Legends of the Village | East & West Village Scavenger Hunt Adventure
Private, fully hosted team competitions. Puzzle-driven pen & paper games in the real world.
Inside the Hunt
Welcome to the Legends of the Village scavenger hunt — an exciting adventure through the East and West Village, where famous figures, ghost stories, punk rock rebellion, and disasters share the same streets. This is NYC’s coolest neighborhood pairing, packed with history, mystery, haunted places, and hidden secrets — perfect for a fast-paced, outdoor competition!
Your group forms teams and sets out from Astor Place. In a race against time, clues propel you through historic markers, hidden burial grounds, legendary music haunts, and tributes to events that changed New York City — and America.
Since 2008
The Village's Hidden Stories
Cooper Union sparked debates, historic churches buried legends, factory fires reshaped labor law, and CBGB launched a musical revolution. Teams race through Veselka, McSorley’s Ale House, and other old-world holdouts, along streets where every corner tells a story.
Discover memorials to some of NYC’s deadliest tragedies, haunted landmarks, and marble tombs tucked behind iron gates. Explore Washington Square Park, where protests, politics, and poetry have converged for generations.
Highlights
- Meet Peter Cooper, inventor, philanthropist, and ghost — spin the iconic Astor Place cube and visit the birthplace of steel-beam construction
- Explore St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, the final resting place of Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant and a certain former NYC mayor
- Trace the General Slocum disaster — the deadliest tragedy in NYC history before 9/11, where over 1,000 souls perished
- Experience the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory memorial and its powerful tribute to workers whose deaths sparked sweeping labor reform
- Investigate Washington Square Park — the triumphal arch, Hangman’s Elm, and a former potter’s field where 20,000 bodies lie beneath
- Creative challenges — ghostly performances, rock tributes, team theatrics, and much more!
Life-long New Yorkers will be surprised by how much they learn! Visitors will have a hands-on experience not possible on a tour.
Our Legends of the Village scavenger hunt is a game of strategy where teams search for clues, solve puzzles, and race to outsmart each other and win. Are you ready? Let’s go!
