Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Thursday Oct. 23, 2025

9 am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions

The Rink at Rockefeller CenterManhattan

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9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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

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

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10 am – 6 pm

Wicked Broadway Garden

Ages: All
Attractions

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

10 – 11 am

Rockness Music Parent and Me Music Class

Ages: 5 – 8
Music

Under Minerva Art GalleryBrooklyn

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

Poster HouseManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Giant Pumpkin Carving

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

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11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Healing thru art

11 am – noon

Healing Through Art

Ages: All
Art
Classes

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

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2 – 5 pm

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Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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3 – 6 pm

Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Free

Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island

3:30 pm

Movie Screening: The Mummy (1999)

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Baychester LibraryBaychester

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean

Dongan Hills LibraryStaten Island

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4 – 6:30 pm

STEM Family Sundays at iFLY

Ages: 3 and up

iFlyLong Island City

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4:30 – 5:30 pm

Kids Yoga @One Ocean Yoga

Ages: 5 – 8
Health & Fitness

One Ocean YogaBridgehampton

ACE Open House 27

5 – 6:30 pm

Arts. Creativity. Education (ACE) an OPEN HOUSE for Educators

Ages: All
Art
Classes

The ChurchSag Harbor

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6 – 7:30 pm

AIGA NY presents Designing Motherhood: A Conversation on Design, Health, and Humanity

Museum of Arts and DesignColumbus Circle

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6 – 8 pm

Dakota’s Paint & Sip

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Craft & DIY

Dakota’sBronx

6 – 8 pm

NYC Volleyverse Club Volleyball Tryouts

Ages: All

College of Staten IslandStaten Island

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square ParkManhattan

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

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions

The Gateway PACSCBellport

7 pm

Flip Circus

Ages: All
Attractions

The Mall at Bay PlazaBronx

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