In the News: Video Features
Supporting Chinatown Small Businesses and Preserving Culture through Storytelling
In New York’s Chinatown, small businesses are struggling to stay alive. We’ve made it our mission to help, bringing people back through history and storytelling. That work is now featured on the Emmy Award-winning program Asian American Life.
Asian American Life
September 21, 2025
New Chinatown Tour Reveals Hidden History and Aims to Revive the Neighborhood
Beneath the glowing lanterns and bustling storefronts of Mott Street lies a history many don’t know: a time when gangs like the Flying Dragons ruled these blocks.
Now, Chinatown Legacy Tours is shedding light on that hidden past through the voices of those who lived it.
City Newsroom Columbia University
May 7, 2025
Tour explores NYC Chinatown's underground during decades of gang rule
There was a time when you couldn't walk the streets of Chinatown without worrying if the wrong look would lead to gunshots when gangs ran the neighborhood.
Now there's a tour of the area that takes you back to that time, given by the people who lived that life themselves.
Eyewitness News ABC7NY
May 22, 2025
In the News: Articles
This Tour Company Is Sharing the Untold Stories of Manhattan’s Chinatown With Local-led Tours
Travel+Leisure
November 20, 2025
There's so much more than cheap dumplings and desserts in Manhattan's Chinatown.
Chinatown Legacy Tours in Manhattan offers immersive experiences led by lifelong residents of the neighborhood.
Cofounders Roger Lee and Bernice Pfluger created the tours to highlight Chinatown’s resilience, culture, and untold local narratives.
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Second-generation Chinese Promote Gang-Themed Tours to Boost Chinatown's Popularity
Sing Tao
August 25, 2025
The pandemic has dealt a severe blow to Chinatown's economy, leaving many feeling anxious. To boost Chinatown's popularity, Roger Lee, a second-generation Chinese who grew up and still lives there, came up with a unique idea.
He launched a Chinatown gang-themed tour, taking visitors back to that bloody past, hoping to attract more people to Chinatown. The personal experiences shared have become the exclusive secrets of this tour.
A Guided Tour of Chinatown's "Underworld" Offers a Glimpse into the Era of Gang Violence
World Journal
September 17, 2025
What would it be like if a former Chinatown gang member and a police officer reunited decades later? On a Chinatown Legacy Tour's Chinatown Underworld tour, a former member of the Flying Dragons gang, and a former Chief of the NYPD's Fifth Precinct, walk through the corners of Chinatown where they once clashed, reminiscing about the rampant gang days of the late 20th century and sharing their personal experiences with the pain of the immigration wave.
Business Spotlight: Chinatown Legacy Tours
Welcome To Chinatown
June 4, 2025
Launched in February 2025, Chinatown Legacy Tours is a community-rooted walking tour business that offers immersive storytelling experiences led by longtime residents. With guides who personally witnessed the neighborhood’s evolution, the tours uncover Chinatown’s rich cultural heritage and community resilience.
Gang Wars, Secret Networks, and Resilience—Chinatown’s Real Story
Julie Huang
March 13, 2025
Chinatown is a living, breathing chronicle of resilience, rebellion, and reinvention. Emmy Award-winning producer Roger Lee and his partner Bernice Pfluger are on a mission to make sure its stories don’t fade into the shadows. With Chinatown Legacy Tours, they’re cracking open the history books and taking people beyond the dim sum spots and souvenir shops, deep into the heart of one of New York City’s most storied communities.
