NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 1–10 out of 3,850 events
from May 18, 2013 to May 8, 2014
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Art Exhibit: Fish & Crushed Can Story- Mixed Media
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
This mixed media exhibit by artist Iandry Randriamandroso illustrates how growth is disrupted by invasive species.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Exhibits, Environmental Awareness, Culture
Celebrate National Bike Month at QBG
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Ride your bike to QBG during the month of May and receive 50% off admission.
Category: Nature, Fitness, Bike Month NYC
Help Rejuvenate Fort Tryon Park with the New York Junior League
at Anne Loftus Playground (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan 
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join the New York Junior League's Playground Improvement Project (PIP) as they set out to beautify and improve Fort Tryon Park.
Category: Volunteer
Free!
It's My Park Day at Leif Ericson Park
at Fort Hamilton Parkway Interior Garden (in Leif Ericson Park), Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
On It's My Park Day, join Brooklyn Bones for a general clean-up of Leif Ericson Park.
Category: Gardening, Environmental Awareness, Volunteer, It's My Park Day
Free!
It's My Park Day at West 132nd Street Block Association
at 132 St Block Association Park, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
On It's My Park Day, join the West 132nd Street Block Association as they conduct a general clean-up and plant flowers at the West 132nd Street Community Garden.
Category: Gardening, Volunteer, It's My Park Day
Free!
It's My Park Day at Convent Garden
at Convent Garden, Manhattan 
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
On It's My Park Day, join the Convent Garden Community Association to help clean, rake, weed, and plant annuals and perennials throughout the garden.
Category: Gardening, Volunteer, It's My Park Day
Free!
It's My Park Day at Queens Village Veterans Plaza
at Queens Village Veterans Plaza, Queens
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
On It's My Park Day, please join Assemblywoman Barbara Clark's office for a beautification of CB 12 and 13.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park Day
Free!
It's My Park Day at the West 132nd Street Block Association
at 132 St Block Association Park, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
On It's My Park Day, join the West 132nd Street Block Association as they conduct a general cleanup and plant flowers at the West 132nd Street Community Garden.
Category: Gardening, Volunteer, It's My Park Day
Free!
It's My Park Day at Central Park
at Frederick Douglass Circle (in Central Park), Manhattan 
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
On It's My Park Day the Friends of Frederick Douglass Circle will be weeding and planting annuals in the tree pits adjacent to Frederick Douglass Circle.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Gardening, Volunteer, It's My Park Day
Free!
Changing Lenses Photo Exhibition
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Students from the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation present a photography exhibition entitled Changing Lenses at Poe Park Visitors Center. The exhibition marks theā¦
Category: Education, Exhibits, Culture
Free!
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