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Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
SKULLPANDA “OFF MODE” pop-up experience
Veronica Beard Sample Sale
Holiday Shops at Bryant Park Winter Village
Free Entry to Vessel and Edge for Runners
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Economy Candy: old-school candy store since 1937
Artists & Fleas Chelsea Market
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
The Museum at FIT (Always Free, Open Until 8 PM Wed–Fri)
Little Island free Hudson River park walk (Pier 55)
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Asilah Oui: Free Films at Anthology Film Archives
Native Voices Karenna: two short operas at Cooper Union's Great Hall
New Museum Pay-What-You-Wish Thursday Nights
Union Square Greenmarket
Spyder sample sale
Free Fridays at Poster House
Grant's Tomb (General Grant National Memorial)
Hamilton Grange Free Ranger-Led House Tours
Fusalp sample sale
SEA New York sample sale
Friday late hours at the Studio Museum in Harlem
The Maison L’Occitane Holiday House
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce at Pearl River Mart Foods
Eataly Caffè Upper West Side Grand Opening
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Japan Society Gallery Free First Friday
MoMA UNIQLO Friday Nights (free for NY State residents)
Collagraph Printing Workshop at the Whitney (Free Friday Night)
Meet the Tree Day (Rockefeller tree arrival)
Early Morning Opening: To the Stars! Space Exploration (sensory-friendly)
Volunteer Gardening at Tiemann Place in Riverside Park
Care Bears Meet the Tree Day
The Hormone Project with LOLA
Meet the Fleet at Riverside Park's Compost Compound
Guided Nature Walk in Fort Tryon Park
Midtown West Fair on Eighth Avenue
Hello Kitty’s Birthday Party
RoC x Reforming Pilates Flatiron Townhouse
Free Saturday Juggling at Bryant Park
High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers (Saturdays)
IQBAR NYC Pop-Up
Nathan Fielder Look-Alike Contest
Discovery Hike: Randall's Island Salt Marsh
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
New Italian Cinema Events
Strange Confessions: Free Play Reading in Riverside Park
Bryant Park sensory quiet skate mornings (Sundays)
Kid Birding in Fort Tryon Park
Union Square Autumn Fair
Whitney Free Second Sunday
Ranger hike in Central Park's North Woods
Leaf Peeping Hike in Central Park's North Woods
Ruby Kisses X Aokō Matcha Pop-Up
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Diwali In Manhattan
Grand Central Holiday Fair
Free Bryant Park tour
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Zing! Kids Fitness
Bryant Park Staff Walking Tours (Mondays)
Conversations in Tusculum: Richard Nelson play at Cooper Union
EBENEZER Advance Screening
SharkNinja IRL: The Hair Edit
Alice + Olivia Sample Sale
Rag & Bone Sample Sale
Isabel Marant Sample Sale
Free Evening Juggling Class at Bryant Park
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa photography artist talk at Cooper Union
Art Week NYC
Free Wednesdays at the Museum of the City of New York
Tiger Sisters Library Café
Wollman Rink Veterans Day free admission skate
Alex Crane Sample Sale
Proper Cloth Sample Sale
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Grey Art Museum Late Wednesdays (NYU)
Officine Générale Sample Sale at 468 Broadway
Monthly Nature Exploration Hike at Inwood Hill Park
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
TAG Heuer x Time+Tide: Exclusive Launch Party NYC
Coffee Cart-esia
Financial Community Fall Fair
Union Square Holiday Market
Broadway Under The Stars
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Mark West lecture on pareidolia and form at Cooper Union
Adult Crafternoon: Cyanotype Bookmarks at Battery Park City Library
Food Bank Mobile Pantry free groceries at Chinatown YMCA Beacon
Neue Galerie free First Friday: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
The Library After Hours: Friday the 13th Edition
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
NYC Tourist Day Street Fair
Café Colmado test kitchen: taste a new release free
Coding Together Mini Hackathon at the Intrepid Museum
Writing & Dramaturgy: A Bilingual Talk
Designing Women Market at The New York Historical
Rose's Pineapple Shorts pop-up at Pearl River Mart Foods
Grünsgiving
Free Solar Observing at St. Nicholas Park
Sungazing with West Harlem Art Fund in St. Nicholas Park
Fire Cider Workshop at Randall's Island Urban Farm
Outdoor Skills: Survival 101 in Morningside Park
Poets House: Verge Books launch of The Tablets by Armand Schwerner
Juilliard MAP Open Recital (free)
Winter Composting with Big Reuse on Randall's Island
Thanksgiving Celebration Street Fair on Sixth Avenue
Winterization Workday at Gatehouse Garden
Battle of Fort Washington 250th Anniversary in Fort Tryon Park
Nature's Workshop: Natural Inks and Dyes in Inwood Hill Park
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with FunkyTown Playground
Wedding Salon NYC November 16
Free Stellar cooking demo at Grassroots Farmers Market
Nili Lotan Sample Sale at 260 LaFA
Rudsak Sample Sale at 260 NoMad
Perler Bead Art at St. Agnes Library
Harlem Holiday Lights
Harlem Tree Lighting at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Plaza
Sean Lally architecture lecture at Cooper Union
Team RIVER Volunteers on Randall's Island
No Kid Hungry Give Back Bodega
JOHN ELLIOTT Sample Sale at 468 Broadway
RAINS Sample Sale at 468 Broadway
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Lee Barrett
At the Hearth: Make a Pinch Pot with Greenwich House Pottery
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
In the Room: David Hume Kennerly at Cooper Union's Great Hall
Free Third Thursday Evening at the Jewish Museum
Intermediate Chess Class at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off at the Seaport Museum
Fresh Youth Initiatives Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Lehman Village East Harlem Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Falling for Nature Hike in Central Park
Free tasting: KYUNU instant noodles at Pearl River Mart Foods
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Astronomy: Autumn Sky in Inwood Hill Park
Tamagotchi Times Square Spectacular (30th anniversary)
Two Bridges Youth Market Stellar cooking demo
Native American Heritage Month: Walking Lenapehoking
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with Andy & Suzanna
FOCKER IN-LAW Advance Screening
Thanksgiving Bazaar at Grand Bazaar NYC
Team RIVER Volunteers on Randall's Island
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Looney Louie
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: Northern Manhattan Parks Super Hike
Historic New York: Mount Morris Fire Watchtower Open Access
Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Bryant Park Tree Lighting at Bank of America Winter Village
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
NYSE Tree Lighting
Madison Square Park Holiday Tree Lighting
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
Holiday on the Hudson tree lighting
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Central Park Reservoir
Christmas Tree Lighting at Stuyvesant Square
Z100 All Access Lounge 2026
Winter Wreath Workshop
Fifth Avenue Holiday Open Streets
Astronomy: The Winter Sky in Inwood Hill Park
NYRR Midnight Run fireworks (spectator)
NYC Parks New Year's Day Super Hike – Central Park
49th Annual Three Kings Day Parade
Paid & ticketed events (37)
The Museum of Broadway
Museum of Ice Cream
Museum of Illusions
Museum of Sex
Song'E Napule Neapolitan pizza and trattoria in the West Village
Fish Cheeks Thai seafood restaurant (NoHo)
Jeju Noodle Bar Korean comfort food (West Village)
Thai Diner Thai-American restaurant (Nolita)
🗽 Other places to go
Sloomoo Institute
📍 475 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
A slime museum: hands-on slime bars, a slime-rain room and a DIY slime station.
● Closed now
Details Official site ↗Museum of Sex
📍 233 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016
Adults-only (18+) exhibits plus the inflatable "Super Funland" rooms.
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Details Official site ↗Museum of Illusions
📍 77 8th Ave, New York, NY 10014
Tilted rooms, infinity tunnels and photo illusions. Kids 4 and under free.
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Details Official site ↗The Museum of Broadway
📍 145 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
Costumes, set pieces and the history of Broadway shows. Last entry 90 min before close.
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Details Official site ↗SPYSCAPE
📍 928 8th Ave, New York, NY 10019
A spy museum with laser-maze and lie-detector challenges that profile your spy role.
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Details Official site ↗RiseNY
📍 160 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
A NYC history museum that ends in a "flying" ride over the skyline.
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Details Official site ↗Mercer Labs
📍 21 Dey St, New York, NY 10007
Immersive art-and-technology rooms of light, sound and mirrors near the WTC.
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Details Official site ↗Madame Tussauds New York
📍 234 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036
Wax celebrities, Marvel and pop-culture photo sets on 42nd St.
● Open today
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