1 – 2 pm Hibernation Hike Ages: AllAnimals Family Free Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island
1 – 6 pm Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists Winter Salon at BWAC Art Free BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook
1 – 6 pm Red Hook Holiday Market Ages: AllArt Attractions Family BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook
1:30 – 3:30 pm B J C Hosts Community Chanukah Concert and Party Ages: AllCommunity Concert Family Bronx Jewish CenterMorris Park/Pelham Parkway
3 – 5:30 pm La Biblioteca Pública De Queens Ofrece STACKS En Español Free Queens Public LibraryQueens
3 – 5 pm Seaport Chanukah Menorah Lighting & Celebration Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Heineken Riverdeck at Pier 17Manhattan
3 – 3:45 pm 50th Annual Tuba Christmas at Rockefeller Center® Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Rockefeller CenterManhattan
3 – 5 pm Brooklyn Book Bodega @ Red Hook Art Project (Book Giveaway All Ages) Ages: AllBooks & Readings Family Free Red Hook Art ProjectBrooklyn
3:30 – 6:30 pm FREE Live Jazz Jam & Open Mic Books & Readings Food & Drink Sour Mouse NYCLower East Side
4 – 5:30 pm Chanukah Spectacular Ages: AllCommunity Family Free Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City
4 pm Chabad Lubavitch of Riverdale Giant Menorah Lighting Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Bell Monument at Bell Tower ParkRiverdale
5 – 7 pm 1st Night Chanukah Concert @ The Largest Menorah Ages: AllConcert Family Free Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope
5:30 – 7 pm Winter Celebration — Tree Lighting and Festive Fare Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Lower Brust ParkRiverdale
6:30 – 8:30 pm Listen to Carolers While Shopping the Neighborhood Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Bronx Little ItalyBronx Little Italy
All day The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park Ages: AllChristmas Family Free Bryant ParkManhattan
All day Shine Bright Only at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsManhattan
10 – 11 am Assistance for SNAP recipients seeking job Classes Community Cypress Hills ENY Community CenterCypress Hills
10 am – 5 pm PAINTED POP AT ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES PANEL DISCUSSION Art Free Acquavella GalleriesManhattan
10 am – 8 pm Winter Wanderland: Presented by theSkimm X Brookfield Place Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brookfield PlaceTribeca
11 am – 7 pm Photos with Santa at The Shops at Atlas Park Ages: AllChristmas Family Free The Shops at Atlas ParkQueens
3 – 5:30 pm La Biblioteca Pública De Queens Ofrece STACKS En Español Free Queens Public LibraryQueens
5 – 8 pm “The Quiet Hour”-Prayer, Meditation & Contemplation Free The Lutheran Church of the Good ShepherdBrooklyn
Dec. 17, noon Sing of the Season With Live Caroling on the Fifth Avenue Steps of Marble Church Marble Collegiate Church
Brooklyn Paper PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate first night of Hanukkah and ‘light over darkness’ by lighting boro’s largest menorah