Graffiti Tours New York's Tour List
Create your Own Graffiti at the End of Our Tour for just $10
Create your Own Graffiti at the End of Our Tour for just $10
Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and ROA Tour
Simply put this is the best tour in New York City. This tour takes you around NYC and shows you Banksy, Shepard Fairey, and ROA. Banksy, the world renowned artist who just came out with the Oscar nominated movie Exit through the Gift Shop, is still up in NYC if you know where to look. Shepard Fairey or OBEY created the “Yes We Can” Barack Obama poster and has since become one of the worlds most important street artists. ROA is a Belgian legend whose realistic works will blow your mind. The tour will be accompanied by a graffiti expert that will be an expert teacher for your adventure into the world of graffiti culture.
Meeting Location: Meet at the northwest Corner of Bleecker St. and The Bowery in front of the Think Coffee at 1 Bleecker St. for a public tour or Meet at your NYC Hotel or Apartment for a private tour.
Tour Duration: The tour lasts around ninety minutes. Please arrive fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time for check-in.
Public Tour Price: $25 per person Student Special $15
Private Tour: $45 per person
Night Tour: $55 per person
Graffiti LES
The Lower East Side of Manhattan (LES as it is known by street artists) has some of the greatest graffiti art New York City has to offer. BLOCKBUSTERS, big, bubble-like graffiti, can be found on almost every block. See old school graffiti legends like Seen and Sane as well as up and comers like Jim Joe. Other highlights include a beautiful mural of Kiss the rock group, 20ft high murals, a beautiful outdoor street art gallery and much more. After the tour you will be an expert on the street art culture of one of New York's most intricate neighborhoods. The New York graffiti tour, of course, will be accompanied by a graffiti expert.
Meeting Location: Meet at the northwest corner of Houston St. and Avenue A in front of Nice Guy Eddies at 5 Avenue A
Tour Duration: The tour last around ninety minutes. Please arrive up fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time for check-in.
Public Tour Price: $25 per person Student Special $15
Private Tour: $35 per person
Night Tour: $45 per person
A Beginner's Guide to Graffiti and Street Art
Come take a tour designed for people with no experience with graffiti or street art. The tour will teach you the history, techniques, visuals, and vocabulary needed to understand graffiti as an art form. You will see all of the different kinds of graffiti, so you can grasp how large the graffiti world has become. The tour will be accompanied by a graffiti expert that will be an expert teacher for your first adventure into the world of graffiti culture.
Meeting Location: Meet at the northwest corner of Bleecker St. and The Bowery in front of Think Coffee at 1 Bleecker St.
Tour Duration: The tour last around ninety minutes. Please arrive fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time for check-in.
Public Tour Price: $25 per person Student Special $15
Private Tour: $35 per person
Night Tour: $45 per person
The Burners of SOHO
Admire where the world's graffiti artists come to showcase their work. SOHO has become world renowned because of the likes of BANKSY, Shepherds Fairy, and Os Gemeos, to name a few. SOHO has become a favorite of graffiti artists who like its big walls and numerous visitors. This tour includes a free outdoor art exhibit, work from BEAU, and a sleeping man six stories above ground. Come see SOHO the way it was meant to be seen. The New York graffiti tour, of course, will be accompanied by a graffiti expert.
Meeting Location: Meet at the northwest Corner of Bleecker St. and The Bowery in front of the Think Coffee at 1 Bleecker St.
Tour Duration: The tour last around ninety minutes. Please arrive fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time for check-in.
Public Tour Price: $25 per person Student Special $15
Private Tour: $35 per person
Night Tour: $45 per person
Chelsea Street Art and the Highline Tour
Chelsea is world renowned for its galleries and "high-art" establishments. Come take a tour with us so we can show you how real artists get down and dirty in Chelsea. Want to see where Banksy's work used to be, before it was destroyed by Omar. Learn about the fascinating street art taking place on the highline. Take this tour to begin to understand graffiti, wheatpaste, and stickers and how they relate to the already legitimized art machine here in NYC. The New York graffiti tour, of course, will be accompanied by a graffiti expert.
Meeting Location: Meet in front of the Apple Store at the North West corner of 14th st. and Nineth Ave.
Tour Duration: The tour last around ninety minutes. Please arrive fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time for check-in.
Public Tour Price: $20 per person Student Special $10
Private Tour: $35 per person
All Around Downtown Tour
We offer a full service graffiti tour covering SOHO, the Lower East Side, and the East Village. This tour is a combination of the Burners of SOHO, Graffiti LES, and The East Village: Psychedelics and Chico tours. Look at their individual tour descriptions for more information. This tour takes you to all of the great graffiti pieces lower Manhattan has to offer. Our artist will pick you up from your hotel, take you by train to the different tour locations, give you a tour at each location, and return you to your New York hotel. This tour is done by subway, so a MetroCard is included in the price. On this tour you will see over 200 pieces of graffiti.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around two hundred minutes.
Price: $150 per person
All Around Uptown Tour
We offer a full service graffiti tour covering, Harlem and Hunts Point. This tour is a combination of the Escort Tour of Hunts Point, and Escort Tour of Harlem. Look at their individual tour descriptions for more information. This tour takes you to all the great great graffiti pieces upper New York has to offer. Our artist will pick you up from your hotel, take you by train to the different tour locations, give you a tour at each location, and return you to your New York hotel. This tour is done by subway, so a MetroCard is included in the price. On this tour you will see over 200 pieces of graffiti.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around one hundred eighty minutes.
Price: $150 per person
All Around Brooklyn Tour
We offer a full service graffiti tour covering all of Brooklyn. The All Around Brooklyn tour is a combination of the Williamsburg and Bushwick tours. This tour is designed to give you real insight into today's New York City street life by touring where the artists are really putting up their work. Brooklyn has double the amount of graffiti than Manhattan, and has substantially more up and coming artists. So get ready to become a street art expert, by going to the art instead of letting the art come to you. Our artist will pick you up from your hotel, take you by train to the different tour locations, give you a tour at each location, and return you to your New York hotel. This tour is done by subway, so a MetroCard is included in the price. On this tour you will see over 200 pieces of graffiti.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around one hundred eighty minutes.
Price: $150 per person
All Around Town (New York) Tour
We offer a full service graffiti tour covering the entire city. This tour takes you to the, Hunts Point, Harlem, The East Village: Psychedelics and Chico, the Lower East Side, SOHO, and much more. See the Burners of SOHO, Graffiti LES, The East Village: Psychedelics and Chico Tour, Escort Tour of Hunts Point, and Escort Tour of Harlem's tour description for more information. This is the most comprehensive tour of New York City graffiti around. Our artist will pick you up from your hotel, take you by train to the different tour locations, give you a tour at each location, and return you to your New York hotel. This tour is done by subway, so a MetroCard is included in the price. On this tour you will see over 500 pieces of graffiti.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around two hundred eighty minutes.
Price: $250 per person
Graffiti Experts and Professionals Tour
This tour is designed to allow graffiti veterans to take their knowledge to the next level. This tour is a critical analysis of the current public art in New York. This tour helps train experienced graffers and professionals and gives them tools to identifying specific types of graffiti (i.e. gang graff vs. taggers, old school graffers vs. street art taggers). This tour shows the process of identifying and certifying a new piece of graffiti. This tour focuses on diversity of art and tries to showcase the key aspects of public art in NYC. This tour is also the beginning of the Graff Tours certificate program. People wanting to take this tour must demonstrate prior knowledge of graffiti.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around one hundred minutes.
Price: $60 per person
The Williamsburg Up and Coming Artist Tour
Williamsburg is fast becoming the hotspot for graffiti in NYC. New School street artists like Specter, OverUnder, and even Dan Witz are constantly putting up beautiful works here. It is hard to deny that Williamsburg is quickly becoming one of the worlds most important street art venues. This tour is made to give you real insight into today's street art scene, and highlight up and coming artists about to make it big in the global street art community.
Meeting Location: At your NYC Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour last around ninety minutes plus travel time. Please arrive fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time for check-in.
Public Tour Price: $20 per person Student Special $10
Private Tour: $45 per person
Escorted Tour of Bushwick
Bushwick is one of New York's most prolific street art areas. With artists like Broken Cow and Lord, this tour is sure to please. This escorted tour is fun for all ages and is tuned for more advanced graffiti enthusiasts. See examples of the artwork from Bushwick on our blog. An escorted tour means our guide and artist will pick you up from your hotel, take you by train to the tour, give you a tour, and return you to your New York hotel. See how local graffiti artists beautify Brooklyn.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour of Bushwick is around ninety minutes.
Price: $45 per person
Urban Art Gallery Tour
Take a ride into the depths of urban art and street art culture by viewing all of the local New York City galleries that are showing street artists. Our artist will give you his personal insights into the art you will see at each gallery. Only Graffiti Tours New York has the knowledge of where the important street artists are being shown at any given time. Pop-up street art galleries can't be found simply by google. So pony up and see the best street art around.
Meeting Location: At your New York City Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour is around one hundred and fifty minutes.
Price: $45 per person
Graffiti Bike Tour
Bike across lower Manhattan and see all the lovely graffiti in SOHO, Tribeca, and the Lower East Side. Traverse the path that Banksy covered when he was promoting his movie Exit Through the Gift Shop. The tour is a great way to take a tour in a unique fashion while seeing New York's great graffiti culture.
Meeting Location: TBD
Tour Duration: The tour is around one hundred and fifty minutes.
Price: $65 per person + Cost of Bike Rental if Necessary
The Luxury Limo Graffiti Tour
Ride a limo throughout Manhattan and do a lavish version of the All Around Town Tour. This tour allows you to roll in style to all of the great graffiti locations in New York. This is the only tour of New York of its kind where you are able to combine style and graffiti in one place. This tour is completely customizable to fit your needs. Limo riders receive a free gift at the end of the tour. This tour is meant for groups over four people, although exceptions can be made.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around two hundred eighty minutes.
Price: $350 per person
The Green (Hybrid) Graffiti Tour
Ride a hybrid car throughout Manhattan and see all of the graffiti you want for the entire day in a green version of the All Around Town Tour. This tour allows you to help save the environment while efficiently seeing all of the graffiti in New York City. This is an environmentally friendly way to have fun while visiting New York. This tour is completely customizable to fit your needs. Hybrid riders receive a free gift at the end of the tour. This tour is meant for groups of four people, although exceptions can be made.
Meeting Location: At your New York Hotel
Tour Duration: The tour takes around two hundred eighty minutes.
Price: $350 per person