Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Friday Sep. 26, 2025

7 – 11 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

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7 pm

Let’s Sing Taylor – An Unofficial Live Tribute Show with Special Guest Let’s Sing Katy

Ages: All
Music

St. George TheatreSaint George

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7 – 8 pm

MOM*

Ages: 13 and up
Comedy
Theater

3AM TheatreAstoria

Pumpkin Nights with Visitors

7 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7 – 8:30 pm

Sleepy Hollow the Musical

Ages: 9 and up
Theater

The Players TheatreNew York City

Pumpkin Nights with Visitors

8 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

Pumpkin Nights with Visitors

8:30 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Saturday Sep. 27

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Queens UniverSoul Circus

Various

UniverSoul Circus

Ages: All
Attractions
Music

Roy Wilkins ParkJamaica

Manhattan Haunted Hues

Various

Color Factory NYC Haunted Hues

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Various

Halloween Harvest

Luna ParkBrooklyn

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Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

8 – 11 am

Jamaica Q 5K Walk/Run

Ages: All
Fundraisers
Sports

York College (Performing Arts Center)Jamaica

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 am – 2 pm

A Walk on Water (AWOW) Surf Therapy Day in Rockaway Beach

Ages: All
Free
Special Needs

Rockaway BeachQueens

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

The Eugene “Geno” Goodrich Foundation Fighting Melanoma 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

The Eugene “Geno” Goodrich Foundation Fighting Melanoma 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Farmingdale High SchoolFarmingdale

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9 am – noon

Odyssey House Run for Your Life 2025

Ages: All
Health & Fitness

Icahn StadiumRandall’s Island

9 am – 1 pm

Heritage Farm Stand Saturdays

Ages: All

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 am – 1 pm

New York City Congenital Heart Walk

Ages: 3 – 8
Community
Fundraisers

Queens ZooCorona

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

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10 am – 5 pm

Gabby’s Dollhouse MEOWseum Discover Day’s Takeover

Ages: 3 – 8
Attractions

Children’s Museum of ManhattanManhattan

hay Ride

10 am – 4 pm

Hallockville Country Fair

Ages: All
Festivals

Hallockville Museum FarmRiverhead

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

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