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Decade Downtown Whitney Walking Tour

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American ArtChelsea

Bastille Day 2025

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Bastille DayManhattan

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Flatbush Avenue Street Fair

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Flatbush Avenue Street FairBrooklyn

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Second Sunday Castle Tours

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Manhattan Summer on the Hudson Sun Gaze

Summer on the Hudson: Sun Gaze

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Pier I in Riverside Park SouthManhattan

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Queensboro Dance Festival International Beats Plaza Party at 71st Ave Plaza

Ages: All
Classes
Dance
Family

71st Ave Plaza RidgewoodRidgewood

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Queensboro Dance Festival International Beats Plaza Party at 71st Ave Plaza, Ridgewood

71st Ave Plaza RidgewoodRidgewood

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William May ‘Blaze Without Burning’ Q&A and Reading

Pete’s Candy StoreBrooklyn

Choral Evensong

Choral Evensong with Presiding Bishop Sean W. Rowe

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

Cathedral of St. John the DivineManhattan

Movies Under the Stars: Despicable Me 4

Ages: All
Community
Family
Film

Kissena Corridor ParkFlushing

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