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Raaka Chocolate factory store in Red Hook
FOSSS Guided Music Production Session (Beginners) at Central Library
Biology on Tap: science, drinks and trivia at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Juilliard Composition Concert (free)
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow (no cover)
Shape Up NYC: Latin Dance Fitness
Shape Up NYC: Cardio Dance
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Juilliard Rush Hour Performances (free)
Shape Up NYC: Flow Dance Cardio
Rhythm & Dance Games Night at Wonderville (21+)
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
Bird and Nature Walk at Freshkills Park North Park
Grant's Tomb (General Grant National Memorial)
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
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)
Armed Objects: Weapons, Ornamentation and the Museum (CBH Talk)
Wednesday trivia at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Gustavo Figueiredo Trio (NYC debut) at LunÀtico
Vinyl After Hours at Mezzrow on Wednesday (no cover)
Craft & Chill
Red Parry NYC vs. Wonderville Street Fighter Tournament (21+)
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+)
Restoration Fridays at Highland Park
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
Holiday silent disco at Pelham Fritz
Louis Vuitton First Friday at The Frick Collection
Chatroom: OSGEMEOS (free with RSVP, 21+)
Reginald Chapman's Chaphouse at LunÀtico
House of Grooves: Eli Escobar All Night (21+)
Karaoke Tremendous at Union Hall (21+, free, midnight)
FIDO Coffee Bark in Prospect Park
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Christ Church Pelham Classic Car Show
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
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
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
Free Community Paddle at Concrete Plant Park
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Create Your Own: Seasonal Door Sign
Discovery Hike: Randall's Island Salt Marsh
Dragon Dance: free Pokémon Champions tournament at Wonderville (21+)
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
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+)
Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike in Prospect Park
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Nature's Workshop: Create Your Own Nature Field Guide
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+)
Yacouba Sissoko & Siya (Malian kora) at LunÀtico
Civic Crash Course talk at Public Records (free RSVP, 21+)
Tuesday Stewardship at the Foodway
Shape Up NYC: Latin Dance Fitness
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
Idlewild Park Forest Restoration
Boogie Down Service Project
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Craft & Chill
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness Fiesta
Mark West lecture on pareidolia and form at Cooper Union
Free Stargazing at Floyd Bennett Field
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+)
Shape Up NYC: Dance Fitness
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
Falling for Nature Hike at Conference House Park
Roebling Rink Opening Day: Free Morning Skate Sessions
Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems at Bushwick Inlet Park
Behind the Smile: Animal Adaptations in Astoria 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
Fire Cider Workshop at Randall's Island Urban Farm
Hiking Club Series: Sappy Trails in Riverdale Park
The Secret Lives of Insects in Highland Park
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
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Designing and Managing Community Composting Spaces
Fireside Meditation at Crotona Nature Center
Free Stargazing in Elmhurst
Free Stargazing at Pioneer Works
Juilliard Concerto Competition Finals (free)
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Greenbelt Adult Hike: St. Francis Woodlands
Salsa Party at the Brooklyn 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
Birding: Owls at Pelham Bay Park's Orchard Beach
Forest Park Super Hike with the Urban Park Rangers
Falling for Nature Hike in Central Park
Living With Urban Coyotes in Claremont Park
Greenbelt Natural History Hike with Dr. Eric W. Sanderson
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Astronomy: Autumn Sky in Inwood Hill Park
Sinéad, ketia, Bennet and more at Public Records (21+)
Birding: Fall Migration at Blue Heron Park
Autumn Mushroom ID Hike in Van Cortlandt Park
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying in Travers Park
Nature Sketching Hike in Brookfield 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
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
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+)
Discovery Hike: Marine Mammals at Rockaway Beach
Robot Karaoke at Wonderville (21+)
CloseKnit at Noble Maritime
Neon glow holiday silent disco
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
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower at Van Cortlandt Park
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower at Rockaway Beach
Elf on the Shelf kids' craft at Oak Ridge
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Holiday campfire & stories in Clove Lakes Park
Astronomy: The Winter Sky in Inwood Hill Park
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
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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 ↗Economy Candy
📍 108 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002
A candy store since 1937, with retro and imported sweets floor to ceiling.
● 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
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.
● Closed now
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