Top things to do for visitors, each linked to its official source.
New York City Metro Area
📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Snug Harbor is one of Staten Island’s most beautiful historic destinations. And, if the legends are true, one of its most haunted This fall, join us for "Spooky Snug Harbor," a series of nighttime walking tours aimed…
Official site ↗📍 Astoria
Launch your pumpkin from a giant slingshot or bash it in the smash zone, plus games and face painting.
Official site ↗📍 Battery Park City
Architecture teams build larger-than-life sculptures from thousands of cans, all donated to City Harvest.
Official site ↗📍 Astoria
Aztec Mexica dance, the Mexican Folkloric Ballet of New York, free face painting, an ofrenda and a Catrinas contest.
Official site ↗📍 Forest Park
Mariachi Real De Mexico was founded in 1991 by Ramon Ponce and his son Ramon Ponce Jr. This year Mariachi Real De Mexico is proudly celebrating 35 years. The GRAMMY winning ensemble is considered to be the ambassador…
Official site ↗📍 Bedford Park
NYBG's first Día de los Muertos: a marigold trail with calaveras, a giant flower Catrina, a community ofrenda, and a parade on Nov 1.
Official site ↗📍 Van Cortlandt Park
Honey, I shrunk the park! Join the Urban Park Rangers to discover the hidden wonders of the microscopic world!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Take a docent led tour of the Conference House Museum also known as the Billiopp House located on Staten Island, New York and overlooking the Raritan Bay. This two-story grand fieldstone house was built by powerful…
Official site ↗📍 Fort Totten Park
The Bayside Historical Society invites you to join the Company K of the 67th NY Infantry for a Civil War Living History event at Fort Totten. Step back in time and experience the life of Union soldiers while…
Official site ↗📍 Wolfe's Pond Park
Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City. The rhythm of the waves, the sun on your face, and the exhilaration of slicing through the water all add up to an experience you’ll never forget.…
Official site ↗📍 Sunset Park
Discover the beauty of Sunset Park on a colorful autumn walk with the Urban Park Rangers. Learn many useful tree identification tips which will make our appreciation for trees even greater. Use the foliage to create…
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Join us to celebrate this special Mexican cultural holiday. We will explore and create nicho boxes, small shadow boxes filled with meaning and purpose that honor a lost loved one.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing
Weekly Tuesday morning volunteer shifts on the Queens Botanical Garden farm: learn gardening basics and work hands-on with plants.
Official site ↗📍 Marine Park
Pandit Ravi Doobay describes traditions honoring the holy month of Kartika on the Hindu calendar in this annual community gathering.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
A staff-led 45-minute walk through Bryant Park's history, design and gardens.
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Topics vary by season and the expertise of the Guide--come back for an encore; each walk varies with the Guide leading it.
Official site ↗📍 Fort Totten Park
Joseph Gilbert Totten served most of his time as chief engineer in the rank of colonel and was promoted to Brigadier General in 1863. Come learn about his contributions to American military history and his…
Official site ↗📍 WNYC Transmitter Park
This It's My Park season, volunteer with Friends of WNYC Transmitter Park to beautify at WNYC Transmitter Park. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!
Official site ↗📍 Lincoln Square
Juilliard composition students premiere new works written in their studies. Free, no tickets; also livestreamed.
Official site ↗📍 Highland Park
During Native American Heritage Month, explore the past and present experience of Native Americans. The study of the healing power of plants is thousands of years old, and many of these plants still grow in our…
Official site ↗📍 Inwood Hill Park
Explore the ancient tulip tree forest of Inwood Hill Park with the Urban Park Rangers and learn about the Lenape’s deep connection to this landscape. This short walk highlights rock shelters, cultural history, and…
Official site ↗📍 Crotona Park
Enjoy the beauty of fall with the Urban Park Rangers as we collect tree leaves and create colorful leaf art!
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
The country's biggest night parade: thousands in costume, giant puppets and bands marching up Sixth Avenue.
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area. The program is free and open to runners and walkers of all ages, abilities, and experience levels.
Official site ↗📍 Cunningham Park
NYRR Open Run brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area. The program is free and open to runners and walkers of all ages, abilities, and experience levels.
Official site ↗📍 Marine Park
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area. The program is free and open to runners and walkers of all ages, abilities, and experience levels.
Official site ↗📍 Washington Park
Come visit the Old Stone House during our public Open Hours!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Featuring work by: Erin Butler, Linda Butti, Mary Campbell, Lisa Dahl, Griselda Healy, Craig Manister, Ann Marie McDonnell, Mike Shane, Gayle Tanaka, Martha Trivizas.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing
Bring your old Halloween pumpkin and smash it for compost at Queens Botanical Garden's compost yard.
Official site ↗📍 American Veterans Memorial Pier
Want to go fishing but don’t know how or where to start? Join our Urban Park Rangers for free lessons! Learn how to properly use a fishing rod. Our experienced Rangers teach the ethics of fishing and the ecology of…
Official site ↗📍 Meatpacking District
Free walk-through pop-up from POP MART (maker of Labubu) with three immersive SKULLPANDA rooms.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Manhattan's free-admission ice rink in Bryant Park: bring your own skates for free, or rent a pair. Book a time slot online.
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Late-night screening of E. Elias Merhige's 1989 experimental horror film Begotten in a 4K restoration (72 min, unrated). Seating at 11:55 PM, film starts after midnight. Ticketed.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
A longer free monthly bird walk through Prospect Park, starting at the Audubon Center. No registration.
Official site ↗📍 1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452
A free event at 1125 Grand Concourse in Bronx on Monday, November 2, 13:00–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free family festival of Indigenous music, dance, workshops, a community drum circle and crafts from across the Americas at Prospect Park's Audubon Center.
Official site ↗📍 64 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Celsius's marathon-weekend pop-up clubhouse in Williamsburg: group runs, a dating mixer, a race-day cheer zone with giveaways and an after-party. 18+, RSVP.
Official site ↗📍 1887 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
Community ofrenda (bring copies of photos or notes; no food, candles or incense) and a son jarocho and cumbia set by Guachinangos. Free general admission, first come, first served.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
Saxophonist Eric Wyatt leads a quartet through the after-midnight slot at Smalls, the basement jazz club in the West Village, playing from 11:55 PM until 4 AM. A classic all-night jazz date.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free weekend exhibit on Brooklyn's Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, at Lefferts Historic House.
Official site ↗📍 Vessel, Hudson Yards, New York, NY, USA
NYC Marathon runners get free entry to Vessel and Edge Oct 29–Nov 5 by showing a race bib or finisher medal.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Pete's Candy Store throws a free Halloween night: comedy and a costume contest at 7, a Halloween play and bands from 9, then a DJ after midnight. 21+.
Official site ↗📍 Park Slope
Sunday-morning dine-in screening of the restored 1954 original Godzilla (96 min, Japanese with English subtitles). Nitehawk is generally an 18+ theater; see its age policy.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Halloween-night midnight screening of John Carpenter's 1978 slasher in a restored digital print (91 min, rated R). Seating starts at 11:55 PM and the film begins after midnight. Ticketed.
Official site ↗📍 274 Remsen St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
A free event at 274 Remsen St in Brooklyn on Sunday, November 1, 12:00–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwood Heights
After-hours guided night walk through Green-Wood's lit monuments and mausoleums on Halloween, ending with rare access inside the Catacombs.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Rows of glass kiosks with makers, gifts and holiday food around the free Bryant Park rink.
Official site ↗📍 1998 Broadway, New York, NY, USA
A free event at 1998 Broadway in Manhattan on Tuesday, November 3, 18:00–21:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free beginner bird walks led by the Brooklyn Bird Club every Saturday morning from the Audubon Center. No registration; kids under 12 with an adult.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown West
Birdland's long-running Monday-night variety show: Broadway performers and newcomers take turns at the mic and piano, backed by Billy Stritch's trio and hosted by Jim Caruso. Doors 9 PM.
Official site ↗📍 Inwood
Urban Park Rangers lead a walk through Inwood's tulip-tree forest and talk about its Lenape history.
Official site ↗📍 East 93rd Street & 1st Avenue, New York, NY, USA
A free event at East 93rd Street & 1st Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday, November 1, 09:30–16:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
The last Saturday-night food market of the season: dozens of vendors cooking dishes from around the world.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A late-night solo jazz piano set by John DiMartino in Mezzrow, the small West Village piano room run by Smalls. Starts just before midnight and runs until about 1 AM; tickets ask you to arrive 30 minutes early.
Official site ↗📍 New York, NY, USA
A free event at New York in Manhattan on Saturday, October 31, 18:00–21:30. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Times Square
A giant Day of the Dead ofrenda in the Times Square plaza (Broadway at 42nd–43rd St) with live music, storytelling and Mexican state showcases, Oct 30–Nov 2.
Official site ↗📍 East Village
Troma's punk, gore-soaked 1996 Shakespeare riff (107 min), with director Lloyd Kaufman and actor Will Keenan in person, part of the Troma-geddon series.
Official site ↗📍 Willowbrook
Flat, beginner-friendly 5K trail race on the Greenbelt's White Trail around Willowbrook Lake. Spectators welcome; race-day sign-up from 8 AM.
Official site ↗📍 Concrete Plant Park
Join us for the 5th annual Community Banquet! Each year the Bronx River Foodway Team brings partners and friends together at Concrete Plant Park to celebrate the lessons learned from the land this year. Centering…
Official site ↗📍 Wakefield
Free community garden party with an antiques appraisal tent, soup-making station, kids' crafts and a food pantry donation drive.
Official site ↗📍 Juniper Valley Park
Discover the beauty of nature through art! Join the Urban Park Rangers for a hands-on craft program where we will explore the park to find natural inspiration and create our own unique masterpiece. Art supplies will…
Official site ↗📍 Tottenville
A self-directed beach and park clean-up with NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy.
Official site ↗📍 Forest Park
Join NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust for a planting event in Forest Park! We'll be cleaning and planting daffodil bulbs in some of the horticultural areas in the park.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Free one-day market of jewelry, clothing and accessories by women makers and designers.
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Take a docent led tour of the Conference House Museum also known as the Billiopp House located on Staten Island, New York and overlooking the Raritan Bay. This two-story grand fieldstone house was built by powerful…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Take a docent led tour of the Conference House Museum also known as the Billiopp House located on Staten Island, New York and overlooking the Raritan Bay. This two-story grand fieldstone house was built by powerful…
Official site ↗📍 Gowanus
The opening club night of the DURATIONS festival weekend, with experimental techno across three rooms in Gowanus.
Official site ↗📍 Dumbo
A curated fashion, art and design market of independent makers. Free admission, and dogs are welcome.
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Fall is peak migration time along the Hudson River, and we have a front seat! Join naturalist, Gabriel Willow as you explore Wave Hill’s gardens, woodlands, and the skies overhead to look for resident and migrating…
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Help spruce up Prospect Park after the busy season: path and playground restoration, painting and leaf raking. Adults only.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Help spruce up Prospect Park after the busy season: path and playground restoration, painting and leaf raking. Adults only.
Official site ↗📍 Great Kills
Free guided fall bike ride along Staten Island's greenway with the Urban Park Rangers. Bring your own bike and helmet; registration required.
Official site ↗📍 Soundview Park
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a beautiful stroll around Soundview Park as we celebrate the changing of the seasons! Learn about the ecology of a fall forest and the science of the changing colors all while enjoying…
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
A ranger-led autumn foliage walk starting at the Picnic House. No registration.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Experience Snug Harbor at its most beautiful peak autumn color. The Fall Foliage Walk will guide you through the site, beginning at Chapel Road, winding through the Pond Garden, and concluding in the Chinese…
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Experience Snug Harbor at its most beautiful peak autumn color. The Fall Foliage Walk will guide you through the site, beginning at Chapel Road, winding through the Pond Garden, and concluding in the Chinese…
Official site ↗📍 Forest Park
Discover the beauty of Forest Park on a colorful autumn hike with the Urban Park Rangers. We will take in the scenic views of the season while learning the scientific processes of fall foliage. Maples, oaks and…
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Keep your eyes on the sky as you look for migrating hawks soaring and circling above the Hudson River. Be inspired by our feathery friends as you fashion a raptor glider for the autumn breezes.
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Keep your eyes on the sky as you look for migrating hawks soaring and circling above the Hudson River. Be inspired by our feathery friends as you fashion a raptor glider for the autumn breezes.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free ranger-led forest hike in Prospect Park learning to identify mushrooms and how fungi break down the woods.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
A staff-led 45-minute walk through Bryant Park's history, design and gardens.
Official site ↗📍 Soundview
Paddle the Bronx River for free with the Bronx River Alliance. First come, first served; minors with an adult.
Official site ↗📍 Red Hook
Safely view the Sun through filtered telescopes with Amateur Astronomers Association volunteers.
Official site ↗📍 Harlem
Daytime Sun-gazing through filtered telescopes on the James Baldwin Lawn in Harlem.
Official site ↗📍 Great Kills
Night-sky viewing at Great Kills Park; AAA says to meet at the south end of the parking lot along Buffalo St.
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens. Topics vary by season and the expertise of the Guide--come back for an encore; each walk varies with the Guide leading it.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
The annual indoor holiday market inside Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall, with local makers selling gifts, jewelry and crafts through Christmas Eve.
Official site ↗📍 High Rock Park
Enjoy a crisp and colorful hike through High Rock Park and around Ohrbach Lake located in Pouch Boy Scout Camp.
Official site ↗📍 Hart Island
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we explore the intertwining histories of Hart Island and NYC’s military institutions. Learn about the various military operations and installations on the island, as well as its impact…
Official site ↗📍 Cunningham Park
Discover NYC's storied past with our expert Urban Park Rangers as your guide to historical events, people, and communities that have shaped our city and Parks. Walk along the historic Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, one of…
Official site ↗📍 Corona
Free listening session marking 100 years of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five's November 1926 recordings, played from original 78 rpm records with the stories behind them.
Official site ↗📍 Idlewild Park
Volunteer with NYC Parks Stewardship to protect forested areas of Idlewild Park! Attendees will contribute to ongoing restoration efforts and learn the importance of species diversity for ecosystem health. Please…
Official site ↗📍 Starlight Park
Join the the North American Indigenous Center of New York and the Bronx River Alliance for an Indigenous Art Workshop at Starlight Park!
Official site ↗📍 Hunter's Point South Park
This It's My Park season, volunteer with Hunters Point Parks Conservancy for their annual Bulbfest at Hunter's Point South Park. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!
Official site ↗📍 Westerleigh Park
This It's My Park season, volunteer with Westerleigh Parks Coalition to help keep Westerleigh Park clean by raking leaves, removing fallen debris or just spruce up around the park. We look forward to cleaning up the…
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Free grand-opening party for Kiehl's first Williamsburg store with giveaways, skin analyses and custom swag.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Free kids' show at Le Carrousel in Bryant Park: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre. No tickets or reservations needed.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Free kids' show at Le Carrousel in Bryant Park: Repertorio Español/Scaramouches Puppet Theatre. No tickets or reservations needed.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Free ranger-led fall foliage hike through Central Park's North Woods, waterfall included.
Official site ↗📍 Park Slope
Free ranger program on Lenape, Dutch and English foodways in early New York, with historic cooking techniques.
Official site ↗📍 Crotona Park
Join the Urban Park Rangers to explore how Indigenous communities have traditionally used local plants for food, medicine, and daily life. Learn how these practices continue to shape ecological knowledge today.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
During Native American Heritage Month, explore the past and present experience of Native Americans. Join the Urban Park Rangers as they lead a walk around Snug Harbor to enjoy the beautiful landscape and learn about…
Official site ↗📍 Crown Heights
Collect fallen leaves and turn them into colorful art with the Urban Park Rangers. Free.
Official site ↗📍 Lower East Side
Evening of three short, funny-but-informative talks: the history of deck chairs, what really happened to American mass transit, and recent world records you might be able to break.
Official site ↗📍 Bedford Park
Model trains zip past landmark replicas made of bark, leaves and other plant parts in NYBG's beloved holiday show. Timed tickets required.
Official site ↗📍 Far Rockaway
NYC Parks girls' flag football festival on Veterans Day: 40-yard dash, QB accuracy challenges, obstacle course and drills for ages 14 and under.
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles common in New York…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage, featuring the A.C. Brown & Sons Shipyard of Tottenville and…
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
The Conference House Association and NYC Parks invite you to explore this America 250 Exhibit!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Terra cotta sculpture garden featuring antique architectural ornaments from Tottenville's Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (west side lawn of Biddle House).
Official site ↗📍 Jamaica
Hands-on tech workshop for ages 13–19: 3D printing, LEGO robotics, digital art, Cricut, VR and more. No registration.
Official site ↗📍 Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
Join the Rangers on an orienteering based hike where the Rangers will teach you how to read and follow maps which will eventually lead to a geocache with prizes inside. Binoculars will be provided to stop and look at…
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Spread mulch and widen woodland trails on Lookout Hill and in the Midwood with Prospect Park Alliance.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Spread mulch and widen woodland trails on Lookout Hill and in the Midwood with Prospect Park Alliance.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Featuring work by: Erin Butler, Linda Butti, Mary Campbell, Lisa Dahl, Griselda Healy, Craig Manister, Ann Marie McDonnell, Mike Shane, Gayle Tanaka, Martha Trivizas.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Featuring work by: Erin Butler, Linda Butti, Mary Campbell, Lisa Dahl, Griselda Healy, Craig Manister, Ann Marie McDonnell, Mike Shane, Gayle Tanaka, Martha Trivizas.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Featuring work by: Erin Butler, Linda Butti, Mary Campbell, Lisa Dahl, Griselda Healy, Craig Manister, Ann Marie McDonnell, Mike Shane, Gayle Tanaka, Martha Trivizas.
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Gallery explore the dynamic relationships between nature, culture, and site. When exhibitions are on view in the spring, summer, and fall, Gallery Greeters lead public exhibition…
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Gallery explore the dynamic relationships between nature, culture, and site. When exhibitions are on view in the spring, summer, and fall, Gallery Greeters lead public exhibition…
Official site ↗📍 Wave Hill
Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Gallery explore the dynamic relationships between nature, culture, and site. When exhibitions are on view in the spring, summer, and fall, Gallery Greeters lead public exhibition…
Official site ↗📍 Harlem
Free qigong in a Harlem community garden: breathwork, light movement and gentle stretches to live music.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Urban Park Ranger hiking guides will introduce you to the hidden gems of New York City. Explore nature, discover our city's urban forests, and unplug from the world to clear your head. Join the Urban Park Rangers on…
Official site ↗📍 Flushing
A 15-mile, all-day ranger-led hike across Queens parks, starting at the Unisphere.
Official site ↗📍 Staten Island
A two-hour ranger-led woodland hike in the Staten Island Greenbelt.
Official site ↗📍 Central Park
A guided walk through the wooded ravine and streams of the North Woods.
Official site ↗📍 Woodhaven
A ranger-led hike on Forest Park's wooded trails.
Official site ↗📍 Livingston
A free Urban Park Rangers walk on the grounds of Snug Harbor.
Official site ↗📍 Woodhaven
Hands-on forest restoration with NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust: invasive plant removal, trail work and possible planting. Tools provided.
Official site ↗📍 Highland Park
Join NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust for Restoration Fridays this fall to engage in hands-on forest restoration work, including invasive species removal, trail restoration, and possible planting in Highland Park.
Official site ↗📍 Fort Totten Park
The Bayside Historical Society's staff and volunteers are offering guided tours of The Castle and its exhibitions on the second Sunday of each month from 1pm-3pm. Each tour lasts approximately 45 minutes; two tours…
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Heights
A free seed-starting workshop at Brooklyn Botanic Garden; the organizer now shows registration closed.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a quick-paced hike up varying terrains and trails through Snug Harbor, Allison Pond, Goodhue, and Jones Woods. Comfortable walking shoes recommended.
Official site ↗📍 Union Square
Urbanspace's open-air holiday market returns to Union Square with nearly 200 vendors selling gifts, crafts and treats. Free to browse.
Official site ↗📍 East New York
A GreenThumb volunteer day at Clara's Garden in East New York, with fall garden chores alongside local gardeners.
Official site ↗📍 East New York
Help build new beds and plant natives at a GreenThumb community garden in East New York. Beginners welcome; supplies provided.
Official site ↗📍 Melrose
Pitch in at El Flamboyan Community Garden in the South Bronx for a GreenThumb volunteer day of fall garden work.
Official site ↗📍 East Village
Lend a hand at Flower Door Garden on Avenue C (Loisaida Ave) in the East Village; tools are provided.
Official site ↗📍 West Farms
A Veterans Day volunteer workday at Krystal Community Garden (Vyse Ave & E 180th St) helping with fall garden care.
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
Official site ↗📍 Conference House Park
Join NYC Parks and the Conference House Park Conservancy for our ongoing beach and park clean-up initiative!
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Drop-in beach and park cleanup at Conference House Park: borrow a grabber and bucket at the Visitor Center. No RSVP needed.
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Free all-day Whitney admission on the second Sunday of the month, with family programs. Timed tickets required.
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Help put Gatehouse Garden to bed for winter: rake fall leaves and tidy beds at this Amsterdam Avenue community garden (yes, there are chickens).
Official site ↗📍 New York, NY, USA
A free event at New York in Manhattan on Wednesday, November 11, 10:00–21:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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Two films explore artistic connections between Morocco and New York, followed by a discussion.
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Free guided history walk through Prospect Park's Revolutionary War sites, starting and ending at Lefferts Historic House. RSVP required.
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Free book launch and panel on community archiving with Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine at Weeksville Heritage Center. RSVP required.
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Staten Island Museum naturalists lead a free bird and nature walk through Freshkills Park's North Park. Donations welcome.
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Two-hour cleanup along Fort Tryon Park's Broadway Promenade with the Fort Tryon Park Conservancy and NYC Parks. Meet at the Broadway Greeting Garden; tools and gloves are provided. Groups of five or more must RSVP ahead;
Official site ↗📍 Dumbo
Weekend holiday edition of the Brooklyn Flea with vintage, makers and food under the Manhattan Bridge.
Official site ↗📍 Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, USA
A free event at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan on Saturday, November 7, 10:00–13:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Bebop alto saxophonist Charles McPherson leads a quintet with trumpeter Terell Stafford for Smoke's 10 PM set, the night's only non-dinner show at this intimate Upper West Side jazz room.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Saturday's 10 PM set at Smoke: alto sax veteran Charles McPherson with Terell Stafford on trumpet, Jeb Patton, David Wong and Billy Drummond. A close-up, low-lit room on Broadway near 106th St.
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TV chef and restaurateur Judy Joo signs her new Korean cookbook, Mukja! Let's Eat, inspired by K-pop and K-dramas. Free to attend at Pearl River Mart Foods in Chelsea Market; books are sold on site.
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Urban Park Rangers lead an hour-long walk on how native plants, shoreline habitat and restored coastal features help wildlife and protect the East River waterfront. Free; register online.
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