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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.

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Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–6 PM

66°F · Light Rain

✓ 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

Arts & culture

Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)

📍 Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx

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SUN, DEC 6 · 11 AM–12:30 PM

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Why this place: Free · at Baisley Pond Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 5

Tours & walks

Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Baisley Pond Park

📍 Baisley Pond Park · South Jamaica, Queens