New York Contrasts and Gospel Mass Tour in Harlem

West 49th Street 325, New York, 10019

NYC 4-Borough Cultural Tour! See Harlem (Gospel Mass/Apollo), Bronx (Yankee Stadium), Queens (Unisphere), and Brooklyn (Williamsburg).

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Duration 6 hours

Duration supplied by the experience provider.

Languages

English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Group size

1–13 travelers

Full description

This comparative tour of Harlem, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn lets you discover New York’s real ethnic and cultural diversity. We started on the West Side Highway looking at the Intrepid, the Trump Buildings and the Hudson River. In Harlem we will visit the exteriors of the Cotton Club and the legendary Apollo Theater, Columbia University, the picturesque neighborhood homes and the historic Mother Hale home. We will also see the tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant before entering a Baptist temple to live an authentic gospel Mass. In the Bronx we will visit the steps of the Joker, Yankee Stadium outside, Civil and Criminal Court, Big Pun mural and I Love The Bronx graffiti. Cross the Bronx Whitestone Bridge to Queens to see Malba, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, CitiField, the US Open and the Unisphere. In Brooklyn we will visit Williamsburg home to the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community and finish near the Manhattan Bridge or Mulberry Street Chinatown

Itinerary

This tour begins by heading to the west side highway - Manhattan's western sector, where you can see the Intrepid and the Trump Building complex, plus the Hudson River, which separates the states of New York and New Jersey.

We will visit the exteriors of the cotton club, famous for being the scene of great jazz and blues artists

We will visit the exteriors of the legendary Apollo theater, musical stage where stars such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson five and Celia Cruz debuted.

We will continue the tour seeing Columbia University.

We will walk through the picturesque houses of Harlem knowing their history very closely to understand how this neighborhood went from austerity to poverty approaching the famous house of Doña Clara McBride Hale, known as Mother Hale.

We will move to the grave of General Ulysses S. Grant

Then enter one of the Baptist temples, where you can enjoy the traditional gospel Mass with its chants and customs.

Continuing to Northeast Manhattan, we will reach the Bronx borough, where our next stop will be the Joker's Stairs.

Then we arrive in the Bronx borough where our first stop will be at Yankee Stadium, baseball temple.

Then we'll go through civil court, courthouses and criminal court in the Bronx.

Our next stop will be the Big Pun mural.

We continue with the famous graffiti I Love The Bronx. Saying goodbye to the county of salsa, meringue and bachata, we will observe the graffiti of Amadou Diallo, Jonathan and / or Yadira.

Cross the Bronx Whitestone Bridge into the borough of Queens

We will observe the residential area of Malba.

Following our tour, we will appreciate from the vehicle the printing press of the most important rotary in the United States

We will pass the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where the Mets stadium is also called CITIFIELD, the US Open national tennis center

Until you reach the next point of visit that will be the stainless steel globe (unisphere) where you can take unforgettable photos, scene of the movies “men in black, captain america, tomorrow land”

Then we will head to brooklyn County to visit the famous Williamsburg neighborhood where the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, known as the largest outside Israel, resides.

Option 1: Stay near the Manhattan Bridge, to cross the famous Brooklyn Bridge on your own.

Option 2: End at Mulberry St., in Chinatown, from where you can walk through the area or visit nearby sectors such as Little Italy, SoHo or Greenwich Village, among others.

What’s included

Included

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • WiFi on board

Not included

  • Meals
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Gratuities

Important information

Meeting point

West 49th Street 325, New York, 10019

Don’t forget

Not suitable for petsInfants must not sit on lapsNot wheelchair accessibleWheelchair accessible

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation if cancelled more than 24 hours before start. 100% charge if cancelled within 24 hours of start.

Your host

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Verified Local Host

With GetExperience since 2026

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