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Free & Cheap Date Ideas in NYC

Date ideas that cost little or nothing

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Free and cheap date ideas in NYC: gallery nights, free concerts, walking tours, tastings and markets worth wandering. Pair any of these with a walk and you’ve got a night out. For paid ideas, see Date night.

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Every Sun, Sat · 7 AM–11 AM
50°F · Partly Sunny
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Governors Island Trust Ferry, Manhattan · official listing on govisland.com · checked Nov 6
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Governors Island free weekend morning ferry

📍 Governors Island Trust Ferry · Battery Maritime Building / Governors Island, Manhattan
Free at the listed days and hours; Free Trust ferry Sat/Sun before 11 AM

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