were the only folks in attendance. The host ‘Marcus Carcass’ was great and explained that he’d maybe be a little less theatrical than usual with it just being the two of us and make it more conversational. It was a great tour and he had many facts and we also had some chats around the different phenomena and locations on the way round.
    Some of the stories were more ghost related than others but all interesting and there was one story involving the Jefferson Market Library which was a particular ‘spine tingler’!
    Written 10 March 2025
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    Ibrahim A
    3 contributions
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    Feb 2023 • Solo
    I was at the meeting point 20 mins before the supposed meeting time but the tour guide wasn’t there. when I called the company firstly they said that the tour guide didn’t make it and that they are going to refund but after a couple of minutes they were like the tour guide was there so we’re not going to refund you. BTW I called them several hours before I was there to confirm that there are other people coming and they confirmed that there were 4,which was also a lie because no one was there for the tour.
    Written 10 February 2023
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    Chris L
    Bend, OR12 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2024 • Couples
    Really fun tour! Our guide Marlina was highly engaging, humorous, and knowledgeable! The tour moved at a great pace and stopped at several cool spots around the Village! The small group size kept it perfectly intimate. A nice and festive way to end our October NYC visit!
    Written 28 October 2024
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    Denise C
    Harborcreek, PA163 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    While Marcus was a great guide the tour was not small as promised (no more than 20). Upon arrival, there were 2 tour guides as there were way too many people, and it was made apparent that everyone got the extended tour, even if it was not paid for by everyone. There was more than 30 people on our tour even after the split
    and it was more of a history tour than a ghost tour. I have been on ghost tours all over the country and while I had high expectations, I was disappointed.
    Written 30 October 2022
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    Abby G
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2024 • Solo
    I loved this tour!! I’ve lived in New York for the last 8 years, and I learned so much about the city that I love. My tour guide, Marlina, was incredibly knowledgeable and funny. She made the time go by quickly and the dark details very interesting. I highly recommend for anyone wanting to see a different side of NYC!
    Written 28 October 2024
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    Natalie R
    1 contribution
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    May 2024 • Solo
    Jules was our guide, with Marcus her mentor accompanying. They were both very fun and passionate about New York ghosts and their histories. We had a great scenic and walkable route through Greenwich Village, and the stops were diverse in their array and scope of hauntings. Also, A+ to Jules's witch hat!
    Written 7 June 2024
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    Nicole
    4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Oct 2021 • Couples
    Alec was such an amazing guide! We had so much fun with him walking around the village and learning about spooky things, right around Halloween. He was funny and knowledgeable. He also hung around afterwards to offer recommendations to people! Finally, I really appreciated that he called me personally when we were running 3 minutes late, to let us know where they were. It was very helpful. Great tour with a great guide (Alec)!
    Written 5 October 2021
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    We love your feedback! Alec is an amazing guide and storyteller! Thank you for sharing your experience. We hope you’ll check out one of our other locations and tour experiences in over 35 cities or an overnight stay at usghostadventures.com ! Have a good one!
    Written 29 October 2021
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