Chinatown, Little Italy & the Lower East Side – History and Food

Stroll through Chinatown and sample dumplings.(30 min)

Columbus Park formerly known as Mulberry Bend Park, Five Points Park and Paradise Park, is a public park in Chinatown, Manhattan, in New York City that was built in 1897(15 min)

One of the oldest streets in Chinatown dating back to the Dutch period. Site of famous Tong wars.(10 min)

This is the original St. Patrick’s Church located in Little Italy. We’ll stop in and see this magnificent Basilica.(10 min)

See the oldest candy store in Manhattan. You may get to see candy you ate in your childhood.(10 min)

It was estimated that during the heyday of Jewish immigration (1880-1924) over 60 pickle stores existed. This is one of the few that still remain.(10 min)

Learn the history of markets like this once were created and see a modern marketplace today. This is the ending point for the tour. The tour will end by the subway station (F, M, J) on the South East Corner.(15 min)

This is the location near the collect pond during the Dutch time. It later became the site of the famous Irish gangs such as the Bowery Boys and the Bad Rabbits. Today, the park is a tranquil area in Chinatown(10 min)

The oldest brick house in Manhattan which dates back to the late 18th century.(10 min)

Once the most densely populated areas of the world, tenements were built to house the masses of immigrants.(30 min)

One of the oldest in Chinatown that has services in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin(10 min)

Learn the history of the famous NYC neighborhood and sample pizza.(20 min)