The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Free things to do in NYC

Find events happening next week in your neighborhood

Find fun free things to do

Post an Event

Monday June 16, 2025

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

KASIA MUZYKA-flyer

10 am – 6 pm

Kasia Muzyka Solo Exhibition “The Sacred Condition of Being”

Art
Free

522 West 19th StreetChelsea

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

DSCF8359 resized

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

Brooklyn Keith Haring-Inspired Art

3:15 – 4:15 pm

Keith Haring-Inspired Art

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Kensington LibraryBrooklyn

Still 2025-01-10 224706_1.65.1_1

6 – 9 pm

Karaoke con Estrellas de Broadway

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

Still 2025-01-10 224706_1.65.1_1

6 – 9 pm

Karaoke with Broadway Stars

Free
Music

Baby Grand LESLower East Side

Tuesday June 17

Unknown

All day

Wildlife Wonders by Gillie and Marc

Animals
Art

North Oculus Plaza at the World Trade CenterManhattan

banner_ed3ad3

Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

The Queer Show Part 2

All day

The Queer Show, Part II

Hal Bromm GalleryTribeca

power-hour_web-hero_FINALHERO

8 – 9 am

Power Hour with Alo: Dance Cardio with Sarah Wolff

Backyard at Hudson Yards, Public Square & GardensManhattan

Untitled design (62)

9 am – 6 pm

Bild Expo – Presented by B&H

Art
Expo

Javits CenterManhattan’s West Side

10 – 11:30 am

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Bash Bish Falls Remembered III

10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Nature’s Persistence: Recent Work by Shelley Haven

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)Brooklyn

DSCF8359 resized

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Into the Shining Dark

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBrooklyn

11 am – 5 pm

Welancora Gallery Exhibition – Reimagining Kinship

Art
Free

410 Jefferson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221Brooklyn

Detail shot of Tiger Lillies by Borinquen Gallo – Photo by MFTA – 6-DSC06198

11 am – 6 pm

Borinquen Gallo: Mending My Garden

Art
Free

Chelsea

11 am

Preschool Picassos

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Great Kills LibraryStaten Island

9 Silverberg Unititled charcoal (ballgame) 11x14in (1)

11 am – 6 pm

June Silverberg: On Water and On Land

Art
Free

Bowery GalleryChelsea

Noon – 2 pm

Soulful Sounds of Freedom in NYC

Ages: All
Comedy
Family
Free

The OculusManhattan

Screenshot 2025-06-05 at 1.02.43 PM

2:30 – 4:30 pm

Cortelyou Library Kids Book Giveaway

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Cortelyou LibraryBrooklyn

fdo

3 – 4:15 pm

Pride: Unlock Grants and Private Funding for LGBTQ Causes with Foundation Directory Professional

Hillcrest Library, Queens Public LibraryFlushing

Queens Pride Rainbow Cloud Chain

3 – 3:45 pm

Pride: Rainbow Cloud Chain

Ages: 5 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

North Forest Park LibraryForest Hills

4 – 7 pm

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Caribbean Heritage Event

Jackie Robinson Park PlaygroundBrooklyn

4 – 4:45 pm

Jack and Friends Summer Concert Series Juneteenth Celebration: Conroy Warren

Park Slope LibraryBrooklyn

Screenshot 2025-06-08 at 9.52.56 PM

4 – 9 pm

Classic Car Show

Ages: All
Family
Free

The Shops at Atlas ParkGlendale

4:30 – 5:30 pm

Juneteenth Celebration with BK Music Learning

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
History & Culture

South Jamaica LibraryJamaica

banner_10cb40

5 – 7 pm

Free Youth Basketball Clinics

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

3019887_460

5 – 7 pm

Sounds of Cyprus – Traditional Cypriot music with global influences

Free
Music

Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

baby-friendly

Queens and Elmhurst hospitals earn Baby-Friendly redesignation for maternal, infant care

Protesters wearing masks at an ICE demonstration in Manhattan

Editorial | Protesters and ICE agents need to keep the masks off

The Phillip Burton Federal Building is one of the courthouses for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Federal court blocks portions of Trump’s anti-trans executive orders

bushwick affordable housing lottery

Bushwick affordable housing lottery, with rents starting at $994, closes soon