1 hour 45 minutes (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
Visit Purefinder New York’s ‘Top-10’ felon, grifter, and opportunist tour stops! The Outlaws Who Built Manhattan explores how key individuals and organizations, via methods of piracy, misconduct, and double-dealings, established the evolution and expansion of Manhattan and beyond. Main Features: Find out how the worst noisy neighbors in Manhattan kickstarted ‘old money’ dynasties. Discover how Manhattan-made pills and potions drastically changed New York’s demography. Connect the dots between infamous pirates and famous landmarks. Hear about the dubious rise of the NYPD and the FBI.
The guide will meet you OUTSIDE the entrance to the Millennium Downtown New York hotel and escort you to the first stop on the tour.
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Tour attendees will learn about the first privateers in the NYC area and of the remains of ships embedded in the earth.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The site of the former business of Madame Restell.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Site of the former home of New York City’s first black millionaire.
6 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Tour attendees will learn about the trial that established the Freedom of the Press.
6 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The site of the 1920 Wall Street bombing.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The site of the The Manhattan Company relating to NYC’s water supply and bank formation.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
A birds-eye view of Brooklyn Bridge to discuss its corrupt beginnings.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Visitors will stop at the First Precinct to learn about 1970s police corruption.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Visitors will stop at Hanover Square to hear about how local resident and criminal Captain Kidd had a hand in developing the colony.
7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The site of the home of New Amsterdam law-breakers who created the elite of New York City.
8 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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