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Monday Oct. 14, 2024

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10 am – 5 pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 5 pm

New York Aquarium ‘Washed Ashore’ Experience

Ages: All
Animals
Art

New York AquariumBrooklyn

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Fall Festival 2024

Heritage Farm and GardenMuttontown

Field of Pumpkins

10 am – 4 pm

White Post Farms Annual Fall Farm Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

White Post FarmsMelville

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10 am – 10 pm

FLASHBACK 5: Celebrating Five Years of ARTECHOUSE NYC

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

ARTECHOUSE NYCChelsea

10 am – 5 pm

The Great Pumpkin Palooza at Lenny Bruno Farms

Ages: All
Animals
Community

Lenny Bruno FarmsManorville

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Books & Readings

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

10 am – 1 pm

Drop-In Crafty-Play-Game-Palooza

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community

Patchogue Medford LibraryPatchogue

10:30 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents Thomas Schütte

Ages: All
Art

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Queens The Amazing Maize Maze

11 am – 4:30 pm

The Amazing Maize Maze

Ages: All
Games
Outdoors

Queens County Farm MuseumGlen Oaks

11 am – 8 pm

Famous Food Festival “Taste the World”

Tanger Outlets Deer ParkDeer Park

Pumpkin

11 am – 5 pm

Green Meadows Farm Pumpkin Picking Weekends

Ages: All
Animals
Outdoors

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

11:30 am – 3:30 pm

80th Annual Columbus Day Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Columbus Day ParadeMidtown

Noon – 1:30 pm

Tea Around Town: Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

Tea Around TownNew York City

600X300 Feast

Noon – 6 pm

Italian Festival at The Mount

Mount LorettoStaten Island

Noon – 3 pm

NYPD Community Outreach Division Community Baby Shower, sponsored by NewYork-Presbyterian

Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and MathematicsNew York,

12:30 pm

2:30 pm

The Prince and the Magic Flute

Ages: 5 – 12
Theater

Puppetworks IncBrooklyn

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Columbus Day Celebration in Bronx Little Italy

Ages: All
Community
Free

Bronx Little ItalyBronx

1 – 2:30 pm

Princess Tea Party at Islip Arts Council

Ages: 5 – 8
Dance

Islip Arts Council GallaryBay Shore

2 – 4 pm

Fall Fun Day for Kids

Ages: 12 and under
Art
Community

Emma Clark LibrarySetauket

4 pm

Creatures of the Night

Ages: All

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

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5 – 8 pm

Halloween House Long Island

Ages: 13 and up
Attractions
Halloween

Broadway CommonsHicksville

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7 pm

FL!P Circus

Ages: All
Attractions

Broadway CommonsHicksville

Tuesday Oct. 15

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Various

Blaze: Long Island

Ages: All
Festivals
Halloween

Old Bethpage Restoration VillageOld Bethpage

Queens Cityside Pumpkin Patch Media Night PHOTO TOUCHEDUP

Various

Cityside Pumpkin Patch

The Summer ClubLong Island City

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Various

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller CenterManhattan

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All day

Vote for Your Favorite Scarecrow!

Ages: 3 and up
Free
Halloween

Stony Brook Village CenterStony Brook

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All day

Greg’s Great Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Greenwood Park Beer GardenBrooklyn

Manhattan Pier 57’s Pumpkin Patch

All day

Pier 57’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Attractions

Pier 57

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10 am – 6 pm

Fall-O-Ween

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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