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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Queens
A free Halloween event at The Garden by the Bay in Queens, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsbridge Oval
NYC Parks, in partnership with the Misty Copeland Foundation, invites seniors
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Berry Street Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 NYC
Join us for a special Halloween edition of our Central Park Ramble Bird Habitat Workshop on Saturday, October 31. Community gardeners are welcome to explore the Ramble as an outdoor classroom and learn practical ways…
Official site ↗📍 Merchant's House Museum
Doors slam, floorboards creak, voices call into the dead of night. Venture into "Manhattan’s Most Haunted House" by flickering candlelight to hear chilling – and true – tales of decades of otherworldly activity in…
Official site ↗📍 NoHo
Candlelit tours of 'Manhattan's Most Haunted House', with true tales of decades of paranormal reports. Paid.
Official site ↗📍 Battery Park City
Architecture teams build larger-than-life sculptures from thousands of cans, all donated to City Harvest.
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 ↗📍 Bronx
A free Día de los Muertos gathering at Friends of Brook Park in Bronx, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 East Village
A giant community ofrenda, Mexican marketplace, craft workshops, live music and Indigenous dance, outdoors in the East Village.
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 ↗📍 Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park
Join the Urban Park Rangers and explore the autumnal scenery for diverse wildlife. Learn about the diverse wildlife found in New York City’s parks and the best ways for people and animals to coexist, including the…
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 ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at Dyckman Marina, Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Prospect Park
Gather at the Washington Irving statue and join the Urban Park Rangers for a hike learning about the folklore and history surrounding Sleepy Hollow while enjoying a nature walk through Prospect Park. While on this…
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Try a free juggling lesson with equipment provided, or watch the Bryant Park Jugglers practice.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Try a free juggling lesson with equipment provided, or watch the Bryant Park Jugglers practice.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Free public telescope viewing on Pier i on the Upper West Side waterfront.
Official site ↗📍 Greenpoint
Look through telescopes with Amateur Astronomers Association volunteers on the Greenpoint waterfront.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at George Washington Carver Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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 ↗📍 Gerritsen Beach
Trick-or-treating, a glow-stick hunt, a costume parade and a Halloween magic show by The Amazing Ken.
Official site ↗📍 Greenpoint
Town Square’s long-running neighborhood Halloween parade for kids in Greenpoint.
Official site ↗📍 East Flatbush
Costume photo station all day, Halloween story time at 11, crafts 2–3 PM and free giveaways for kids 2–4 PM while supplies last.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea
Kiosk-to-kiosk trick-or-treating, caricature artists and Halloween movies on the Hudson.
Official site ↗📍 Seaport
A neighborhood-wide Halloween: free museum admission, trick-or-treating at about 30 Seaport businesses, and a Haunted Fish Market with a dog costume contest.
Official site ↗📍 Astoria
Pumpkin decorating, costume making, a vegan food market and a big dog costume contest to close the park’s season.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Brooklyn's Finest Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx
A free Halloween event at Garden of Life in Bronx, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at Harlem Valley Garden in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at 61 Franklin Street Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at North Lawn, Morningside Park in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
The library's meeting room turns into a den of monsters: an all-ages haunted house, no registration needed.
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 ↗📍 Wolfe's Pond Park
Dress your pet in a costume and see who's the best. It’s all treats no tricks for this halloween quest! Take a stroll through the forest with your four legged friend on this dog-friendly hike. Dogs are required to be…
Official site ↗📍 Bay Breeze Park
Dress your pet in a costume and see who's the best. It’s all treats no tricks for this halloween quest! Take a stroll through the park with your four legged friend on this dog-friendly walk. Dogs are required to be…
Official site ↗📍 Inwood Hill Park
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a walk through Inwood Hill Park at night, where bats, bones, owls, and lore make for a perfect night hike.
Official site ↗📍 Henry Hudson Park
This It's My Park season, volunteer with Friends of Spuyten Duyvil to weed, rake, mulch, assist in resetting and harvesting the compost system, transplant hostas, and much more at Henry Hudson Park. We look forward…
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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Cherry Tree Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Cherry Tree Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Cherry Tree Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Columbus Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Columbus Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Columbus Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Seward Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Seward Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Seward Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 The Big Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoor play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board…
Official site ↗📍 Tompkins Square Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Tompkins Square Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Tompkins Square Park
The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoors play. A NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos,…
Official site ↗📍 Queens
A free Halloween event at Bowne Park Field House, Bowne Park in Queens, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 NYC
Jardin de la Familia hosting a masquerade party to raise funds for the project of a better and accessible entrance at the garden.
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 ↗📍 Central Park
New Dendrology is a group exhibition featuring eleven artists whose work contributes to the study of trees, offering new insight and connection between humans and their arboreal neighbors.
Official site ↗📍 Central Park
New Dendrology is a group exhibition featuring eleven artists whose work contributes to the study of trees, offering new insight and connection between humans and their arboreal neighbors.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
The country's biggest night parade: thousands in costume, giant puppets and bands marching up Sixth Avenue.
Official site ↗📍 Canarsie Park
A free event at Canarsie Park House (in Canarsie Park) in Brooklyn on Saturday, October 31, 08:45–10:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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 ↗📍 John Golden Park
A free event at Entrance to John Golden Park (in John Golden Park),John Golden Parking Lot (in John Golden Park) in Queens on Saturday, October 31, 08:45–11:00. check the source link for RSVP and details before
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 ↗📍 Highland 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 ↗📍 Shore Park and Parkway
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 ↗📍 Soundview 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 ↗📍 NYC
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 ↗📍 Washington Park
Come visit the Old Stone House during our public Open Hours!
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 ↗📍 Pelham Bay Park
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a guided hike focused on beginner wildlife tracking and species identification. Discover how to spot and interpret the subtle clues animals leave behind from tracks and trails to…
Official site ↗📍 Washington Square Park
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees. Past mediums have included plein-air drawing,…
Official site ↗📍 Washington Square Park
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees. Past mediums have included plein-air drawing,…
Official site ↗📍 NYC
Phoenix Community Garden's Farm Stand is open for the season, every Saturday rain or shine until mid-November. Each bag contains local farm fresh fruit, salad greens, the best seasonal vegetables, and aromatics and…
Official site ↗📍 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011
A free event at 25 11th Ave in Manhattan on Saturday, October 31, 11:00–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Siedenburg Park
Join the NYC Parks Stewardship Team for Trail Marker Installation in Siedenburg Park! Volunteers will learn how to place trail markers, and why maintaining trails restores forests and creates healthy ecosystems.…
Official site ↗📍 Meatpacking District
Free walk-through pop-up from POP MART (maker of Labubu) with three immersive SKULLPANDA rooms.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at Sugar Hill Hope Garden in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 NYC
Sugar Hill Hope Garden group will be teaching children ages 6 down to toddlers about nature’s apples and how to pick them.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Vinegar Hill Community Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 NYC
Calling all princes and princesses, heroes and villains, witches and wizards! Join Town Square BK for our popular annual Greenpoint Children's Halloween Parade and Spooktacular Party on Saturday, October 31st, 2026.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx
A free Halloween event at Risse Street Community Garden in Bronx, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 NYC
Jes Good Rewards Children’s Garden will be hosting a Halloween Trick-or-Treat on Saturday, October 31st! Families are invited to stop by for Halloween treats, take a festive photo, and learn more about what’s…
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at Edgecomb Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea
Kids in costume can trick-or-treat through the Chelsea Market concourse all Halloween day.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
A late-afternoon Halloween treat stroll for kids in Bryant Park.
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 ↗📍 Washington Heights
Free annual Halloween parade in Washington Heights along Cabrini Boulevard.
Official site ↗📍 Carroll Gardens
Costume parade led by the Underground Horns, plus kid activities and a BYO pumpkin contest at Urban Meadow.
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 ↗📍 Manhattan
A free event at Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 18:30–22:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Brookfield Place, Vesey Street, New York, NY, USA
A free event at Brookfield Place in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 10:00–19:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 64 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
A free event at 64 Dobbin Street in Brooklyn on Friday, October 30, 6 PM–2 AM (into Saturday). Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Cobble Hill
Free Cobble Hill Halloween parade on Congress Street.
Official site ↗📍 Sunset Park
NYC Parks presents a free outdoor screening of the stop-motion film Corpse Bride on Sunset Park’s Central Lawn.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx
A free Halloween event at Model T Garden in Bronx, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Van Cortlandt Park
A free event at Van Cortlandt Classic Playground (in Van Cortlandt Park) in Bronx on Friday, October 30, 09:00–12:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Forest Hills
Free Forest Hills Halloween parade along Metropolitan Avenue.
Official site ↗📍 Vessel, Hudson Yards, New York, NY, USA
A free event at Vessel in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 11:00–19:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 DUMBO
Spend Halloween afternoon with a solo piano concert at Brooklyn Bridge Park's Boathouse.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea
Sample Indian snacks from Tasting India, an early Diwali celebration.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx Park
A free event at 3420 Duncomb Ave, Bronx, NY (in Bronx Park) in Bronx on Thursday, October 29, 16:00–18:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 935 Broadway, New York, NY, USA
A free event at 935 Broadway in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 10:00–19:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Crown Heights
Free Halloween afternoon at Imani II Community Garden with trick-or-treating, apple cider and a movie.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx
A free Halloween event at Wishing Well Garden in Bronx, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Coney Island
Free Halloween candy giveaway for kids at Santos Community Garden in Coney Island.
Official site ↗📍 Melrose
Free Halloween celebration at El Flamboyan Community Garden in the Bronx.
Official site ↗📍 Washington Heights
Free Halloween mask-making with The Met Cloisters, then a Haunted Cottage evening in Fort Tryon Park.
Official site ↗📍 75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011
A free event at 75 9th Ave in Manhattan on Saturday, October 31, 12:00–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at Joseph Daniel Wilson Memorial Garden in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Bushwick
Family-friendly Halloween party with treats and crafts at Stockholm Street Community Garden.
Official site ↗📍 East Harlem
Free Halloween candy giveaway at Serenity Garden in the Lexington Houses community garden.
Official site ↗📍 Bedford-Stuyvesant
Free trick-or-treating at Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden near Herbert Von King Park.
Official site ↗📍 Harlem
Free Halloween festival at Harlem Grown with farm activities, crafts, a haunted tent, music and costumes.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Prospect Park's historic carousel goes spooky for Halloween week: rides set to Halloween jams, noon to 5 PM through Sunday.
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 ↗📍 Manhattan
A free Halloween event at Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Riverside Park in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Rows of glass kiosks with makers, gifts and holiday food around the free Bryant Park rink.
Official site ↗📍 Jackson Heights
Free annual children’s Halloween parade along 37th Avenue in Jackson Heights.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free event at Greeley Square Park in Manhattan on Friday, October 30, 14:00–15:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Queens
A free event at Kissena Park in Queens on Friday, October 30, 09:00–12:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Inwood
Urban Park Rangers lead a walk through Inwood's tulip-tree forest and talk about its Lenape history.
Official site ↗📍 Queens
A free Halloween event at LIC Community Gardens, Inc. in Queens, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 600 Broadway, New York City, NY 10012, USA
A free event at 600 Broadway on Saturday, October 31, 10:00–18:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwood Heights
Halloween-morning trolley tour of the graves of séance-holders, stage magicians and Spiritualists, starting with the Fox sisters' story.
Official site ↗📍 Greenfield Hall, Manhattan School of Music, 130 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027
A free event at Greenfield Hall in Manhattan on Friday, October 30, 10:00–17:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 North 6th Street & Berry Street, Brooklyn, NY, USA
A free event at North 6th Street & Berry Street in Brooklyn on Friday, October 30, 15:00–21:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Queens
A free event at Astoria Park in Queens on Saturday, October 31, 08:45–11:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Baisley Pond Park
A free event at Baisley Pond Park House (in Baisley Pond Park) in Queens on Saturday, October 31, 08:45–11:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing Meadows Corona Park
A free event at United Nations Ave South Entrance (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park) in Queens on Thursday, October 29, 18:45–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Inwood Hill Park
A free event at Seaman Avenue and Isham Street Entrance (in Inwood Hill Park) in Manhattan on Saturday, October 31, 08:45–10:30. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
Free children’s Halloween parade in Greenwich Village with NYU and CB2.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free open-air screening of Oscar Micheaux's 1932 mystery-thriller with a live vinyl score, by Alfreda's Cinema and Prospect Park Alliance.
Official site ↗📍 Park Slope
Free neighborhood Halloween parade along Seventh Avenue in Park Slope.
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 ↗📍 Van Der Plas Gallery, Orchard Street, New York, NY, USA
A free event at Van Der Plas Gallery in Manhattan on Friday, October 30, 15:00–17:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Forest Park
A free event at Buddy Monument (in Forest Park) in Queens on Friday, October 30, 10:00–12:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A free Halloween event at Howard Garden in Brooklyn, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
Official site ↗📍 262 Mott Street, New York, NY, USA
A free event at 262 Mott Street in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 10:00–19:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 66 Ainslie Street store b, Brooklyn, NY, USA
A free event at 66 Ainslie Street store b in Brooklyn on Friday, October 30, 12:00–16:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Siedenburg Park
A free event at Redwood Ave & Corbin Ave (in Siedenburg Park) in Staten Island on Friday, October 30, 10:00–12:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Free Halloween-day nature hike with NYC Urban Park Rangers on the folklore of Sleepy Hollow, plus a meet-and-greet with the Parks mounted patrol horses.
Official site ↗📍 48 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002
A free event at 48 Ludlow St in Manhattan on Friday, October 30, 10:00–17:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Park
Halloween at Prospect Park Zoo: a Spooky Trail of night-time animals, extinct-animal 'tombstones', spooky science, live shows and costume photo spots.
Official site ↗📍 Dyckman House Museum
A free event at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum) in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 18:00–20:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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 ↗📍 Manhattan
A free event at The High Line in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 17:30–19:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 213 Bowery, New York, NY 10002, USA
A free event at 213 Bowery in Manhattan on Friday, October 30, 07:30–11:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free event at Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 21:30–23:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Times Sq - 42 St, New York, NY, USA
A free event at Times Sq - 42 St in Manhattan on Friday, October 30, 11:00–22:00. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
Official site ↗📍 Sadie’s, Fulton Street, New York, NY, USA
A free event at Sadie’s in Manhattan on Thursday, October 29, 17:30–20:30. Check the organizer's page for RSVP and details before you go.
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 ↗📍 Downtown Brooklyn
Dine-in cinema with strict no-talking rules, food and drinks at your seat, and themed special screenings.
Official site ↗📍 Financial District
Dine-in cinema at 28 Liberty with food served during the movie and a bar.
Official site ↗📍 SoHo
Classic downtown art-house cinema for independent and foreign films, with a café upstairs.
Official site ↗📍 East Village
An East Village archive and cinema for avant-garde, experimental and rare films in an old courthouse.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
A free seasonal event at J. Hood Wright Recreation Center, J. Hood Wright Park in Manhattan, listed on the NYC Parks events calendar.
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 ↗📍 Manhattan
A restaurant on Avenue A in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: michelin (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 Fort Greene
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, a Fort Greene arts center for theater, dance, opera and independent film across several historic venues.
Official site ↗📍 Pelham Bay Park
A Greek Revival mansion and gardens in Pelham Bay Park with period rooms and walking trails along the water.
Official site ↗📍 Theater District
A Theater District jazz club named for Charlie Parker, with big bands, singers and dinner seating.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
The famous Village jazz club with two sets most nights and late-night shows.
Official site ↗📍 Astoria
New York's oldest beer garden, opened by Czech and Slovak immigrants in 1910, with long picnic tables under the trees and Czech beer.
Official site ↗📍 Concourse
A free contemporary art museum on the Grand Concourse focused on artists of African, Asian and Latin American descent.
Official site ↗📍 Fordham
A seasonal Saturday open-air market on Fordham Plaza with local vendors, music and community events.
Official site ↗📍 Crown Heights
The world's first museum built for children, founded in 1899, with hands-on exhibits for young kids in a bright yellow building.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Heights
One of the country's largest art museums, with Egyptian art, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and themed First Saturday evenings.
Official site ↗📍 East Williamsburg
Big concert venue in a converted steel factory.
Official site ↗📍 New York
A restaurant on West 40th Street in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: rooftop (per its official site).
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 ↗📍 Greenwich Village
AIA New York's storefront galleries with free architecture and design exhibitions, plus talks and events (some ticketed).
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn Heights
A Brooklyn Heights library and museum in an 1881 landmark, with exhibitions on the borough's past.
Official site ↗📍 New York
A museum on West 83rd Street in New York. What sets it apart: interactive exhibits and programs built for kids ages 0–6 (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
One of the city's oldest continuously running cinemas, showing indie films and documentaries.
Official site ↗📍 City Island
A small museum in an old City Island schoolhouse covering the island's sailing, shipbuilding and fishing history.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
A tiny, volunteer-run Williamsburg museum of New York curiosities: subway tokens, Statue of Liberty souvenirs and other civic memorabilia.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Escape rooms with themes from a museum heist to a space mission.
Official site ↗📍 Cobble Hill
Neighborhood five-screen movie house on Court Street showing first-run films.
Official site ↗📍 Coney Island
Run by the nonprofit Coney Island USA, with exhibits on the neighborhood's amusement history, plus the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and the Mermaid Parade.
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 ↗📍 Upper West Side
A free Day of the Dead night with a community ofrenda and a live son jarocho and cumbia set by Guachinangos.
Official site ↗📍 Columbus Circle
Jazz at Lincoln Center's club with a view of Central Park behind the band.
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 ↗📍 Midtown
Escape rooms near Times Square with several themes.
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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Forest Park
Join NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust on a fall foliage walk! Learn about the trees that give life to the largest continuous oak-hickory forest in Queens. We’ll identify some common trees, learn why they’re…
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 ↗📍 Marine Park
Pandit Ravi Doobay describes traditions honoring the holy month of Kartika on the Hindu calendar in this annual community gathering.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Home of the New York Film Festival, with daily screenings of new art-house releases and repertory series.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
A nonprofit cinema on Houston Street screening independent premieres and classic film series.
Official site ↗📍 Greenpoint
Small Greenpoint cinema and video store screening cult, horror and noir films.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing
An 1862 Romanesque Revival town hall that now hosts jazz jams, global music and dance performances in Flushing.
Official site ↗📍 Bayside
A Civil War-era fort on Little Neck Bay, with stone batteries, tunnels and waterfront views. Park rangers lead tours.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
A staff-led 45-minute walk through Bryant Park's history, design and gardens.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
A staff-led 45-minute walk through Bryant Park's history, design and gardens.
Official site ↗📍 Red Hook
Safely view the Sun through filtered telescopes with Amateur Astronomers Association volunteers.
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 ↗📍 Williamsburg
A Brooklyn brewery's taproom and rooftop in East Williamsburg, pouring creative sours and IPAs brewed on-site.
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 ↗📍 New York
A barbecue restaurant on West 26th Street in Manhattan. Open seven days. What sets it apart: live music (per its official site).
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 ↗📍 Richmondtown
A living history village of restored buildings from the 1600s to the 1900s, with costumed demonstrations and seasonal events.
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 ↗📍 Greenwich Village
A Sixth Avenue art-house cinema with indie premieres, documentaries and cult midnight screenings.
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 ↗📍 Queens
A pub on Skillman Avenue in Queens, family-run since 1986. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: in business since 1986 (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 New York
A museum on Varick Street in New York. In its own words: “Learn about the life and legacy of Jackie Robinson through artifacts, historical imagery and multilayered storytelling.” (official site)
Official site ↗📍 Lighthouse Hill
A hilltop museum built like a Himalayan monastery, with a meditation garden and Tibetan and Buddhist art.
Official site ↗📍 Turtle Bay
Japanese art gallery near the UN, now showing Gen'ichirō Inokuma's NYC Salon (Oct 6, 2026–Jan 10, 2027). Free First Fridays 5–7 PM (Nov 6, Dec 4, Jan 8).
Official site ↗📍 Kew Gardens
Independent neighborhood cinema near the LIRR showing first-run and art films.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Free grand-opening party for Kiehl's first Williamsburg store with giveaways, skin analyses and custom swag.
Official site ↗📍 Jamaica
The Jamaica home of Rufus King, a signer of the Constitution and an early opponent of slavery, set in a public park.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing
Late-1700s farmhouse in Weeping Beech Park, home of the Queens Historical Society, seen on guided tours with Queens history exhibitions. Advance timed tickets only.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Escape rooms in Midtown, from beginner puzzles to scarier live-actor games.
Official site ↗📍 Gravesend
A Gravesend institution since 1939, known for square Sicilian slices with sauce on top and tri-color spumoni eaten at outdoor picnic tables.
Official site ↗📍 Greenwich Village
A Bleecker Street venue on the site of the old Village Gate, mixing concerts, classical music and comedy.
Official site ↗📍 SoHo
SoHo museum dedicated to LGBTQIA+ art, with rotating exhibitions and a free digital guide.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing
The Flushing home of Black inventor Lewis Latimer, who improved the light bulb filament, now a museum about invention.
Official site ↗📍 Corona
The Corona home where Louis and Lucille Armstrong lived for nearly 30 years, preserved as they left it, with a center across the street.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea
Improv theater and school with low-cost improv and sketch shows most nights.
Official site ↗📍 NoHo
An 1832 rowhouse with its original furnishings intact, home to one family for nearly 100 years and said to be haunted.
Official site ↗📍 Lower East Side
A Lower East Side cinema showing 35mm repertory and new releases, with a bookshop and restaurant.
Official site ↗📍 Harlem
The Harlem room where bebop was born, with live jazz and dinner.
Official site ↗📍 Columbus Circle
A Columbus Circle museum of craft, art and design, with artist studios and a restaurant overlooking Central Park.
Official site ↗📍 Norwood
Bronx County Historical Society museum in a 1758 fieldstone farmhouse, with exhibitions on Bronx history.
Official site ↗📍 Chinatown
Museum of Chinese American history and culture, with exhibitions and public programs. NYC residents can pay what they wish in person with residency ID.
Official site ↗📍 Battery Park City
Holocaust history museum with core exhibition The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do and Andy Goldsworthy's Garden of Stones. Free admission Thursdays 4–8 PM with an advance reservation.
Official site ↗📍 East Harlem
A Fifth Avenue museum about New York's past and present, with a film on the city's history and rotating exhibits.
Official site ↗📍 St. George
A museum near the ferry terminal on the former U.S. Lighthouse Service depot, telling the story of America's lighthouses.
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 ↗📍 Central Park
A free summer classical series on the Naumburg Bandshell, the stone shell at the end of the Central Park Mall. It is one of the oldest outdoor concert series in the park.
Official site ↗📍 Upper East Side
A Fifth Avenue mansion museum for German and Austrian art, home to Klimt's Woman in Gold and a Viennese café.
Official site ↗📍 Flushing Meadows
A hands-on science museum built for the 1964 World's Fair, with interactive exhibits for kids and a science playground.
Official site ↗📍 Brooklyn
A museum on Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn. In its own words: “Founded in 1976, the New York Transit Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of New York’s mass transportation.” (official site)
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
A small gallery and shop inside Grand Central Terminal with exhibits on the city's subways and buses.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
New York's oldest museum, on Central Park West, covering American and city history, with Tiffany lamps and Hudson River School art.
Official site ↗📍 Windsor Terrace
Dine-in cinema in a restored 1920s theater by Prospect Park, with new films, midnight shows and themed brunch screenings.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Independent dine-in movie theater: food and drinks served at your seat during new releases and cult repertory screenings.
Official site ↗📍 Long Island City
Isamu Noguchi's own museum and sculpture garden in Long Island City, a calm space of stone, wood and light.
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 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
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
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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Midtown
The city's last single-screen movie palace, by the Plaza, showing new releases and classic series.
Official site ↗📍 Red Hook
Red Hook art and science center in a former ironworks: galleries, a garden, artist residencies and science talks.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea
The first museum in the United States dedicated to posters, with shows on design, advertising and propaganda.
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 ↗📍 Greenwich Village
Four-screen Village art house showing new independent and international films plus curated retrospectives, with a bar.
Official site ↗📍 Floral Park
New York City's largest working farm, a 47-acre site with animals, orchards and seasonal events like a corn maze.
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 Meadows Corona Park
Art museum next to the Unisphere, home of the Panorama of the City of New York model. Admission is pay-what-you-wish; reserving a timed ticket is encouraged.
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 ↗📍 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 ↗📍 Bronx
A restaurant on Park Avenue in the Bronx. Open seven days. What sets it apart: rooftop (per its official site).
Official site ↗📍 Tribeca
Single-screen cinema in the basement of the Roxy Hotel, mostly 35mm classics and repertory, with a bar.
Official site ↗📍 Long Island City
A contemporary art space in a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City, with experimental shows in its brick basement galleries.
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 ↗📍 West Village
A small West Village basement jazz club with sets late into the night and a friendly, musician-heavy crowd.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
Intimate Upper West Side jazz supper club with nightly sets.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Tiny volunteer-run microcinema showing rare cult, genre and forgotten films for a few dollars.
Official site ↗📍 DUMBO
A DUMBO theater inside a converted tobacco warehouse, known for bold international productions steps from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Official site ↗📍 Livingston
A hands-on children's museum on the Snug Harbor campus with play spaces about bugs, water and the city.
Official site ↗📍 Snug Harbor
Natural science, art and history museum on the Snug Harbor campus, with fossils, local history and art exhibitions.
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 ↗📍 Central Park
City Parks Foundation's outdoor stage at Rumsey Playfield, where the summer season brings concerts in the park, from free shows to ticketed headliners, under the Central Park trees.
Official site ↗📍 Bushwick
Bar and restaurant with a dine-in movie theater showing second-run hits and classics at low prices.
Official site ↗📍 Lower East Side
Guided tours of restored Lower East Side tenement apartments that tell the real stories of immigrant families who lived there.
Official site ↗📍 Tribeca
Cellar jazz bar under the Roxy Hotel with live music nightly.
Official site ↗📍 SoHo
A SoHo museum devoted to drawing, from old masters to contemporary artists.
Official site ↗📍 Upper East Side
Museum Mile art museum of Jewish culture in a Fifth Avenue mansion. Admission is free on Saturdays and on Third Thursdays from 5–8 PM.
Official site ↗📍 Battery Park City
Small museum about tall buildings: exhibitions on skyscraper history, engineering and NYC's skyline. General admission is listed as free.
Official site ↗📍 Van Cortlandt Park
The oldest house in the Bronx, a 1748 Georgian manor in Van Cortlandt Park that George Washington used during the Revolution.
Official site ↗📍 East Village
Movie theater inside a landmark 1926 Yiddish theater, with an ornate main auditorium.
Official site ↗📍 West Village
A basement jazz club open since 1935, where legends like Coltrane and Bill Evans recorded live albums. Two sets nightly.
Official site ↗📍 Murray Hill (Flushing)
1891 Victorian house museum with period rooms, exhibitions and a Victorian garden and bird sanctuary.
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!
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 ↗📍 Midtown
Large virtual reality arcade with dozens of experiences.
Official site ↗📍 Red Hook
A 1914 wooden railroad barge docked in Red Hook, now a floating museum and performance space with sweeping harbor views.
Official site ↗📍 East Village
Historic East Village concert hall with shows most nights.
Official site ↗📍 Meatpacking
Free all-day Whitney admission on the second Sunday of the month, with family programs. Timed tickets required.
Official site ↗📍 Williamsburg
Independent multiplex in Williamsburg with reclining seats and first-run films.
Official site ↗📍 East Flatbush
New York City's oldest building, a Dutch farmhouse from around 1652, with tours, a garden and farm programs in East Flatbush.
Official site ↗📍 Civic Center
A memorial and visitor center honoring the free and enslaved Africans buried here in the 1600s–1700s.
Official site ↗📍 Douglaston
Marked woodland and wetland trails in northeast Queens.
Official site ↗📍 Rockefeller Center
Doll store with a doll hair salon and a café.
Official site ↗📍 Upper West Side
General admission is pay-what-you-wish for NY State residents with ID. Special exhibits cost extra.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
The glass cube on 59th St, open 24 hours. Free Today at Apple sessions.
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.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea
Immersive digital art halls of waves, flowers and light projected floor to ceiling.
Official site ↗📍 Chelsea Market
Room-sized digital art in an old boiler room under Chelsea Market. Now showing: Twilight Zone, an ocean show.
Official site ↗📍 Arthur Avenue
LaGuardia's 1940 covered Italian market in Bronx Little Italy: cheese, cured meats, cigars, a beer hall and Gene Bean's ices. Free to wander.
Official site ↗📍 All five boroughs
A free volunteer "greeter" shows you a neighborhood like a local. Request online in advance.
Official site ↗📍 Flatiron
NYC's classic kids' bookstore, with original illustration art and Oz rarities.
Official site ↗📍 Manhattan
Manhattan escape rooms for groups.
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 ↗📍 Bronx River
Riverside paths along the Bronx River between the Zoo and the Botanical Garden.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx Park
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx Park
An after-dark walk through illuminated wildlife displays and interactive seasonal features. Opening weekend is Sat Nov 21 and Sun Nov 22; lights switch on at 4:30 PM.
Official site ↗📍 Bronx Park
Free general admission every Wednesday with an advance date-specific ticket.
Official site ↗📍 Battery Park City
A glass atrium with 16 palm trees overlooking the Hudson marina. Free to enter.
Official site ↗📍 Prospect Heights
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗📍 Long Island City
A climbing gym in LIC with bouldering and roped walls. Beginners are welcome; sign the waiver before your first visit.
Official site ↗📍 DUMBO & Brooklyn Heights
85 waterfront acres of piers and lawns with the best Manhattan skyline views.
Official site ↗📍 Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free kayaking in the calm water between Piers 1 and 2, under the Brooklyn Bridge. Book a slot two weeks ahead or try walking up.
Official site ↗📍 Industry City
Themed puzzle rooms in Industry City.
Official site ↗📍 Gravesend
Outdoor go-kart track and mini golf.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Midtown's lawn and reading room behind the library, with free programs most of the year.
Official site ↗📍 Midtown
Skate in Midtown at Bryant Park's seasonal rink, where admission is free and you can bring your own skates or rent a pair. The 2026–27 season runs Oct 28 to Feb 28.
Official site ↗📍 Flatiron
A "family experience" toy store with a secret door and themed play areas.
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 ↗📍 Yorkville
Two fenced runs along the East River, from E 84th to 89th Streets near East End Avenue.
Official site ↗📍 The Battery
An 1811 fort in The Battery. Walk in free; it is also where Statue of Liberty ferry tickets are sold.
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