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NYC: Dyker Heights Christmas Lights & Times Square Bus Tour

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Duration3h 30m

GroupUp to 50

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Times Square to Brooklyn's Christmas Light Show in One Afternoon

You board a bus at Times Square and ride to Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, where a guide walks you through the neighborhood's famous Christmas light displays. The tour includes round-trip transportation, onboard commentary, and a guided walking tour of the illuminated streets. You'll have time to photograph the lights and hear the story of how the tradition began. The bus returns you to Times Square by early evening.

3h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Board express bus at Times Square
Travel to Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
View spectacular Christmas light displays
Listen to local guide's story
Take holiday photos of decorations

The Experience

Most people spend their whole holiday in Manhattan without knowing that thirty minutes away, an entire neighborhood has turned itself into something you can't unsee. The bus leaves Times Square, and you're heading straight to Dyker Heights—where the Christmas lights aren't a decoration, they're the whole point. The whole community participates, not just one house or one block. When you step off the bus, you're walking into something that's been built up over decades, house after house, block after block.

Your guide walks you through the neighborhood and explains how this tradition started and why it's become what it is now. The lights are extravagant—towering snowmen, massive Santa figures, strings that cover entire facades. You get time to stop, look, take photos. It's a leisurely walk, not rushed. The air gets cold, the streets are quieter than Times Square, and you're surrounded by people who actually live here and have spent weeks setting this up. It's the kind of thing that feels like a secret until you're standing in it.

The bus has heat and air-conditioning, and the ride itself includes commentary, so you're not just sitting in silence for thirty minutes. You leave from Times Square, which is convenient if you're already in that part of the city, and you come back the same way. The whole thing takes a couple of hours, which means you're not losing your whole day to get there.

What’s included

Round-trip bus transportation between Times Square and Dyker Heights.
onboard commentary during the bus ride.
a professional guide for the walking tour.
a guided walking tour of the Dyker Heights neighborhood.
bus with air-conditioning and heating.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Statue of Liberty Bus

Is this one for you?Book this if you're staying in or near Times Square and want to see the Dyker Heights lights without arranging your own transport or figuring out the subway—the fixed schedule and included guide take the logistics off your hands.