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Columbia Greenmarket
Tucker Square Greenmarket
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Hamilton Grange Free Ranger-Led House Tours
Grand Central Food Festival Series
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bushwick Health Center
Wave Hill Free Thursdays (Hudson River gardens)
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Economy Candy: old-school candy store since 1937
Japan Village food hall in Industry City
Raaka Chocolate factory store in Red Hook
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community
Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
The Museum at FIT (Always Free, Open Until 8 PM Wed–Fri)
Digital Discovery Day at Sunset Park Library
Public Gallery Tour
Free tasting: Nusa Indonesian herbal drinks at Pearl River Mart Foods
Teen Maker Space at Mariners Harbor Library
Makerspace at Parkchester Library
Free tastings at Flatiron Wines
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Free wine & spirits tastings at Astor Wines
Asilah Oui: Free Films at Anthology Film Archives
Rally Reading Series at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Native Voices Karenna: two short operas at Cooper Union's Great Hall
New Museum Pay-What-You-Wish Thursday Nights
Union Square Greenmarket
97th Street Greenmarket
Corona Greenmarket
Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket
Parkchester Greenmarket
Free First Friday at the Noguchi Museum
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Fridays at Poster House
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community
Friday late hours at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce at Pearl River Mart Foods
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
Gallery Kit: Drop-In Art-Making at the Noguchi Museum
Battle of Brooklyn Exhibition Tour at the Center for Brooklyn History
DIY Fridays at Central Library Teen Tech Center
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Japan Society Gallery Free First Friday
MoMA UNIQLO Friday Nights (free for NY State residents)
Bronx Museum First Friday: Art in Action Winter Supply Drive
Dead Pete's Society poetry open mic (21+)
Collagraph Printing Workshop at the Whitney (Free Friday Night)
4th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket
57th Street Greenmarket
7th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket
Abingdon Square Greenmarket
Bay Ridge Greenmarket
Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket
Fort Greene Greenmarket
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
Greenmarket at MoMA PS1
Inwood Greenmarket
McCarren Park Greenmarket
St. George Greenmarket
Staten Island Mall Greenmarket
Sunnyside Greenmarket
Tribeca Greenmarket
Queens Super Hike (15 miles)
82nd Street Greenmarket
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Free Stellar cooking demo at East New York Farmers Market
Ranger walk at Snug Harbor
Café Colmado test kitchen: taste a new release free
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Smorgasburg Williamsburg (Saturdays)
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art in Lincoln Terrace Park
Traditional Indigenous crafts at Bronx River House
Tree Maintenance Workshop at Snug Harbor
Bronx River Foodway's 5th Annual Community Banquet
Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY
5th Annual Community Banquet
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Exhibit: The Shirley Chisholm Way at Lefferts Historic House
Food Bank Mobile Pantry free groceries at Mount Hope Playground
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
Create Your Own: Seasonal Door Sign
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
The People’s Money: Idea Generation Workshop
Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
Free tasting: Nusa Indonesian herbal drinks (Saturday) at Pearl River Mart Foods
Repurposeful Ancestry Lab Repair Café
Before It's Gone: Archive to Survive book launch and panel
Ephemeral Light: Artist Talk with Ira Merritt at Poe Cottage
Mosaic Lab Coding Workshop
Nature Journaling: Nature After Dark at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Carroll Gardens Greenmarket
Cortelyou Greenmarket
Domino Park Greenmarket
Forest Hills Greenmarket
Jackson Heights Greenmarket
79th Street Greenmarket
Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket (Sunday)
Bensonhurst Greenmarket
Ruppert Park Greenmarket
Tompkins Square Greenmarket
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bushwick Farmers Market
Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket
Whitney Free Second Sunday
Ranger walk at Soundview Park
Ranger hike in Forest Park
Smorgasburg Prospect Park (Sundays)
Fall Foliage Hike
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Folktales
Outdoor Skills: Orienteering and Geocaching Hike
Fall Foliage Tree ID Hike
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Native American Heritage Month: Early Food Traditions at the Old Stone House
Second Sundays Free Open House at Pioneer Works
Ranger hike in Central Park's North Woods
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Nature's Workshop: Create Your Own Nature Field Guide
Artist Talk with Cecile Chong and Alexander Zev
Second Sunday Castle Tours
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce (Sunday) at Pearl River Mart Foods
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Teen DIY at Saratoga Teen Tech Center
Conversations in Tusculum: Richard Nelson play at Cooper Union
Bowling Green Greenmarket
Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket
City Hall Greenmarket
Elmhurst Greenmarket
Fort Washington Greenmarket
Poe Park Greenmarket
Free Stellar cooking demo at Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community
Free Evening Juggling Class at Bryant Park
Bacon, Eggs & Toons: Free Animation Screening (21+)
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa photography artist talk at Cooper Union
Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket (Wednesday)
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket
Flushing Greenmarket
Mount Sinai Greenmarket
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Wednesdays at the Museum of the City of New York
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community
Boogie Down Service Project
Grey Art Museum Late Wednesdays (NYU)
VA Medical Center Bronx Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
Boro Park Greenmarket
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Craft & Chill
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community
Kieran Soundview Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Health & Wellness Resource Workshop
Public Gallery Tour
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Mark West lecture on pareidolia and form at Cooper Union
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bedford Health Center
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
Free Stellar cooking demo at East New York Farmers Market
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Roebling Rink Opening Day: Free Morning Skate Sessions
Coding Together Mini Hackathon at the Intrepid Museum
Rose's Pineapple Shorts pop-up at Pearl River Mart Foods
Outdoor Skills: Fire Building in Van Cortlandt Park
S.T.E.A.M Saturday: Sewing History at Lewis Latimer House
PS/IS 218 Highbridge Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Día de los Hongos: Free Myco-Drawing and Mushroom Walk at Green-Wood
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale Park
Fire Cider Workshop at Randall's Island Urban Farm
Stephanie Dinkins: Anchoring Home, public exhibition opening
Hot Five Centennial Listening Session, Part 3
Poets House: Verge Books launch of The Tablets by Armand Schwerner
Poetry Writing Workshop at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bushwick Farmers Market
Autumn Leaves Story Time and Craft at Greenbelt Nature Center
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
Calendula Salve Making Workshop at Vernon Garden
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Nature's Workshop: Bird Friendly Windows in Kissena Park
Nature's Workshop: Natural Inks and Dyes in Inwood Hill Park
ArtAccess Open Studio for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Terence Tao: Six Math Essentials at Pioneer Works
Creative Aging: Paper Doll Making at Belmont Library
Creative Writing Workshop at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Free Stellar cooking demo at Grassroots Farmers Market
Lifelong Studio Printmaking: First Session for Adults 55+
Teen Time: Board Games and Cozy Crafts at Kings Bay Library
Perler Bead Art at St. Agnes Library
Sean Lally architecture lecture at Cooper Union
Informal Creative Writing for Adults at Mosholu Library
At the Hearth: Make a Pinch Pot with Greenwich House Pottery
STEM Night: AI in Action at New York Hall of Science
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Life Drawing Class at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Noguchi Talks: Alanna Heiss and Martin Puryear
In the Room: David Hume Kennerly at Cooper Union's Great Hall
Free Stellar cooking demo at Brownsville Health Center
Fortune Society Melrose Food Bank Mobile Pantry
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
DIY Fridays at Brooklyn Public Library Central Teen Tech
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bushwick Farmers Market
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
Outdoor Skills Workshop: Hiking Basics in Bronx Park
Lehman Village East Harlem Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Free tasting: KYUNU instant noodles at Pearl River Mart Foods
Two Bridges Youth Market Stellar cooking demo
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying in Travers Park
Native American Heritage Month: Walking Lenapehoking
Free Adult Printmaking Workshop at Queens Museum
Free tasting: Bad for Business Banana Ketchup at Pearl River Mart Foods
Free late-night karaoke at Mood Ring (21+)
Creative Aging: Paper Doll Making at Belmont Library (session 2)
Agatha House Longwood Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Food Bank Mobile Pantry free groceries in Flushing
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
Hidden Gems of Queens: Springfield Park Walk
Ranger walk near Split Rock
Birding: Winter Birds at Fort Greene Park
CloseKnit at Noble Maritime
Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) Hanukkah menorah lightings
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
Birding: All About Crows at Crotona Park
Beginner Birding at Highland Park
Winter Tree ID Walk at McCarren Park
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Baisley Pond Park
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Central Park Reservoir
Discovery Hike: Winter Wildlife at Brower Park
Hiking Club: Cass Gallagher Trail at Van Cortlandt Park
Winter Wreath Workshop
Birding: Owls at Riverdale Park
Elf on the Shelf kids' craft at Oak Ridge
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking in Prospect Park
Plants of the holiday season walk
BAM 41st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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🗽 Other places to go
Jefferson Market Garden
📍 Greenwich Ave between Sixth Ave & W 10th St, New York, NY 10011
A free, volunteer-run flower garden behind the old courthouse library, open to visitors April through October.
○ Closed for the season
Details Official site ↗M&M'S New York
📍 1600 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
Three floors and a wall of M&M's in every color.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗Hershey's Chocolate World Times Square
📍 20 Times Square (701 Seventh Ave), New York, NY 10036
Make-your-own candy bars, giant Reese's and s'mores.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗LEGO Store Fifth Avenue
📍 636 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10020
Big LEGO NYC builds, a Pick & Build wall and a minifigure factory.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗CAMP Flatiron
📍 110 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10011
A "family experience" toy store with a secret door and themed play areas.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗Books of Wonder
📍 42 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
NYC's classic kids' bookstore, with original illustration art and Oz rarities.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗Strand Bookstore
📍 828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
"18 miles of books," plus the bargain carts outside.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗Economy Candy
📍 108 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002
A candy store since 1937, with retro and imported sweets floor to ceiling.
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