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Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
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
Bronx Museum of the Arts (Always Free)
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (Suggested Donation)
The Museum at FIT (Always Free, Open Until 8 PM Wed–Fri)
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Juilliard Rush Hour Performances (free)
Asilah Oui: Free Films at Anthology Film Archives
Rally Reading Series at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Red Parry NYC vs. Wonderville Street Fighter Tournament (21+)
Native Voices Karenna: two short operas at Cooper Union's Great Hall
New Museum Pay-What-You-Wish Thursday Nights
Demon Time improvised sketch night at Brooklyn Comedy Collective (21+)
J. Walter Hawkes & Friends play Bennie Green at LunÀtico
Karaoke Thursday at The Rabbit Hole, Astoria (21+)
Lounge Sessions at SILO (free with RSVP, 21+)
Mousse T. at Public Records (21+)
Union Square 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
Hamilton Grange Free Ranger-Led House Tours
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
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
NYSCI Free Community Hours (Fridays)
Game On: Board Games at Dyker Library
Battle of Brooklyn Exhibition Tour at the Center for Brooklyn History
Eataly Caffè Upper West Side Grand Opening
Middle School Makerspace at Jamaica Bay Library
Open Tech Lab for Teens: 3D printing, robotics, VR (Queens Central Library)
Holiday silent disco at Pelham Fritz
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
Louis Vuitton First Friday at The Frick Collection
MoMA UNIQLO Friday Nights (free for NY State residents)
Bronx Museum First Friday: Art in Action Winter Supply Drive
Bushwick Comedy Club Friday Night Open Mic
Why We Play: Sport, Art and Youth Identity at the Whitney
Dead Pete's Society poetry open mic (21+)
Chatroom: OSGEMEOS (free with RSVP, 21+)
Reginald Chapman's Chaphouse at LunÀtico
House of Grooves: Eli Escobar All Night (21+)
FAD Market fall pop-up in Dumbo
Meet the Tree Day (Rockefeller tree arrival)
Early Morning Opening: To the Stars! Space Exploration (sensory-friendly)
Queens Super Hike (15 miles)
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Every Play Counts, Every Player Matters
Ranger walk at Snug Harbor
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Christ Church Pelham Classic Car Show
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
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
Hello Kitty’s Birthday Party
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Playback's Free Street Party Outside BAM
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
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
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
The People’s Money: Idea Generation Workshop
The Lott House: Update Talk at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
International Board Games Month gaming day at Gravesend Library
Repurposeful Ancestry Lab Repair Café
Dragon Dance: free Pokémon Champions tournament at Wonderville (21+)
Pamela Knowles & Friends: Free Library Jazz Concert
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
Bright Five tech salon at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Bushwick Comedy Club Saturday Night Open Mic
Free live music: Joe DiOrio at 18th Ward Brewing New Rochelle
Unspoken Threads: Free Poetry and Music at RoCA
Anant Pradhan with Larry McDonald (Jamaican jazz) at LunÀtico
Scorpio Stings with Junior Sanchez (21+)
Flava D + Made to Order at Elsewhere (21+)
Benji B, Louise Chen, Hidden Spheres and more at Public Records (21+)
Young Adult Friction indie + alt dance party at Union Hall (21+)
Bryant Park sensory quiet skate mornings (Sundays)
Sleepy Hollow Street Fair
Kid Birding in Fort Tryon Park
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
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Artist Talk with Cecile Chong and Alexander Zev
Second Sunday Castle Tours
Sunday afternoon jam at Smalls with Ryo Sasaki Quartet
Aliyah Danielle & The Mosaic
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Diwali In Manhattan
Sunday music open mic at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Nightmusic Acoustic Series: Blue Jay at Book Club Bar (free)
Wonderville Karaoke (21+)
Yacouba Sissoko & Siya (Malian kora) at LunÀtico
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Zing! Kids Fitness
Civic Crash Course talk at Public Records (free RSVP, 21+)
The Family Table: Free Online Parenting Workshop
Conversations in Tusculum: Richard Nelson play at Cooper Union
The Variety Show Variety Party at Wonderville (21+)
Rant Comedy Open Mic at Mood Ring (21+)
Bushwick Comedy Club Monday Night Open Mic
Free late-night karaoke at Mood Ring (21+)
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Shape Up NYC: Latin Dance Fitness
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
Middle School Makerspace at Coney Island Library
Shape Up NYC: Cardio Dance
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
Shape Up NYC: Soca Sweat Dance Fitness
Bushwick Comedy Club Tuesday Night Open Mic
Bacon, Eggs & Toons: Free Animation Screening (21+)
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa photography artist talk at Cooper Union
Thrifting 101: Free Online Workshop
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow on Tuesday Nov 10 (no cover)
NYC Veterans Day Parade
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
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
Grey Art Museum Late Wednesdays (NYU)
Senior Happy Hour
Free Late-Night Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York
Structure, Status, and Strategy: Business Entities for Creatives
Bushwick Comedy Club Wednesday Night Open Mic
Storytime: Lenape and Corn
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
Union Square Holiday Market
Public Gallery Tour
SING! SING! SING! Karaoke for Kids at Coney Island Library
Broadway Under The Stars
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness Fiesta
Bushwick Comedy Club Thursday Night Open Mic
Catch-Up Comedy free open mic at Acoustik Garden Lounge
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow on Thursday Nov 12 (no cover)
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at) at the Long Island Museum
Library Lab: Free STEAM Activities for Ages 6–12
Neue Galerie free First Friday: 25th Anniversary Exhibition
DURATIONS festival club night: Dasha Rush, Decoder and more at Public Records (21+)
Rhythm in Ritual by Xeno Collective (21+)
Inner Sin: Henrik Schwarz Live (21+)
Cut Copy (DJ set) at Elsewhere (21+)
Free Play Night: Jake Korolev + stjarnafaen at Wonderville (21+)
Beach & park clean-up at Conference House Park
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Roebling Rink Opening Day Celebration
Coding Together Mini Hackathon at the Intrepid Museum
Rose's Pineapple Shorts pop-up at Pearl River Mart Foods
S.T.E.A.M Saturday: Sewing History at Lewis Latimer House
Grünsgiving
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Holiday Vendor Market at the St. George Theatre
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale Park
Music and Creativity at Lincoln Center
Music for Autism: Ensemble Mycelium
Stephanie Dinkins: Anchoring Home, public exhibition opening
ArtAccess Open Studio for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
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
Juilliard MAP Open Recital (free)
Smash Bash Vol. 28 Super Smash Bros. Night at Wonderville (21+)
Ridgewood Rendezvous Drag Show at Cassette (21+)
Full Throttle: Mha Iri (21+)
X-Coast (open to close) at Elsewhere (21+)
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
Vincent Herring Quartet
Comedy Mob Open Mic at New York Comedy Club East Village
Terence Tao: Six Math Essentials at Pioneer Works
Free late-night karaoke at Mood Ring (21+)
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with FunkyTown Playground
Creative Aging: Paper Doll Making at Belmont Library
Creative Writing Workshop at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Middle School Makerspace at Ryder Library
Monday Night Jazz at The Back Room (free entry)
Free late-night karaoke at Mood Ring (21+)
Lifelong Studio Printmaking: First Session for Adults 55+
Middle School Makerspace: Bridges at Clarendon Library
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
Eiffel Tower Mic free 21+ open mic at Brooklyn Comedy Collective
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Lee Barrett
STEM Night: AI in Action at New York Hall of Science
Juilliard Concerto Competition Finals (free)
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Noguchi Talks: Alanna Heiss and Martin Puryear
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
Salsa Party at the Brooklyn Museum
Comedy Mob Presents: The Lineup at New York Comedy Club Midtown
Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off at the Seaport Museum
Discostan with Omid Walizadeh and Mansaf Mama at Public Records (21+)
Middle School Makerspace at Jamaica Bay Library
Teen Time: Board Games at Stone Avenue Library
Mall at Bay Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting
Free live music: Tim Brown at 18th Ward Brewing New Rochelle
Club Massive: Jungle Is Hardcore at Wonderville (21+)
FUTCH: Queer Women's Dance Party (21+)
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
Nature Scavenger Hunt at Seth Low Playground
Beginner Fishing at Baisley Pond Park
Queens Center 'Let It Glow' Tree Lighting
Sinéad, ketia, Bennet and more at Public Records (21+)
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
Dance, Dance, Dance! with the Library Jazz Band
Patchogue Holiday Boat Parade (30th)
Comedy Mob Open Mic at New York Comedy Club East Village
Free late-night karaoke at Mood Ring (21+)
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with Andy & Suzanna
Creative Aging: Paper Doll Making at Belmont Library (session 2)
Wonderville Last-Tuesday PLAYTEST (21+)
Santa's Mailbox in White Plains
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
Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Workshop
Palmer Square Annual Tree Lighting
Northport Village Christmas Tree Lighting
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
Hidden Gems of Queens: Springfield Park Walk
Santa's Arrival & Lighting of the Morristown Green
5th Avenue Tree Lighting & Small Business Saturday in Park Slope
Manhasset Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Westfield Christmas Tree Lighting
The Donut Lounge at Wonderville (21+)
Curiouser & Curiouser with Felix Da Housecat (21+)
DICKAPPOINTMENT Invites TROMAC (21+)
Cinthie, Amir Alexander and more at Public Records (21+)
Afrobeat Nights NYC at The Sultan Room (21+)
Ranger walk near Split Rock
Birding: Winter Birds at Fort Greene Park
Managing Family Stress During the Holidays
Robot Karaoke at Wonderville (21+)
Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Historic Downtown Jersey City Tree & Menorah Lighting
White Plains City Lights tree lighting
Bryant Park Tree Lighting at Bank of America Winter Village
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
Neon glow holiday silent disco
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
Fort Greene Park Tree Lighting
Bayard Cutting Arboretum Holiday Tree Lighting
Community Tree Lighting at Historic Richmond Town
Mount Kisco Holiday Tree Lighting
Ridgefield Holiday Stroll
Bronx Museum First Friday: Winter Holiday Market
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
Birding: All About Crows at Crotona Park
Sparkill Winter Wonderland
Beginner Birding at Highland Park
Winter Tree ID Walk at McCarren Park
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
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Baisley Pond Park
Long Island Museum Winter Open House
Birding: Winter Waterfowl at Central Park Reservoir
Discovery Hike: Winter Wildlife at Brower Park
Mimi Hilaire Trio
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
Christmas Tree Lighting at Stuyvesant Square
Nyack Holiday Lights
SantaCon NYC
Hiking Club: Cass Gallagher Trail at Van Cortlandt Park
Newark Museum of Art Community Day: Winter Wonderland
Sleepy Hollow–Tarrytown Winter Stroll
Birding: Owls at Riverdale Park
Wonderville Karaoke (21+)
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Ranger holiday tea time at Biddle House
Winter Solstice Campfire and Storytelling
Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking in Prospect Park
Plants of the holiday season walk
Prospect Park New Year's Eve Fireworks
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.
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Details Official site ↗Harry Potter New York
📍 935 Broadway, New York, NY 10010
Three floors of wands, robes and Butterbeer, plus paid VR experiences.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Details 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.
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Details Official site ↗FAO Schwarz
📍 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111
The classic toy store with the giant floor piano from "Big."
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📍 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Disney's two-floor Times Square store.
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