Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Tour

The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights tour is something you shouldn’t miss if you are in New York during the Christmas season. In Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, you can expect amazing over-the-top decorated houses, full of Christmas lights, reindeer, and snowflakes in addition to Santa, of course.

The area is famous for wildly celebrating this tradition. The best way to see this spectacle is to take a bus tour through Dyker Heights with a guide and find all the exuberantly lit houses.

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Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Tour

During this tour, you visit Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. These two American-Italian neighbourhoods are both battling for the glory of having the most beautifully decorated homes during the Christmas holidays. Hop on the bus in Midtown Manhattan and hop off again in Brooklyn to walk around with a guide and admire the marvellously lit houses.

The benefit of taking this tour compared with exploring the neighbourhood on your own is the guide tells you all about the history of this Christmas tradition (it started with just one decorated home!) and he might even introduce you to some of the proud owners. Some of them hire companies for thousands of pounds to create great decorations!

Christmas Decorations in Manhattan

After you’ve sampled Brooklyn’s Christmas atmosphere, the bus takes you back to Manhattan. You have excellent views of the skyline and the tour finishes at Union Square. The multilingual tour which starts at 16:00, ends in Midtown, close to Times Square and Bryant Park.

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Eric’s Tip: “The most important advice I can give for this tour is: don’t wait to book! A tour of Dyker Heights is an absolute must-do if you are in New York in December. These tours are very popular and often sold out. Don’t wait too long to book your tickets, otherwise, your preferred dates may no longer be available.”

Practical Information

After purchasing, you will receive a voucher with all the information. You do not need to print the voucher. The Dyker Heights tour is not suitable for people with reduced mobility or wheelchair users.

• Duration: 3.5 to 4 hours, depending on traffic
• Departure Point: near Union Square
• Departure Times: 18:00 or 19:00
• On this tour: Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge
• Priority Seating: These are the first rows on the bus, so you can board and get off the bus before everyone else.

The tour that departs at 16:00 has a different departure location and route than the other time slots:

• Duration: 3.5 to 4 hours, depending on traffic
• Departure Point: near Times Square
• Departure Time: 16:00 – By the time you arrive in Dyker Heights, it will already be past sunset
• On this tour: Dyker Heights
• This tour is multilingual

Dyker Heights Cancellation Policy:
7 days or longer before the tour: Free cancellation
3-6 days before the tour: Free rescheduling or 75% cash refund
72 hours or less before the tour: no refund