Hell Gate Guided Walking Tour in New York City
5 Ratings
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- E-Ticket
- 2.8 hr
Delve into the treacherous Hell Gate portion of the East River (between Astoria, Queens, and Randall’s and Wards Islands). Main features Find out about Hell Gate’s ship-swallowing whirlpool and the fate of the HMS Hussar. Learn about the foiled Nazi plot to blow up Hell Gate Bridge Discover the passage of the Hell Gate islands from private properties to a fortress of psychiatric and detention facilities. Hear about the Hell Gate Explosions and the General Slocum Disaster. Peer at the jail complex of Rikers Island, the quarantine ruins of North Brother Island (once the home of Typhoid Mary), and the former pirate island of Mill Rock.
Itinerary Details
Operated by: Purefinder New York
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At:
Vantage point to view Hell Gate, Mill Rock, and Roosevelt Island.
Duration: 15 minutes
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A vantage point to Astoria Park and the Triborough Bridge, and features of Wards Island.
Duration: 20 minutes
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At the Wards Island end of Hell Gate Bridge, tour attendees will hear about the unusual engineering of an iconic bridge as well as the plot to blow it up.
Duration: 15 minutes
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Tour attendees will see the remainder of Little Hell Gate that separated the islands, the truss bridge over the covered strait, and classic film locations. Will see the northern part of Hell Gate from Sunken Meadow, the former islands adjoined to Astoria, and the power plants of the East River. A vantage point of Rikers Island, North and South Brother Islands, and the biggest prison barge in the world.
Duration: 35 minutes
Stop At:
Vantage point to view Hell Gate, Mill Rock, and Roosevelt Island.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
A vantage point to Astoria Park and the Triborough Bridge, and features of Wards Island.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At:
At the Wards Island end of Hell Gate Bridge, tour attendees will hear about the unusual engineering of an iconic bridge as well as the plot to blow it up.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At:
Tour attendees will see the remainder of Little Hell Gate that separated the islands, the truss bridge over the covered strait, and classic film locations. Will see the northern part of Hell Gate from Sunken Meadow, the former islands adjoined to Astoria, and the power plants of the East River. A vantage point of Rikers Island, North and South Brother Islands, and the biggest prison barge in the world.
Duration: 35 minutes
