Things to Do With Kids in NYC

Things to do with kids in NYC

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Friday Aug. 29, 2025

4 pm

Musical Learning Time

Ages: 12 and under
Music

Battery Park City Library

Long Island Belmont Labor Day

4 – 8 pm

Summer Nights Finale at Belmont Park Village

Ages: All
Free

Belmont Park VillageElmont

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5 – 10 pm

LuminoCity Dino Safari

Ages: All
Attractions

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

5 pm

TeenMADE Cinema: Summer Film Screening!

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights

Ages: All
Art
Free

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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5:30 – 8:30 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS UNIQLO Friday Nights

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

5:30 – 9 pm

Family Night with Dragonfly Cares and Long Island Ducks Baseball

Fairfield Properties BallparkCentral Islip

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6 – 7 pm

Club 8: Ridiculously Fun Social Skills Group for Teens

Ages: 13 and up
Community

Club 8Plainview

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6 – 11 pm

The 52nd Great Feast of Mother Cabrini

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Suffolk County Community CollegeBrentwood

The Shadows of Love and Light

6:30 – 8:30 pm

The Shadows of Love and Light

Ages: All
Art
Attractions

Theater for the New CityManhattan

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7 – 9 pm

NFAC: Hellenic Film Society STELIOS

Ages: All
Film

North Fork Arts CenterGREENPORT

Bronx Movies Under The Stars Piece by Piece

8:30 – 10 pm

Movies Under The Stars: Piece by Piece

Ages: All
Community
Film

Soundview ParkBronx

9:45 pm

Friday Night Fireworks

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Luna ParkBrooklyn

Saturday Aug. 30

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Free
History & Culture

Oyster Bay

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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8 am – 5 pm

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS Michael Caine: A Shock of Recognition

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

9 am – 2 pm

Arts in the Plaza

Ages: All
Art
Festivals

Kennedy PlazaLong Beach

9 am – 4 pm

West Indian American Day Junior Carnival 2025: YouthFest & Back-to-School Giveaway

Ages: All
Caribbean
Festivals

Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 am – 1 pm

5th Annual Jackson Heights Mile & Relay

Ages: All
Fundraisers

Northern PlaygroundJackson Heights

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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10 am – 8 pm

Celebrate 10 Years of Miraculous® – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Ages: All
Free

FAO SchwarzMidtown

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10 am – 5 pm

A Royal Celebration at WowMom’s World in Long Island!

Ages: 8 and under

WOWMOMS World Long Islandmineola

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10 am – 4 pm

End of Summer Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East MeadowEast Meadow

10 am

Fishing at the Gantries

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Gantry Plaza State Park – Pier 4Long Island City

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 – 11 am

Nature Scavenger Hunt (Cutchogue)

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Craft & DIY

Downs Farm PreserveCutchogue

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10 am – 8 pm

RECESS!! The Experience

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions

Empire OutletsSaint George

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10 am – 1 pm

Family Art Project: Fishy Fun

Ages: All
Craft & DIY

10 am – noon

Read Aloud in the Park

Prospect Park, Long MeadowBrooklyn

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