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Saturday Oct. 18, 2025

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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

Color Factory New YorkManhattan

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All day

Still Sacred Ground: Lenapehoking 1625-2025

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Various

Halloween Harvest

Luna ParkBrooklyn

Queens Cityside Pumpkin Patch Media Night PHOTO TOUCHEDUP

Various

Cityside Pumpkin Patch

The Summer ClubLong Island City

All day

Cocktails for Comfort 2025 fundraising event

Brooklyn SocialBrooklyn

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USABrooklyn

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All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

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All day

The Foliage Ride 2025 by Pineapple Ride

Socrates Sculpture ParkLong Island City

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2 am – 3 pm

Public Gallery Tour

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBrooklyn

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8 – 11:30 am

2025 New York Walk with Us to Cure Lupus

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

Gagosian presents Christopher Kulendran Thomas’ first solo exhibition in the United States: Peace Core

Free

GagosianPark Avenue

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8 am – 5 pm

THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP AT 100 A New Special Exhibit Celebrating a Century of Cultural Impact

Art

The New York HistoricalManhattan

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8 am – 5 pm

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

Ages: All
Art
Family

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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8 – 9 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1Brooklyn

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8:30 am – 5 pm

Stephen Prina: A Lick and a Promise

Art

The Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

Dyckman 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

Dyckman 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Fundraisers
Sports

Quisqueya PlazaManhattan

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

9 am – 1 pm

Heritage Farm Stand Saturdays

Ages: All
Family

Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island

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9 am – 1 pm

Walk for Epilepsy

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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9 am – 6 pm

Beauty New York

World Trade Center OculusFinancial District

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9 – 11:15 am

Learn. Play. Grow. @ Corlears School

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Corlears SchoolChelsea

CaringKind walk

9:30 am – noon

37th Annual CaringKind Alzheimer’s Walk

Fundraisers

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellManhattan

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10 am – 5:30 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Harlem Gospel Series

10 – 11 am

Harlem Gospel Series

Music

Mt. Olivet Baptist ChurchHarlem

Cool Off at Orchard Beach – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: From the Bronx to the Battery: The Subway Sun

Poster HouseManhattan

The Flaming Lips – PH

10 am – 6 pm

Poster House Spring 2025 Capsule Exhibition: Copy/Paste/Print/Repeat: Mike King & the Art of the Gig Poster

Poster HouseManhattan

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10 am – 4 pm

Uptown Rumble: Heavy Music in The Bronx Exhibit

Museum of Bronx HistoryBronx

10 am – noon

Neighborhood Walking Tours with the Preservation Alliance

Sportime Pickleball YorktownYorktown Heights

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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