Starts in 1d 6h
SAT, OCT 31 · 2 PM–2:45 PM
59°F · Sunny
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Why this place: Free · at Wave Hill, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
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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.
Starts in 2d 2h
SUN, NOV 1 · 9 AM–2 PM
50°F · Partly Sunny
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Why this place: Free · at Bayside Historical Society (in Fort Totten Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten
Starts in 2d 4h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–12 PM
57°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Vermont Place Parking Lot (in Highland Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Botany
Starts in 2d 4h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–12 PM
57°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park), Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art
Starts in 2d 4h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–1 PM
57°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Fort Totten Park Visitors Center (in Fort Totten Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Historic New York: Fort Totten
Starts in 2d 8h
SUN, NOV 1 · 3 PM–4 PM
61°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Oak Ridge (in Forest Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Day of the Dead Celebration featuring Mariachi Real de Mexico
Starts in 2d 9h
SUN, NOV 1 · 4 PM–6 PM
60°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Museum of the Moving Image, Kaufman Courtyard, Queens · official listing on movingimage.org · checked Oct 29
Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image
Starts in 2d 9h
SUN, NOV 1 · 4 PM–6 PM
60°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Museum of the Moving Image, Kaufman Courtyard, Queens · official listing on movingimage.org · checked Oct 30
Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image
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