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Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Low Impact Dance Fitness
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 lunchtime juggling in Bryant Park
Día de Muertos at St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at)
Kids in Motion: Seward Park
Halloween Pumpkin Decorating and Candy Giveaway!
Pumpkin Decorating at Brisas del Caribe
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Open-air film: Ten Minutes to Live (1932) with a live vinyl score
Halloween DJ Sets at the Whitney (Free Friday Night)
Candlelight Ghost Tours
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Kids in Motion: Seward Park
R&B Beats Dance
Crafts, Candy, & Compost
Free Saturday juggling in Bryant Park
Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife
Howl-oween Doggie Day Hike
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Last Saturdays: free drop-in Open Classroom at Green-Wood
Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Autumn Animal Crafts and Exploration
Sleepy Hollow folklore hike with the Urban Park Rangers
Howl-oween Doggie Day Walk
Folklore Tales on the Trail Hike
Free Halloween Piano Concert with Rob Schwimmer
Public Gallery Tour
Bird Friendly Garden Management Workshop
Masquerade Party
G-REBEL's Halloween Extravaganza (free food, pumpkin painting, magic)
Inwood Hill Park After Dark Hike
NYC Village Halloween Parade
Dyckman Marina Movie Nights
Long Island VW Club All VW Show
Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Botany
Lenape history walk in Inwood Hill Park
Brooklyn FAM Festival: Shine Your Light
Saltwater Fishing
Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape History and Ethnobotany
Fall Canoeing
Fall Foliage Tree ID
Historic New York: Fort Totten
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Naumburg Centennial Violin Competition: Final Round
Heatwise x NYC Marathon Free Class
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Garden Highlights Walk
Discovery Hike: Micro Hike
Indian Food Festival & Diwali Mela
Beethoven Piano Sonatas with Jeffrey Swann
Day of the Dead Celebration featuring Mariachi Real de Mexico
Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image
Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image
Día de Muertos at Lincoln Center: Community Ofrenda + Guachinangos
Día de Muertos Celebration with Guachinangos
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Juilliard Composition Concert (free)
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
Shape Up NYC: Cardio Dance
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Juilliard Rush Hour Performances (free)
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
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
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Ranger hike at High Rock Park
Craft & Chill
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
Public Gallery Tour
Free First Friday at the Noguchi Museum
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
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
Holiday silent disco at Pelham Fritz
Free First Friday: America in Motion
Stop In and Sketch at the Hudson River Museum
Queens Super Hike (15 miles)
Queens County Parks Super Hike
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
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Playback's Free Street Party Outside BAM
Traditional Indigenous crafts at Bronx River House
Tree Maintenance Workshop at Snug Harbor
Indigenous Art Workshop with NAIC-NY
5th Annual Community Banquet
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
Create Your Own: Seasonal Door Sign
Public Gallery Tour
Fall Birding
Whitney Free Second Sunday
Ranger walk at Soundview Park
Ranger hike in Forest Park
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
Ranger hike in Central Park's North Woods
Art in Public Places 40th Anniversary Celebration
Garden Highlights Walk
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Nature's Workshop: Create Your Own Nature Field Guide
Artist Talk with Cecile Chong and Alexander Zev
Second Sunday Castle Tours
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Hart Island: Honoring Our Military and Veterans (North Island)
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
Shape Up NYC: Cardio Dance
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
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
Boogie Down Service Project
Structure, Status, and Strategy: Business Entities for Creatives
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Craft & Chill
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
Public Gallery Tour
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at) at the Long Island Museum
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Fairfield University Art Museum Family Day
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale Park
Juilliard MAP Open Recital (free)
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
Juilliard Concerto Competition Finals (free)
Stealing America: Free Virtual Lecture with Linford D. Fisher
Salsa Party at the Brooklyn Museum
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Workshop
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
Ranger walk near Split Rock
CloseKnit at Noble Maritime
Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) Hanukkah menorah lightings
Neon glow holiday silent disco
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival
Pleasantville Public Menorah Lighting
Dickens Festival Carols & Crafts
SantaCon NYC
Winter Wreath Workshop
Elf on the Shelf kids' craft at Oak Ridge
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Plants of the holiday season walk
Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop
Prospect Park New Year's Eve Fireworks
BAM 41st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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 ↗FAO Schwarz
📍 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111
The classic toy store with the giant floor piano from "Big."
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Official site ↗CAMP Flatiron
📍 110 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10011
A "family experience" toy store with a secret door and themed play areas.
● Closed now
Official site ↗Books of Wonder
📍 42 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011
NYC's classic kids' bookstore, with original illustration art and Oz rarities.
● Closed now
Official site ↗Strand Bookstore
📍 828 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
"18 miles of books," plus the bargain carts outside.
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Official site ↗Pearl River Mart
📍 452 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
An Asian-American emporium of lanterns, ceramics, slippers and snacks since 1971.
● Closed now
Official site ↗Apple Fifth Avenue (the glass cube)
📍 767 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10153
The glass cube on 59th St, open 24 hours. Free Today at Apple sessions.
● Open 24/7
Official site ↗Ford Foundation atrium garden
📍 320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017
A 12-story glass-walled indoor garden, with a free art gallery next to it.
● Closed now
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