Bob Swacker

For five decades, historian Bob Swacker has led tours through the neighborhoods of New York City. His tours combine decades of historical research in libraries, cemeteries, and historical societies; interviews with borough residents; and many miles traveled on foot in the field. He has taught at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn since 1970 and for many years he has taught courses on New York City at Saint Ann's and at New York University. Dr. Swacker is the author of Out from Midtown (2019) and New York City History (2017), and the co-author, with Leslie Jenkins, of Irish New York (2006). He lives in Stuyvesant Town.