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Dyker Heights

Street · Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

Dyker Heights, photographed by New York Dearest

The annual Dyker Heights Lights celebration draws more than 100,000 visitors from across the country.

The Dyker Heights neighborhood association offers official tours of the neighborhood (you can choose from guided walking tours, bus tours and private tours). You’ll get picked up by a shuttle at Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan and taken directly to Dyker Heights.

Personally, I don’t think a guided tour is necessary to enjoy the Christmas decorations at Dyker Heights. The subway is an easy way to get to the neighborhood and a self-guided tour of the area is more than enough to get you into the holiday spirit!

Hours
Free, always visible; homes typically lit dusk to between 9 pm and midnight, late November through early January
Cost
Free
Subway
R to 86 St, 15 min
Address
12th Ave and 84th St, Brooklyn, NY

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