New York Like A Native

New York Like A Native Numerous tours of Brooklyn & beyond, led by guide and journalist Norman Oder. Since 2000. Please see See website (www.nylikeanative.com) for details and contact.

Mostly walking tours of Brooklyn (plus Lower East Side in Manhattan and Long Island City in Queens), usually with the assistance of public transportation, but tours by vehicle (car, van, bus) are fine. Public tours are offered infrequently; private tours may be booked all year. Most popular tours include Brooklyn 101 (introduction to highlights, including Park Slope, Prospect Park, Downtown Brookl

yn, and Brooklyn Heights), and Williamsburg (hipsters, Hasids, and more). But don't forget Greenpoint, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Victorian Flatbush/Ditmas Park, Sunset Park, Coney Island (and Brighton Beach), and the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights. Also Queens (Long Island City) and the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Personal service.

A Key Thing About NYC I Wish More Visitors UnderstoodLocation matters
04/29/2025

A Key Thing About NYC I Wish More Visitors Understood

Location matters

As a tour guide specializing in private, customizable tours of Brooklyn neighborhoods (plus a few in Queens and Manhattan), I meet many visitors who've already been to New York City--well, mostly...

"I speak 3 languages. English. Spanish. And... MFer"--at least for me, it's when I cross the street and the drivers are ...
07/02/2024

"I speak 3 languages. English. Spanish. And... MFer"--at least for me, it's when I cross the street and the drivers are trying not so hard to avoid killing me.

You want to understand Brooklyn? Well, consider this quote from a store owner, relayed by photographers James & Karla Murray, who have been on a mission to capture disappearing storefronts in the...

I am not a big fan of "top ten" lists unless they explain how locations fit together geographically.
07/02/2024

I am not a big fan of "top ten" lists unless they explain how locations fit together geographically.

What’s right, and wrong, with those “Top Ten” or “Top 20” lists of things to do or visit in Brooklyn? Quick here’s one from TripAdvisor , another from Time Out New York , another from...

OK, this is from 2023. But still true!
07/02/2024

OK, this is from 2023. But still true!

I haven't yet gotten to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (and we're members!) in recent weeks, but Green-Wood Cemetery, which is within walking distance for me and where I just led a tour yesterday,...

OK, I haven't posted on here for a while. But let me share, in a series of FB posts, some of the recent posts on my webs...
07/02/2024

OK, I haven't posted on here for a while. But let me share, in a series of FB posts, some of the recent posts on my website's blog.

You might be wondering what I think of the recent "36 Hours in Brooklyn" travel section feature, which the New York Times published June 6, or its two predecessors, published in 2011 and 2017. The...

Top photo is two of my many shelves of Brooklyn/NYC tour-related books. (Top shelf is mostly Coney Island.)Bottom photo ...
06/27/2022

Top photo is two of my many shelves of Brooklyn/NYC tour-related books. (Top shelf is mostly Coney Island.)

Bottom photo is most (but not all) of the binders I created that contain tour-related images, plus some (but not all) of the books I might bring on different tours.

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Tuesday 8am - 8pm
Wednesday 8am - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 8pm
Friday 8am - 8pm
Saturday 8am - 8pm
Sunday 8am - 8pm

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