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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.

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Starts in 7h 21m
Daily · 7 AM–6 PM
33°F · Sunny
✓ 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 8h 21m
Daily · 8 AM–4 PM
38°F · 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 9h 21m
Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4 PM
44°F · 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 9h 21m
Every Sun, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9 AM–4:45 PM
46°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at New Jersey State Museum, New Jersey · official listing on nj.gov · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

New Jersey State Museum Free Admission

📍 New Jersey State Museum · Trenton, New Jersey
Free
Starts in 9h 21m
Daily · 9 AM–4:30 PM
44°F · 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 9h 51m
Every Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
46°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Jockey Hollow Visitor Center, New Jersey · official listing on nps.gov · checked Nov 11
Outdoors

Jockey Hollow Visitor Center in Morristown

📍 Jockey Hollow Visitor Center · Morristown, New Jersey
Free
Starts in 9h 51m
Every Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat · 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
46°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Washington’s Headquarters Museum, New Jersey · official listing on nps.gov · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Washington’s Headquarters Museum in Morristown

📍 Washington’s Headquarters Museum · Morristown, New Jersey
Free
Starts in 10h 21m
Daily · 10 AM–4 PM
47°F · 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
Starts in 12h 21m
Every Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
51°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island · official listing on heckscher.org · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Heckscher Museum of Art (free admission)

📍 The Heckscher Museum of Art · Huntington, Long Island
Free
Starts in 12h 21m
Every Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
51°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey · official listing on zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers (always free)

📍 Zimmerli Art Museum · New Brunswick, New Jersey
Free
Starts in 12h 21m
Every Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
51°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Guild Hall, Long Island · official listing on guildhall.org · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Guild Hall Museum Free Admission in East Hampton

📍 Guild Hall · East Hampton, Long Island
Free
Starts in 12h 21m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–5 PM
50°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 11, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Neuberger Museum of Art, Westchester · official listing on purchase.edu · checked Nov 11
Arts & culture

Neuberger Museum of Art

📍 Neuberger Museum of Art · Purchase, Westchester
Free
Starts in 14h 21m
SUN, NOV 15 · 2 PM–3:30 PM
49°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 4, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Grinton I. Will Library, Will Auditorium, 1500 Central Park , Westchester · official listing on ypl.org · checked Nov 4
Music & nightlife

Vincent Herring Quartet

📍 Grinton I. Will Library, Will Auditorium, 1500 Central Park Avenue · Yonkers, Westchester
Free; advance registration strongly encouraged. Seating is limited.

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