Public Tour Schedule

Astor Place; Old New York
Saturdays @ 2:00pm

City Hall to Brooklyn Bridge
Mondays @ 2:00pm

East Village History
Fridays @ 2:00pm

Five Points / Chinatown
Sundays @ 2:00pm

Gangsters, Murderers & Weirdos
Tues & Sat @ 11:00am

Riots, Protests & Rebellion
Thursdays @ 11:00am

Sacred Spaces
Thursdays @ 3:30pm

Women Movers & Shakers
Wednesdays @ 11:00am

Project Newsletter


Get the latest updates
with our monthly newsletter


Your contributions and sponsorship help us keep our research, this website, our free walking tours and literature going and growing.

donate
Support EVHP
NYC's East Village is famously known as the counter-culture capital of the world and center of radical arts and activism in America; Though, as part of the greater Lower East Side, it is one of the most historic neighborhoods in the country...
T R I V I A  N I G H T Our Partners & Friends

East Village Trivia Night!

 

east village trivia nightTuesday, December 23 2008
6:45pm (sharp if you want to participate)-8:30pm
$6 min. donation (this is a EVHP fund raiser)

The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ E.1st street
F train to 2nd Ave, 6 to Bleecker
212-614-0505
bowerypoetry.com
download flyer (.pdf)

 

Have fun, meet new people, and test your East Village/Lower East Side knowledge with members of the East Village History Project and other neighborhood know-it-alls.

Events will include a Jeopardy-style Q&A, a speed round, and a "stump the panel" segment.

Subjects will include history, architecture, pop culture, and more.

Compete for prizes, bragging rites, and a spot in the EVHP online Hall of Fame.

PRESENTED BY:

east village history project
FAB
AskaNewYorker.com
EV History Project
Fourth Arts Block
Ask a New Yorker

 

SPONSORS & PRIZES BY:


  Venieros Pastry  
bag
divalicious
 Smac
female awareness
TFNC
GANYC
718
sports museum		  
 
 

 

Upcoming
  • 101 AVENUE A
    January 13, 6:45pm
    A discussion about community landmarking efforts in support of this historic building

Welcome to the East Village!

Interactive Google map with local landmarks and points of interest.

A brief history of the East Village, Lower East Side, and New York City.

From Native Americans and Dutch settlers to modern day gentrification.

Free East Village / Lower East Side guided tours by the EVHP.

Other Stuff

ask a ny tour guide Check out EVHP founder Eric Ferrara's new interactive column, Ask a NY Tour Guide gangs of the lower east side Trace the steps of NYC's most notorious gangsters, an EVHP project: Gangs of the Lower East Side save the lower east side Get the inside scoop on local politics in EVHP co-founder, Rob Hollander's, Save The Lower East Side