DHCL – Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Tour w/ gifts for the kids
Overview
DHCL is a tourism company created by residents of Dyker Heights offering our guests the best experience imaginable. Therefore, guests are guaranteed a welcoming experience while admiring the amazing Christmas Lights. Your patriotism will help support the community and keep the holiday tradition going.
Our bus tour includes pick up in Manhattan just steps away from the Winter Village at Bryant Park. After traveling in style with our tour guide, guests will arrive in Dyker Heights and be chaperoned on a walking tour to the most celebrated homes ensuring a magical stroll through the prime viewing area where homeowners take holiday decorating to a whole new level.
Our world-famous tour is guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit and have you coming back yearly to see the beautiful Dyker Heights Christmas Lights!
Our bus tour includes pick up in Manhattan just steps away from the Winter Village at Bryant Park. After traveling in style with our tour guide, guests will arrive in Dyker Heights and be chaperoned on a walking tour to the most celebrated homes ensuring a magical stroll through the prime viewing area where homeowners take holiday decorating to a whole new level.
Our world-famous tour is guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit and have you coming back yearly to see the beautiful Dyker Heights Christmas Lights!
Inclusions
- Walking tour of Dyker Heights
- Free gifts for the kids
- Entry/Admission - Dyker Heights
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Ave, New York City, NY 10017
The tour will finish close to the Bryant Park Winter Village, just blocks from beautiful Rockefeller Center where you can see the famous Christmas tree, ice staking rink, shops, and so much more.
Stop At: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, NY
As you depart from Midtown Manhattan, you can enjoy beautiful views of NYC, including its historic buildings and picturesque skyline.
Once you arrive in Dyker Heights, you enjoy the company of our guide, a native Brooklynite that knows the area and history—to learn about the annual tradition.
Take a magical stroll through Dyker Heights, where homeowners take holiday decorating to a whole new level. Visit Lucy Spata’s house, the woman who started it all over 40 years ago and admire a property that's lined with angels, toy soldiers, and the occasional visit from Santa Claus.
Along the way, see a 15-foot Santa Claus standing tall, and gorgeous holiday carousels at the Polizzotto’s house, plus house after house displaying thousands of lights, reindeer, toy soldiers, life-size cartoon characters. and nativity scenes.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Manhattan Skyline, New York City, NY 11201
As you depart, enjoy the beautiful views of Manhattan.
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Ave, New York City, NY 10017
The tour will finish close to the Bryant Park Winter Village, just blocks from beautiful Rockefeller Center where you can see the famous Christmas tree, ice staking rink, shops, and so much more.
Stop At: Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, NY
As you depart from Midtown Manhattan, you can enjoy beautiful views of NYC, including its historic buildings and picturesque skyline.
Once you arrive in Dyker Heights, you enjoy the company of our guide, a native Brooklynite that knows the area and history—to learn about the annual tradition.
Take a magical stroll through Dyker Heights, where homeowners take holiday decorating to a whole new level. Visit Lucy Spata’s house, the woman who started it all over 40 years ago and admire a property that's lined with angels, toy soldiers, and the occasional visit from Santa Claus.
Along the way, see a 15-foot Santa Claus standing tall, and gorgeous holiday carousels at the Polizzotto’s house, plus house after house displaying thousands of lights, reindeer, toy soldiers, life-size cartoon characters. and nativity scenes.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Manhattan Skyline, New York City, NY 11201
As you depart, enjoy the beautiful views of Manhattan.
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Gabriela_A
December 2022
My experience on this tour was very disappointing for the following reasons: First of all it was confusing to select a tour to Dyker Heights as Viator offers about 15 different tours to this same place ranging in prices from $20+ to $500. The details on this are not clear on why the differen...
My experience on this tour was very disappointing for the following reasons: First of all it was confusing to select a tour to Dyker Heights as Viator offers about 15 different tours to this same place ranging in prices from $20+ to $500. The details on this are not clear on why the differences in prices. I finally opted to select the one labeled as "Christmas lights tour with complimentary gifts for the kids" because its details also offered a stop to warm up in a holiday-themed lounge and a visit to one of the houses (lucy Spata) . Even the past reviews mentioned a stop at their lounge to eat pizza and drink hot cocoa. This tour cost me $95 per person ( we were 5). To my surprise, there was no lounge visit and no special visit to Lucy Spata house ( we just passed through the outside). In the same bus tour we were all mixed up with people who paid the 30 to 50+ tours. Regardless of what tour you paid for we all ended up in the same one. No difference if you paid 30 dollars or if you paid 95 dollars for the VIP visit to a lounge. The most disappointing of all this is that when I very politely approached the tour guide to express my concern about what we paid for, she was rude and got very defensive and started screaming at me saying she had nothing to do with that. If a tour guide can't even listen to a customer's concerns than he or she has no business being a tour guide. But the worst of all was when she started giving out the gift to the kids in the tour. We had 2 children with us and when she gave the gift to the 1st child that same child tried to get in the hands the gift for our second child which happened to be his sister. Without even giving us a chance to explain that this was for the 2nd child the tour guide just snatched it from his hands. My second child was very hurt by this denial of a simple gift. In summary for the 475 dollars what we got was a rude tour guide screaming at me for expressing my concerns, a very hurt child with no gift, no special lounge, and no special visit of the house. The Dyker Heights is a beautiful place to visit but not in a tour where you will be treated like we were. To viator, i am probably just another number and review, but i do think i deserve a refund and definitely an apology.Meggsy_Bris
December 2019
I did this tour last night and it was wonderful. Exactly as described, Steve our guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable of the area being local himself. Plenty of tidbits about the areas we drove through on our trip. The streets were of course crowded but that was to be expected. The houses di...
I did this tour last night and it was wonderful. Exactly as described, Steve our guide was very pleasant and knowledgeable of the area being local himself. Plenty of tidbits about the areas we drove through on our trip. The streets were of course crowded but that was to be expected. The houses did not disappoint either, plenty to see. Being a walking tour it was not so fast paced that you missed stuff but you do have to jostle for photo positions which can slow you down.Very convenient pick up and drop off point in Manhattan and alas I have forgotten his name(please forgive) our bus driver was fantastic, very professional. We ended the tour with warm drinks before heading back to Manhattan.346diannem
December 2019
Frankly, the last thing I wanted to do was take a walk in the cold, but the kids insisted they wanted to see the Dyker Heights lights. Glad we did as we had a great time! Friendly host, seemed to be a Brooklyn native, had us moving along through the neighborhood. It was lit up like Times Square a...
Frankly, the last thing I wanted to do was take a walk in the cold, but the kids insisted they wanted to see the Dyker Heights lights. Glad we did as we had a great time! Friendly host, seemed to be a Brooklyn native, had us moving along through the neighborhood. It was lit up like Times Square and some of the homes are too over the top, but most are just lovely. We booked here because they were less expensive than some tours and said they had a lounge, which turned out to be a lovely church hall by the bus drop off. A clean bathroom and a warm place to sit down after the tour - there is more than a bit of walking involved -- was a wonderful thing as I am not that young anymore. LOL Also, our host provided hot cocoa with pizza and pastries. All were included in the price, which I thought was truly a good bargain. He said the food was from shops in the same Brooklyn neighborhood so we got a real Brooklyn experience. PS The cannolis were fantastic! Definitively a most do.Nancy Jean M
December 2019
New York City Christmas lights Bus Tour was wonderful & learned many interesting facts from the tour guide. Was able to get off the bus to take pictures of store windows, Empire State Building & Grand Central Station
New York City Christmas lights Bus Tour was wonderful & learned many interesting facts from the tour guide. Was able to get off the bus to take pictures of store windows, Empire State Building & Grand Central StationLisaL3279
December 2019
Amazing displays! Dress warmly. Very crowded, but beautiful. I recommend for families as well. Good guides
Amazing displays! Dress warmly. Very crowded, but beautiful. I recommend for families as well. Good guideslaurentp615
December 2019
Si vous voulez un tour organisé pour dyker heigth c’est ici que ça se passe !! Notre guide steven fut incroyable , a la fin du tour une boisson chaude ou de quoi boire dans une église épiscopale saint phillip’s avec musique, des cadeaux pour les enfants + un tirage au sort pour des bonus ! Que du...
Si vous voulez un tour organisé pour dyker heigth c’est ici que ça se passe !! Notre guide steven fut incroyable , a la fin du tour une boisson chaude ou de quoi boire dans une église épiscopale saint phillip’s avec musique, des cadeaux pour les enfants + un tirage au sort pour des bonus ! Que du bonheur ce tour