Guides Association of NYC (GANYC)
@gaofnyc.bsky.social
We are a proactive trade association advocating for NYC tourism, and providing continuing education + support for our membership of licensed sightseeing guides.
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If you are a NYC tour guide, apply to be a member!
And if you are a tourism business, apply to be an industry partner.
We are proud to represent the best of NY! 🗽
Here you can:
-Search our member profiles
(by topic, by language, etc)
-Search tours
-Read about our work
If you are a NYC tour guide, apply to be a member!
And if you are a tourism business, apply to be an industry partner.
We are proud to represent the best of NY! 🗽
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Guides Association of NYC! 🦃 🗽
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Guides Association of NYC! 🦃 🗽
Daria Walcott led a new tour for fellow members the other day: "Grand Palaces of Retail: Ladies’ Mile & The Fascinating History of NYC’s Gilded Age Department Stores, 1846-1910".
The tour explored the Gilded Age history of department stores, their jaw-dropping architecture, & more.
The tour explored the Gilded Age history of department stores, their jaw-dropping architecture, & more.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Daria Walcott led a new tour for fellow members the other day: "Grand Palaces of Retail: Ladies’ Mile & The Fascinating History of NYC’s Gilded Age Department Stores, 1846-1910".
The tour explored the Gilded Age history of department stores, their jaw-dropping architecture, & more.
The tour explored the Gilded Age history of department stores, their jaw-dropping architecture, & more.
The four most recent GANYC presidents at the IATDG Tour Connect 2025 conference in Maryland last week!
The International Association of Tour Directors and Guides (IATDG) is the professional organization for trained and experienced tour directors worldwide.
The International Association of Tour Directors and Guides (IATDG) is the professional organization for trained and experienced tour directors worldwide.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The four most recent GANYC presidents at the IATDG Tour Connect 2025 conference in Maryland last week!
The International Association of Tour Directors and Guides (IATDG) is the professional organization for trained and experienced tour directors worldwide.
The International Association of Tour Directors and Guides (IATDG) is the professional organization for trained and experienced tour directors worldwide.
GANYC member Joseph Pizzingrillo led a FAM tour this weekend: “7 Train - The Ultimate Authentic NYC Experience” 🚇
The tour used this subway line to explore several NYC areas, mixing historic areas in with some of the city’s biggest new developments.
The tour used this subway line to explore several NYC areas, mixing historic areas in with some of the city’s biggest new developments.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
GANYC member Joseph Pizzingrillo led a FAM tour this weekend: “7 Train - The Ultimate Authentic NYC Experience” 🚇
The tour used this subway line to explore several NYC areas, mixing historic areas in with some of the city’s biggest new developments.
The tour used this subway line to explore several NYC areas, mixing historic areas in with some of the city’s biggest new developments.
GANYC is at the National Tour Association (NTA) Travel Exchange event in Ottawa! 🇨🇦
Travel Exchange brings together packaged travel professionals from all over North America and around the world. We are being represented there by GANYC Board member Cherie Davis.
Travel Exchange brings together packaged travel professionals from all over North America and around the world. We are being represented there by GANYC Board member Cherie Davis.
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
GANYC is at the National Tour Association (NTA) Travel Exchange event in Ottawa! 🇨🇦
Travel Exchange brings together packaged travel professionals from all over North America and around the world. We are being represented there by GANYC Board member Cherie Davis.
Travel Exchange brings together packaged travel professionals from all over North America and around the world. We are being represented there by GANYC Board member Cherie Davis.
The November 2025 GANYC membership meeting took place at: The Theater Center, in the Anne L. Bernstein Theater.
The bulk of the meeting was dedicated to statements from candidates for the upcoming GANYC Executive Board elections.
Video on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB6E...
The bulk of the meeting was dedicated to statements from candidates for the upcoming GANYC Executive Board elections.
Video on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB6E...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The November 2025 GANYC membership meeting took place at: The Theater Center, in the Anne L. Bernstein Theater.
The bulk of the meeting was dedicated to statements from candidates for the upcoming GANYC Executive Board elections.
Video on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB6E...
The bulk of the meeting was dedicated to statements from candidates for the upcoming GANYC Executive Board elections.
Video on our YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB6E...
GANYC traveled to Hart Island, just off the Bronx.
The remains of more than one million people are buried here. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims.
The remains of more than one million people are buried here. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims.
November 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
GANYC traveled to Hart Island, just off the Bronx.
The remains of more than one million people are buried here. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims.
The remains of more than one million people are buried here. Burials on Hart Island include individuals who were not claimed by their families or did not have private funerals; the homeless and the indigent; and mass burials of disease victims.
GANYC member Suzanne Reisman's detailed tour on the history of garbage and rats in New York has received lots of coverage, this time from CBS. Congrats to her on finding this success!
You can watch the full segment on Instagram:
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You can watch the full segment on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/reel/DQW-pNP...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
GANYC member Suzanne Reisman's detailed tour on the history of garbage and rats in New York has received lots of coverage, this time from CBS. Congrats to her on finding this success!
You can watch the full segment on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/reel/DQW-pNP...
You can watch the full segment on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/reel/DQW-pNP...
GANYC President Michael Morgenthal led an encore of his "Stop The Presses!" tour for members, about the history of newspapers in New York.
The tour looks at how the history of the city can be seen through its press (predating even the United States), how NYC papers came to shape the world.
The tour looks at how the history of the city can be seen through its press (predating even the United States), how NYC papers came to shape the world.
October 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
GANYC President Michael Morgenthal led an encore of his "Stop The Presses!" tour for members, about the history of newspapers in New York.
The tour looks at how the history of the city can be seen through its press (predating even the United States), how NYC papers came to shape the world.
The tour looks at how the history of the city can be seen through its press (predating even the United States), how NYC papers came to shape the world.
Joe Svehlak did one of his "I Remember Lower Manhattan" FAM tours earlier this week.
Joe started working downtown in 1956, and also shared family stories from the early 1900s when this family immigrated from Moravia, and at one point lived in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Joe started working downtown in 1956, and also shared family stories from the early 1900s when this family immigrated from Moravia, and at one point lived in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
October 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Joe Svehlak did one of his "I Remember Lower Manhattan" FAM tours earlier this week.
Joe started working downtown in 1956, and also shared family stories from the early 1900s when this family immigrated from Moravia, and at one point lived in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Joe started working downtown in 1956, and also shared family stories from the early 1900s when this family immigrated from Moravia, and at one point lived in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Andrew Neuman led a tour for his fellow GANYC members: "Gin, Jazz and the Golden Era of New York’s Nightlife".
This history walk celebrated the city's golden age of nightclubs, hotel bars, saloons, jazz and cocktails - from the swanky exclusive nightspots and beyond.
This history walk celebrated the city's golden age of nightclubs, hotel bars, saloons, jazz and cocktails - from the swanky exclusive nightspots and beyond.
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Andrew Neuman led a tour for his fellow GANYC members: "Gin, Jazz and the Golden Era of New York’s Nightlife".
This history walk celebrated the city's golden age of nightclubs, hotel bars, saloons, jazz and cocktails - from the swanky exclusive nightspots and beyond.
This history walk celebrated the city's golden age of nightclubs, hotel bars, saloons, jazz and cocktails - from the swanky exclusive nightspots and beyond.
GANYC members are offering a series of free walking tours to the public on Saturday, October 25, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of New York City.
Registration is required. Here is the list of tours:
www.ganyc.org/blog/free-to...
Registration is required. Here is the list of tours:
www.ganyc.org/blog/free-to...
Free Tours Celebrating NYC 400 on October 25! | GANYC
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October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
GANYC members are offering a series of free walking tours to the public on Saturday, October 25, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of New York City.
Registration is required. Here is the list of tours:
www.ganyc.org/blog/free-to...
Registration is required. Here is the list of tours:
www.ganyc.org/blog/free-to...
GANYC member Asad Dandia is featured in a new article in The Nation magazine.
You can find the link in his post:
You can find the link in his post:
Just over one year after launching my own walking tour company, my work now has a feature profile in THE NATION:
“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“I don’t want New York to be seen as just a collection of monuments and structures. I want it to be understood as a collective of stories and people.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City
Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him.
www.thenation.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
GANYC member Asad Dandia is featured in a new article in The Nation magazine.
You can find the link in his post:
You can find the link in his post:
The October GANYC monthly membership meeting was held at the John Street United Methodist Church, in lower Manhattan.
Our guest speaker was Reverend Stephanie L. Bennett.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCbX...
Our guest speaker was Reverend Stephanie L. Bennett.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCbX...
October 2025 GANYC Membership Meeting
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October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The October GANYC monthly membership meeting was held at the John Street United Methodist Church, in lower Manhattan.
Our guest speaker was Reverend Stephanie L. Bennett.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCbX...
Our guest speaker was Reverend Stephanie L. Bennett.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCbX...
Jason Stein led a unique FAM tour, centered around two bridges... the University Heights Bridge and the Broadway Bridge, connecting upper Manhattan to the Bronx.
This corner of NYC has hundreds of years of lesser-known history to discover.
This corner of NYC has hundreds of years of lesser-known history to discover.
October 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Jason Stein led a unique FAM tour, centered around two bridges... the University Heights Bridge and the Broadway Bridge, connecting upper Manhattan to the Bronx.
This corner of NYC has hundreds of years of lesser-known history to discover.
This corner of NYC has hundreds of years of lesser-known history to discover.
Ann McDermott led fellow members on a FAM tour stroll through historic Prospect Park.
In the final part of the tour, members saw parts of the historic Park Slope neighborhood, including a few key local institutions.
In the final part of the tour, members saw parts of the historic Park Slope neighborhood, including a few key local institutions.
October 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ann McDermott led fellow members on a FAM tour stroll through historic Prospect Park.
In the final part of the tour, members saw parts of the historic Park Slope neighborhood, including a few key local institutions.
In the final part of the tour, members saw parts of the historic Park Slope neighborhood, including a few key local institutions.
This Summer, Joe Svehlak delivered a tour about the Lower West Side and Little Syria... two lost neighborhoods just south of where the World Trade Center now stands.
This video compiles the highlights of this tour in 45 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psje...
This video compiles the highlights of this tour in 45 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psje...
JOE SVEHLAK REMEMBERS the LWS
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October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This Summer, Joe Svehlak delivered a tour about the Lower West Side and Little Syria... two lost neighborhoods just south of where the World Trade Center now stands.
This video compiles the highlights of this tour in 45 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psje...
This video compiles the highlights of this tour in 45 minutes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psje...
Joe Svehlak gave the latest installment of his Lower Manhattan FAM tours... this one covering from Foley Square down to Maiden Lane.
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Joe Svehlak gave the latest installment of his Lower Manhattan FAM tours... this one covering from Foley Square down to Maiden Lane.
Guide Andrew Kirschner gave members a tour of Greenwich Village yesterday. The tour focused on the impact of historic people and events from the 1620s to the 1960s, and the events that helped shaped our culture.
Thanks to all who came out on a lovely September day!
Thanks to all who came out on a lovely September day!
September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Guide Andrew Kirschner gave members a tour of Greenwich Village yesterday. The tour focused on the impact of historic people and events from the 1620s to the 1960s, and the events that helped shaped our culture.
Thanks to all who came out on a lovely September day!
Thanks to all who came out on a lovely September day!
GANYC members had a great day trip earlier this week to Long Island's Gold Coast. We visited the Sands Point Preserve, with a tour of Hempstead House, a 50,000 sq ft Gilded Age mansion, built for Howard Gould and completed for Daniel Guggenheim in 1912.
The property includes Castle Gould as well.
The property includes Castle Gould as well.
September 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
GANYC members had a great day trip earlier this week to Long Island's Gold Coast. We visited the Sands Point Preserve, with a tour of Hempstead House, a 50,000 sq ft Gilded Age mansion, built for Howard Gould and completed for Daniel Guggenheim in 1912.
The property includes Castle Gould as well.
The property includes Castle Gould as well.
GANYC member Asad Dandia ( @asadfromnyc.bsky.social ) is profiled in City Limits, on telling the stories of New York’s past, and helping shape its future.
citylimits.org/take-a-walk-...
citylimits.org/take-a-walk-...
Take a Walk With Asad From NYC - City Limits
Asad Dandia, a community organizer, Muslim New Yorker, and urban history tour guide is a rising star with friends in high places.
citylimits.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
GANYC member Asad Dandia ( @asadfromnyc.bsky.social ) is profiled in City Limits, on telling the stories of New York’s past, and helping shape its future.
citylimits.org/take-a-walk-...
citylimits.org/take-a-walk-...
GANYC members had a unique visit to the historical Lott House, in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn. It is an incredible remnant of the Dutch colonial era, appropriate as New York celebrates its 400th anniversary this year, dating back to the settlement of New Amsterdam.
September 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
GANYC members had a unique visit to the historical Lott House, in the Marine Park section of Brooklyn. It is an incredible remnant of the Dutch colonial era, appropriate as New York celebrates its 400th anniversary this year, dating back to the settlement of New Amsterdam.
GANYC members gathered yesterday evening on Pier 53 (Gansevoort Peninsula) for a casual networking get-together. We regularly hold events like this to help new and old members alike connect in person.
Thanks to all who came out!
Thanks to all who came out!
September 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
GANYC members gathered yesterday evening on Pier 53 (Gansevoort Peninsula) for a casual networking get-together. We regularly hold events like this to help new and old members alike connect in person.
Thanks to all who came out!
Thanks to all who came out!
GANYC President Michael Morgenthal led a FAM tour for members yesterday, about Klein Deutschland.
From the middle of the 19th Century, to the early 20th Century, Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village was a thriving German community, the 3rd largest German speaking enclave in the world.
From the middle of the 19th Century, to the early 20th Century, Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village was a thriving German community, the 3rd largest German speaking enclave in the world.
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
GANYC President Michael Morgenthal led a FAM tour for members yesterday, about Klein Deutschland.
From the middle of the 19th Century, to the early 20th Century, Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village was a thriving German community, the 3rd largest German speaking enclave in the world.
From the middle of the 19th Century, to the early 20th Century, Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village was a thriving German community, the 3rd largest German speaking enclave in the world.
GANYC is currently operating the latest version of its Certification Course. This course is offered annually to members to go beyond the knowledge-based city licensing exam, and to hone skills
Yesterday, at the course halfway point, there was a walking tour practicum held around midtown Manhattan.
Yesterday, at the course halfway point, there was a walking tour practicum held around midtown Manhattan.
September 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
GANYC is currently operating the latest version of its Certification Course. This course is offered annually to members to go beyond the knowledge-based city licensing exam, and to hone skills
Yesterday, at the course halfway point, there was a walking tour practicum held around midtown Manhattan.
Yesterday, at the course halfway point, there was a walking tour practicum held around midtown Manhattan.