New York · STREET ART
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 5 street art tours worth the money, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Meet your English-speaking guide at Wyckoff-Starr Coffee Shop and spend two hours exploring Bushwick’s changing street-art scene. Learn about local and international artists, mural techniques, graffiti culture, and neighborhood history while seeing major works around the Bushwick Collective.
“Nick was passionate, professional, creative. It was a great tour”
Walk Bushwick’s famous mural district with an artist guide, often Audrey, and learn how graffiti and street art developed. In 90 minutes, you’ll see more than 20 painted warehouses, hear stories about artists including Jason Naylor and Icy and Sot, and cover only a few compact blocks.
“A fantastic tour. Our guide, she was superb! Really knowledgeable with a great sense of humour. Highly recommended”
Walk Bushwick with a local guide and study murals, tags, stencils, wheatpaste, trucks, and street signs. Guides such as Nick, Caty, Jeff, and Slava have explained artist styles, the Bushwick Collective, and neighborhood change. The two-hour route begins at 30 Wyckoff Ave and ends near the meeting point.
“Amazing experience - knowledgeable guide and interesting tour. The weather wasn’t great and it was raining but it was still worth it.”
Spend 90 minutes walking Bushwick with a working street artist and a group of no more than 10 people. Starting at 282 Meserole Street, you’ll see more than 50 Bushwick Collective murals and learn about artists, techniques, local culture, and New York’s graffiti story. The tour runs in English and returns to its starting point.
“Informative and fun walking tour! We learned about the different types of street art and saw beautiful graffiti projects”
Walk through Bushwick’s open-air street art scene and Williamsburg’s cafés, vintage shops, and creative corners with a French guide such as Fred, Guillaume, Elsa, or Aymeric. This 3.5-hour tour ends near Bedford Avenue and includes a subway transfer between neighborhoods.
“Many thanks to the entire New York City team in French for the wonderful tour of East Williamsburg accompanied by an exciting street art workshop. We had a unique and creative experience with Guillaume, our guide, whose pasRead moreAuto-translated”
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