NYC’s Secrets & Lies is joining the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) for Jane’s Walk NYC 2026 – an annual festival of volunteer-led, neighborhood walks that generate conversation about the city to celebrate its vibrant past, present, and future.
To showcase our passion for the secrets of our beloved city, we’ve put together three beautiful PDFs that you can download for free to take a self-guided walk, unearthing secret history all around you as you go. We’re so excited to be in community with you and can’t wait to hear what you think of the walks.
All walks were developed by NYC’s Secrets & Lies creator, Christa Avampato, specifically for Jane’s Walk NYC 2026. You may download, print, and use all of this information. If you reuse any of it in any way, please credit: NYC’s Secrets & Lies, Christa Avampato, and MAS Jane’s Walk NYC 2026, nycsecretsandlies.com/janeswalk.
Thank you and enjoy the secret history of our city!
Self-guided Tour 1:
Gotham’s Secret Hounds: A Midtown Mystery Tour (link coming soon!)
Self-guided Tour 2:
Sunken Suppers & Coastal Secrets: NYC’s Maritime Food History (link coming soon!)
Self-guided Tour 3:
Subterranean Scandals: Brooklyn’s Secret Tracks and Transit Lies (link coming soon!)
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