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SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–10 PM
52°F · Mostly Clear
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Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Times Sq - 42 St, Manhattan · official listing on envoyevents.com · checked Oct 31
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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.
Happening now
SAT, OCT 31 · HOURS TBC
52°F · Mostly Clear
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village, Manhattan · official listing on halloween-nyc.com · checked Oct 26
NYC Village Halloween Parade
Happening now
SAT, OCT 31 · 7 PM–9 PM
52°F · Mostly Clear
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Dyckman Marina, Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Dyckman Marina Movie Nights
Starts in 13h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 9 AM–2 PM
52°F · Mostly 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 14h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 10 AM–7 PM
54°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St, Manhattan · official listing on bfplny.com · checked Oct 31
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Starts in 15h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–12 PM
56°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
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Botany
Starts in 15h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–4 PM
56°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ 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
Brooklyn FAM Festival: Shine Your Light
Starts in 15h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–1 PM
56°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
Historic New York: Fort Totten
Starts in 15h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–3 PM
56°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 15h 49m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–6 PM
56°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ 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
Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)
Starts in 16h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 12 PM–4 PM
58°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
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Starts in 16h 49m
Every Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
59°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · repeats, so you can go another time · at Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Oct 30
Exhibit: The Shirley Chisholm Way at Lefferts Historic House
Starts in 18h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 2 PM–7 PM
61°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · kid-friendly · at The Nyack Center, Nyack & Rockland · official listing on explorerocklandny.com · checked Oct 25
Indian Food Festival & Diwali Mela
Starts in 19h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 3 PM–4 PM
61°F · 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 20h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 4 PM–6 PM
61°F · 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
Starts in 20h 49m
Every Sun, Tue · 4 PM–5:30 PM
61°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Manhattan · official listing on guggenheim.org · checked Oct 31
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Starts in 21h 49m
Daily · 5 PM–6 PM
59°F · Mostly 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 22h 49m
SUN, NOV 1 · 6 PM–7:30 PM
57°F · Mostly Clear
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · at David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Manhattan · official listing on lincolncenter.org · checked Oct 30
Día de Muertos Celebration with Guachinangos
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