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Thursday Jan. 1, 1970

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Illumination Light Art Festival

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Wagner ParkBattery Park City

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THE JOANNE FORBES COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR

121 11th streetBrooklyn

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New York City Congenital Heart Walk

Flushing Meadows Corona ParkFlushing

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Pumpkin Patch

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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CornFest+

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

BARK Live

BARK Live Presents: The Farmer’s Barket

Domino ParkBrooklyn

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Tastes of Carroll Gardens

Carroll GardensBrooklyn

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Fall Migration Bird Walk

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692Far Rockaway

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Yoga in the Garden

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Harvest Festival

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

Randall’s Island ParkRandall’s Island

Apples and honey

Apples and Honey Day at Queens Botanical Garden

Ages: All
Art
Environment
Family

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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Trees and the Designed Landscape Walk

Woodlands

All day

City of Forest Day

MoMA Oct Fam Day

UNIQLO Family Day at MoMA

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Museum of Modern ArtManhattan

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Pumpkin Weekends

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

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Tour the Historic Lawrence Cemetery in Bayside

Bayside Historical SocietyBayside

Shoelace Park Forest Fest

Shoelace ParkBronx

Turtle-first rehearsal

Turtle Island

Prospect ParkBrooklyn

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Fiesta on The Hudson

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Turtle-first rehearsal

Turtle Island

Hudson River Park Pier 57, Gansevoort Plaza, and The Podium at One World Trade CenterManhattan

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Street Tree Care with Church-Flatbush Community Alliance

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

738 Flatbush AveBrooklyn

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Fall Birding

Rising NYRR at the NYRR Staten Island Half

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

SIUH Community Park Staten Island Ferry Hawk StadiumStaten island

Birdwalks

Fall Dusk Bird Walk with NYC Bird Alliance

Queens Botanical GardenFlushing

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Widow Jane Distilling Company Celebrates 13 Years with an Unforgettable Anniversary Party in Red Hook

Widow Jane DistilleryBrooklyn

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2025 New York Walk with Us to Cure Lupus

Intrepid MuseumManhattan

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Candy Hunt

Aviator Sports and Events CenterBrooklyn

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Candy Hunt

Ages: 8 and under
Animals
Attractions
Family

Alley Pond ParkQueens Village

Queens Maze by Moonlight

Maze by Moonlight

Queens County Farm MuseumFloral Park

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40th Annual Bronx Halloween Parade 2025

Southern Blvd and Westchester AveBronx

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