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Free to enter Kid-friendly Happening now
Every Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat · 8 AM–6 PM
Farmers markets
＋ Add to planner 📍 Union Square, 17th St between Broadway & Park Ave South · Union Square, Manhattan
Free to walk in · produce is paid
Free Kid-friendly Photo: Grand Central Terminal Happening now
WED, OCT 28 · 10 AM–7 PM
Fitness & wellness
＋ Add to planner 📍 Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal · Midtown, Manhattan
Free
Seasonal special Kid-friendly from $39Happening now
Every Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 10 AM–8:30 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Museum of Ice Cream · SoHo, Manhattan
Seasonal special Kid-friendly from $28Happening now
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 10 AM–10 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Museum of Illusions New York · West Village, Manhattan
4 and under free (official FAQ).
Free Free Kid-friendly Illustration Happening now
WED, OCT 28 · 11 AM–12 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park) · Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan
Free
Free to enter Kid-friendly Illustration Happening now
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–10 PM
Food & giveaways
＋ Add to planner 📍 Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, 65 Bayard St · Chinatown, Manhattan
Free to walk in; scoops priced in store
Free to enter Kid-friendly Illustration Happening now
Every Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 11 AM–6 PM
Food & giveaways
＋ Add to planner 📍 Economy Candy, 108 Rivington St · Lower East Side, Manhattan
Free to walk in; candy priced in store
Free Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3h 55m
WED, OCT 28 · 3 PM–5 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park) · Washington Square Park, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3h 55m
WED, OCT 28 · 3 PM–7 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Canal Street Open Street · Lower East Side, Manhattan
Free (per NYC DOT Trick-or-Streets listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3h 55m
WED, OCT 28 · 3 PM–7 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Flatiron Plaza · Flatiron, Manhattan
Free (per NYC DOT Trick-or-Streets listing)
Free Free Registration required Kid-friendly Photo: Flatiron NoMad Starts in 3h 55m
WED, OCT 28 · 3 PM–7 PM
Markets & pop-ups
＋ Add to planner 📍 Flatiron Public Plaza · Flatiron Public Plaza, Broadway, New York, USA, Manhattan
Free
Free Free Kid-friendly Photo: Hudson Yards Starts in 23h 55m
THU, OCT 29 · 11 AM–7 PM
Markets & pop-ups
＋ Add to planner 📍 Vessel · Vessel, Hudson Yards, New York, USA, Manhattan
Free
Free Free Kid-friendly Illustration Starts in 1d 1h
THU, OCT 29 · 1 PM–3 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park) · Washington Square Park, Manhattan
Free
Free Free Kid-friendly Illustration Starts in 1d 6h
THU, OCT 29 · 5:30 PM–7 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park) · Washington Square Park, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 1d 20h
FRI, OCT 30 · 8 AM–7 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Children's Magical Garden · Lower East Side, Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 1d 22h
FRI, OCT 30 · 10 AM–7 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St · Battery Park City, Manhattan
Free admission · canned-food donations welcome
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 2h
FRI, OCT 30 · 2 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Harlem Valley Garden · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 3h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3 PM–5 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Olgas El Gallo Community Garden · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 3h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 North Lawn, Morningside Park · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 4h
FRI, OCT 30 · 4 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Bryant Park · Midtown, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 4h
FRI, OCT 30 · 4 PM–7 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Hamilton Fish Recreation Center, Hamilton Fish Park · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 6h
FRI, OCT 30 · 5:30 PM–8 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Margaret Corbin Circle / Cottage Yard, Fort Tryon Park · Washington Heights, Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 22h
SAT, OCT 31 · 10 AM–3 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Harlem Grown (W 134th St farm) · Harlem, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 23h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–9 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Chelsea Market · Chelsea, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 2d 23h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–8 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Market 57, Pier 57 · Chelsea, Manhattan
Free · food for sale
Kid-friendly Free to enter Photo: The Seaport Starts in 2d 23h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–8 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 South Street Seaport · Seaport, Manhattan
Free museum admission and trick-or-treating; no ticket listed for the Haunted Fish Market
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 0h
SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Morris-Jumel Community Garden · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 0h
SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–3 PM
Food & giveaways
＋ Add to planner 📍 Harlem Roots Community Garden · Harlem, Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 0h
SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–4 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Serenity Garden - NYCHA Lexington Houses Community Garden · East Harlem, Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 0h
SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–4 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Frank White Memorial Garden · Harlem, Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 1h
SAT, OCT 31 · 1 PM–4 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 West 3rd Street · Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Free (per NYC DOT Trick-or-Streets listing)
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 2h
SAT, OCT 31 · 2 PM–4 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 3h
SAT, OCT 31 · 3 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Abyssinian Tot Lot · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 3h
SAT, OCT 31 · 3 PM–8 PM
Food & giveaways
＋ Add to planner 📍 Sugar Hill Hope Garden · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 3h
SAT, OCT 31 · 3 PM–6:30 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Edgecomb Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Photo: NYC Parks Starts in 3d 4h
SAT, OCT 31 · 3:30 PM–5:30 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Riverside Park · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 3d 5h
SAT, OCT 31 · 5 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Cabrini Boulevard · Washington Heights, Manhattan
Free (per NYC DOT Trick-or-Streets listing)
Free Kid-friendly Illustration Starts in 4d 4h
SUN, NOV 1 · 2:30 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Campos Community Garden · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Free Kid-friendly Photo: The Plaza Hotel Starts in 6d 23h
WED, NOV 4 · 10 AM–4 PM
Markets & pop-ups
＋ Add to planner 📍 1 West 58th Street · 1 West 58th Street, New York, USA, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Illustration Starts in 1w 2d
SAT, NOV 7 · 8 AM–12 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Rockefeller Plaza · Midtown, Manhattan
Free
Kid-friendly Photo: Hudson River Park Starts in 1w 3d
SAT, NOV 7 · 11 AM–3 PM
📍 Pier 84, Hudson River Park · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
No price listed; public park event, bring your own pumpkin
Free Kid-friendly Illustration Starts in 1w 3d
SAT, NOV 7 · 12 PM–2 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 J. Hood Wright Recreation Center, J. Hood Wright Park · Manhattan
Free (per NYC Parks listing).
Free Kid-friendly Registration required Photo: Whitney Museum of American Art Starts in 1w 4d
SUN, NOV 8 · 10:30 AM–6 PM
Arts & culture
＋ Add to planner 📍 Whitney Museum of American Art · Meatpacking, Manhattan
Free; timed tickets required
Free Kid-friendly Registration required Photo: Lower East Side Ecology Center Starts in 1w 4d
SUN, NOV 8 · 12 PM–3 PM
Community resources
＋ Add to planner 📍 La Plaza Cultural Community Garden · East Village, Manhattan
Free, all ages
Free Kid-friendly Illustration Starts in 2w 6d
TUE, NOV 17 · 5 PM–8 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 West 125th Street · Harlem, Manhattan
Free
Seasonal special Kid-friendly Illustration $69 Starts in 3w 3d
SAT, NOV 21 · 3 PM–5 PM
Food & giveaways
＋ Add to planner 📍 Hyatt Place New York/Midtown-South, 52 W 36th St · Midtown South, Manhattan
Free Kid-friendly Limited spots Photo: nycforfree.co Starts in 3w 3d
SUN, NOV 22 · 9 AM–7:30 PM
Markets & pop-ups
＋ Add to planner 📍 Duffy Square · Times Square, Manhattan
Free · giveaways while supplies last
Free Kid-friendly Starts in 4w 0d
THU, NOV 26 · 8:30 AM–12 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Central Park West to Macy's Herald Square · Upper West Side to Herald Square, Manhattan
Free to watch from public viewing areas
Free Kid-friendly Seasonal special Illustration Starts in 5w 0d
WED, DEC 2 · 7 PM–10 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Rockefeller Center · Midtown, Manhattan
Free to watch; space is limited
Free Seasonal special Photo: NYSE Starts in 5w 1d
THU, DEC 3 · 3:30 PM–6:30 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 New York Stock Exchange · Financial District, Manhattan
Free and open to the public.
Free Kid-friendly Seasonal special Photo: Madison Square Park Conservancy Starts in 5w 1d
THU, DEC 3 · 4:30 PM–5:30 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Madison Square Park · Flatiron, Manhattan
Free; no reservation needed.
Free Photo: NYC Parks Starts in 5w 3d
SAT, DEC 5 · 4:30 PM–6 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 West Harlem Piers · West Harlem, Manhattan
Free
Free Kid-friendly Registration required Starts in 9w 6d
WED, JAN 6 · 9 AM–3 PM
Family & kids
＋ Add to planner 📍 Park Ave, 106th–115th St · East Harlem, Manhattan
Free
