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Saturday Nov. 1, 2025

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All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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9 – 10 am

Leaf Litter Craft Workshop

Ages: 3 – 12
Animals
Art

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Bronx River Slow Roll

Ages: All
Community
Free

Bronx River Slow RollBronx

10 am – 8 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

Kids Clinics AT

10 am – noon

FREE Kids Pickleball Clinics presented by Raising Cane’s

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
Sports

CityPickle Atlantic TerminalBrooklyn

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10 am – 9 pm

Mano Mano’s Día de Muertos at Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Art
Community

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron District

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Family Program: Skyscraper Monopoly

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Brutalism: Ugly or Cool?

Ages: 5 – 8
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

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11 am – noon

Family First Saturdays: Storytime at the Morgan

Ages: 3 – 8
Art
Books & Readings

The Morgan Library & MuseumMurray Hill

11 am – 2:30 pm

Family Movies @ the Library: “Coco” and “The Book of Life”

Ages: 3 – 12
Film
Free

Kings Bay LibraryBrooklyn

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free November Family Activity Weekends: Sailors Scrimshaw

Ages: 3 and up
Craft & DIY
Free

South Street Seaport MuseumSeaport

11 am – 11:30 pm

Spooky Staten Island History Hike

Ages: All
Free

Silver Lake ParkStaten Island

Brooklyn Brooklyn Charter School Fair & Kids Activity Expo

Noon – 3 pm

Brooklyn Charter School Fair & Kids Activity Expo

Ages: All
Expo
Free

Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 3 pm

Swish & Skill at Faber: Free Instructional Basketball Clinic for Kids

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Sports

Faber ParkStaten Island

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Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
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Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018Manhattan

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Noon – 5 pm

Mano a Mano’s Day of the Dead at St. Mark’s Church

Ages: All
Art
Community

St. Mark’s Church in-the-BowerksEast Village

Noon – 6 pm

Super Sábado: Día De Los Muertos Celebration

El Museo del BarrioManhattan

Noon – 5 pm

Día de los Muertos Family Celebration in Heckscher Park

Ages: All
Art
Free

Heckscher State ParkEast Islip

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Noon – 3 pm

Pumpkin Smash at Hudson River Park

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Pier 84 Hudson River ParkManhattan

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Noon – 1 pm

Story time and craft with author Tess Thomas

Mcnally Jackson SeaportManhattan

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Noon – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

Fungi sp.

1 – 3 pm

Fungi Frolic

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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1 – 3 pm

Family Time Día de Muertos 2025

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Bronx MuseumBronx

2 – 4 pm

The Grit Ninja Roslyn Fall Fest

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

The Grit Ninja RoslynRoslyn

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

3 – 6 pm

Lakeside Harvest Fest + Opening Ice Skating Weekend

Lefrak Center at Lakeside Prospect ParkBrooklyn

4 – 7 pm

Day of the Dead Family Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

Green-WoodBrooklyn

5 – 8 pm

Inwood Pumpkin Pageant

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

isham parkInwood

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7 – 10 pm

LEVELS PRESENTS THEIR 2025 HAUNTED HOUSE EXPERIENCE: “THE HAUNTED HIGH SCHOOL”

Ages: 9 and up
Free
Theater

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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