📍 PlaceFree
Tompkins Square Park Dog Run
📍 East Village, Manhattan
FIND IT
Find fun stuff
Typos are fine. Search by name, place, neighborhood or interest.
Open nowshowing open + closed
☰ Category: All ▾
Interests (pick any) 🖐️ Hands-on / Make it ▾
Area Everywhere ▾
🐕 Dog runs, off-leash hours & dog-friendly walks
📍 PlaceFree
Washington Square Park Dog Run
📍 Greenwich Village, Manhattan
📍 PlaceFree
Carl Schurz Park Dog Runs
📍 Yorkville, Manhattan
📍 PlaceFree
Fort Tryon Park Dog Run
📍 Hudson Heights, Manhattan
📍 PlaceFree
McCarren Park Dog Run
📍 Williamsburg, Brooklyn
📍 PlaceFree
Prospect Park off-leash hours
📍 Prospect Park, Brooklyn
📍 PlaceFree
Pelham Bay Park Dog Run
📍 Pelham Bay, Bronx
📍 PlaceFree
Cunningham Park Dog Run
📍 Fresh Meadows, Queens
Starts in 3m
Every Wed, Thu, Fri · 10 AM–3:30 PM
59°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid (from $45) · registration required · kid-friendly · repeats, so you can go another time · at Kahkow USA, 215 Rutgers St, New Jersey · official listing on kahkow.com · checked Oct 26
Kahkow bean-to-bar chocolate factory tour + make your own bar
Starts in 1h 3m
Daily · 11 AM–7 PM
62°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · kid-friendly · repeats, so you can go another time · at Japan Village, 934 3rd Ave, Brooklyn · official listing on japanvillage.com · checked Oct 26
Japan Village food hall in Industry City
Starts in 1h 3m
Daily · 11 AM–4 PM
62°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · repeats, so you can go another time · at Raaka Chocolate, 58 Seabring St, Brooklyn · official listing on raakachocolate.com · checked Oct 26
Raaka Chocolate factory store in Red Hook
Starts in 2h 33m
THU, OCT 29 · 12:30 PM–2:30 PM
65°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Cross Bronx Walking Tour
Starts in 4h 3m
THU, OCT 29 · 2 PM–2:45 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Wave Hill, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Public Gallery Tour
Starts in 23h 3m
FRI, OCT 30 · 9 AM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Powell Street Garden, NYC · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Farm Stand
Starts in 23h 3m
FRI, OCT 30 · 9 AM–12 PM
60°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Kissena Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Kissena Park Forest Restoration
Starts in 1d 1h
Every Fri, Sat, Sun · 11 AM–6 PM
67°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($115) · registration required · repeats, so you can go another time · at Raaka Chocolate factory, 58 Seabring St, Brooklyn · official listing on raakachocolate.com · checked Oct 26
Bean-to-bar chocolate making class at Raaka
Starts in 1d 4h
FRI, OCT 30 · 2 PM–3:30 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at The Long Island Museum, Long Island · official listing on longislandmuseum.org · checked Oct 25
Stitch & Chit-Ch(at)
Starts in 1d 5h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3 PM–5 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Family Community Garden, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Halloween Pumpkin Decorating and Candy Giveaway!
Starts in 1d 5h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3 PM–5 PM
69°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Brisas Del Caribe Garden, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Pumpkin Decorating at Brisas del Caribe
Starts in 1d 5h
FRI, OCT 30 · 3:30 PM–6 PM
71°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Walker Park Field House, Walker Park, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Wicked Walker Family Fun & Halloween Event
Starts in 1d 7h
FRI, OCT 30 · 5 PM–7 PM
67°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Dance Room, Thomas Jefferson Park, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Thomas Jefferson Hunted Walk
Starts in 2d 0h
SAT, OCT 31 · 10:30 AM–12:30 PM
53°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Maple Street Community Garden, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Crafts, Candy, & Compost
Starts in 2d 1h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
55°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Greenbelt Nature Center, Blood Root Valley, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill
Starts in 2d 1h
SAT, OCT 31 · 11 AM–8 PM
56°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free to enter · kid-friendly · at South Street Seaport, Manhattan · official listing on theseaport.nyc · checked Oct 26
Halloween at the Seaport: Trick-or-Treating, Free Museum Day & Dog Costume Contest
Starts in 2d 2h
SAT, OCT 31 · 12 PM–3 PM
58°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at The Green-House at Green-Wood, Brooklyn · official listing on green-wood.com · checked Oct 29
Last Saturdays: free drop-in Open Classroom at Green-Wood
Starts in 2d 3h
SAT, OCT 31 · 1 PM–2 PM
59°F · Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Crotona Nature Center, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 28
Autumn Animal Crafts and Exploration
Starts in 3d 0h
SUN, NOV 1 · 9 AM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Marathon course (miles 3–26), NYC · official listing on nyrr.org · checked Oct 27
Cheer on the TCS New York City Marathon
Starts in 3d 2h
SUN, NOV 1 · 11 AM–4 PM
59°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Paid (from $10) · seasonal special · kid-friendly · at Queens County Farm Museum, Queens · official listing on queensfarm.org · checked Oct 29
Amazing Maize Maze: NYC's only corn maze (final day)
Starts in 3d 3h
SUN, NOV 1 · 12 PM–8 PM
62°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at 274 Remsen St, Brooklyn · official listing on heatwise-studio.com · checked Oct 28
Heatwise x NYC Marathon Free Class
Starts in 3d 3h
SUN, NOV 1 · 12:30 PM–3 PM
62°F · Partly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor Sustainability Center, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Starts in 3d 4h
SUN, NOV 1 · 1 PM–3 PM
63°F · Mostly Sunny
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Astoria Park, Queens · official listing on astoriaparkalliance.org · checked Oct 26
6th Annual Astoria Park Pumpkin Smash
Starts in 6d 9h
WED, NOV 4 · 6 PM–8:30 PM
65°F · Chance Rain Showers
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($151) · limited spots · at Urbani Truffles, 10 West End Ave, Manhattan · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 26
Truffle pasta making at the Urbani Truffle Lab
Starts in 1w 1d
FRI, NOV 6 · 2 PM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 29, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at The Green-House at Green-Wood, Brooklyn · official listing on green-wood.com · checked Oct 29
TGIF! Afterschool story and craft hour at Green-Wood
Starts in 1w 2d
SAT, NOV 7 · 10 AM–2 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Hudson River Museum, Greene Education Center, Westchester · official listing on hrm.org · checked Oct 26
Teen sculpture workshop: Arts and Activism
Starts in 1w 2d
SAT, NOV 7 · 11 AM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Pier 84, Hudson River Park, Manhattan · official listing on hudsonriverpark.org · checked Oct 26
Pumpkin Smash at Hudson River Park
Starts in 1w 2d
SAT, NOV 7 · 12 PM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 23, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 23
Traditional Indigenous crafts at Bronx River House
Starts in 1w 2d
SAT, NOV 7 · 12 PM–12:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor Visitor Services Booth, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28
Tree Maintenance Workshop at Snug Harbor
Starts in 1w 2d
1st Sat · 2 PM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($95) · repeats, so you can go another time · at Assaia, 2158 Bath Ave, Brooklyn · official listing on meetup.com · checked Oct 26
Learn to make Georgian khachapuri and khinkali at Assaia
Starts in 1w 3d
SUN, NOV 8 · 12:30 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor Sustainability Center, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Sold out
THU, NOV 12 · 6 PM–8 PM
✓ Verified Oct 24, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn · official listing on bbg.org · checked Oct 24
Starting Seeds for Community Self-Sufficiency
Starts in 2w 2d
SAT, NOV 14 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($87) · kid-friendly · limited spots · at BKLYN MACS, 140 58th St, Brooklyn · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 26
Macaron decorating class with BKLYN MACS
Sold out
SAT, NOV 14 · 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 27, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Queens County Farm Museum, Queens · official listing on queensfarm.org · checked Oct 27
Recycling Holiday Scraps at Queens Farm — sold out
Starts in 2w 2d
SAT, NOV 14 · 12:30 PM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Fairfield University Art Museum, Lower Connecticut · official listing on events.fairfield.edu · checked Oct 26
Fairfield University Art Museum Family Day
Starts in 2w 2d
SAT, NOV 14 · 2 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($101) · at Eataly Downtown, 101 Liberty St, Manhattan · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 26
Hands-on pumpkin tiramisù class at Eataly Downtown
Starts in 2w 3d
SUN, NOV 15 · 12:30 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor Sustainability Center, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Starts in 2w 3d
SUN, NOV 15 · 1 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor, Building P lobby, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28
Designing and Managing Community Composting Spaces
Starts in 2w 6d
WED, NOV 18 · 7 PM–8:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($71) · limited spots · at RESOBOX East Village, 91 E 3rd St, Manhattan · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 26
Wasanbon wagashi workshop (Japanese pressed-sugar sweets)
Starts in 3w 1d
FRI, NOV 20 · 2 PM–3:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($101) · at Eataly Downtown, 101 Liberty St, Manhattan · official listing on eventbrite.com · checked Oct 26
Hands-on Sicilian cannoli class at Eataly Downtown
Starts in 3w 2d
SAT, NOV 21 · 3 PM–5 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Paid ($69) · kid-friendly · at Hyatt Place New York/Midtown-South, 52 W 36th St, Manhattan · official listing on feverup.com · checked Oct 26
Make your own mochi
Starts in 3w 3d
SUN, NOV 22 · 12:30 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · registration required · at Snug Harbor Sustainability Center, Staten Island · official listing on snug-harbor.org · checked Oct 28
Environmental and Tree Stewardship at Snug Harbor
Starts in 4w 1d
FRI, NOV 27 · 10 AM–12 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Alley Pond Adventure Course, Alley Pond Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: The Alley Giant
Starts in 4w 1d
FRI, NOV 27 · 10 AM–12 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Van Cortlandt Nature Center, Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike
Starts in 4w 1d
FRI, NOV 27 · 10 AM–12 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Nevada Avenue Parking Lot, High Rock Park, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike
Starts in 4w 1d
FRI, NOV 27 · 10 AM–5 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · kid-friendly · at Sam Bridge Nursery, 437 North St, Lower Connecticut · official listing on greenwichreindeerfestival.com · checked Oct 26
Greenwich Reindeer Festival & Santa's Workshop
Starts in 4w 1d
FRI, NOV 27 · 12 PM–2 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park, Brooklyn · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Post-Thanksgiving Day Super Hike
Starts in 4w 1d
FRI, NOV 27 · 1 PM–2:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Post-Thanksgiving Day Hike: Northern Manhattan Parks Super Hike
Starts in 5w 0d
THU, DEC 3 · 2 PM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Noble Maritime Collection, Snug Harbor, Staten Island · official listing on noblemaritime.org · checked Oct 26
CloseKnit at Noble Maritime
Starts in 5w 3d
SUN, DEC 6 · 2 PM–4 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Port Jefferson Free Library, Long Island · official listing on portjeff.librarycalendar.com · checked Oct 26
Dickens Festival Carols & Crafts
Starts in 6w 2d
SAT, DEC 12 · 12 PM–2 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Icahn Stadium, Randall's Island Park, Manhattan · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Winter Wreath Workshop
Starts in 6w 3d
SUN, DEC 13 · 12 PM–5 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Fifth Avenue (7 blocks), Manhattan · official listing on 5thavenue.nyc · checked Oct 28
Fifth Avenue Holiday Open Streets
Starts in 6w 5d
TUE, DEC 15 · 3 PM–4:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Oak Ridge, Forest Park, Queens · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Elf on the Shelf kids' craft at Oak Ridge
Starts in 7w 3d
SUN, DEC 20 · 1 PM–2 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Crotona Nature Center, Bronx · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Handmade nature ornaments workshop
Starts in 8w 2d
SAT, DEC 26 · 11 AM–12:30 PM
✓ Verified Oct 25, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 25
Holiday campfire & stories in Clove Lakes Park
Starts in 9w 0d
THU, DEC 31 · 11:30 PM–12:30 AM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Central Park, near 72nd St/Cherry Hill, Manhattan · official listing on centralpark.com · checked Oct 26
NYRR Midnight Run fireworks (spectator)
Starts in 9w 1d
FRI, JAN 1 · 11 AM–1 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at W 100th St & Central Park West, Manhattan · official listing on away.mta.info · checked Oct 26
NYC Parks New Year's Day Super Hike – Central Park
Starts in 9w 1d
FRI, JAN 1 · 12 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 28, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Coney Island Beach, Brooklyn · official listing on coneyislandpolarbearclub.com · checked Oct 28
Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge (spectating)
Starts in 9w 1d
FRI, JAN 1 · 1 PM–3 PM
✓ Verified Oct 26, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens · official listing on campmatch.com · checked Oct 26
NYC Parks New Year's Day Hike – Flushing Meadows
Anytime
✓ Verified Oct 23, 2026
Why this place: Free · at NYC parks, NYC · official listing on nycgovparks.org · checked Oct 23
More fresh air. Less spending.
Anytime
✓ Verified Oct 23, 2026
Why this place: Free · at Local parks and village events, Westchester · official listing on visitsleepyhollow.com · checked Oct 23
Take the scenic route up the Hudson.
🗽 Other places to go
🎡 Unique attractionsTicketed
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 ↗🎡 Unique attractionsTicketed
MoMath (National Museum of Mathematics)
📍 635 Sixth Ave (at W 19th St), New York, NY 10011
Hands-on math exhibits, including a square-wheeled tricycle. Under 2 free.
● Closed now
Official site ↗🎡 Unique attractionsTicketed
Edge at Hudson Yards
📍 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001
An outdoor sky deck 100 floors up with a glass floor and views across Manhattan.
● Open now
Official site ↗🎡 Unique attractionsTicketed
Top of the Rock
📍 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10112
Open-air decks with the Empire State Building and Central Park both in view.
● Open now
Official site ↗💎 Hidden & free gemsFree
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 ↗🛍️ Unique shopsFree
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 ↗🛍️ Unique shopsFree
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 ↗🛍️ Unique shopsFree
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 ↗