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Why this place: Free · registration required · at 64 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn · official listing on celsius.com · checked Oct 30
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Why this place: Free · at Marathon course (miles 3–26), NYC · official listing on nyrr.org · checked Oct 27
Cheer on the TCS New York City Marathon
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Why this place: Free · at Bayside Historical Society (in Fort Totten Park), Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten
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Why this place: Free · at East 93rd Street & 1st Avenue, Manhattan · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 29
Nanit New York City Marathon Parent Pit Stop
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Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St, Manhattan · official listing on bfplny.com · checked Oct 31
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
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Why this place: Free · at 260 Sample Sale, 468 Broadway, Manhattan · official listing on 260samplesale.com · checked Oct 25
Spyder sample sale
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Why this place: Free to enter · at POP MART pop-up, Manhattan · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 26
SKULLPANDA “OFF MODE” pop-up experience
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Why this place: Free · at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 29
Winter Composting with Big Reuse
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Why this place: Free · repeats, so you can go another time · at Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on prospectpark.org · checked Oct 30
Birdwatching: First Sunday Outings in Prospect Park
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