Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

Find the best upcoming events & activities for any age group

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Friday Aug. 22, 2025

10 – 11 am

Idlewild Trail Walk

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Idlewild Environmental CenterSpringfield Gardens

Face Value

10:30 am – 8:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

11 am

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

The Wizard’s Quest Potion Bottles

11 am – 4 pm

The Wizard’s Quest

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

JAWS-some Scavenger Hunt

11 am – 4 pm

Jaws-Some Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

Noon – 8 pm

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Youth Summerfest

Ages: All

Luna ParkBrooklyn

1 – 3 pm

Family Fun Day at Tilden Playground

Ages: All
Community
Free

Tilden PlaygroundBrooklyn

2 pm

Radical Rockaway Scavenger Hunt

Ages: All
Games

Bagel Barista StationRockaway Park

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

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2 – 5 pm

Back to School Giveaway

Ages: 3 and up
Free

Neighborhood Care Fordham RdBelmont

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3 – 8 pm

Summer Festival

Ages: 8 and under
Free
Open Houses

NY Kids Club Park Slope-GowanusBrooklyn

3:30 pm

Anime Otaku Club

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Melrose LibraryBronx

4 – 9 pm

Summer Fridays

Ages: All
Free

Historic Richmond TownStaten Island

5 – 11 pm

Island Park Greek Festival

Panaghia of Island ParkIsland Park

5 – 11 pm

Port Jefferson Greek Festival

Greek Orthodox Church of the AssumptionPort Jefferson

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

5:30 pm

Fruit Pizza

Ages: 13 and up

Westhampton Free LibraryWesthampton Beach

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community

Club 8Plainview

6 – 11 pm

30th Annual Holbrook Chamber Carnival & Festival

Holbrook Country ClubHolbrook

7 – 8:30 pm

Kingdom Rhythm Comes to Brooklyn this August!

Ages: All
Caribbean
Community

Rehoboth Open Bible ChurchBrooklyn

Belongó- Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

7 – 8:30 pm

Bryant Park Picnic Performances Presented by Bank of America: Belongó | Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Ages: All
Free
Music

Bryant ParkManhattan

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8 – 11 pm

Music and Astronomy Under the Stars

Ages: 5 and up
Environment
Music

MultipleLong Island

9:45 pm

Friday Night Fireworks

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Luna ParkBrooklyn

Saturday Aug. 23

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – School Trips!

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

Girl Scout Programs

All day

Walt Whitman Birthplace Museum – Girl Scout Programs!

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Classes

Walt Whitman BirthplaceHuntington Station

8 am – 5 pm

Long Island Celtic Festival and Highland Games

Old Westbury GardensOld Westbury

8:30 – 10 am

Birding in Bucks Hollow

Ages: All
Free

Greenbelt Nature CenterStaten Island

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

9:30 am

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day powered by Net Generation

Ages: All
Free
Sports

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis CenterFlushing

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9:30 am – 1:30 pm

Long Island Nets Summer Fest

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Jones Beach (Field 4) – Basketball CourtsWantagh

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