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THU, OCT 29 · 5 PM–7 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Flatiron Wines & Spirits, Manhattan · official listing on nyc.flatiron-wines.com · checked Oct 25
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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 9h 56m
Daily · 5 PM–6 PM
68°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Manhattan · official listing on cooperhewitt.org · checked Oct 27
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Starts in 10h 56m
THU, OCT 29 · 6 PM–8 PM
67°F · Mostly Clear
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Astor Wines & Spirits, Manhattan · official listing on astorwines.com · checked Oct 25
Free wine & spirits tastings at Astor Wines
Starts in 1d 1h
FRI, OCT 30 · 9 AM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Powell Street Garden, NYC · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Farm Stand
Starts in 1d 1h
FRI, OCT 30 · 9 AM–12 PM
60°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Kissena Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Kissena Park Forest Restoration
Starts in 1d 2h
FRI, OCT 30 · 10 AM–7 PM
64°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St, Manhattan · official listing on bfplny.com · checked Oct 27
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Starts in 1d 4h
FRI, OCT 30 · 12 PM–1 PM
68°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Bryant Park, Manhattan · official listing on bryantpark.org · checked Oct 26
Free lunchtime juggling in Bryant Park
Starts in 1d 7h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3 PM–5 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Family Community Garden, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Halloween Pumpkin Decorating and Candy Giveaway!
Starts in 1d 7h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3 PM–5 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Brisas Del Caribe Garden, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Pumpkin Decorating at Brisas del Caribe
Starts in 1d 8h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3:30 PM–6 PM
71°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Walker Park Field House, Walker Park, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Wicked Walker Family Fun & Halloween Event
Starts in 1d 9h
FRI, OCT 30 · 5 PM–7 PM
67°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Dance Room, Thomas Jefferson Park, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Thomas Jefferson Hunted Walk
Starts in 1d 9h
Every Fri · 5 PM–10 PM
66°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan · official listing on whitney.org · checked Oct 27
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Starts in 1d 10h
FRI, OCT 30 · 6 PM–8 PM
64°F · Clear
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Oct 29
Open-air film: Ten Minutes to Live (1932) with a live vinyl score
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