New York City Ghost Tour of Greenwich Village

Few corners of New York keep their secrets quite like Greenwich Village. Beneath the gas-lit charm of its crooked, tree-lined streets and red-brick townhouses lies a tangle of folklore, tragedy and unexplained happenings that has drawn the curious for generations. Wandering it after dark, you start to feel why: the leafy expanse of Washington Square Park, the soaring Gothic clock tower of the old Jefferson Market courthouse, and the shadowy doorways nearby all carry stories that locals have whispered for over a century.

For anyone planning a New York trip, this is the Village at its most atmospheric. Trading the daytime bustle for hushed evening lanes lets you read the neighbourhood the way the legends do, lingering at landmarks where myths supposedly took root and where Greenwich Village's bohemian past still lingers in the air. Whether you arrive a believer or a sceptic, it is an unforgettable, slightly spine-tingling way to fall for one of Manhattan's most storied quarters.