Self-Guided Walking Tour – Lesser Known (but Popular) Places to Visit

Have you ever been asked by a fellow New Yorker, relative, or friend the best way to view the Upper West Side? Without hesitation, have them lace up their sneakers, find a good walking tour, and start exploring. To help you with this adventure, we have put together several self-guided tours that you will find in the Things to Do section of this website. Recently, we posted an article about Lesser Known (but popular) Places to Visit on the Upper West Side. We appreciated the positive feedback we received, so we developed a self-guided walking tour incorporating many of those sites. The journey starts at Congregation Shearith Israel on West 70th & Central Park West (America’s first Jewish congregation) with stops at such spots as the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument, Pomander Walk, and West Side Community Garden, ending up at Alice’s Tea Cup. This itinerary, while longer than most of our walks (4 miles), has many opportunities to rest before finishing your adventure. We hope you enjoy this stroll through the streets of the Upper West Side.

Begin the Tour

1. Congregation Shearith Israel – 2 W. 70th & Central Park West
2. Septugesimo Uno Park – W. 71st Street (between Amsterdam & West End Avenue)
3. Eleanor Roosevelt Monument – 72nd Street & Riverside Drive
4. Levain Bakery – 167 W. 74th (between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenue)
5. Westside Community Garden – 89th Street (between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenue)
6. Pomander Walk – 265 W. 94th Street (between Broadway & West End Avenue)
7. Joan of Arc Statue – Riverside Drive & 93rd Street
8. Murray’s Sturgeon – 2429 Broadway (between 89th & 90th Streets)
9. Westsider Books – 2246 Broadway (between 80th & 81st Streets)
10. Alice Tea Cup – 102 W. 73rd Street (between Columbus & Amsterdam Ave.)