The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

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JOURNEY OF THE MIND

Art
Free

Queens MuseumFlushing

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Queens Tape Music Festival / world of tomorrow

Free
Music

Our HouseAstoria

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

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Six Foot Platform: MIKE DURKIN | MENDING QUILT

Art
Free

Intersection of Washington and Water StreetsBrooklyn

Swish & Skill at Faber: Free Instructional Basketball Clinic for Kids

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Sports

Faber ParkStaten Island

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Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Free
Games

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

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StreetSquash Grand Reopening & Fall Festival

Free

SL Green StreetSquash CenterHarlem

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Family Time October 2025 Art-Making for All Ages

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Bronx MuseumBronx

Hispanic Heritage Month: Wepa! Latin Dance

Ages: 5 – 12
Dance
Family
Free

Peninsula, Queens Public LibraryRockaway Beach

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Day of the Dead Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Hispanic Museum & LibraryWashington Heights

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Queens Museum – Flushing Meadows Corona ParkQueens

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HOME/LAND: a blend of theater, dance, projection, and demonstration

Dance
Free

Pier 45 at Hudson River ParkGreenwich Village

The College Point Street Fair

College Point Boulevard Street FairCollege Point

Pumpkin Fest @ City Point

Free

City Point BKLYNBrooklyn

Just for Kids: Corn Husk Doll Making

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Marine ParkBrooklyn

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Visit BHS Castle During Open House New York 2025

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Fall Fest at The Rockaway Hotel + Spa

Free

The Rockaway Hotel + SpaRockaway Park

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Open House New York “Fantastical Realities” Exhibition Tour with Artists and Curator

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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Book Launch Party: The Widower Without a Will by Katherine Grant

The LocalQueens

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Quiet Reading Party

Brooklyn Public Library – Mill BasinBROOKLYN

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South Street Seaport Museum Announces Diwali Celebration at the Seaport Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
Holiday

South Street Seaport MuseumSeaport

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HOME/LAND: a blend of theater, dance, projection, and demonstration

Dance
Free

Washington Square ParkGreenwich Village

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Fitness @ Grand Central x Club Pilates

Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central TerminalManhattan

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Hello (And Goodbye) To All That

Jefferson Market LibraryGreenwich Village

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Voices Rising: Asian Americans in Motion

Asia SocietyManhattan

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Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomBrooklyn

Sew Simple! Pot Holders (Gr. 4-6)

Ages: 9 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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Creative Ozone: The Artists of Westbeth

Westbeth Artists Community RoomNew York City

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Italian-American Heritage Month: History and Author Talk with Ryan Byrnes at Whitestone Library

Queens Libray at WhitestoneWhitestone

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Marina Tsvetaeva — One of the 20th Century’s Most Powerful Poetic Voices, Now in Jazz at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BayBrooklyn

Free Movie Nights at Hudson Yards – Classic Cinema Night with Top Gun

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensHudson Yards

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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