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The Rink at Bryant Park (free-admission ice skating)
Canstruction: giant sculptures made of food cans
The Grand Ofrenda at Times Square
Free Entry to Vessel and Edge for Runners
Chinatown Ice Cream Factory
Economy Candy: old-school candy store since 1937
Japan Village food hall in Industry City
Day of the Dead Family Celebration at Green-Wood
Free tastings at Flatiron Wines
Cooper Hewitt Pay What You Wish hour
FOSSS Guided Music Production Session (Beginners) at Central Library
Free wine & spirits tastings at Astor Wines
Big Lazy surf-noir trio at LunÀtico
Bowling Green Greenmarket
Bronx Borough Hall Greenmarket
Brooklyn Borough Hall Greenmarket
City Hall Greenmarket
Elmhurst Greenmarket
Fort Washington Greenmarket
Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket
Poe Park Greenmarket
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Election Day Nature Programs at Prospect Park Audubon Center
Raaka Chocolate factory store in Red Hook
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
El Hombrecito: Colombian Music and Visual Storytelling
Guggenheim Pay What You Wish hours
Election Night Watch Party at Union Hall (21+, free)
Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket (Wednesday)
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Greenmarket
Flushing Greenmarket
Mount Sinai Greenmarket
Rockefeller Center Greenmarket
Eloise at the Plaza Event
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)
Senior Happy Hour
Pay What You Wish evening at the Museum of Arts and Design
Free Wednesday Nights at the Museum of the City of New York
Armed Objects: Weapons, Ornamentation and the Museum (CBH Talk)
175th Street Greenmarket
Boro Park Greenmarket
Columbia Greenmarket
Tucker Square Greenmarket
Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Prospect Park Stroller Walk
Ranger hike at High Rock Park
Craft & Chill
Greenbelt Adult Hike - High Rock Park - Pouch Camp
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
Free tasting: Nusa Indonesian herbal drinks at Pearl River Mart Foods
Free Environmental Education Center Open Hours
Climate Ready Workshop at Queens Public Library Ravenswood
Asilah Oui: Free Films at Anthology Film Archives
Rally Reading Series at Pete's Candy Store (21+)
Native Voices Karenna: two short operas at Cooper Union's Great Hall
97th Street Greenmarket
Corona Greenmarket
Parkchester Greenmarket
Free First Friday at the Noguchi Museum
Magnetic Me’s Holiday Playhouse
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
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce at Pearl River Mart Foods
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
NYSCI Free Community Hours (Fridays)
Battle of Brooklyn Exhibition Tour at the Center for Brooklyn History
Open Tech Lab for Teens: 3D printing, robotics, VR (Queens Central Library)
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
Dead Pete's Society poetry open mic (21+)
Karaoke Tremendous at Union Hall (21+, free, midnight)
FAD Market fall pop-up in Dumbo
FIDO Coffee Bark in Prospect Park
4th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket
57th Street Greenmarket
7th Ave Sunset Park Greenmarket
Abingdon Square Greenmarket
Bay Ridge Greenmarket
Fort Greene Greenmarket
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
Greenmarket at MoMA PS1
Inwood Greenmarket
McCarren Park Greenmarket
St. George Greenmarket
Staten Island Mall Greenmarket
Sunnyside Greenmarket
Tribeca Greenmarket
Meet the Tree Day (Rockefeller tree arrival)
Early Morning Opening: To the Stars! Space Exploration (sensory-friendly)
Queens Super Hike (15 miles)
82nd Street Greenmarket
Queens County Parks Super Hike
Every Play Counts, Every Player Matters
Volunteer Gardening at Tiemann Place in Riverside Park
Ranger walk at Snug Harbor
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
Café Colmado test kitchen: taste a new release free
MoMA PS1 November Open House
Staten Island North Shore Parks Super Hike
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
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
Dumboween
Meet the Fleet at Riverside Park's Compost Compound
Edgar Allan Poe Cottage Weekend Visits
Smorgasburg Williamsburg (Saturdays)
Queens Fiber Arts Festival
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Nature's Workshop: Fall Foliage Leaf Art in Lincoln Terrace Park
Free Saturday Juggling at Bryant Park
Saturday house tours at the Wyckoff House Museum
Traditional Indigenous crafts at Bronx River House
Tree Maintenance Workshop at Snug Harbor
Bronx River Foodway's 5th Annual Community Banquet
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
Family Time: Día de Muertos at The Bronx Museum
Environmental Education Center: Saturday Open Hours
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
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
Historical Walking Tour from the East 4th Street Community Garden
The Lott House: Update Talk at Salt Marsh Nature Center
Public Gallery Tour
Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour
Poets House: In Memoriam Stephen Dobyns
Free tasting: Nusa Indonesian herbal drinks (Saturday) at Pearl River Mart Foods
Before It's Gone: Archive to Survive book launch and panel
Ephemeral Light: Artist Talk with Ira Merritt at Poe Cottage
Strange Confessions: Free Play Reading in Riverside Park
Nature Journaling: Nature After Dark at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Carroll Gardens Greenmarket
Cortelyou Greenmarket
Domino Park Greenmarket
Forest Hills Greenmarket
Jackson Heights Greenmarket
79th Street Greenmarket
Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket (Sunday)
Bensonhurst Greenmarket
Ruppert Park Greenmarket
Tompkins Square Greenmarket
Stuyvesant Town Greenmarket
Fall Birding
Sleepy Hollow Street Fair
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
Whitney Free Second Sunday
The Owls of Staten Island
Ranger walk at Soundview Park
Ranger hike in Forest Park
Smorgasburg Prospect Park (Sundays)
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
Fairy and Gnome Day
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
Free tasting: Sun Yum XO Sauce (Sunday) at Pearl River Mart Foods
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
Free Bryant Park tour
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Zing! Kids Fitness
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
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 Evening Juggling Class at Bryant Park
Bacon, Eggs & Toons: Free Animation Screening (21+)
Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa photography artist talk at Cooper Union
Thrifting 101: Free Online Workshop
NYC Veterans Day Parade
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
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Festival
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre
Senior Happy Hour
Structure, Status, and Strategy: Business Entities for Creatives
Storytime: Lenape and Corn
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
Union Square Holiday Market
Public Gallery Tour
Chef Judy Joo book signing at Pearl River Mart Foods
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
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
Beach & park clean-up at Conference House Park
Ranger walk at Conference House Park
Annual Leaf Lift Volunteer Day in Riverside Park
Falling for Nature Hike at Conference House Park
Roebling Rink Opening Day: Free Morning Skate Sessions
Roebling Rink Opening Day Celebration
Pearl River Food Truck Festival
Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems at Bushwick Inlet Park
Behind the Smile: Animal Adaptations in Astoria Park
Rose's Pineapple Shorts pop-up at Pearl River Mart Foods
Outdoor Skills: Fire Building in Van Cortlandt Park
S.T.E.A.M Saturday: Sewing History at Lewis Latimer House
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
Sungazing with West Harlem Art Fund in St. Nicholas Park
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
Hiking Club Series: Sappy Trails in Riverdale Park
The Secret Lives of Insects in Highland Park
Outdoor Skills: Survival 101 in Morningside Park
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
Poetry Writing Workshop at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Free Stargazing at Great Kills Park
Juilliard MAP Open Recital (free)
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
Gobble Games Family Board Game Extravaganza
Ricitos and the Three Bears
Ranger walk on Hunter Island
Community Archiving Day at Queens Museum
Invasive Plant Removal and Native Planting at Fort Totten Park
Hiking Club: Hidden Hunter Island in Pelham Bay Park
Nature Detective Mystery Adventure in Brower Park
ArtAccess Museum Explorers for Children with Disabilities
Historic New York: Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument Tour
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
Nature's Workshop: Bird Friendly Windows in Kissena Park
Nature's Workshop: Natural Inks and Dyes in Inwood Hill Park
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
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with FunkyTown Playground
Lifelong Studio Printmaking: First Session for Adults 55+
Harlem Holiday Lights
Sean Lally architecture lecture at Cooper Union
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Lee Barrett
At the Hearth: Make a Pinch Pot with Greenwich House Pottery
Comfy Classical at Dyckman Farmhouse
Life Drawing Class at Brooklyn Public Library Central
Stealing America: Free Virtual Lecture with Linford D. Fisher
In the Room: David Hume Kennerly at Cooper Union's Great Hall
Greenbelt Adult Hike: St. Francis Woodlands
Giving Thanks to Community at Success Garden
Nature Storytime at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free Third Thursday Evening at the Jewish Museum
Intermediate Chess Class at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
Wayzgoose Holiday Kick Off at the Seaport Museum
Mall at Bay Plaza Christmas Tree Lighting
Free Stargazing in Parkchester
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
Falling for Nature Hike in Central Park
Living With Urban Coyotes in Claremont Park
Greenbelt Natural History Hike with Dr. Eric W. Sanderson
Free tasting: KYUNU instant noodles at Pearl River Mart Foods
Queens Center 'Let It Glow' Tree Lighting
Free Stargazing at Highbridge Park
Astronomy: Autumn Sky in Inwood Hill Park
Tamagotchi Times Square Spectacular (30th anniversary)
Birding: Fall Migration at Blue Heron Park
Autumn Mushroom ID Hike in Van Cortlandt Park
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying in Travers Park
Magnetic Archery in Owl's Head Park
Nature Sketching Hike in Brookfield 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
Free tasting: Bad for Business Banana Ketchup at Pearl River Mart Foods
Patchogue Holiday Boat Parade (30th)
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Music with Andy & Suzanna
Santa's Mailbox in White Plains
Le Carrousel Extravaganza: Magic with Looney Louie
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
Ranger walk in Springfield Park
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
5th Avenue Tree Lighting & Small Business Saturday in Park Slope
Manhasset Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Westfield Christmas Tree Lighting
Ranger walk near Split Rock
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
Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn) Hanukkah menorah lightings
Greenwich Tree Lighting
Neue Galerie free late-night admission
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
Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival
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
Pleasantville Public Menorah Lighting
Nanuet Tree Lighting Festival
Yorktown Holiday Electric Lights Parade & Tree Lighting
Piermont Farmers Market (winter)
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
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower at Van Cortlandt Park
Astronomy: Geminids Meteor Shower at Rockaway Beach
Elf on the Shelf kids' craft at Oak Ridge
Wave Hill Winter Solstice Wishes
Ranger holiday tea time at Biddle House
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Winter Solstice Campfire and Storytelling
Holiday campfire & stories in Clove Lakes Park
Astronomy: The Winter Sky in Inwood Hill 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
49th Annual Three Kings Day Parade
BAM 41st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2027 TCS New York City Marathon
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Paid & ticketed events (79)
The Museum of Broadway
Museum of Ice Cream
Museum of Illusions
Museum of Sex
DarkRoom Screening & Salon at Nitehawk Prospect Park
Depraved late show at IFC Center (Optic Nerve series)
Closure: Preview Screening + Q&A with Michał Marczak
Blackout late show at IFC Center (Optic Nerve series)
🗽 Other places to go
Sloomoo Institute
📍 475 Broadway, New York, NY 10013
A slime museum: hands-on slime bars, a slime-rain room and a DIY slime station.
● Closed now
Official site ↗Museum of Sex
📍 233 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016
Adults-only (18+) exhibits plus the inflatable "Super Funland" rooms.
● Open now
Official site ↗Museum of Illusions
📍 77 8th Ave, New York, NY 10014
Tilted rooms, infinity tunnels and photo illusions. Kids 4 and under free.
● Open now
Official site ↗The Museum of Broadway
📍 145 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
Costumes, set pieces and the history of Broadway shows. Last entry 90 min before close.
● Closed now
Official site ↗SPYSCAPE
📍 928 8th Ave, New York, NY 10019
A spy museum with laser-maze and lie-detector challenges that profile your spy role.
● Open now
Official site ↗RiseNY
📍 160 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
A NYC history museum that ends in a "flying" ride over the skyline.
● Open now
Official site ↗Mercer Labs
📍 21 Dey St, New York, NY 10007
Immersive art-and-technology rooms of light, sound and mirrors near the WTC.
● Open now
Official site ↗Madame Tussauds New York
📍 234 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036
Wax celebrities, Marvel and pop-culture photo sets on 42nd St.
● Open today
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