The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Friday Dec. 5, 2025

Long Island Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

6 pm

Brookhaven Christmas Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Holtsville Ecology SiteHoltsville

Saturday Dec. 6

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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10 – 11:30 am

Wake Up & Dance with Suzi Shelton

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Music

ShapeShifter LabBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Maira’s Marvelous Maps

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11 am – 5 pm

Winter Welcome Day & Holiday Market

Ages: All
Art
Christmas

Parrish Art MuseumWater Mill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Brooklyn

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1 – 4 pm

Family Day: Winter Wonderland 2025

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Bronx MuseumBronx

1 – 5 pm

4th Annual East Quogue Holiday On Main

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Festivals

East Quogue Main StreetEast Quogue

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2 – 3:30 pm

Ephrat Asherie Dance with Arturo O’Farrill

Ages: All
Art
Community

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

3 – 8 pm

2025 Riverhead Holiday Extravaganza

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Riverhead Town HallRiverhead

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3:30 – 4:30 pm

Annual Tree Lighting & Santa Visit

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

The Hampton LibraryBridgehampton

3:30 – 6 pm

Tree Lighting on the Cutchogue Village Green

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Cutchogue New Suffolk Historical CouncilCutchogue

4 – 6 pm

Bronx Little Italy Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Ciccarone ParkBronx

4 – 6 pm

Belmont Lake State Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Belmont Lake State ParkNorth Babylon

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5 – 10 pm

Parade on Rockaway

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

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7:30 – 9 pm

The Nutcracker

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Ajkun Ballet Company at Ballet Arts Rudolf Nureyev Studio in the historic landmark The City CenterNew York City

Sunday Dec. 7

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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9 am – 2 pm

Riverdale Y Sunday Market

Riverdale TempleBronx

9 am – 1 pm

Pack 37 – Breakfast with Santa

St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus ChurchStaten Island

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10 am – noon

JPlay!

Ages: 4 and under
Community

The Senesh SchoolBrooklyn

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Maira’s Marvelous Maps

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community

Empire StoresBrooklyn

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Brooklyn

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2 – 5 pm

Winter Wonder at Queens Botanical Garden

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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3 – 5 pm

Family Holiday Celebration at The Castle in Fort Totten

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

3:30 – 5 pm

Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Tree Lighting

Ages: All
Christmas
Community

Baldwin Historical Society & MuseumBaldwin

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