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Friday June 27, 2025

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10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

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10 am – 1 pm

BPCA Field Day & World Wide Playdate

Ages: All
Community
Free

Nelson A. Rockefeller ParkManhattan

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Family Program: Pride! + Architecture

Ages: 5 – 8
Free
LGBTQ+

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

2025 Summer Challenge (LibCal Image)

10:30 am – 3 pm

Great Neck Library’s Children’s Summer Challenge kickoff!

Ages: All
Art
Free

159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023Great Neck

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Noon – 2 pm

Summer Reading Kickoff

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Attractions

mineola memorial libraryMineola

5 – 9 pm

Intrepid Museum’s Free Friday with Movie Night

Ages: All
Film
Free

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space MuseumManhattan

Verizon Arcade Unplugged Image (1)

5 – 11 pm

Verizon Arcade Unplugged Pop-Up

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Games

1255 Hempstead Tpke, Uniondale, NY 11553Long Island

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5:30 – 10 pm

New York City Gay Men’s Chorus

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Whitney Museum of American ArtMeatpacking District

long island pride night

6 – 8 pm

Pride Night

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Long Island Children’s MuseumGarden City

7 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra: A Parisian Nocturne

Ages: All
Free
Music

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

Brooklyn Caribbean Heritage Celebration

7 – 8 pm

Caribbean Heritage Celebration: Jammers Steel Pan Band Performance

Ages: All
Community
Free

Nostrand PlaygroundBrooklyn

8:30 – 10:30 pm

Movies Under The Stars: Mummies

Ages: All
Film
Free

Softball Field in Noble PlaygroundBronx

Saturday June 28

All day

Sports Watch Parties at Hudson Yards: FIFA Club World Cup

Ages: All
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

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8 am – noon

Lindy Cares Color Run

Firemans Memorial ParkRidge, NY

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

9 am – noon

Gay Dads Pride Meet-up

Ages: All
Free
LGBTQ+

Heckscher PlaygroundManhattan

10 am – noon

Super Seedlings

Ages: 3 – 8
Free

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance Garden & Compost SiteBronx

10 am – 5 pm

The 19th Annual RockStock

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

RockStockRockaway Park

Free Kayaking

10 am – 4 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 BeachBrooklyn

10 am

Greenport’s annual Juneteenth Parade and Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

Clinton Memorial AME Zion ChurchGreenport

Untitled Artwork

10 am – 8 pm

The Subway Doodle Experience

Ages: All
Art
Free

banksy museumnew york

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Free June Family Activity Weekends

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community

South Street Seaport MuseumManhattan

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11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free June Family Activity Weekends

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

Manhattan

Laura and HCA Statue

11 am – noon

Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in Central Park

Central ParkManhattan

11 am – 1:30 pm

Harambee African Dance at Greenport’s Juneteenth Parade & Celebration

Ages: All
Dance
Free

Mitchell ParkGreenport

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11 am – 1 pm

Community Science Fishing

Ages: All
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5Brooklyn

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11 am – 1 pm

Shape Up NYC Caribbean-American Heritage Month Event

Ages: All
Caribbean
Classes

St. John’s Recreation Center 1251 Prospect PlaceBrooklyn

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11 am – 3 pm

Mud Day

Ages: All
Free
Games

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Noon – 6 pm

Youth Pride

Ages: 13 and up
Free
LGBTQ+

Manhattan

Verizon Arcade Unplugged Image (1)

Noon – 6 pm

Verizon Arcade Unplugged Pop-Up

Ages: 5 and up
Free
Games

1255 Hempstead Tpke, Uniondale, NY 11553Long Island

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