The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Free things to do in NYC

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Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

All day

Vita Coco x Montauk General

Ages: All
Food & Drink
Free

Sommwhere – RivingtonManhattan

Morning at the Museum 2

Morning at the Museum

Ages: 3 and up
Community
Free

Suffolk County Vanderbilt MuseumCenterport

STEM•X Festival 2025

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Cradle of Aviation MuseumGarden City

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Street Tree Care with Church-Flatbush Community Alliance

Ages: All
Community
Free

738 Flatbush AveBrooklyn

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Free Family Fun: 26th Annual Celebration of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Ages: 5 – 12
Environment
Free

South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo)Bridgehampton

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Inventions of the Renaissance Family Workshop at the Science Museum of Long Island

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Free

Science Museum Of Long IslandManhasset

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Montauk Chamber of Commerce Fall Fest Weekend

Montauk Town GreenMontauk

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Watch a 19th Century Base Ball Game

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Fort Totten Soccer FieldsFort Totten

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Harvest Festival

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Compostapalooza

Compostapalooza

Riverside Park 95th Street Compost CompoundManhattan

Hillburn Fall Festival

Ages: All
Community
Free

Hillburn Recreation FieldHillburn

Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration with NAIC-NY

Ages: All
Community
Free

Mitsubishi River WalkBronx

Setauket Fire Department Annual Open House Fire Prevention

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Setauket Fire DepartmentSetauket

Diwali: Festival Of Bites

SmorgasburgBrooklyn

11-11 Fall In

“Fall In”: WWII Basic Training Experience

Ages: 13 and up
Free
History & Culture

Southampton History MuseumSouthampton

30th Annual Panamanian Parade

Ages: All
Community
Festivals

Panamanian ParadeBrooklyn

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Dancing with Julia

Ages: All
Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library — Central LibraryBrooklyn

Color Lab by Crayola

Celebrate the Launch of Color Lab by Crayola

Ages: 8 and under
Free

Macy’s Herald SquareHerald Square

Movie and Snacks Corpse Bride

Movie & Snacks: Corpse Bride

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Film

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

Hispanic Heritage Month: Day of the Dead Celebration

Ages: All
Community
Free

Queens Public Library – BriarwoodBriarwood

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EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

Autumn Starfest

Ages: All
Community
Free

Central Park 99th Street and 5th Avenue EntranceManhattan

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Children’s Event with the Peace Torch

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

Rising NYRR at the NYRR Staten Island Half

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

JPlay!

JPlay! – Special Kickoff in the Sukkah

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolBrooklyn

Rev. Dr. Michael Bos blesses a poodle

Peacocks to Poodles: Marble Collegiate Church’s Annual Blessing of the Animals

Ages: All
Animals
Community

Marble Collegiate ChurchNOMAD

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Oyster Fest at GHBC

Ages: 9 – 12
Community
Festivals

Greenport Harbor Brewing Company’s Greenport Tasting RoomGreenport

New York Hispanic Heritage Day Parade

Ages: All
Festivals
Free

New York Hispanic Heritage Day ParadeManhattan

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The Month of the ’Mallow Mash

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Five Below – 5th Ave NYCManhattan

4th Annual Sensory Friendly Pumpkin Picking

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

PS 42Staten Island

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Forest Ave BOO-ZAR by Faire and Flourish

Ages: All
Free
Halloween

Parking Lot of Kings Arms DinerStaten Island

Creatures of the Night: Bats

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Forest Park Visitor CenterWoodhaven

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