Tours

New York City’s original walking tour program

Led by expert guides with deep knowledge of New York City architecture, art, urban history, preservation, neighborhoods and street life, the MAS Tours Program has been bringing eyes on the street since 1956. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. 

Duration: Tours last about two hours.

Weather: With rare exception, all tours proceed rain or shine, and all sales are final.

Refunds/Exchanges: There are no refunds, cancellations, or exchanges, unless we cancel a tour.

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Grand Central Terminal Official Guided Tour
Every day at 12:30 PM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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main floor at Grand Central Terminal
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Chelsea Art Deco
with Matt Postal
Thursday, July 25 at 6:00 PM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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entrance to an art deco building in Chelsea
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Astoria Village
with Bob Singleton
Saturday, July 27 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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archival photo of street in Old Astoria Village
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Art Deco Upper-Upper West Side
with Anthony W. Robins
Sunday, July 28 at 10:30 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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artwork on the exterior of 2624 Broadway, a former theater in Midtown
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Transforming the Elevated: Astoria
with Yaling Chen, Deputy Director MTA Arts & Design
Saturday, August 3 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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subway mural at 36 Avenue station in Astoria
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Al Smith’s New York
with Stephen Eide
Saturday, August 3 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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archival photo of buildings on Oliver Street
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Art Deco Upper East Side
with Anthony W. Robins
Sunday, August 4 at 10:30 AM
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handsome arched window detail on 240 East 79th Street in Manhattan
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Duane and Reade (and Thomas)
with Francis Morrone
Sunday, August 4 at 2:00 PM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
archival photo of warehouses on Reade Street Sold Out
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East Village/Lower East Side Historic District
with Laurence Frommer
Wednesday, August 7 at 6:00 PM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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murals painted in building wall in the East Village
guide leads a tour group and holds a Municipal Art Society of New York sign

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Shaping Our City: To Queens! Long Island City and Sunnyside
with Matt Postal
Saturday, August 10 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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exterior of the Phipps Houses
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Revisiting Ada Louise Huxtable’s Walking Tours of Modern Architecture, #3
with John Arbuckle
Saturday, August 10 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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exterior of the Rockefeller Guest House
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Steinway Village
with Bob Singleton
Sunday, August 11 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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illustration, exterior of the Steinway Mansion
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Hudson Yards
with Matt Postal
Thursday, August 15 at 6:00 PM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
exterior of The Shed at Hudson Yards Sold Out
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Mansion to Mansion
with Eric K. Washington
Saturday, August 17 at 11:00 AM
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exterior of the Morris Jumel Mansion
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From Coney Island to Brighton Beach
with Joe Svehlak
Sunday, August 18 at 11:00 AM
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People walk the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island
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New York Ornament: The Upper West Side
with Francis Morrone
Sunday, August 18 at 2:00 PM
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archival photo of the Dakota Building circa 1890 Sold Out
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Arthur Avenue
with Alexandra Maruri
Saturday, August 24 at 11:00 AM
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fruit at a market on Arthur Avenue
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The Rise and Fall of the Vanderbilt Mansions along Fifth Avenue
with Jason Stein
Saturday, August 24 at 11:00 AM
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archival photo of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House
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Brooklyn’s Prospect Park
with Kate Papacosma
Sunday, August 25 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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Fallkill Falls in Prospect Park
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Upper East Side Galleries
with Sylvia Laudien-Meo
Friday, August 30 at 10:30 AM
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man views painting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Long Island City
with Bob Singleton
Saturday, August 31 at 11:00 AM
Member: $20 | Non-member: $30
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waterfront at Long Island City

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