The Outlaws Who Built Manhattan

Visit Purefinder New York’s top-10 felon, grifter, and opportunist tour stops! The Outlaws Who Built Manhattan explores how key individuals and organizations, via piracy, misconduct, and double-dealings, established the evolution and expansion of Manhattan and beyond.

Main Features

  • Find out how the worst noisy neighbors in Manhattan kickstarted “old money” dynasties

  • Discover how Manhattan-made pills and potions drastically changed New York’s demography

  • Connect the dots between infamous pirates like Captain Kidd and famous landmarks

  • Hear about the dubious rise of the NYPD and the FBI

Meeting point: Millennium Downtown New York, 55 Church Street, New York, NY 10007 (OUTSIDE the main entrance)

Tour length: 1.¾ hours

Distance covered: 1.3 miles

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Meeting Point: Millennium Downtown New York (OUTSIDE the main entrance)

Guide held forth on a fast-paced, entertaining yet informative take on a slice of New York history. I learned much from this tour that I would not have otherwise on my own. It's well-researched and thoughtfully structured. I'm usually averse to tours but after this, I plan on signing up for another one with this group.

April 22, 2024

Supatra k (TripAdvisor) 5*

“The Outlaws Who Built Manhattan is superb as all the others have been. Beautifully structured, thoroughly researched, delivered with clarity and enthusiasm, and enlightening from start to finish. And fun, even. If you compared the Purefinder tours to other New York walking tours, you would say they are by far the best. But you can't compare them. They are literally incomparable. Well-chosen slices of the always interesting New York story, and fascinating looks at the often-unknown people that make the story, vividly brought to life.”

March, 2024

notpracticing (TripAdvisor) 5*