Starts in 13h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 9 AM–3 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · 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 13h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 9 AM–3 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Starts in 14h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–7 PM
59°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 14h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–12 PM
57°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Snug Harbor, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Ranger walk at Snug Harbor
Starts in 14h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–2 PM
58°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Hudson River Museum, Greene Education Center, Westchester · official listing on hrm.org · checked Oct 26
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
Starts in 14h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–6 PM
60°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at MoMA PS1, Queens · official listing on momaps1.org · checked Oct 28
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Starts in 14h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–12 PM
57°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
Starts in 14h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–3 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
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Starts in 14h 43m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 10 AM–4 PM
59°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Manhattan · official listing on nps.gov · checked Nov 1
Hamilton Grange Free Ranger-Led House Tours
Starts in 15h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 11 AM–4 PM
61°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at King Manor Museum, Queens · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 28
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Starts in 15h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 11 AM–3 PM
59°F · Mostly 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 43m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–6 PM
61°F · 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 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 12 PM–4 PM
62°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 6, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Concrete Plant Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 6
5th Annual Community Banquet
Starts in 16h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 12 PM–4 PM
60°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 16h 43m
Every Sat, Sun · 12 PM–5 PM
61°F · 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 16h 43m
Every Sun, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–5 PM
61°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at Hispanic Society Museum & Library, Manhattan · official listing on hispanicsociety.org · checked Nov 1
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Starts in 16h 43m
Every Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–6 PM
61°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · pay what you wish · repeats, so you can go another time · at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Manhattan · official listing on leslielohman.org · checked Nov 1
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
Starts in 16h 43m
Every Sun, Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat · 12 PM–6 PM
62°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 6, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at MoMA PS1, Queens · official listing on momaps1.org · checked Nov 6
MoMA PS1 (Free Admission)
Starts in 17h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 1 PM–2 PM
63°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Juniper South Playground (in Juniper Valley Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Starts in 17h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 1 PM–2:30 PM
63°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park), Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
Starts in 17h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 1 PM–2 PM
62°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 31, 2026
Why this place: Free · at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 31
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
Starts in 18h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 2 PM–3:30 PM
63°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Oct 30
Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour
Starts in 18h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 2 PM–4 PM
62°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Poets House, Manhattan · official listing on poetshouse.org · checked Oct 30
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
Starts in 18h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 2 PM–4 PM
63°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 5, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Flatbush Library, 22 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn · official listing on bklynlibrary.org · checked Nov 5
Repurposeful Ancestry Lab Repair Café
Starts in 19h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · 3 PM–6 PM
62°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn · official listing on weeksvillesociety.org · checked Oct 30
Before It's Gone: Archive to Survive book launch and panel
Starts in 19h 43m
SAT, NOV 7 · FROM 3 PM
63°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 2, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Edgar Allan Poe Cottage, Bronx · official listing on poecottage.org · checked Nov 2
Ephemeral Light: Artist Talk with Ira Merritt at Poe Cottage
Starts in 21h 43m
Daily · 5 PM–6 PM
59°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 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 10:30 AM–6 PM
57°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan · official listing on whitney.org · checked Oct 27
Whitney Free Second Sunday
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
59°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Soundview Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Ranger walk at Soundview Park
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Forest Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Ranger hike in Forest Park
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
59°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Lafayette Avenue and Colgate Avenue (in Soundview Park), Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Fall Foliage Hike
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
59°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 4, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Visitor Information Booth, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Nov 4
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Folktales
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
59°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Lawn Area (in Seaside Wildlife Nature Park), Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Outdoor Skills: Orienteering and Geocaching Hike
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South (in Forest Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Fall Foliage Tree ID Hike
Starts in 1d 15h
SUN, NOV 8 · 11 AM–3 PM
59°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 16h
SUN, NOV 8 · 12 PM–4 PM
60°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 16h
SUN, NOV 8 · 12 PM–1:30 PM
60°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 30, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Old Stone House, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 30
Native American Heritage Month: Early Food Traditions at the Old Stone House
Starts in 1d 16h
SUN, NOV 8 · 12 PM–6 PM
60°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Nov 1, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn · official listing on pioneerworks.org · checked Nov 1
Second Sundays Free Open House at Pioneer Works
Starts in 1d 17h
SUN, NOV 8 · 1 PM–2:30 PM
60°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Central Park North Woods, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Ranger hike in Central Park's North Woods
Starts in 1d 17h
SUN, NOV 8 · 1 PM–3 PM
59°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Valley Cottage, Nyack & Rockland · official listing on valleycottagelibrary.org · checked Oct 26
Art in Public Places 40th Anniversary Celebration
Starts in 1d 17h
SUN, NOV 8 · 1 PM–2 PM
60°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at 73rd Avenue and Hollis Hills Terrace (in Cunningham Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Starts in 1d 17h
SUN, NOV 8 · 1 PM–2:30 PM
60°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · at David Dinkins Circle (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park),Ederl, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Artist Talk with Cecile Chong and Alexander Zev
Starts in 1d 17h
SUN, NOV 8 · 1 PM–3 PM
60°F · 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
Second Sunday Castle Tours
Starts in 1d 20h
Every Sun, Tue · 4 PM–5:30 PM
59°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
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