Jane’s Walk NYC 2023

Jane’s Walk is an annual global festival held the first weekend in May. Jane’s Walk NYC, organized by the Municipal Art Society of New York, is the largest chapter of the festival anywhere in the world. MAS staff organize a fleet of volunteer walk leaders, to create 165+ in-person, virtual, and on-demand walks with over 10,000 participants.

During Jane’s Walk NYC weekend, the simple act of exploring the city is enhanced with personal observations, local history, and civic engagement. Jane’s Walk NYC encourages people to share stories about their neighborhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and connect with visitors and neighbors alike.

Join us this year during the weekend of May 5-7!

The 2023 Jane’s Walk NYC roster is available below. Sign-up for a free walk and join the conversation this May!

Questions for the Jane’s Walk NYC team? Email [email protected].

Brooklyn Walks, Fri. 5/7/2023

1. Brooklyn Heights: A guided tour of Brooklyn Heights as it would have been led in 1880
2. Greenpoint Women’s History Walk
3. Living Legacies of Collective Self-Determination in Los Sures, Williamsburg
4. OY/YO: Communities & Culture in Crown Heights
5. A Meadow Grows in Brooklyn: The Naval Cemetery Landscape
6. Domino Sugar History Walk
7. OY/YO: Communities & Culture in Crown Heights
8. Brooklyn Trilight Tour
9. A Megaproject Unresolved: What Happened with Atlantic Yards?
10. Urban Authenticity in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Industry, Gentrification, and the Future of a Neighborhood
11. Touring Gowanus: A Historic and Changing Neighborhood

Brooklyn Walks, Sat. 5/8/2023

1. Kick off! See the future buildings of NYC in Augmented Reality
2. Gowanus Soundwalk
3. Mysteries of Montrose Morris
4. Exploring Central Brooklyn’s District 35: A look at the area’s development, past, present and future
5. OY/YO: Communities & Culture in Crown Heights
6. Cultivating Joy and Uplifting Culture: Bushwick’s Community Garden Network
7. Touring Gowanus: A Historic and Changing Neighborhood
8. Greenpoint Women’s History Walk
9. Brooklyn Heights: A guided tour of Brooklyn Heights as it would have been led in 1880
10. Urban Authenticity in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Industry, Gentrification, and the Future of a Neighborhood
11. All the Senses, All Around: A Walk with Former Parkies
12. Mysteries of Montrose Morris
13. OY/YO: Communities & Culture in Crown Heights
14. Domino Sugar History Walk
15. All the Senses, All Around: A Walk with Former Parkies
16. Brooklyn Trilight Tour
17. Open Streets Prospect Heights

Brooklyn Walks, Sun. 5/9/2023

1. Jewels in the Crown: Crown Heights
2. Industrial Histories and Ecological Opportunities: A Newtown Creek Walking Tour
3. Buried in NY: Green-Wood Cemetery and the Civil War
4. Building Housing in Brooklyn Heights: Past, Present, Future
5. Nomad Indigenous Resilience Thinking Social-ecological Practice NYC-Medellin
6. Dead, Dutch and Still Around 2023
7. Touring Gowanus: A Historic and Changing Neighborhood
8. Clinton Hill Historic Mansions on Clinton Avenue
9. History of Park Slope’s Built Environment
10. Brooklyn Trilight Tour
11. Reclaim, Reuse, Recycle
12. Spread Love The Brooklyn Way – A Walking Tour of Affordable & Supportive Housing Presented by IMPACCT Brooklyn