Witches of Old New York Fortune tellers, mystics, and clairvoyants populate this bewitching walking tour Join the ‘Witches of Old New York’ walking tour to explore the dime-museum magic and front-parlor palmistry that flourished in the Lower East Side from the mid 19th to early 20th century. Fortune tellers, mystics, and clairvoyants populate this bewitching walking tour of one of Manhattan’s most diverse neighborhoods. Often immigrants and housewives, these outsider entrepreneurs supported themselves by means of astrology, spiritual readings, tarot, and palmistry; some were serious about their occult learning, others were simply trying to augment their income. We’ll visit the locations where they lived and worked, and learn about the Jewish mystic whose funeral was attended by a crowd of 10,000 people, an African American occultist living in the Five Points in the 1850s (who was New Age way ahead of his time), an infamous guide to the city’s fortune tellers written in 1858 called “The Witches of New York” (many of whom resided on Broome Street!) and the strange fate that befell its author, plus much more! Note: This tour operates during the months of May through June, and then again from September to November. Folklore, Holidays, Myths Tour at a Glance History Tours, Manhattan, Specialty Tours Start Location: Sara D. Roosevelt Park, at the intersection of Forsyth and Rivington Sts. End Location: Approximately a 15-minute walk from the starting point Tour Duration: 2 hours Tour Run Dates: September - October Important Information Adults $40 Not currently open for booking, check back soon! Important Information WHAT TO BRING Comfortable shoes Weather-appropriate clothing Cash (or your preferred app, i.e. Venmo) if you want to tip your guide WHAT NOT TO BRING Pets Drugs and/or alcohol Film/photography/recording equipment without prior permission KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Tours run rain or shine, so dress appropriately for the weather! (See our advice here) Wear comfortable shoes! Most of our tours are at least a mile in length. In the event of extreme or severe weather conditions, this tour may be amended or postponed; if postponed you will be given a rain check to take another tour at your convenience. There are no bathroom breaks or rest stops on the tour. Tours start on time, so please try to get to the meeting point 15 minutes early to give yourself time to check in and get comfortable before the tour starts. You may also like: Book Now Brooklyn | October Haunted Brooklyn Heights Where genteel brownstones belie subterranean horrors Uncover the chilling secrets of Brooklyn Heights on our Haunted Brooklyn Heights Tour. Take a… Where genteel brownstones belie subterranean… Book Now Manhattan | October West Village Ghosts: Weird Tales From Out of the Past These labyrinthine streets weave a ghostly spell West Village Ghosts, this wonderfully weird walking tour, picks up where our Ultimate… These labyrinthine streets weave a… Book Now Queens | October Haunting Histories and Legends of Astoria Unsettling tales of this neighborhood’s grim and ghostly past Astoria is a pleasant, bustling, vibrant neighborhood — but it also… Unsettling tales of this neighborhood’s… Book Now Manhattan | October Death and the City: Mortality and Mourning in Old New York The story of a city can be told through its dead. New York City’s history, infrastructure, growth, and development… The story of a city…