OUTDOORS Tours & Hikes ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING "New Year’s Eve Jaunt," ...

ADVENTURE ON A SHOESTRING

"New Year's Eve Jaunt," Fri. at 2, 4, 6, 8 & 10; "New Year - New Delights in the Big Apple," Sat. at 12; "Haunted Greenwich Village," Sat. at 2:10; "Superb Gramercy Park," Sat. at 3:45; "Millionaire's Row," Sun. at 11:30; "Marvelous Murray Hill," Sun. at 1:30; "Terrific Turtle Bay," Sun. at 3; 265-2663 for res. & meeting place; $5.

BIG ONION WALKING TOURS

"New Year's New World: A Special Ellis Island Tour," Fri. at 12; "New York in a New Century: A Special Lower Manhattan Tour," Sat. at 1; "Immigrant New York," Sun. at 1; 439-1090 for info & meeting place; $10, $8 st.

DR. PHIL'S NY WALKS & TALKS

Licensed guide Philip Schoenberg's tours of Brooklyn & Manhattan. Tours $12 unless noted, 888-377-4455 for meeting place & info. This week, "The Bears & Bulls Who Built Wall Street," Wed. at 2; "The Hidden Irish Treasures of Chinatown," Thurs. at 2; "Fourth Annual Brooklyn Bridge Walk into the New Year & the Millennium," Fri. at 11:15 p.m.; "Millennium Countdown of NYC's Greatness" Sat. at 1; "New Year's Ghosts of the City," Sun. at 1; "Edgar Allan Poe & His Ghostly Friends," Sun. at 2.

FOODS OF NEW YORK

"A Walking & Eating Tour" explores restaurants & specialty shops; 732-636-4650 or foodtours@aol.com for res. & meeting place; Weds.-Tues. 11:30-1:30, $25 incl. lunch.

Municipal Art Society

All tours begin at 12:30, $10, $8 st./s.c. unless noted. 935-3960 for res. & meeting place. This week: "Grand Central Terminal," Weds. at 12:30; "Rockefeller Center," Fri. at 11.

NY BOTANICAL TOURS

Explore the Kapok Tree during "Tropical Attitude Tour," Tues. at 1; NY Botanical Garden; 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700, free w/grounds adm.

NY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

"Times Sq. & It's Signs Through Time;" meet outside Hanson's Brewery, 42nd St. (7th Ave.), 873-3400 ext.263, res. req.; Weds. at 6-7:30, $12, $10 st./s.c. [through 1/31].

92nd St. Y tours

Extensive program of tours and trips in & outside of New York City. This week enjoy wine & hors d'oeuvres during "Millennium Soiree: Tour of Cobble Hill Area, Art & Performance" tour, Sun. 11-4, 996-1100 for res. & meeting place, $50.

STREET SMARTS NY

"A Village Christmas," Sat. at 2; "Pubs & Poltergeists," Sat. at 6; "Christmas on 5th Ave.," Sun. at 2; "Christmas in Old Chelsea," Sun. at 2; 969-8262 for meeting place; $10.

urban TRAIL CLUB

Sat. & Sun. tours & hikes. This weekend, 7-8 mile hike of "Gravies Point & Welwyn Preserve" & 5 mile hike from "Long Beach to Lookout Point;" 718-274-3930 & 718-743-0920, respectively, call for meeting place, time & price.

Parades & Outdoor Sporting Events

FAST & FABULOUS CYCLING CLUB

Bike rides for gay & lesbian New Yorkers. This week, 65 mile ride up Rockland Lake; meet at the Boathouse in Central Park, 567-7160 or e-mail bob@nylink.com for info.; Sun. at 9 a.m., call for price.