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Jorge Roeder New Quartet at LunÀtico
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
The Grand Ofrenda at Times Square
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Biology on Tap: science, drinks and trivia at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Juilliard Composition Concert (free)
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow (no cover)
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
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Shape Up NYC: Cardio Dance
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Juilliard Rush Hour Performances (free)
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
Election Night Watch Party at Union Hall (21+, free)
Eiffel Tower Mic: free 21+ open mic at Brooklyn Comedy Collective
Pump Up: The Jam weekly improv jam at Brooklyn Comedy Collective (21+)
Malika Zarra Quartet at LunÀtico
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Bird and Nature Walk at Freshkills Park North Park
Free Wednesdays at the Museum of the City of New York
Grant's Tomb (General Grant National Memorial)
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)
Pay What You Wish evening at the Museum of Arts and Design
Shape Up NYC: Caribbean Dance Fitness
Dance Fitness Beats at Hudson Guild (Shape Up NYC)
Dance Fitness World Wide Beats in Astoria (Shape Up NYC)
Wednesday trivia at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Gustavo Figueiredo Trio (NYC debut) at LunÀtico
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow on Wednesday (no cover)
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
Hispanic Society Museum & Library (Free Admission)
Public Gallery Tour
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
Demon Time improvised sketch night at Brooklyn Comedy Collective (21+)
J. Walter Hawkes & Friends play Bennie Green at LunÀtico
Mousse T. at Public Records (21+)
Free First Friday at the Noguchi Museum
Restoration Fridays at Highland Park
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
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
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
Dead Pete's Society poetry open mic (21+)
Chatroom: OSGEMEOS (free with RSVP, 21+)
House of Grooves: Eli Escobar All Night (21+)
Karaoke Tremendous at Union Hall (21+, free, midnight)
FIDO Coffee Bark in Prospect Park
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
Bulb Planting at Forest Park
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Introduction to Birdwatching Outings in Prospect Park
Fall Foliage Bike Tour with the Urban Park Rangers
Birding: Fall Migration at Salt Marsh Nature Center
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
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
5th Annual Community Banquet
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Exhibit: The Shirley Chisholm Way at Lefferts Historic House
Free Community Paddle at Concrete Plant Park
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
Create Your Own: Seasonal Door Sign
Discovery Hike: Randall's Island Salt Marsh
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
Public Gallery Tour
Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
Before It's Gone: Archive to Survive book launch and panel
Strange Confessions: Free Play Reading in Riverside Park
Nature Journaling: Nature After Dark at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Bright Five tech salon at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Free live music: Joe DiOrio at 18th Ward Brewing New Rochelle
Unspoken Threads: Free Poetry and Music at RoCA
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+)
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
Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike in Prospect Park
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
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
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
Free Solar Observing at Pioneer Works
Leaf Peeping Hike in Central Park's North Woods
Sunday music open mic at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Civic Crash Course talk at Public Records (free RSVP, 21+)
Conversations in Tusculum: Richard Nelson play at Cooper Union
Tuesday Stewardship at the Foodway
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
Free Evening Juggling Class at Bryant Park
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
Shape Up NYC: Soca Sweat Dance Fitness
Bacon, Eggs & Toons: Free Animation Screening (21+)
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa photography artist talk at Cooper Union
Idlewild Park Forest Restoration
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
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
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
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness Fiesta
Mark West lecture on pareidolia and form at Cooper Union
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at) at the Long Island Museum
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
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+)
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
Roebling Rink Opening Day: Free Morning Skate Sessions
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
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale Park
Fire Cider Workshop at Randall's Island Urban Farm
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
Free Stargazing at Great Kills Park
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
Winter Composting with Big Reuse on Randall's Island
Autumn Leaves Story Time and Craft at Greenbelt Nature Center
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Designing and Managing Community Composting Spaces
Fireside Meditation at Crotona Nature Center
ArtAccess Open Studio for Teens and Adults with Disabilities
Free Stargazing in Elmhurst
Free Stargazing at Pioneer Works
Terence Tao: Six Math Essentials at Pioneer Works
Lifelong Studio Printmaking: First Session for Adults 55+
Sean Lally architecture lecture at Cooper Union
Juilliard Concerto Competition Finals (free)
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
Free Third Thursday Evening at the Jewish Museum
Salsa Party at the Brooklyn Museum
Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off at the Seaport Museum
Discostan with Omid Walizadeh and Mansaf Mama at Public Records (21+)
Free Stargazing in Parkchester
Free live music: Tim Brown at 18th Ward Brewing New Rochelle
FUTCH: Queer Women's Dance Party (21+)
Discovery Hike: Pond and Freshwater Ecology at Silver Lake Park
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
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
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Sinéad, ketia, Bennet and more at Public Records (21+)
Autumn Mushroom ID Hike in Van Cortlandt Park
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying in Travers Park
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Hibernation and Brumation Hike in Cunningham Park
Native American Heritage Month: Walking Lenapehoking
Free Adult Printmaking Workshop at Queens Museum
Seal Exploration at Orchard Beach
Freedom Seekers: Stories by the Fire in Prospect Park
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
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
Gather Around the Campfire at Hunter's Point South Park
Historic New York: Mount Morris Fire Watchtower Open Access
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
Discovery Hike: Marine Mammals at Rockaway Beach
Robot Karaoke at Wonderville (21+)
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
Birdwatching: First Sunday Outings in Prospect Park
Doggie Day Hike in Prospect Park
Dickens Festival Carols & Crafts
SantaCon NYC
Winter Wreath Workshop
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
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Holiday campfire & stories in Clove Lakes Park
Plants of the holiday season walk
Times Square New Year's Eve Ball Drop
Prospect Park New Year's Eve Fireworks
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
BAM 41st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A little Nyack. A new discovery.
Take the scenic route up the Hudson.
🗽 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 ↗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."
● Closed now
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.
● Closed now
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
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