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Prospect Park Zoo
📍 450 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
A small, easy zoo for little kids: sea lion training sessions, a barn with farm animals and red pandas. Kids 2 and under free.
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Pocket parks, viewpoints, public atriums and free museum hours.
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Brooklyn Heights Promenade
📍 Columbia Heights from Remsen St to Orange St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
A walkway above the harbor with views of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Louis Valentino Jr. Park & Pier
📍 Coffey St & Ferris St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
A quiet Red Hook pier facing the Statue of Liberty, good at sunset.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Sunset Park (the hill)
📍 41st–44th Sts between 5th & 7th Aves, Brooklyn, NY 11232
A hilltop with views of the Manhattan skyline, the harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
The Bronx Museum (always free)
📍 1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10456
Contemporary art with a Bronx focus; admission to the museum and its exhibitions is always free.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Arthur Avenue Retail Market
📍 2344 Arthur Ave (at E 187th St), Bronx, NY 10458
LaGuardia's 1940 covered Italian market in Bronx Little Italy: cheese, cured meats, cigars, a beer hall and Gene Bean's ices. Free to wander.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree on set days
Wave Hill: free Thursdays
📍 4900 Independence Ave, Bronx, NY 10471
Public garden with sweeping Hudson and Palisades views; free admission every Thursday.
○ Closed today
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Lehman College Art Gallery
📍 250 Bedford Park Blvd W (Fine Arts Building), Bronx, NY 10468
A free contemporary art gallery in a Marcel Breuer building on the Lehman College campus.
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Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Bronx Park & Bronx River paths
📍 Bronx Park, between E Fordham Rd and Pelham Pkwy, Bronx, NY
Riverside paths along the Bronx River between the Zoo and the Botanical Garden.
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Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Van Cortlandt Park
📍 Broadway & W 242nd St, Bronx, NY 10471
The Bronx's great woodland park: the Parade Ground, Van Cortlandt Lake and forest trails.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Poe Park (Poe Cottage grounds)
📍 Grand Concourse & E Kingsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10458
The small park around Edgar Allan Poe's last home, with the 1797 cottage and a bandstand.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Orchard Beach promenade (Pelham Bay Park)
📍 Orchard Beach Rd, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY 10464
The "Bronx Riviera": a crescent beach and promenade on Long Island Sound, quiet and breezy off-season.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Time Out Market New York
📍 55 Water St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
A Dumbo food hall with a rooftop that looks straight at the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Free to go up; food is extra.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
Public art: Woody De Othello, "Guardian Spirit"
📍 Pier 1 & Manhattan Bridge View, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY 11201
A free Public Art Fund installation on the Brooklyn waterfront, with the bridges behind it.
● Open today
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