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Nature’s Engineers, June 2024, windmills, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-029

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Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

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The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

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Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant ParkManhattan

FHL – Halloween

High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free
Halloween

The High LineChelsea

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40th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2025

Southern Blvd and Westchester AveBronx

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Witchy Plant Tour of Queens Botanical Garden

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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Campfire Stories & Songs

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Teardrop ParkManhattan

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Dakota’s Pumpkin Olympics

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Food & Drink
Free

Dakota’sBronx

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Nighthunters: An Evening Owl Adventure

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Lesbian NYC Walking Tour

LGBT Center, 208 W 13 StManhattan

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Yoga in the Garden

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Wicked Fun: Spooky Science and Wearable Art

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The KoKo LotBrooklyn

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TalkDeath’s Cemetery Scavenger Hunt at The Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood 500 25th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232Brooklyn

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Wave Hill-O-Ween

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Spooky Lantern Tour

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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Dinosaur Weekend!

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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Fungi Frolic

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

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Experience Civil War Living History at Fort Totten

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Manhattan

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellManhattan

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Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

Post Turkey Day Walking Tour

Green-WoodBrooklyn

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