The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Thursday Oct. 9, 2025

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

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11 am – 6 pm

Women’s EXPO

Ages: All
Community
Expo

Middle Country Public LibraryCentereach

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6 – 7:30 pm

Twilight Zone Unpacked: The Monsters on Maple Street

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

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7 – 8 pm

“The First Science from the Vera Rubin Observatory” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

Ages: 9 and up
Caribbean
Community

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)East Hampton

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Friday Oct. 10

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

2 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community

Dakota’sBronx

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2 – 3 pm

International Day of the Girl Celebration

Ages: 13 and up
Community

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

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5 – 6 pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Game Zone

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community

Club 8Plainview

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

MadameMorbid2

9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Saturday Oct. 11

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Morning at the Museum 2

9 am – noon

Morning at the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Suffolk County Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

Jeffrey Martinez WMBD

9 am – 4 pm

Find Your Wild at Wertheim NWR

Ages: All
Animals
Boating

Wertheim NWR Visitor CenterShirley

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Indigenous Peoples’ Weekend

Ages: All
Art
Classes

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10 am – noon

Street Tree Care with Church-Flatbush Community Alliance

Ages: All
Community
Free

738 Flatbush AveBrooklyn

11 am – 6 pm

Hillburn Fall Festival

Ages: All
Community
Free

Hillburn Recreation FieldHillburn

11 am – 4 pm

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration with NAIC-NY

Ages: All
Community
Free

Mitsubishi River WalkBronx

11 am – 2 pm

Setauket Fire Department Annual Open House Fire Prevention

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Setauket Fire DepartmentSetauket

Noon

30th Annual Panamanian Parade

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Panamanian ParadeBrooklyn

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Art in the Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes

Patchen Community SquareBrooklyn

12:30 – 10:30 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community

Dakota’sBronx

Movie and Snacks Corpse Bride

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Movie & Snacks: Corpse Bride

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Film

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

3 – 5 pm

Hispanic Heritage Month: Day of the Dead Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

Queens Public Library – BriarwoodBriarwood

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