Tours
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GERMAN NEW YORK After the steamboat General Slocum disappeared in flames on the East River in 1904, many German-Americans migrated to Yorkville and the Upper East Side. A tour sponsored by the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society explores the neighborhood. Saturday, 11 a.m., meet on the southeast corner of East 77th Street and York Avenue, 212-755-8532, $15 general, $13 members.
THROUGH SPANISH HARLEM El Museo del Barrio offers a two-hour walking tour, “Destination: El Barrio,” through the streets of Spanish Harlem. The Graffiti Hall of Fame and the First Spanish Methodist “Young Lords” Church are some of the included sites. Saturday through October 14, 3 p.m., tour meets on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 104th Street, 917-492-3329, free.
