The Best Outdoor Events in NYC

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Sunday Oct. 5, 2025

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1 – 1:30 pm

Garden Highlights Walk

1 – 3 pm

Adventure Course Free Public Sunday Program

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Alley Pond Adventure CourseOakland Gardens

Turtle-first rehearsal

2 – 6 pm

Turtle Island

Hudson River Park Pier 57, Gansevoort Plaza, and The Podium at One World Trade CenterManhattan

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2 – 5 pm

Fiesta on The Hudson

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Tuesday Oct. 7

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Wednesday Oct. 8

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9 am – 3 pm

Hope Ballfield Farmers Markets!

Hope BallfieldBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

4 – 6 pm

Tunes at The Triangle

6th Avenue TriangleBrooklyn

Thursday Oct. 9

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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7 – 8 pm

“The First Science from the Vera Rubin Observatory” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

Ages: 9 and up
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Community
Family

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)East Hampton

7:30 – 9:15 pm

Twilight Tour: Death in New York

Lower ManhattanBattery Park, Financial District, Civic Center

Friday Oct. 10

CH FS AM NY

9 am – 2 pm

Cypress Hills Farmstand

Cypress Hills – Fulton Street Senior CenterBrooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

2 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dakota’sBronx

Saturday Oct. 11

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8 – 9 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1Brooklyn

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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10 am – noon

Street Tree Care with Church-Flatbush Community Alliance

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

738 Flatbush AveBrooklyn

Pumpkin-Patch

11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Patch

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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11 am – 3 pm

Harvest Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

12:30 – 10:30 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dakota’sBronx

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4 – 6 pm

Wine Tasting with New York Times Chief Wine Critic Eric Asimov

RISE Educational GardenFar Rockaway

Sunday Oct. 12

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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9 am – 2 pm

Irving Square Park Farmers Markets!

Irving Square ParkBrooklyn

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9:30 – 11 am

Fall Birding

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10 am

Rising NYRR at the NYRR Staten Island Half

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

10 am – noon

Adventure Course Free Public Sunday Program

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Alley Pond Adventure CourseOakland Gardens

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10:15 – 11:15 am

Yoga in the Garden

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11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Queens

Pumpkin-Patch

11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Patch

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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11 am – 5 pm

Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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