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Corpse Bride under the stars in Sunset Park
Spot P! Opening Reception
Candlelight Ghost Tours
Free Stargazing at WNYC Transmitter Park
Super Spooky Candlelight Ghost Tours with Paranormal Investigator Dan Sturges
Farm Stand
Kissena Park Forest Restoration
New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
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
Wicked Walker Family Fun & Halloween Event
Thomas Jefferson Hunted Walk
Whitney Free Friday Nights
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
Open-air film: Ten Minutes to Live (1932) with a live vinyl score
Candlelight Ghost Tours
Farm Stand
Siedenburg Park Trail Marker Installation
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Kids in Motion: Seward Park
Crafts, Candy, & Compost
Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill
Free Saturday juggling in Bryant Park
Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife
Howl-oween Doggie Day Hike
Phoenix Community Garden Farm Stand
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
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
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
Free Stargazing at Pier i
NYC Village Halloween Parade
Dyckman Marina Movie Nights
Cheer on the TCS New York City Marathon
Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten
Winter Composting with Big Reuse
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
Heatwise x NYC Marathon Free Class
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
6th Annual Astoria Park Pumpkin Smash
Garden Highlights Walk
Discovery Hike: Micro Hike
Indian Food Festival & Diwali Mela
Day of the Dead Celebration featuring Mariachi Real de Mexico
Diversity Dining Under the Stars
Day of the Dead at Museum of the Moving Image
Día de Muertos at Lincoln Center: Community Ofrenda + Guachinangos
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
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
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
Pumpkin Smash at Lehman College (NYBG)
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
Restoration Fridays at Highland Park
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
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
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Fall Foliage Walk
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
Bulb Planting at Forest Park
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Pumpkin Smash at Hudson River Park
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
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
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
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Tuesday Stewardship at the Foodway
Hart Island: Honoring Our Military and Veterans (North Island)
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
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
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
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at) at the Long Island Museum
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Recycling Holiday Scraps at Queens Farm — sold out
Free Solar Observing at St. Nicholas Park
Fairfield University Art Museum Family Day
Fall foliage hike in Prospect Park
Ranger walk in Riverdale Park
Free Stargazing at Great Kills Park
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Designing and Managing Community Composting Spaces
Free Stargazing at Pioneer Works
Stealing America: Free Virtual Lecture with Linford D. Fisher
Free Stargazing in Parkchester
Ranger hike from Forest Park's Overlook
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
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
Ranger walk near Split Rock
CloseKnit at Noble Maritime
Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) Hanukkah menorah lightings
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival
Pleasantville Public Menorah Lighting
Dickens Festival Carols & Crafts
Winter Wreath Workshop
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
Fifth Avenue Holiday Open Streets
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
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.
Your library is the best plan you forgot about.
More fresh air. Less spending.
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. Last day this season: Fri Oct 30.
● Closed 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.
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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.
● Open 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.
● Open 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.
● Open 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 ↗Paley Park
📍 3 E 53rd St, New York, NY 10022
A tiny pocket park with a 20-foot waterfall that drowns out traffic. The water is off in January.
● Open now
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