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Saturday Oct. 11, 2025

Watson Adventures 2014-25

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Watson Adventures’ Grand Central Scramble Family Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 9 and up
Attractions
Games

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

11 am – 8 pm

Famous Food Festival “Taste the World”

Tanger Outlets Deer ParkDeer Park

Pumpkin-Patch

11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

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11 am – 4 pm

The Amazing Maize Maze

Ages: All
Attractions

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

Brooklyn New York Aquarium Ascarium

11 am – 4 pm

New York Aquarium Ascarium

Ages: All
Animals
Halloween

New York AquariumBrooklyn

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11 am – 2 pm

Watch a 19th Century Base Ball Game

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Fort Totten Soccer FieldsFort Totten

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11 am – 3 pm

Harvest Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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11 am – 5 pm

Montauk Chamber of Commerce Fall Fest Weekend

Montauk Town GreenMontauk

Compostapalooza

11 am – 1 pm

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Riverside Park 95th Street Compost CompoundManhattan

11 am – 6 pm

Hillburn Fall Festival

Ages: All
Community
Free

Hillburn Recreation FieldHillburn

11 am – 4 pm

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration with NAIC-NY

Ages: All
Community
Free

Mitsubishi River WalkBronx

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11 am – 12:30 pm

The Yin Yoga and Live Sound Bath Flute Session at Arverne East

Ages: All
Attractions
Classes

arverne east community centerFar Rockaway

11 am – 2 pm

Setauket Fire Department Annual Open House Fire Prevention

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Setauket Fire DepartmentSetauket

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11:30 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever at Carmine’s

Ages: 8 and under

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

11-11 Fall In

Noon – 1 pm

“Fall In”: WWII Basic Training Experience

Ages: 13 and up
Free
History & Culture

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

Noon – 3 pm

Not So Scary Kids Adventure at Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Gateway PACSCBellport

Noon

30th Annual Panamanian Parade

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Panamanian ParadeBrooklyn

Feast 400×400

Noon – 11 pm

Mt. Loretto Italian Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Mount LorettoStaten Island

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Noon – 5 pm

Italian Festival & Exotic Car Show at Casa Belvedere

Ages: All
Car Show
Festivals

Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa BelvedereSilver Lake

Noon – 6 pm

2nd Annual Fall Freedom Festival at Tappen Park

Ages: All
Festivals

Tappen ParkStaten Island

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Art in the Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes

Patchen Community SquareBrooklyn

12:30 – 10:30 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community

Dakota’sBronx

1 pm

Family Movie Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

West Farms LibraryBronx

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1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

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1 – 2 pm

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Dancing with Julia

Ages: All
Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library — Central LibraryBrooklyn

2 – 3:15 pm

Grow and Gather Family Gardening Program

Ages: All
Classes
Environment

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

2 pm

Play & Watch – Stand by Me

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Parkchester LibraryBronx

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 12
Comedy
Theater

The RATBrooklyn

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2 – 6 pm

Staten Island’s Newest Immersive Playground, RECESS!!

Ages: All
Attractions

Empire OutletsSaint George

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