The Best FREE Things to Do in NYC

Free things to do in NYC

Find events from Jul 22 to Jan 1 in your neighborhood

Find fun free things to do

Post an Event

Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

big-GettyImages-149283498_820x410[8]

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Food Distribution Jackson Heights

Neighborhood Care Jackson HeightsNew York City

Hispanic Heritage Month – Card Games

Ages: 13 and up
Craft & DIY
Family
Free

Bronx Library CenterFordham Manor

SSE: Youth Soccer Stars

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Family
Free

Williamsbridge Oval Recreation CenterBronx

Opera Italiana Info Instagram Carousel

Opera Italiana is in the Air

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Central Park – Naumburg BandshellCentral Park

Screenshot 2025-09-19 at 1.29.51 PM

10th Anniversary of Latina Equal Pay Campaign at Milly’s

Milly’sBrooklyn

girls in gym

Evening Showcase: Photography, Jazz & Solidarity

Fridman GalleryManhattan

sunshine0cover

Follow the Yellow Brick Rave 🌪 DJ Sunshine’s in NYC

Free
Music

EssexLES

RCLiveatRockefellerCenter

Ryder Cup Live at Rockefeller Center

Free
Sports

Rockefeller Center PlazaManhattan

CCF Image

Creative Climate Forum 2025

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Pier 57Manhattan

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

big-GettyImages-149283498_820x410[8]

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Food Distribution Clove Road

Neighborhood Care Clove RoadNew York City

Sep2025-HFC-Webinar

Developing Products for Impact, a Panel Discussion: How to Inspire Action During Challenging Times

Virtual via ZoomVirtual

Copy of CJLH Green Latinos 92525 IG

GreenLatinos x UPROSE – State of Nuestro Clima

The Climate Justice CenterBrooklyn

big-GettyImages-149283498_820x410[8]

EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care Clove Road

Neighborhood Care Clove RoadNew York City

Healthy Lungs Healthy Life

Healthy Lungs, Healthy Life: Free Asthma and Lung Health Event

LA Central YMCA 434 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY 10455Bronx

Bright Horizons Fall Family Festival

Ages: 3 – 8
Family
Festivals
Free

Bright Horizons at East VillageEast Village

Designing Memory: A Look Back at the 9/11 Memorial Competition

Free

9/11 MuseumBattery Park

https___cdn.evbuc.com_images_1050930333_12165271949_1_original

Selling In Brooklyn | September 2025

OnlineDigital

Workshop

NYC Facilitation Lab with Voltage Control & Noelle Pourrat

Classes
Free

Fabrik NYC TribecaUpstate NY

Rose & Acanthus by Joseph Grusczak for Charterhouse; Date Unknown, Pen and Ink on Paper (Joseph Grusczak Archive @ NYSID)

Sketching the Surface Exhibition Opening

Art
Free

New York School of Interior Design170 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021

Quinceañera Exhibition Quince Gown

Quinceañera: Dress and Memory in Latine Culture

Godwin-Ternbach MuseumFlushing

IG + Website Square HV Reckoning talk

Virtual Talk- A Conversation about Slavery in the Hudson Valley: Two Linked Descendants Share Their Stories

OnlineDigital

Jazz Poetry Open Mic

Jazz Poetry Open Mic

Art
Free

Flushing Town HallFlushing

DCF08879

Illumination NYC: Light Festival

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Illumination2025Flyer (1)

Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

Untitled design.png

The Happiest Hour with WONDERLAND

Free
Music

New Well ChelseaNew York,

SBCS-lm_d78b13

Shine Box Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

The Skyscraper MuseumBattery Park

Flyer WP 9-26-25

Senior Theater Acting Repertory: Bringing Live Theater and Songs to Queens

Comedy
Free

Queens Public Library Windsor ParkHollis Hills

Zappos Pop-Up Shop

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Zappos Pop-Up ShopBrooklyn

Slow Fashion Forward in 2025 – 5

Uprose Slow Fashion Event

The Climate Justice CenterBrooklyn

NYC Parks Presents: Skate It Easy

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Caserta PlaygroundBronx

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

cyclist-strikes-woman-rego-park01

Cyclist sought for striking elderly woman in Rego Park: NYPD

An NYPD officer on the beat

Bleeding blue: Why active NYPD cops say police response times for New Yorkers in need are getting longer

Anania, B Noel Thomas, and Caleb Quezon in NYTW's "Saturday Church."

‘Saturday Church’ review: Finding salvation in unlikely places

Teacher explaining solar panels functioning to elementary class

FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence is looking for Brooklyn’s favorite teacher