The Best Local Community Events in NYC

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Family Art Project: Such Are Snakes

FAD Market Empire Stores

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

FAD Market Empire Stores

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

Empire StoresBrooklyn

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Eden, a communal dance @ Gibney

Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts CenterCivic Center

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Brooklyn Dribble

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 + 2 360 Furman Street Brooklyn, NY 11201Brooklyn

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Bronx Block Party

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Festivals

Bronxwood Avenue, between Boston Road & Allerton AvenueBronx

Ferragosto Festival in Bronx Little Italy

Corner of Crescent Ave and Arthur AveBronx

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4th Annual Rockaway Dog Parade

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Beach 94th Street Plaza in Rockaway BeachFar Rockaway

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Our Lives in Recipes: Joan Nathan in Conversation with Deb Perelman

14th Street YEast Village

NMACC India Weekend

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre India Weekend in New York City

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterManhattan

NY FASHION WEEK FESTIVAL: RASHIDA ASHLEY

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Armory ArenaManhattan

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FAMChella on Fifth

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
Family
Festivals

5th avenueBrooklyn

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Fall Birding

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Second Sunday Castle Tours

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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WORD PLAY – Poetry Slam!

Sugar MouseEast Village

First Tech Fund’s 5 Year Celebration

The Post Club House 61 W 23rd St, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10010

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Men Having Babies 2025 New York Surrogacy Conference & Expo

The Westin Hotel in Times SquareManhattan

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Staten Island

Wolfe’s Pond ParkStaten Island

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Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day

Brooklyn Borough HallBrooklyn

Get Involved Literacy, Health, and Culture Celebration

Ages: 5 – 12
Art
Attractions
Family

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building PlazaNew York City

FLAVORED Food and Wine Festival

Queens CollegeKew Gardens Hills

Hispanic Heritage Cultural Celebration at the Staten Island Ferry Hawk Stadium

Ages: 5 – 8
Community
En Español
Family

SIUH COMMUNITY PARK STATEN ISLAND FERRY HAWK STADIUMStaten island

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Indigenous Enterprise

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance
Family

The Joyce TheaterChelsea

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Head In The Clouds New York 2025

Under the K Bridge ParkBrooklyn

Staten Island Water Lantern Festival

Wolfe’s Pond ParkStaten Island

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LiveOnNY Donor Hero 5K

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

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FAD Market at Open Streets on Montague

Brooklyn HeightsBetween Clinton and Henry Street

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Energetic Well Sanctuary

Form + FlowAstoria

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Maison Millefleurs Closing Night – Paper Flower Giveaway

Battery Park CityBattery Park

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Leadership Institute

City Tech, CUNYBrooklyn

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An Evening of Violin & Piano: Samvel Yervinyan in Concert

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music CenterUpper West Side

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