Jane's Walk Weekend is Back--and Bigger than Ever

Municipal Art Society Hosts 250+ Free Walking Tours Across NYC, An Annual Tribute to Urbanish Jane Jacobs

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Apr 27, 2016, 08:00 ET

NEW YORK, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On May 6-8, thousands of New Yorkers will walk the city's streets for the 100^th birthday of urban activist Jane Jacobs. Jane's Walk NYC, hosted by The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS), is an annual weekend-long celebration featuring 250+ free "walking conversations" throughout the five boroughs, led by urban enthusiasts and local experts who care deeply about their neighborhoods.

All of the MAS-sponsored walks combine the simple act of exploring neighborhoods with personal observations, local history, and civic engagement. A typical walk is 90 minutes and is free and open to the public.

The full list of tours is available online at http://janeswalk.org/united-states/new-york-city-ny/, including:

Raise a pint to 200 years of brewing history in Bushwick
As Lin-Manuel croons, "It's quiet uptown!" Visit Alexander Hamilton's home and imagine West 141^st Street when it was still a meadow
From Tammany Hall to Zuccotti Park, join A People's History of Wall Street
Arepas, bahn mi, and bubble tea by the light of the moon: Tour New York's foodiest borough at the Queens Night Market
Spend the Day with the Roosevelts: Roosevelt House and Four Freedoms Park
The Hills are Alive! Get a sneak peek at the newest section of Governor's Island and catch a glimpse of the New York harbor from 70 feet in the air [*limited capacity]
Six new acres are coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2017—come on an exclusive hard hat tour of the Pier 5 uplands
Hike through century-old trees in Manhattan's only surviving primordial forest
Grab a map from 1667 and walk the surviving streets of Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam
Get an insider's glimpse at the renovations of St. Patrick's Cathedral, a New York City landmark
Join "Jane Jacobs" (WNYC's Jim O'Grady) and her nemesis "Robert Moses" (WNYC's Brooke Gladstone) for a walking debate through Park Slope
Cigars, cannoli, cappuccino, and more—tour Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, the real Little Italy
Meet a few of your NYC neighbors—the northern pipefish, blackfish, and oyster toad fish—on an ecology tour of the Hudson River
Walk in the footsteps of Nos Quedamos ("We Stay"), the South Bronx activists who beat back a 1990s urban renewal campaign to raze the neighborhood