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Haunted Spots in NYC
Bowling Green is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

1. Bowling Green

7.9
Broadway and Whitehall St, New York, NY
Park · Financial District · 71 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: This area used to be home to the Lenape Indians, who were often at the mercy of Dutch settlers encroaching on their land. The two groups traded massacres and attacks throughout the 1600's. Read more.

Fraunces Tavern is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

2. Fraunces Tavern

8.8
54 Pearl St (at Broad St), New York, NY
Whisky Bar · Financial District · 195 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: This Revolutionary-era tavern was the site of George Washington's farewell address to his army officers, a murder/suicide, and a bombing. Footsteps and unexplained noises have been reported here. Read more.

Wall Street is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

3. Wall Street

(btwn Broadway & South St), New York, NY
Road · 76 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: The first Chase Manhattan Bank was located here. Founder Aaron Burr defended the alleged murderer of Elma Sands, a young woman whose body was found in a well on Spring Street after she eloped.

St. Paul's Chapel is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

4. St. Paul's Chapel

209 Broadway (btwn Vesey & Fulton St), New York, NY
Church · Financial District · 43 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: The cemetery is the resting place of actor George Frederick Cook's headless body. Cook donated his head to science upon his death, and visitors report seeing a headless man walking around at night. Read more.

City Hall Park is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

5. City Hall Park

8.8
17 Park Row (btwn Broadway & Centre St), New York, NY
Park · Downtown Manhattan · 143 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: Bridewell Prison used to occupy the north end of the park, and was one of the deadliest British prisons in Revolutionary-era New York. Bones were found here during the 1990's renovation of City Hall.

Tweed Courthouse is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

6. Tweed Courthouse

52 Chambers St (btw Broadway & Centre), New York, NY
Courthouse · Downtown Manhattan · 10 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: Politician "Boss" Tweed financed construction of the courthouse, which cost twice the price of Alaska in 1867. It's said that his ghost still haunts the courthouse. Read more.

NYPD HQ - One Police Plaza is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

7. NYPD HQ - One Police Plaza

1 Police Plz, New York, NY
Police Station · Downtown Manhattan · 16 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: This former sugar refinery was used as a prison during the Revolution. It's rumored to be haunted by the prisoners who starved here during the war. Read more.

NYU Brittany Residence Hall is one of Haunted Spots in NYC.

8. NYU Brittany Residence Hall

55 E 10th St (Broadway), New York, NY
College Residence Hall · Greenwich Village · 13 tips and reviews

Untapped CitiesUntapped Cities: This NYU dormitory is rumored to be haunted by a four-year-old ghost named Molly, who fell down an elevator shaft during the building's construction in 1929. Read more.