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GANYC guides are the best value in New York tourism. You will get fully-vetted guides who cover all aspects of New York. Many of whom speak multiple languages. Find a guide who’s right for you!
2025 GANYC Apple Awards March 3, 2025
The GANYC Apple Awards celebrate those who make New York City great! Over a dozen awards are given out each year to individuals & organizations from across our five boroughs.
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Become a GANYC Member!
If you have a NYC sightseeing guide license, we welcome you to join us. Benefits include networking opportunities, members-only tours + events, optional liability insurance, and more!
GANYC Events and Public Meetings
Our monthly meetings are open to the public and take place in venues across the five boroughs. GANYC members are also welcome to exclusive site visits and FAM (Familiarization) tours offered by fellow guides. GANYC guides offer FAM tours to their peers to receive invaluable feedback and to practice new tours.
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Any licensed NYC tour guide is eligible for GANYC membership! Join us at our next monthly meeting and learn the benefits of being a GANYC Guide.
New York City, a love story which I always try to convey through its streets, its buildings, its history, its people and myself, with.. or without traffic!
I have lived most of my life in New York. I worked at the United Nations, CBC/Radio Canada, was a researcher on two books, called FAMILLES DU…
Asad Dandia's Harlem Tour Covered in NY Daily News
With over 320 members, there's almost no aspect of NYC history that one of our members does not have covered in their tours. Asad Dandia's "Malcolm X’s Harlem: Witnessing the Autobiography" tour was covered today by the New York Daily News. Here is the article:CARIBBEAT: Life of Malcolm X is…
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Prospect Park, Brooklyn
NYC Showtime
Fulton Street Subway Station -- Oculus
Central Park view of the San Remo Building
Brooklyn Williamsburg Bridge
NY Public Library -- Schwarzman Building
New York Public Library Schwarzman Building
The Great White Way
Chelsea Market
GANYC FAM Tour of New Amsterdam
Grand Central Terminal -- Oyster Bar
Lower East Side -- Eldridge Street Synagogue