Starts in 1d 11h
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
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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 1d 11h
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
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Starts in 1d 12h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
55°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
Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill
Starts in 1d 12h
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
Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife
Starts in 1d 12h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–12 PM
55°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
Howl-oween Doggie Day Hike
Starts in 1d 12h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–3 PM
55°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
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Starts in 1d 13h
SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–4 PM
57°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
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Starts in 1d 14h
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
Howl-oween Doggie Day Walk
Starts in 2d 11h
SUN, NOV 1 · 9 AM–2 PM
52°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
Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten
Starts in 2d 13h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–12 PM
57°F · Partly 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
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Botany
Starts in 2d 13h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
58°F · Partly 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
Fall Canoeing
Starts in 2d 13h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–1 PM
57°F · Partly 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
Historic New York: Fort Totten
Starts in 2d 13h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–3 PM
58°F · Partly 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
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Starts in 2d 14h
SUN, NOV 1 · 12 PM–4 PM
60°F · Partly 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
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Starts in 2d 14h
SUN, NOV 1 · 12:30 PM–3 PM
60°F · Partly 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
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Starts in 2d 15h
SUN, NOV 1 · 1 PM–3 PM
61°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Astoria Park, Queens · official listing on astoriaparkalliance.org · checked Oct 26
6th Annual Astoria Park Pumpkin Smash
Starts in 2d 17h
SUN, NOV 1 · 3 PM–4 PM
62°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Oak Ridge (in Forest Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Day of the Dead Celebration featuring Mariachi Real de Mexico
Starts in 2d 18h
SUN, NOV 1 · 4 PM–6 PM
61°F · Partly 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
Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image
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