Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Tour: Holiday Displays

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 40

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Street after street of bejeweled houses, nothing like it in New York City.

The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Tour is a guided bus and walking tour through New York City's most elaborate holiday displays, departing from Herald Square and traveling through Manhattan neighborhoods before reaching Brooklyn's Dyker Heights for a one-hour walking tour of illuminated homes. A live English-speaking guide leads the full route, and the itinerary includes photo stops at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Washington Square Park and Rockefeller Center. Children from age 6 are welcome; the tour operates in all weather.

Step-by-step itinerary

Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Tour

Arrive early, see Christmas windows
Bus ride through Manhattan neighborhoods
Pass by Meatpacking District and High Line
View New York Harbor from Battery Tunnel
Walk tour of Dyker Heights holiday lights
Stop at Fulton Landing for skyline views
Visit Washington Square Park Christmas tree
Walk along Madison Avenue to Rockefeller Center

The Experience

The tour starts at Macy's Herald Square, where you can browse the famous Christmas shop windows before boarding a luxury bus. From there, your guide narrates the ride through Lower Manhattan—past the Meatpacking District and the High Line, along the edges of Soho, Chinatown and Nolita—pointing out the neighborhoods' histories and holiday details as you move downtown. The bus carries you through the Battery Tunnel, and as you emerge into Brooklyn, New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty come into view across the water.

Once in Dyker Heights, you leave the bus and walk the streets with your guide, moving past house after house of elaborate light displays, life-sized Santas and sparkling reindeer. The walking portion lasts about an hour and covers the neighborhood's most decorated blocks. After Dyker Heights, the tour heads back toward Manhattan with a stop at Empire Fulton Ferry (Fulton Landing) for views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline.

The return route takes you through Greenwich Village to Washington Square Park, where you'll see the Village Christmas tree framed by the famous arch, with the Empire State Building lit in the distance. The bus then travels up Madison Avenue past Madison Park's Christmas tree, and the tour concludes at Rockefeller Center, where your guide walks you past St. Patrick's Cathedral to the Rockefeller Center Tree. The full tour runs about four hours.

What’s included

Luxury bus ride with live English-speaking guide through Manhattan's neighborhoods.
one-hour guided walking tour of Dyker Heights' holiday displays.
photo stops at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Washington Square Park and Rockefeller Center.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditionsInfants must sit on laps

Operated by NY See Tours

Is this one for you?Book this tour if you want to see Dyker Heights' legendary light displays without driving or navigating Brooklyn yourself—the bus handles the route, the guide explains what you're seeing, and you walk only the decorated streets where the real spectacle is.