Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Saturday Oct. 11, 2025

Noon

30th Annual Panamanian Parade

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Panamanian ParadeBrooklyn

Feast 400×400

Noon – 11 pm

Mt. Loretto Italian Festival

Ages: All
Festivals

Mount LorettoStaten Island

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Noon – 5 pm

Italian Festival & Exotic Car Show at Casa Belvedere

Ages: All
Car Show
Festivals

Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa BelvedereSilver Lake

Noon – 6 pm

2nd Annual Fall Freedom Festival at Tappen Park

Ages: All
Festivals

Tappen ParkStaten Island

1 pm

Family Movie Day

Ages: 5 – 12
Film

West Farms LibraryBronx

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1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

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2 – 3:15 pm

Grow and Gather Family Gardening Program

Ages: All
Classes
Environment

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

2 pm

Play & Watch – Stand by Me

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Parkchester LibraryBronx

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3 – 4:30 pm

Improv 4 Kids

Ages: 5 – 8
Comedy
Theater

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3 – 4 pm

The True Story of Little Red

Ages: All
Comedy
Music

Teatro SEA at The Clemente CenterLower East Side

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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6 – 8:30 pm

Brooklyn FC vs Tampa Bay Sun FC

Ages: All
Sports

Maimonides ParkBrooklyn

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6 – 9 pm

Spooky Fest

Center for Science Teaching and Learning-Tanglewood PreserveRockville Center

7 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

8 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

8:30 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Oct. 12

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Manhattan Haunted Hues

Various

Color Factory NYC Haunted Hues

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Jaclyn M. Ramirez Annual Memorial 5K

8:30 am – noon

Jaclyn M. Ramirez Annual Memorial 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Eisenhower Park FIELD 2East Meadow

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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9 am – 2 pm

Riverdale Y Sunday Market

Riverdale TempleBronx

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

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10 am – 5:30 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

10 am

Rising NYRR at the NYRR Staten Island Half

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

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