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Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Japan Village food hall in Industry City
The Museum at FIT (Always Free, Open Until 8 PM Wed–Fri)
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 skyline lawns (free)
Staten Island Ferry scenic harbor ride (free, 24/7)
Brooklyn Heights Promenade skyline walk (free)
Little Island free Hudson River park walk (Pier 55)
Domino Park free East River waterfront walk (Williamsburg)
Free tastings at Flatiron Wines
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
Restoration Fridays at Highland Park
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Fridays at Poster House
Grant's Tomb (General Grant National Memorial)
Hamilton Grange Free Ranger-Led House Tours
Brooklyn Botanic Garden daytime pay-what-you-wish (through Jan 15)
Economy Candy: old-school candy store since 1937
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
Friday late hours at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce at Pearl River Mart Foods
Battle of Brooklyn Exhibition Tour at the Center for Brooklyn History
Open Hours at Brooklyn Bridge Park Education Center
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
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+)
Karaoke Tremendous at Union Hall (21+, free, midnight)
FIDO Coffee Bark in Prospect Park
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
Tucker Square Greenmarket
Queens Super Hike (15 miles)
82nd Street Greenmarket
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Volunteer Gardening at Tiemann Place in Riverside Park
Free Stellar cooking demo at East New York Farmers Market
12th Annual LIC Bulbfest at Gantry Plaza State Park
Ranger walk at Snug Harbor
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
Bulb Planting at Forest Park
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings in Prospect Park
Fall Foliage Bike Tour with the Urban Park Rangers
Birding: Fall Migration at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Guided Nature Walk in Fort Tryon Park
Volunteer Workday at Preston Community Garden
Autumn CleanSweep: Jamaica Bay Park and Shoreline Cleanup
Smorgasburg Williamsburg (Saturdays)
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Free Saturday Juggling at Bryant Park
Tree Maintenance Workshop at Snug Harbor
Bronx River Foodway's 5th Annual Community Banquet
5th Annual Community Banquet
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Exhibit: The Shirley Chisholm Way at Lefferts Historic House
Free Community Paddle at Concrete Plant Park
Food Bank Mobile Pantry free groceries at Mount Hope Playground
High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers (Saturdays)
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
Discovery Hike: Randall's Island Salt Marsh
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
Brooklyn Bridge Park Education Center Open Hours (Weekends)
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
The Walk: Umbilical City — Waters and Wetlands
Strange Confessions: Free Play Reading in Riverside Park
Carroll Gardens Greenmarket
Columbia 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
Kid Birding in Fort Tryon Park
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
Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike in Prospect Park
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
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Ranger hike in Central Park's North Woods
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Artist Talk with Cecile Chong and Alexander Zev
Second Sunday Castle Tours
Free Solar Observing at Pioneer Works
Leaf Peeping Hike in Central Park's North Woods
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
Bryant Park Staff Walking Tours (Mondays)
Astronomy on the Waterfront at Hunter's Point South Park
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
Tuesday Stewardship at the Foodway
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
Idlewild Park Forest Restoration
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
Veterans Day Nature Programs at Prospect Park Audubon Center
Wollman Rink Veterans Day free admission skate
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
Grey Art Museum Late Wednesdays (NYU)
VA Medical Center Bronx Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Monthly Nature Exploration Hike at Inwood Hill Park
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
175th Street Greenmarket
Boro Park Greenmarket
Trail Work Thursdays in Van Cortlandt Park
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Wave Hill Free Thursdays (Hudson River gardens)
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
Public Gallery Tour
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
Floodplain Forest Fridays Tree Planting in Van Cortlandt Park
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bedford Health Center
Food Bank Mobile Pantry free groceries at Chinatown YMCA Beacon
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
Neue Galerie free First Friday: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Free Stellar cooking demo at East New York Farmers Market
Pugsley Creek Park Forest Restoration
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
Falling for Nature Hike at Conference House Park
Astoria Park Leaf Fest Day One — Community Volunteer Day
Café Colmado test kitchen: taste a new release free
Roebling Rink Opening Day: Free Morning Skate Sessions
Coding Together Mini Hackathon at the Intrepid Museum
Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems at Bushwick Inlet Park
Behind the Smile: Animal Adaptations in Astoria Park
Rose's Pineapple Shorts pop-up at Pearl River Mart Foods
Outdoor Skills: Fire Building in Van Cortlandt Park
PS/IS 218 Highbridge Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Recycling Holiday Scraps at Queens Farm — sold out
Free Solar Observing at St. Nicholas Park
Día de los Hongos: Free Myco-Drawing and Mushroom Walk at Green-Wood
Sungazing with West Harlem Art Fund in St. Nicholas Park
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale Park
Fire Cider Workshop at Randall's Island Urban Farm
Hiking Club Series: Sappy Trails in Riverdale Park
The Secret Lives of Insects in Highland Park
Outdoor Skills: Survival 101 in Morningside Park
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 Stargazing at Great Kills Park
Pre-Thanksgiving Bird Walk in Prospect Park
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bushwick Farmers Market
Winter Composting with Big Reuse on Randall's Island
Winterization Workday at Gatehouse Garden
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
Invasive Plant Removal and Native Planting at Fort Totten Park
Hiking Club: Hidden Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park
Nature Detective Mystery Adventure in Brower Park
Audre Lorde Legacy Walk in Silver Lake Park
Calendula Salve Making Workshop at Vernon Garden
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Historic New York: Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Tour
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Designing and Managing Community Composting Spaces
Fireside Meditation at Crotona Nature Center
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
Free Stargazing in Elmhurst
Free Stargazing at Pioneer Works
Terence Tao: Six Math Essentials at Pioneer Works
Free late-night karaoke at Mood Ring (21+)
Creative Aging: Paper Doll Making at Belmont Library
Creative Writing Workshop at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Free Stellar cooking demo at Grassroots Farmers Market
Blue Wave Beach & Park Cleanup at Conference House Park
Lifelong Studio Printmaking: First Session for Adults 55+
Sean Lally architecture lecture at Cooper Union
Woodlawn Wednesdays Forest Restoration in Van Cortlandt Park
Team RIVER Volunteers on Randall's Island
Green-Wood on Wheels: Stroller-Friendly Tour
Volunteer Workday at Fantasy Garden (Brownsville)
STEM Night: AI in Action at New York Hall of Science
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Noguchi Talks: Alanna Heiss and Martin Puryear
In the Room: David Hume Kennerly at Cooper Union's Great Hall
Fall Foliage Walk in Forest Park
Free Stellar cooking demo at Brownsville Health Center
Greenbelt Adult Hike: St. Francis Woodlands
Fortune Society Melrose Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Nature Storytime at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free Third Thursday Evening at the Jewish Museum
Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off at the Seaport Museum
Fresh Youth Initiatives Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Free Stargazing in Parkchester
Free Stellar cooking demo at Bushwick Farmers Market
Discovery Hike: Pond and Freshwater Ecology at Silver Lake Park
Astoria Park Leaf Fest Day Two — Community Volunteer Day
Jones Woods Park Forest Restoration
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
Birding: Owls at Pelham Bay Park's Orchard Beach
Forest Park Super Hike with the Urban Park Rangers
Outdoor Skills Workshop: Hiking Basics in Bronx Park
Introduction to Fly Fishing at Allison Pond Park
Nature Scavenger Hunt at Seth Low Playground
Lehman Village East Harlem Food Bank Mobile Pantry
Falling for Nature Hike in Central Park
Living With Urban Coyotes in Claremont Park
Beginner Fishing at Baisley Pond Park
Historic New York: Greenpoint Neighborhood History Walk
Greenbelt Natural History Hike with Dr. Eric W. Sanderson
Free tasting: KYUNU instant noodles at Pearl River Mart Foods
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Astronomy: Autumn Sky in Inwood Hill Park
Birding: Fall Migration at Blue Heron Park
Two Bridges Youth Market Stellar cooking demo
Autumn Mushroom ID Hike in Van Cortlandt Park
Nature Sketching Hike in Brookfield Park
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Hibernation and Brumation Hike in Cunningham Park
Native American Heritage Month: Walking Lenapehoking
Free Adult Printmaking Workshop at Queens Museum
Seal Exploration at Orchard Beach
Freedom Seekers: Stories by the Fire in Prospect Park
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
Team RIVER Volunteers on Randall's Island
Food Bank Mobile Pantry free groceries in Flushing
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
Kissena Park Forest Restoration
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: The Alley Giant
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike in Van Cortlandt Park
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike in High Rock Park
Post-Thanksgiving Day Super Hike
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: Northern Manhattan Parks Super Hike
Hibernation Hike at Pelham Bay Park
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
Orienteering Fundamentals in the Staten Island Greenbelt
Hidden Gems of Queens: Springfield Park Walk
Gather Around the Campfire at Hunter's Point South Park
Historic New York: Mount Morris Fire Watchtower Open Access
Grave Beginnings: Free Walking Tour of Green-Wood
Ranger walk near Split Rock
Hiking Club: Split Rock in Pelham Bay Park
Birding: Winter Birds at Fort Greene Park
Discovery Hike: Marine Mammals at Rockaway Beach
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
Historic New York: Marcus Garvey Park Highlights Walk
Birdwatching: First Sunday Outings in Prospect Park
Doggie Day Hike in Prospect Park
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Baisley Pond Park
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Central Park Reservoir
Discovery Hike: Winter Wildlife at Brower Park
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Canarsie Park
Hiking Club: Cass Gallagher Trail at Van Cortlandt Park
Winter Tree ID Walk in St. Nicholas Park
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
Fifth Avenue Holiday Open Streets
Free Solar Observing at Pioneer Works
Birding: Owls at Riverdale Park
Winter Tree ID Walk in Alley Pond Park
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower at Van Cortlandt Park
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower at Rockaway Beach
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Birding: Bald Eagle Watch in Inwood Hill Park
Hiking Club: John Muir Trail in Van Cortlandt Park
Birding: Winter Birds at Bowne Park
Winter Solstice Evergreen Tree ID Hike at Forest Park
Holiday campfire & stories in Clove Lakes Park
Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking in Prospect Park
Astronomy: The Winter Sky in Inwood Hill Park
Plants of the holiday season walk
Central Park Benches Highlights Hike
NYRR Midnight Run fireworks (spectator)
NYC Parks New Year's Day Super Hike – Central Park
Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge (spectating)
NYC Parks New Year's Day Hike – Flushing Meadows
BAM 41st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Paid & ticketed events (83)
The Museum of Broadway
Museum of Ice Cream
Museum of Illusions
Museum of Sex
SriPraPhai authentic Thai restaurant in Woodside
Karczma Polish restaurant in Greenpoint
Song'E Napule Neapolitan pizza and trattoria in the West Village
BOKAGUA Dominican and Asian fusion restaurant in Riverdale
🗽 Other places to go
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.
● Open now
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.
● Open now
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.
● Closed now
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.
● Open now
Details Official site ↗Intrepid Museum
📍 Pier 86, W 46th St & 12th Ave, New York, NY 10036
An aircraft carrier with planes on deck, the space shuttle Enterprise and a submarine.
● Closed now
Details Official site ↗Edge at Hudson Yards
📍 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
An outdoor sky deck 100 floors up with a glass floor and views across Manhattan.
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