Jane’s Walk NYC returns the first weekend in May with a full slate of free walking tours that explore New York City from a local perspective.
Hosted by the Municipal Art Society (MAS) since 2011, Jane’s Walk NYC is named after Jane Jacobs, an opponent of powerful city planner Robert Moses and author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities,” the 1961 critique of 1950s urban planning policy. In the spirit of Jacobs, the free walks are meant to spark conversations about planning, history, preservation, development, and urban life. The New York City event is part of a global Jane’s Walk with hundreds of similar programs in cities around the world.
The 2025 New York edition features both in-person walks and virtual experiences led by locals. While the tours are free, and some are being offered multiple times during the weekend, reservations are required to keep the group sizes manageable. The calendar, which can be filtered by borough, launched on April 11, and some tours are already at capacity.
