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Free Photo: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
Starts in 5h 51m
Daily · 3 PM–8 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 3, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, Brooklyn · official listing on brooklynbridgepark.org · checked Nov 3
📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 · Brooklyn
Free
Free
Starts in 5h 51m
Daily · 3 PM–8 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 3, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 3
📍 Brooklyn Heights Promenade · Brooklyn Heights
Free
Free Photo: Domino Park
Starts in 6h 51m
Daily · 4 PM–11 PM
57°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 5, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Domino Park, Brooklyn · official listing on dominopark.com · checked Nov 5
📍 Domino Park · Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Free
Pay what you wish Photo: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Starts in 1d 0h
Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 10 AM–3:30 PM
54°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 5, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn · official listing on bbg.org · checked Nov 5
📍 Brooklyn Botanic Garden · Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Suggested donation · pay what you wish · Daytime admission pay-what-you-wish through January 15 while Lightscape is installed; evenings are separate paid Lightscape tickets
Free Photo: Bronx Museum of the Arts
Starts in 2d 1h
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–6 PM
57°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx · official listing on bronxmuseum.org · checked Oct 31
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📍 Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx
Free
Free Kid-friendly Photo: Prospect Park Alliance
Starts in 5d 0h
Every Sat · 10 AM–12 PM
46°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · repeats, so you can go another time · at Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Oct 30
📍 Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park · Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Completely free, no registration
Free Registration required Illustration
Starts in 5d 0h
SAT, NOV 14 · 10 AM–1 PM
46°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 6, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Fort Greene Park Visitor Center, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 6
📍 Fort Greene Park Visitor Center · Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Free · registration required · Free; register on the Fort Greene Park Conservancy event page
Free Illustration
Starts in 5d 0h
Every Sat · 10 AM–12 PM
46°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 7, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Prospect Park Audubon Center, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Nov 7
📍 Prospect Park Audubon Center · Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Free
Free Registration required Limited spots Photo: Roebling Rink, Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Starts in 5d 1h
SAT, NOV 14 · 10:30 AM–2 PM
46°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Roebling Rink, Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge , Brooklyn · official listing on brooklynbridgepark.org · checked Oct 31
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📍 Roebling Rink, Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park · DUMBO, Brooklyn
Free · registration required · Free admission for the 10:30 AM-12 PM and 12:30-2 PM sessions with a free ticket, while supplies last. Later opening-day sessions follow regular rink ticketing.
Free Registration required
Starts in 5d 1h
SAT, NOV 14 · 11 AM–12 PM
47°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Bushwick Inlet Park (Lawn Area), Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 31
📍 Bushwick Inlet Park (Lawn Area) · Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Free · registration required · Free
Free
Starts in 5d 1h
SAT, NOV 14 · 11 AM–12 PM
48°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 2
📍 Van Cortlandt Nature Center · Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Free
Free Kid-friendly
Starts in 5d 2h
Every Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
48°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · repeats, so you can go another time · at Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Oct 30
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📍 Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park · Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Completely free
Free Registration required Photo: The Green-House at Green-Wood Cemetery
Starts in 5d 2h
SAT, NOV 14 · 12 PM–2 PM
48°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at The Green-House at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn · official listing on green-wood.com · checked Nov 1
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📍 The Green-House at Green-Wood Cemetery · Brooklyn
Free · registration required · Free with RSVP
Free Registration required
Starts in 5d 3h
SAT, NOV 14 · 12:30 PM–4 PM
48°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Fairfield University Art Museum, Lower Connecticut · official listing on events.fairfield.edu · checked Oct 26
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📍 Fairfield University Art Museum · Fairfield, CT
Free
Free
Starts in 5d 3h
SAT, NOV 14 · 1 PM–2:30 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Prospect Park Picnic House, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
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📍 Prospect Park Picnic House · Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Free
Free
Starts in 5d 3h
SAT, NOV 14 · 1 PM–2 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Riverdale Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
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📍 Riverdale Park · Riverdale, Bronx
Free
Free Illustration
Starts in 5d 3h
SAT, NOV 14 · 1 PM–2 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Riverdale Park (Palisade Ave & Spaulding Ln), Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 2
📍 Riverdale Park (Palisade Ave & Spaulding Ln) · Riverdale, Bronx
Free
Free Photo: Environmental Education Center
Starts in 5d 3h
Every Sun, Sat · 1 PM–5 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Environmental Education Center, Brooklyn · official listing on brooklynbridgepark.org · checked Nov 2
📍 Environmental Education Center · DUMBO, Brooklyn
Free
Free
Starts in 5d 4h
SAT, NOV 14 · 2 PM–3 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 7, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Brooklyn Bridge Park Visitor Center at the Boathouse, Pier 5, Brooklyn · official listing on bargemusic.org · checked Nov 7
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📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park Visitor Center at the Boathouse, Pier 5 · Brooklyn
Free admission; no tickets or reservations
Free Registration required Photo: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library
Starts in 5d 5h
SAT, NOV 14 · 3 PM–4:15 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Brooklyn · official listing on bklynlibrary.org · checked Nov 2
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📍 Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library · Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Free · registration required
Free to enter
Starts in 5d 11h
SAT, NOV 14 · 9 PM–1 AM (NEXT DAY)
44°F · Partly Cloudy
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · at Wonderville, Brooklyn · official listing on wonderville.nyc · checked Nov 1
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📍 Wonderville · Bushwick, Brooklyn
Paid; Free to attend; 21+
Free Photo: House of Yes
Starts in 5d 12h
SAT, NOV 14 · FROM 10 PM
44°F · Partly Cloudy
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · at House of Yes, Brooklyn · official listing on calendar.houseofyes.org · checked Nov 1
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📍 House of Yes · Bushwick, Brooklyn
Paid · tickets on the House of Yes site · 21+
Free
Starts in 5d 13h
SAT, NOV 14 · 10:30 PM–4 AM (NEXT DAY)
44°F · Partly Cloudy
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Elsewhere, Brooklyn · official listing on elsewhere.club · checked Oct 30
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📍 Elsewhere · Bushwick, Brooklyn
Paid; 21+
Free Illustration
Starts in 6d 0h
SUN, NOV 15 · 9:30 AM–11 AM
46°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 7, 2026
Why this place: Free · at The Nest (Building 135), Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn · official listing on nycbirdalliance.app.neoncrm.com · checked Nov 7
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📍 The Nest (Building 135), Floyd Bennett Field · Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn
Free
Free Illustration
Starts in 6d 1h
SUN, NOV 15 · 11 AM–12 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Pelham Bay Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
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📍 Pelham Bay Park · Pelham Bay, Bronx
Free
Free
Starts in 6d 1h
SUN, NOV 15 · 11 AM–12 PM
49°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · at North Picnic Area, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 2
📍 North Picnic Area, Pelham Bay Park · Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
Free
Free
Starts in 6d 1h
SUN, NOV 15 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
50°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Brower Park Lawn, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 2
📍 Brower Park Lawn · Brower Park, Brooklyn
Free
Free
Starts in 6d 1h
SUN, NOV 15 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
50°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 5, 2026
Why this place: Free · at T & T Vernon Block Association Garden, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 5
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📍 T & T Vernon Block Association Garden · Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Free
Free
Starts in 6d 2h
SUN, NOV 15 · 12 PM–1:30 PM
51°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Fort Greene Park Visitor Center, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 2
📍 Fort Greene Park Visitor Center · Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Free
Free
Starts in 6d 3h
SUN, NOV 15 · 1 PM–2 PM
51°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Crotona Nature Center, Crotona Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 31
📍 Crotona Nature Center, Crotona Park · Crotona Park, Bronx
Free
Free Illustration
Starts in 6d 4h
SUN, NOV 15 · 2 PM–3 PM
52°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 7, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Brooklyn Bridge Park Visitor Center at the Boathouse, Pier 5, Brooklyn · official listing on bargemusic.org · checked Nov 7
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📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park Visitor Center at the Boathouse, Pier 5 · Brooklyn
Free admission; no tickets or reservations
Free Illustration
Starts in 6d 9h
SUN, NOV 15 · 7 PM–10 PM
49°F · Partly Cloudy
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn · official listing on aaa.org · checked Oct 29
📍 Pioneer Works · Red Hook, Brooklyn
Free (Amateur Astronomers Association public event)
Free Registration required Photo: Pioneer Works
Starts in 6d 9h
SUN, NOV 15 · FROM 7 PM
49°F · Partly Cloudy
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn · official listing on pioneerworks.org · checked Nov 1
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📍 Pioneer Works · Red Hook, Brooklyn
Free · registration required · Free with RSVP; seating first-come, first-served
Free to enter Photo: Mood Ring
Starts in 6d 11h
SUN, NOV 15 · 9 PM–2 AM (NEXT DAY)
✓ Verified Nov 5, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · at Mood Ring, Brooklyn · official listing on moodringnyc.club · checked Nov 5
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📍 Mood Ring · Bushwick, Brooklyn
Free to enter · purchases optional · Free to sing and enter; full bar service. 21+ with ID · 21+
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