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The Grand Ofrenda at Times Square
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Heatwise x NYC Marathon Free Class
Union Square Greenmarket
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Free Entry to Vessel and Edge for Runners
Economy Candy: old-school candy store since 1937
Japan Village food hall in Industry City
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with Erin Lee
Day of the Dead Family Celebration at Green-Wood
Election Night Watch Party at Union Hall (21+, free)
Eloise at the Plaza Event
Bird and Nature Walk at Freshkills Park North Park
Grant's Tomb (General Grant National Memorial)
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Senior Happy Hour
Prospect Park Stroller Walk
Craft & Chill
Greenbelt Adult Hike - High Rock Park - Pouch Camp
Free Environmental Education Center Open Hours
Magnetic Me’s Holiday Playhouse
Restoration Fridays at Highland Park
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)
Karaoke Tremendous at Union Hall (21+, free, midnight)
FAD Market fall pop-up in Dumbo
FIDO Coffee Bark in Prospect Park
Meet the Tree Day (Rockefeller tree arrival)
Early Morning Opening: To the Stars! Space Exploration (sensory-friendly)
Every Play Counts, Every Player Matters
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
Bulb Planting at Forest Park
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings in Prospect Park
Fall Foliage Bike Tour with the Urban Park Rangers
Birding: Fall Migration at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Dumboween
Meet the Fleet at Riverside Park's Compost Compound
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Weekend Visits
Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art in Lincoln Terrace Park
Free Saturday Juggling at Bryant Park
Traditional Indigenous crafts at Bronx River House
Tree Maintenance Workshop at Snug Harbor
Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY
Exhibit: The Shirley Chisholm Way at Lefferts Historic House
Free Community Paddle at Concrete Plant Park
Family Time: Día de Muertos at The Bronx Museum
Environmental Education Center: Saturday Open Hours
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Create Your Own: Seasonal Door Sign
Antiques Appraisal & Garden Party at Growing Good Community Garden
Diwali Lights Up Asia Society
Discovery Hike: Randall's Island Salt Marsh
The Lott House: Update Talk at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Strange Confessions: Free Play Reading in Riverside Park
Nature Journaling: Nature After Dark at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sleepy Hollow Street Fair
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
Whitney Free Second Sunday
The Owls of Staten Island
Smorgasburg Prospect Park (Sundays)
Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike in Prospect Park
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Fairy and Gnome Day
Nature's Workshop: Create Your Own Nature Field Guide
Free Solar Observing at Pioneer Works
Leaf Peeping Hike in Central Park's North Woods
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Zing! Kids Fitness
Tuesday Stewardship at the Foodway
Free Evening Juggling Class at Bryant Park
NYC Veterans Day Parade
Idlewild Park Forest Restoration
Boogie Down Service Project
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Festival
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Senior Happy Hour
Storytime: Lenape and Corn
Craft & Chill
Union Square Holiday Market
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
Beach & park clean-up at Conference House Park
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
Roebling Rink Opening Day: Free Morning Skate Sessions
Roebling Rink Opening Day Celebration
Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems at Bushwick Inlet Park
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
Holiday Vendor Market at the St. George Theatre
Fairfield University Art Museum Family Day
Free Stargazing at Great Kills Park
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
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Designing and Managing Community Composting Spaces
Junior Volunteer Corps: Family Leaf Raking in Prospect Park
Fireside Meditation at Crotona Nature Center
Battle of Fort Washington 250th Anniversary in Fort Tryon Park
Free Stargazing in Elmhurst
Free Stargazing at Pioneer Works
Harlem Holiday Lights
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Giving Thanks to Community at Success Garden
Mall at Bay Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting
Free Stargazing in Parkchester
Discovery Hike: Pond and Freshwater Ecology at Silver Lake Park
Birding: Owls at Pelham Bay Park's Orchard Beach
Forest Park Super Hike with the Urban Park Rangers
Greenbelt Natural History Hike with Dr. Eric W. Sanderson
Queens Center 'Let It Glow' Tree Lighting
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Tamagotchi Times Square Spectacular (30th anniversary)
Autumn Mushroom ID Hike in Van Cortlandt Park
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Hibernation and Brumation Hike in Cunningham Park
Free Adult Printmaking Workshop at Queens Museum
Seal Exploration at Orchard Beach
Freedom Seekers: Stories by the Fire in Prospect Park
Patchogue Holiday Boat Parade (30th)
Santa's Mailbox in White Plains
100th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: The Alley Giant
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike
Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Workshop
Post-Thanksgiving Day Super Hike
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: Northern Manhattan Parks Super Hike
Palmer Square Annual Tree Lighting
Northport Village Christmas Tree Lighting
Gather Around the Campfire at Hunter's Point South Park
Historic New York: Mount Morris Fire Watchtower Open Access
Santa's Arrival & Lighting of the Morristown Green
Manhasset Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Westfield Christmas Tree Lighting
Discovery Hike: Marine Mammals at Rockaway Beach
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
CloseKnit at Noble Maritime
NYSE Tree Lighting
Dumbo Holiday Tree Lighting
Madison Square Park Holiday Tree Lighting
JC Library Holiday Tree Lighting
Greenwich Tree Lighting
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
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
Nanuet Tree Lighting Festival
Yorktown Holiday Electric Lights Parade & Tree Lighting
Birdwatching: First Sunday Outings in Prospect Park
Doggie Day Hike in Prospect Park
Dickens Festival Carols & Crafts
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
Winter Wreath Workshop
Newark Museum of Art Community Day: Winter Wonderland
Sleepy Hollow–Tarrytown Winter Stroll
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
Fifth Avenue Holiday Open Streets
Free Solar Observing at Pioneer Works
Elf on the Shelf kids' craft at Oak Ridge
Ranger holiday tea time at Biddle House
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Winter Solstice Campfire and Storytelling
Holiday campfire & stories in Clove Lakes Park
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
49th Annual Three Kings Day Parade
2027 TCS New York City Marathon
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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
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.
● Open 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."
● Open now
Official site ↗Disney Store Times Square
📍 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036
Disney's two-floor Times Square store.
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