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Sunday Oct. 19, 2025

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Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USABrooklyn

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

9 am – 4 pm

Bronx Park East Farmers Market

2045 Bronx Park EastBronx

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design GalleryManhattan

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10 am – 5 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 1 pm

Volunteer Garden Day @ 50 Cent Garden

Queens

11 am – 5:30 pm

The College Point Street Fair

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Sailors’ Skills

11 am – 4:30 pm

South Street Seaport Museum Announces Free October Family Activity Weekends: Sailors’ Skills

WavertreeManhattan

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House WarmingManhattan

11 am – 1 pm

Pumpkin Fest @ City Point

Free

City Point BKLYNBrooklyn

OHNY-CarrollHall

11 am – 3 pm

Open House New York: Carroll Hall Garden Tour

Carroll HallBrooklyn

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11 am – 3 pm

3rd Annual Howl-O-Ween Block Pawty @ Dogs of Mott Haven

Animals
Free

Pulaski ParkBronx

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Noon – 6 pm

Homage: Queer lineages on video

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Noon – 6 pm

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn BreweryBrooklyn

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New YorkManhattan

Noon – 1 pm

Just for Kids: Corn Husk Doll Making

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Marine ParkBrooklyn

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Noon – 4 pm

Visit BHS Castle During Open House New York 2025

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Noon

Fall Festival

Marsha P. Johnson State ParkBrooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Join Dare2Draw at Arts Gowanus Open Studios – Oct. 18 & 19! (12-6PM)

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Dare2Draw Studios @540 President St, GowanusNew York City, Brooklyn

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Noon – 6 pm

Dedication of New Dr. Frank Mickens Mural & Free Community Celebration

Ideal Food MarketBrooklyn

12:30 – 3:30 pm

Art in the Garden

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Patchen Community SquareBrooklyn

12:30 – 10:30 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dakota’sBronx

1 – 4 pm

Fall Fest at The Rockaway Hotel + Spa

Free

The Rockaway Hotel + SpaRockaway Park

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1 – 2 pm

Derek Jarman: Screening and Discussion with British Filmmaker Luke Fowler

Art
Free

Wallach Art GalleryManhattanville

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1 – 4 pm

Breaking the Cycle of Violence in Gaza Quakers and Activists Resist Genocide

Free

15 rutherford placeManhattan

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1:30 – 2:30 pm

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

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Opening for “We Belong to This Place”

Art
Free

Old Stone HouseBrooklyn

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2 – 4 pm

Sea Shanty Sessions

The Noble Maritime CollectionStaten Island

Book Launch Banner – The Widower Without a Will

2 – 4 pm

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

The LocalQueens

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