Ford Foundation Building Tours and Tickets

Discover some of New York City’s lesser-known parks, shops, cafes, outdoor art, hidden lanes, and multicultural neighborhoods, hidden in plain sight. Stroll past the iconic sites, to off the beaten path hidden gems by foot and by subway the way real New Yorkers do every day. You will be led past some of New York’s famous sites: the NY Stock Exchange, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the 9/11 memorial. Explore some of New York’s oldest neighborhoods: the financial district (including wall street), East Village, Little Italy, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. Revel in the rooftop views of New York’s famous landmarks. See world famous works of art. Stroll through a miniature rain forest inside an office building. Learn where the largest concentration of gold in the world is hidden. Visit a hidden tennis court inside a subway terminal. There’s more but it’s a secret. This tour is the perfect tour for people who like to walk, be outdoors, and want to a ‘local’s look’ of the city.