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Thursday Sep. 25, 2025

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

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9 am – 7 pm

Creative Climate Forum 2025

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Pier 57Manhattan

10 am

Tot Time!

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Rainbow Playground at Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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10 am – 5 pm

Hicks Nurseries 50th Annual Fall Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Hicks NurseriesWestbury

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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 – 2 pm

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Food Distribution Clove Road

Neighborhood Care Clove RoadNew York City

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

4 – 6 pm

Bright Horizons Fall Family Festival

Ages: 3 – 8
Festivals
Free

Bright Horizons at East VillageEast Village

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square ParkManhattan

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination NYC: Light Festival

Ages: All
Art
Dance

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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6:30 – 11 pm

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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