New York City's High Line: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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1 hour 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English

Get the most out of NYC's High Line with this self-guided walking tour produced by an Emmy-nominated storyteller.

• Walk the park that elevated an industrial ruin into an icon of urban renewal and find out how it almost became a mile-long swimming pool or rollercoaster
• Hear from Tom Darbyshire, a Creative Director from New York’s advertising industry whose passion for juicy stories inspired him to produce this VoiceMap tour
• Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

What's Included

VoiceMap Application
Lifetime access to this tour in English
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
Smartphone and Headphones
Transportation
Food/Drink
Entry fees to museums or attractions mentioned enroute

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

This self-guided walking tour traverses the High Line itself, from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to Hudson Yards. It passes landmarks like the Chelsea Market, where the Food Network films its hit shows, and the Standard Hotel sometimes called the Eyefull Tower, where hotel guests notoriously expose themselves to park visitors and where Beyonce‘s sister famously went berserk on Jay-Z in an elevator. We‘ll visit several remarkable chapters in the High Line’s story, beginning with a street-level train in the late 1800s that killed so many pedestrians that this became known as Death Avenue. We'll also tell you about a few of the over 700 creative ideas that were submitted for how to repurpose the High Line, from a mile-long swimming pool to a rollercoaster snaking between the buildings. Our walk ends at Vessel, a sixteen-story structure known as the “stairway to nowhere,“ designed to be a Hudson Yards Instagram icon but which became a tragic suicide magnet.

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Supplied by VoiceMap Audio Tours

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Historical Tours
Walking Tours
Short term availability

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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