Isle Of New York Tours, LLC

Isle Of New York Tours, LLC Private walking tours of NYC! Parks
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Liberty Explore New York City by bridge and boat!

Our name is our niche, offering you a new kind of tour of New York City–a city of islands. We offer the same standard walking tours as hundreds of other New York City guides, but Isle of New York goes beyond the basics by specializing in tours going from Island to Island via bridges and boats! See New York from a totally new perspective.

It's Alexander Hamilton's birthday!I conducted my 'Hamiltour' yesterday, guiding grandparents from Michigan and their gr...
01/11/2025

It's Alexander Hamilton's birthday!
I conducted my 'Hamiltour' yesterday, guiding grandparents from Michigan and their granddaughter, who's a big Hamilton fan. We visited Federal Hall, Wall Street, Bowling Green, Evacuation Day Plaza and other sites associated with Hamilton's career in the military and politics.
They bought flowers (imported from Holland, fittingly for Nieuw Amsterdam) and laid them at the graves of Alexander Hamilton, his wife Eliza, and her sister Angelina, who is buried on the other side of the cemetery with her upstate Schuyler and Livingston relatives.
Today's photos are from Trinity graveyard in lower Manhattan, and the Hamilton Grange, a farmhouse constructed for Hamilton on his up-island land in Harlem, two years before his death. The group photo is in Chinatown, where we had lunch after the long walk.

Upper Manhattan offers a 20-mile view up - not down - the Hudson. The first photo is the Tappan Zee Bridge, 12 miles nor...
01/09/2025

Upper Manhattan offers a 20-mile view up - not down - the Hudson. The first photo is the Tappan Zee Bridge, 12 miles north of Manhattan's northern tip.

This island is shaped sort of like your right foot. Battery Park is at the heel. This end would be a very long big toe.

To continue this analogy, Sugar Hill, in Harlem and Washington Heights, is like the foot's arch that blocks views to the south. Even the tallest skyscrapers can't be seen from here. We see the majestic cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades, Riverdale and University Heights in The Bronx, instead.

Of course you should see all that downtown has to offer. When you want the rest of Manhattan, see me. Write me at [email protected].

Congestion pricing started today. Some thoughts: It really only costs me an extra three bucks.I'd been thinking that a d...
01/05/2025

Congestion pricing started today. Some thoughts:

It really only costs me an extra three bucks.
I'd been thinking that a drive down from beautiful uptown Manhattan would run me nine bucks. But someone pointed out that subway fare down and back would be $5.80. So I don't mind paying an extra $3.20 for the speed, privacy and safety - except from other drivers - that I get by driving. Also, my car has better heat than the subway. Smells better too! A little.

If you can vote on my city, I can vote on yours.
People on Long Island and in New Jersey who don't like NYC feel that they should have a voice in this discussion. I feel the same. And, mutually, that New Yorkers should decide on Ocean County NJ teacher pay. And whether to lower the speed limit in Smithtown.
No I don't. If they don't live here, they can sue. Nine suits have been shot down in 2024. Now either drive or take the train. Stop complaining.

Whose pollution is it, anyway?
Governor Murphy of New Jersey stated that Manhattan's famous pollution would be sent over to NJ. What he won't admit is that it's never been our pollution at all. It comes from 975,000 cars from Jersey that come here every morning. They should STAY in Jersey and pollute their own air instead of ours.

As crashes decrease, so might insurance costs.
Someday my insurance policy for doing walking tours might cost less, if car crashes in NYC begin to decrease. It's been proven that 34% of NYC crashes include out-of-state cars. It would be stupid to say that there's about to be a 34% decline in crashes, but think of the cost savings (hospitalization, car repair, property repair) a mere 10% decrease would bring. People's life savings sometimes are lost to hospitalization. And/or they're permanently injured and can't make a productive living anymore.

It will get safer to bike.
I love biking. The most dangerous thing about biking is cars. The fewer cars in a given area:
• the less stress on every other driver
• the more drivers can plan moves second by second
• the fewer cars are parked in bike lanes
• the less double parking, which is a biking hazard
• the safer it is for biking overall.

Out-of-state commuters aren't poor.
Arguments have been made that impoverished drivers are gonna suffer. In my driving experience, the majority of vehicles coming out of the tunnels are BMWs, Mercedes and Range Rovers, not 1998 Fords. It's a false argument, made by the same people who point out subway murders as bogus proof that the subways aren't safe.

Congestion pricing will help tourists.
Even if only 5% fewer drivers come into Manhattan, the other 95% are going to help fund the MTA. That's going to help immensely because, for years, tourists have borne the worst that the subways offer.
Repairs are done on weekends. Most visitors are here on weekends. The Subways suck on weekends (see '52% poor' screenshot). The trains are rerouted AND delayed at the same time. All while tourists are trying to figure out the system for their first time.
Maybe, MAYBE, in a few years, tourists will be able to step on the train for the first time in their lives and not have it rerouted.

Fingers crossed.

For those traveling to New York City with kids, this code leads you to Complete Playground, down on Broad Street in the ...
12/27/2024

For those traveling to New York City with kids, this code leads you to Complete Playground, down on Broad Street in the financial district. They gave me a tour of this indoor playground, and it's very impressive.

12/27/2024

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If you are in the Bryant Park holiday market / Christmas village, get out right now!
12/27/2024

If you are in the Bryant Park holiday market / Christmas village, get out right now!

We all love Christmas windows because of the deep New York City details that are hidden within them.This current window...
12/26/2024

We all love Christmas windows because of the deep New York City details that are hidden within them.
This current window features an item that can be found in New York City, and which has to do with the Broadway musical Man Of La Mancha.

Which is it?
Why?

12/24/2024

Merry Christmahaanzakwanivus!

This discount for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular [photo] came with my groceries. Maybe it'll work for you too!Ask ...
12/12/2024

This discount for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular [photo] came with my groceries. Maybe it'll work for you too!

Ask me about specialized walking tours up and down Manhattan island, the Brooklyn Bridge, and parts of Brooklyn. [email protected]

Today's customers from Ireland taking selfies in front of the 'pigeon lady arch' from Home Alone 2
12/09/2024

Today's customers from Ireland taking selfies in front of the 'pigeon lady arch' from Home Alone 2

12/07/2024

I love my work, which is walking around the city telling stories of our history, food, culture, architecture, to people from around the world.

Here's the story of those tunnels in Central Park.
The park was built before either the electric light or car were invented. How do you design a park to keep people safe from being run over by a carriage without headlights at night?

It's hard to believe that someone would put this up. And even harder to believe that 238 people would love it.
12/06/2024

It's hard to believe that someone would put this up. And even harder to believe that 238 people would love it.

12/06/2024

The couple kissing at the very end make it magical.
Midtown christmas decorations!

According to this map of Manhattan, there's nothing worth seeing in Upper Manhattan. I beg to differ. Please enlarge the...
12/03/2024

According to this map of Manhattan, there's nothing worth seeing in Upper Manhattan. I beg to differ. Please enlarge these collages to see how beautiful Uptown is!

A 2020s reinterpretation of 1930 relief sculptures that overlook Bryant Park!
12/02/2024

A 2020s reinterpretation of 1930 relief sculptures that overlook Bryant Park!

You are out of town, visiting an unfamiliar city for the first time. A sign in a shop window beckons, "90% OFF. STORE CL...
11/22/2024

You are out of town, visiting an unfamiliar city for the first time. A sign in a shop window beckons, "90% OFF. STORE CLOSING."

Do you step inside? Or have you hired a tour guide who alerts you to scams like this?

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of touring with a young Hamilton fan and her grandparents, from Michigan. We did Manhattan in 8 hours: • Financial District • Hamilton's haunts • Chinatown • Five Points • Midtown • September 11 Memorials • and topped it off with a walk in Central Park! You can have all this when you hire me for a full day! Email [email protected]

Rockefeller Center went up in the 1930s, when there was still a British Empire. Rockefeller honored Britain by naming this building after the empire, and putting the nice touch of a symbol of Britain over the side door. Rockefeller Center spans three blocks with two 'nation' buildings on each block. Starting from 51st Street, the International Building, then the statue of Atlas, and then the Italia Building. From 50th to 49th, British Empire Building, followed by la Maison Francais. In between them, the famous sloping garden which leads down to the ice skating rink was dubbed Channel Gardens for the English Channel. And between 49th and 48th streets, the Switzerland and the American buildings. The Swiss building stands out from the others by being faced in greenish Swiss marble, rather than the Bedford Indiana limestone of all the other buildings.

Gorgeous Heels Of Carrie Bradshaw, from a 2023 pop-up on Sex And The City. #Louboutin #Blahnik #Westwood #Jourdan #Koizumi #Pucci #IONY #Dior #Saval

I love my work, which is walking around the city telling stories of our history, food, culture, architecture, to people from around the world. Here's the story of those tunnels in Central Park. The park was built before either the electric light or car were invented. How do you design a park to keep people safe from being run over by a carriage without headlights at night?

I love my work, which is walking around the city telling stories of our history, food, culture, architecture, to people from around the world. Here's the story of those tunnels in Central Park. The park was built before either the electric light or car were invented. How did they design a park to keep people safe from being run over by a carriage without headlights at night?

The couple kissing at the very end make it magical. Midtown christmas decorations!

A Christmas store down the block from the Empire State Building. ME TO MANAGER: Kese ho? MANAGER: Tik ho! Welcome!

Illegal vendors back on the Brooklyn Bridge
Illegal vendors back on the Brooklyn Bridge

A few days after the Brooklyn Bridge first opened in 1883, a deadly stampede occurred after someone screamed. 12 were killed; many were injured. The Guides Association of New York, with that history in mind, convinced city government that allowing dozens, perhaps hundreds of vendors, to take up precious walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge was a possible recipe for a repeat of the stampede. They were permanently removed last January. Or so it was thought. A few went back up there after their eviction. Now their numbers have grown, and the walkway is again narrowing due to hundreds of Chinese souvenirs being placed in the way. Vendors must leave the Bridge, for the safety of those who walk it.

Central Park standing locations for the Thanksgiving Day Parade! [email protected] specialties: #Architecture Walking Bridges: Brooklyn Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and High Bridge American Museum of Natural History Manhattan's oldest history Greenwich Village: Sex & The City & Mrs Maisel Colonial Dutch and colonial British history The revolution and early United States (Hamilton) South Street Seaport The Financial District Black history of 18th-19th century NYC Central Park, Fort Tryon Park, High Bridge Park, Inwood Hill Park and the Hudson River Greenway Midtown buildings Land use and urban planning Chinatown and shopping there #Washington Heights #Inwood: the top of Manhattan #tour #tours #iony #touring #tourists #travel #NYC #NewYorkCity #NewYork #Manhattan #StatueOfLiberty #CentralPark #GreenwichVillage #WorldTradeCenter #FinancialDistrict #experience

Northern Manhattan is dotted with beautiful parks. This video is one of the many fantastic vistas you'll see on our walking tour of Fort Tryon Park. Tours are offered on Saturdays at 10 AM. Messenger this account or email [email protected]

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