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Friday July 12, 2024

All day

West Side Fest

West Side

Saturday July 13

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community
Family

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

All day

West Side Fest

West Side

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All day

Art on the Ave

Art
Free

Brooklyn

All day

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Sky’s The Limit: Style As Resistance

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Billie Holiday TheatreBrooklyn

Furby Wuz Here Map

All day

FURBY ‘Furry Objects’ Pop Up Across NYC

Ages: 5 – 8
Attractions
Community
Family

Elizabeth Street GardenSoHo – Mid-Town

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8 am – 3 pm

RiseBoro Farmers Markets at Maria Hernandez Park

Maria HernandezBrooklyn

White Plains Road Farmers Market

9 am – 4 pm

White Plains Road Farmers Market & DOT NYC Open Streets

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community
Family

Uptown Good Food – Harlem (1)

9 am – 3 pm

Uptown Good Food Farmers Market

Ages: 5 – 8
Caribbean
Community
Family

St Nicholas Ave & W137th St, NYHarlem

BrooklynBookBodega_ENYFarmersMarket

9 am – 3 pm

Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Giveaway

East New York FarmsBrooklyn

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9 am – 7 pm

Sloomoo Summer Saturdays

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Sloomoo InstituteManhattan

10 – 11 am

Whiz Kidz

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free

Idlewild ParkSpringfield Gardens

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10 am – 3 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn

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10 am – noon

Community Science Seining

Ages: 3 and up
Animals
Community
Family

Pier 4 Beach – Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Free Kayaking

Boating
Free

The Downtown BoathouseFinancial District

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10 am – 1 pm

Rockaway Market Street @ Beach 60th

Rockaway Market StreetThe Rockaways

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10 am – 4 pm

Rothy’s Sustainable Bottle Swap and Ice Pop Giveaway!

Rothy’sFlatiron

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10 – 11 am

Yoga in the Park

Free

Randall’s Island ParkManhattan

10 am – noon

Kids Club: Craft Stick Airplanes

Ages: 5 – 8
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Micheals Craft Store: Pergament MallStaten Island

10 am – 8 pm

Galaxy Experience Space

Galaxy Experience SpaceSoHo

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Seaport Fit Free Fitness Classes

Classes
Free

the SeaportManhattan

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10:30 – 11:30 am

Andrea Beaty’s Iggy Peck, Architect

Ages: All
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumManhattan

11 am

Weekly Storytime

Ages: 3 – 12
Books & Readings
Family
Free

Barnes & Noble Staten Island MallStaten Island

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Summer Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dumbo

Hans Christian Andersen and the Ugly Duckling

11 am – noon

Storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Central ParkCentral Park

11 – 11:30 am

Citypark’s PuppetMobile Presents Cindarella Samba

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Austin J. McDonald PlaygroundStaten Island

11 am – 1 pm

Curvy Women and Ladies Walk

Bryant ParkNew York City

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11 am – 7 pm

Sabai Design, Sustainable DTC Furniture Brand, Opens New Showroom in Brooklyn

Free

101 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249Brooklyn

11 am – 1 pm

Solarpunk Poetry: Writing for a Sustainable Future Activity on Governors Island

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Colonels Row on Governors IslandGovernors Island

Queens JCPenney July 2024 Kids Zone

11 am

JCPenney July Kids Zone

Ages: 3 – 12
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Queens CenterElmhurst

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11 am – 2 pm

City of Water Day at Randall’s Island Park

Free

Randall’s Island ParkManhattan

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