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Free & Cheap Date Ideas in NYC

Date ideas that cost little or nothing

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.

460 verified listings right now. Updated automatically.

Happening now
Daily · 7 AM–6 PM
39°F · Slight Chance Light Rain
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Kensico Dam Plaza, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestercountyny.gov · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Kensico Dam Plaza

📍 Kensico Dam Plaza · Valhalla, Westchester
Free
Starts in 14h 32m
Daily · 8 AM–4 PM
36°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Lasdon Public Gardens, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestercountyny.gov · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Lasdon Public Gardens

📍 Lasdon Public Gardens · Somers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 15h 32m
Every Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4 PM
38°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Lenoir Preserve Nature Center, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Lenoir Preserve Nature Center in Yonkers

📍 Lenoir Preserve Nature Center · Yonkers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 15h 32m
Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4 PM
38°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Croton Point Nature Center, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Croton Point Nature Center

📍 Croton Point Nature Center · Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester
Free
Starts in 15h 32m
Daily · 9 AM–4:30 PM
38°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Untermyer Gardens, Westchester · official listing on untermyergardens.org · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Untermyer Gardens (winter hours)

📍 Untermyer Gardens · Yonkers, Westchester
Free
Starts in 16h 32m
Daily · 10 AM–4 PM
40°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm, Westchester · official listing on parks.westchestergov.com · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Muscoot Farm in Somers (Free Admission)

📍 Alfred B. DelBello Muscoot Farm · Somers, Westchester
Free

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