From NYC: Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Guided Walking Tour with Bus Transportation

Explore Manhattan, Dyker Heights, and iconic NYC Christmas trees on a guided walking tour with heated coach transportation.

Getting started

Meet your licensed NYC sightseeing guide on West 32nd Street, directly behind the Horace Greeley statue between Broadway and Sixth Avenue. Have your booking confirmation ready as you check in and join your group. After introductions and a brief overview of the route, you set off to board the heated coach that will take you from Manhattan to Brooklyn.

What to expect

Dyker Heights

The centerpiece of the experience is Dyker Heights in Brooklyn, known for its elaborate seasonal decor. You spend time here on foot, moving from block to block.

Features

• A guided Dyker Heights walk with holiday stops is included, with your guide leading you along residential streets and pausing at key corners for you to look around and take photos.

• Decorated homes and Christmas light displays are viewed up close during this walking section, so you can see house-front installations, yards filled with lights, and themed decorations as you move between the holiday stops.

• Commentary from your expert NYC sightseeing guide continues along the route, adding context to the Dyker Heights traditions while you explore on foot as part of the walking tour.

Washington Square Park

You return to Manhattan by coach and visit Washington Square Park as the evening continues. The square and its centerpiece arch provide a contrasting setting to Brooklyn’s residential streets.

Features

• The walking tour includes a stop at Washington Square Park, where you'll see the Christmas tree framed by the arch and the surrounding city lights.

• Your guide provides on-the-spot commentary here, pointing out the park’s seasonal focal point and how it fits into the night’s series of holiday displays across different New York neighborhoods.

Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

The final stop is in Midtown Manhattan at Rockefeller Center, where the tour concludes. You arrive on foot after leaving the coach for the last time earlier in the evening.

Features

• The walking tour, including Brooklyn Bridge Park, Washington Square Park and the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree culminates here, where you finish at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and can spend time viewing and photographing it.

• This final section is still guided, with your professional guide present as you reach Rockefeller Center, so you can ask last questions and orient yourself around the plaza before the guided portion fully ends.