How to choose
On foot or by bike
The list holds walks and bike tours: 40 products go on foot and 5 by bike in October 2026. Most of the walks are guided group walks; the rest are private walks, photo sessions with a photographer, two food tours and two self-guided audio walks.
Guided walks, around $25 to $50
Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO Neighborhood Tour, from Manhattan to Brooklyn, is the most reviewed walk: 4.86 from 911 reviews, from $49 on Viator in October 2026, 2.5 hours. It starts at the Tweed Courthouse, covers how the bridge was built, and ends in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Bridge, DUMBO, and Skyline Guided Walking Tour (from $29, 4.88 from 242 reviews) keeps groups to 15 and ends at Time Out Market in DUMBO after two hours. Walking tour in Manhattan Brooklyn Bridge and Waterfront (from $29, 4.94 from 246 reviews) is a 3-mile walk led by a long-time Brooklyn resident, with a Saturday 6 pm sunset departure. The lowest-priced guided walk, Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO District Guided Walking Tour (from $24, 4.57 from 60 reviews), starts at the Oculus, crosses the bridge and ends at Fulton Ferry Landing after two hours.
Longer, in French, with food, or private
Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridge guided tour in French (from $63, 4.96 from 155 reviews) adds the brownstones of Brooklyn Heights in 3.5 hours. The Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO Food Tour (from $59, 4.88 from 549 reviews) adds tastings that the page says add up to a full meal; see NYC food tours. 19 products are private in October 2026; the most reviewed of them, Private Guided Walking Tour of the Brooklyn Bridge and DUMBO (from $220 per group, 4.96 from 28 reviews), walks from Manhattan to DUMBO in 2.5 hours at a start time the group picks.
By bike
Brooklyn Bridge Waterfront Guided Bike Tour (from $59, 4.95 from 134 reviews) starts and ends in Brooklyn and adds the Promenade and the Navy Yard. Guided Bike & E-Bike Tour of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge (from $55, 4.70 from 125 reviews) rides around the southern tip of Manhattan, then climbs onto the bridge to its Brooklyn-side tower for photos. A two-way protected bike lane opened on the roadway in September 2021, so bikes no longer share the walkway.
