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The Rink at Bryant Park (free-admission ice skating)
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
The Grand Ofrenda at Times Square
Free Entry to Vessel and Edge for Runners
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
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with Erin Lee
Day of the Dead Family Celebration at Green-Wood
Free tastings at Flatiron Wines
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Free wine & spirits tastings at Astor Wines
Bowling Green Greenmarket
Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket
Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket
City Hall Greenmarket
Elmhurst Greenmarket
Fort Washington Greenmarket
Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket
Poe Park 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
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket (Wednesday)
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket
Flushing Greenmarket
Mount Sinai Greenmarket
Rockefeller Center Greenmarket
Eloise at the Plaza Event
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
Hamilton Grange Free Ranger-Led House Tours
Mornings@LIM: Enduring Hearts gallery visit
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
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)
Grey Art Museum Late Wednesdays (NYU)
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
Senior Happy Hour
Pay What You Wish evening at the Museum of Arts and Design
175th Street Greenmarket
Boro Park Greenmarket
Columbia Greenmarket
Tucker Square Greenmarket
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Prospect Park Stroller Walk
Ranger hike at High Rock Park
Greenbelt Adult Hike - High Rock Park - Pouch Camp
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
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Public Gallery Tour
Free tasting: Nusa Indonesian herbal drinks at Pearl River Mart Foods
Free Environmental Education Center Open Hours
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
97th Street Greenmarket
Corona Greenmarket
Parkchester Greenmarket
Free First Friday at the Noguchi Museum
Magnetic Me’s Holiday Playhouse
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 First Friday at the Noguchi Museum
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce at Pearl River Mart Foods
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
NYSCI Free Community Hours (Fridays)
Open Tech Lab for Teens: 3D printing, robotics, VR (Queens Central Library)
Free First Friday: America in Motion
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Japan Society Gallery Free First Friday
Stop In and Sketch at the Hudson River Museum
Dead Pete's Society poetry open mic (21+)
FAD Market fall pop-up in Dumbo
4th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket
57th Street Greenmarket
7th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket
Abingdon Square Greenmarket
Bay Ridge 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
Meet the Tree Day (Rockefeller tree arrival)
Early Morning Opening: To the Stars! Space Exploration (sensory-friendly)
Queens Super Hike (15 miles)
82nd Street Greenmarket
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Every Play Counts, Every Player Matters
Ranger walk at Snug Harbor
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
Café Colmado test kitchen: taste a new release free
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings in Prospect Park
Dumboween
Meet the Fleet at Riverside Park's Compost Compound
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Weekend Visits
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
Saturday house tours at the Wyckoff House Museum
Traditional Indigenous crafts at Bronx River House
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
Family Time: Día de Muertos at The Bronx Museum
Environmental Education Center: Saturday Open Hours
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
Antiques Appraisal & Garden Party at Growing Good Community Garden
Diwali Lights Up Asia Society
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
The Lott House: Update Talk at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Public Gallery Tour
Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
Free tasting: Nusa Indonesian herbal drinks (Saturday) at Pearl River Mart Foods
Before It's Gone: Archive to Survive book launch and panel
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
Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket
Fall Birding
Sleepy Hollow Street Fair
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
Whitney Free Second Sunday
The Owls of Staten Island
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
Art in Public Places 40th Anniversary Celebration
Fairy and Gnome Day
Garden Highlights Walk
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Artist Talk with Cecile Chong and Alexander Zev
Second Sunday Castle Tours
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce (Sunday) at Pearl River Mart Foods
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Zing! Kids Fitness
Conversations in Tusculum: Richard Nelson play at Cooper Union
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
Bacon, Eggs & Toons: Free Animation Screening (21+)
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa photography artist talk at Cooper Union
NYC Veterans Day Parade
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
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Festival
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Senior Happy Hour
Structure, Status, and Strategy: Business Entities for Creatives
Storytime: Lenape and Corn
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
Union Square Holiday Market
Public Gallery Tour
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at) at the Long Island Museum
Neue Galerie free First Friday: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Beach & park clean-up at Conference House Park
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Roebling Rink Opening Day Celebration
Pearl River Food Truck Festival
Holiday Vendor Market at the St. George Theatre
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale 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
Juilliard MAP Open Recital (free)
Pre-Thanksgiving Bird Walk in Prospect Park
Autumn Leaves Story Time and Craft at Greenbelt Nature Center
Gobble Games Family Board Game Extravaganza
Ricitos and the Three Bears
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Junior Volunteer Corps: Family Leaf Raking in Prospect Park
Battle of Fort Washington 250th Anniversary in Fort Tryon Park
ArtAccess Open Studio for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Terence Tao: Six Math Essentials at Pioneer Works
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with FunkyTown Playground
Lifelong Studio Printmaking: First Session for Adults 55+
Harlem Holiday Lights
Sean Lally architecture lecture at Cooper Union
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Lee Barrett
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Stealing America: Free Virtual Lecture with Linford D. Fisher
In the Room: David Hume Kennerly at Cooper Union's Great Hall
Giving Thanks to Community at Success Garden
Free Third Thursday Evening at the Jewish Museum
Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off at the Seaport Museum
Mall at Bay Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
Free tasting: KYUNU instant noodles at Pearl River Mart Foods
Queens Center 'Let It Glow' Tree Lighting
Tamagotchi Times Square Spectacular (30th anniversary)
Magnetic Archery in Owl's Head 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
Patchogue Holiday Boat Parade (30th)
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with Andy & Suzanna
Santa's Mailbox in White Plains
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Looney Louie
100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Workshop
Palmer Square Annual Tree Lighting
Northport Village Christmas Tree Lighting
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
Santa's Arrival & Lighting of the Morristown Green
Manhasset Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Westfield Christmas Tree Lighting
Ranger walk near Split Rock
Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Historic Downtown Jersey City Tree & Menorah Lighting
White Plains City Lights tree lighting
Holiday Tree Lighting
Springfield Park Christmas Tree Lighting
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
NYSE Tree Lighting
Dumbo Holiday Tree Lighting
Madison Square Park Holiday Tree Lighting
JC Library Holiday Tree Lighting
Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) Hanukkah menorah lightings
Greenwich Tree Lighting
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
Fort Greene Park Tree Lighting
Bayard Cutting Arboretum Holiday Tree Lighting
Mount Kisco Holiday Tree Lighting
Ridgefield Holiday Stroll
Zoodohos Peghe Church Christmas Tree Lighting
Stony Point Holiday Parade
Festival of Lights: Santa in the Park
Snug Harbor Holiday Hop
Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival
Sparkill Winter Wonderland
Darien An Old Fashioned Holiday & Tree Lighting
Holiday Lights at Crawford Park
Woodside Holiday Tree Lighting
Bronx Little Italy Christmas Tree Lighting
Holiday on the Hudson tree lighting
Pleasantville Public Menorah Lighting
Nanuet Tree Lighting Festival
Yorktown Holiday Electric Lights Parade & Tree Lighting
Piermont Farmers Market (winter)
Festival of Lights: Chanukah
Astoria Park holiday festival & tree lighting
Bay Shore Holiday Spectacular & Tree Lighting
Tree Lighting at Argyle Park
Rye Holiday Bonfire & Sing Along
Stamford Heights & Lights
Long Beach Christmas Tree Lighting
Nyack Holiday Lights
Newark Museum of Art Community Day: Winter Wonderland
Sleepy Hollow–Tarrytown Winter Stroll
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Ranger holiday tea time at Biddle House
Winter Solstice Campfire and Storytelling
Plants of the holiday season walk
49th Annual Three Kings Day Parade
BAM 41st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2027 TCS New York City Marathon
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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
Official site ↗Harry Potter New York
📍 935 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Three floors of wands, robes and Butterbeer, plus paid VR experiences.
● Closed now
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
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
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.
● Closed now
Official site ↗Nintendo New York
📍 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
Nintendo's flagship store, with game demos and a display of vintage consoles.
● Closed now
Official site ↗FAO Schwarz
📍 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111
The classic toy store with the giant floor piano from "Big."
● Closed now
Official site ↗Disney Store Times Square
📍 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Disney's two-floor Times Square store.
● Closed now
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