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.

225 verified listings right now. Updated automatically.

Starts in 1d 4h

SAT, OCT 31 · 10 AM–12 PM

52°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Redwood Ave & Corbin Ave (in Siedenburg Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Outdoors

Siedenburg Park Trail Marker Installation

📍 Redwood Ave & Corbin Ave (in Siedenburg Park) · Siedenburg Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event) · registration may be required

Starts in 1d 4h

SAT, OCT 31 · 10 AM–3 PM

52°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Arts & culture

Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776

📍 Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park) · Conference House Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 1d 5h

SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–12:30 PM

54°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Greenbelt Nature Center, Blood Root Valley, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25

Outdoors

Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill

📍 Greenbelt Nature Center, Blood Root Valley · Staten Island

Free (per NYC Parks listing).

Starts in 1d 5h

SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–12 PM

54°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Playground (in Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Tours & walks

Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife

📍 Playground (in Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park) · Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park, Queens

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 1d 5h

SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–12 PM

54°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Entrance - Cornelia Avenue and Chester Avenue (in Wolfe's Po, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Tours & walks

Howl-oween Doggie Day Hike

📍 Entrance - Cornelia Avenue and Chester Avenue (in Wolfe's Pond Park) · Wolfe's Pond Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 1d 5h

SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–3 PM

54°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Arts & culture

Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden

📍 H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park) · Conference House Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 1d 6h

SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–4 PM

56°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Arts & culture

Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum

📍 Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park) · Conference House Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 1d 7h

SAT, OCT 31 · 1 PM–2 PM

58°F · Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Beach Channel Drive and Beach 88th Street (in Bay Breeze Par, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Tours & walks

Howl-oween Doggie Day Walk

📍 Beach Channel Drive and Beach 88th Street (in Bay Breeze Park) · Bay Breeze Park, Queens

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 2d 4h

SUN, NOV 1 · 9 AM–2 PM

50°F · Partly Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Bayside Historical Society (in Fort Totten Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Arts & culture

Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten

📍 Bayside Historical Society (in Fort Totten Park) · Fort Totten Park, Queens

Free (NYC Parks event) · registration may be required

Starts in 2d 6h

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

Arts & culture

Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Botany

📍 Vermont Place Parking Lot (in Highland Park) · Highland Park, Queens

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 2d 6h

SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–12:30 PM

58°F · Mostly Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Holten Ave. and Purdy Place (in Wolfe's Pond Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Tours & walks

Fall Canoeing

📍 Holten Ave. and Purdy Place (in Wolfe's Pond Park) · Wolfe's Pond Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 2d 6h

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

Arts & culture

Historic New York: Fort Totten

📍 Fort Totten Park Visitors Center (in Fort Totten Park) · Fort Totten Park, Queens

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 2d 6h

SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–3 PM

58°F · Mostly Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Arts & culture

Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden

📍 H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park) · Conference House Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 2d 7h

SUN, NOV 1 · 12 PM–4 PM

60°F · Mostly Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026

Why this place: Free · at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29

Arts & culture

Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum

📍 Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park) · Conference House Park, Staten Island

Free (NYC Parks event)

Starts in 2d 8h

SUN, NOV 1 · 12:30 PM–3 PM

60°F · Mostly Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026

Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor Sustainability Center, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28

Outdoors

Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor

📍 Snug Harbor Sustainability Center · Livingston, Staten Island

Free; registration required.

Starts in 2d 8h

SUN, NOV 1 · 1 PM–3 PM

60°F · Mostly Sunny

✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026

Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Astoria Park, Queens · official listing on astoriaparkalliance.org · checked Oct 26

Outdoors

6th Annual Astoria Park Pumpkin Smash

📍 Astoria Park · Astoria, Queens

No admission price listed; public park event, bring your own pumpkin

Starts in 2d 10h

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

Arts & culture

Day of the Dead Celebration featuring Mariachi Real de Mexico

📍 Oak Ridge (in Forest Park) · Forest Park, Queens

Free (NYC Parks event) · registration may be required

Starts in 2d 11h

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

Arts & culture

Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image

📍 Museum of the Moving Image, Kaufman Courtyard · Astoria, Queens

Free admission

Starts in 2d 11h

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

Arts & culture

Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image

📍 Museum of the Moving Image, Kaufman Courtyard · 36-01 35th Ave, Astoria, NY 11106, Queens

Free

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