South Street Seaport: Secrets, Myths & Legends

Come explore the old and the new at South Street Seaport, featuring the largest concentration of restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in New York, and the newly repurposed Tin Building as a culinary marketplace by Chef Jean-Georges. The tour starts at the Titanic Memorial located at the corner of Fulton and Water Streets, a 1913, 60-foot lighthouse built to commemorate those who perished on the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.

South Street Seaport has evolved from one of the first and busiest streets in Manhattan when it was New Amsterdam’s first port serving the Dutch West India Company, and later as the Port of New York importing goods from England and China, and the location for the Fulton Fish Market, in 1822.

Since the 1980s, South Street Seaport has become a tourist destination featuring the South Street Seaport Museum and its fleet of historical ships, Schermerhorn Row, the Titanic Memorial, and the revitalized Pier 17 — a restaurant destination and summer concert venue.

Tour guide Ginny Poleman will guide you through the evolution of the neighborhood with stops at the 18th and 19th century remnants, sharing stories and vintage photographs of a bustling commercial district, ending with spectacular views of the Brooklyn Bridge.