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 116 events
from August 18, 2012 (x) to August 19, 2012 (x)
Saturday, August 18, 2012
FLOW.12
at Waterfront Pathways along Ward's Island (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 
6:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
FLOW returns to Randall's Island Park for 2012 with five new artists and five new site-specific installations along the Park's southern shoreline.FLOW is a project of the Randall's Island Sports…
Category: Arts & Crafts
Free!
5th Annual Summer Streets
at Foley Square & Paine Park (in Thomas Paine Park), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us for the fifth annual Summer Streets! Nearly seven miles of New York City's streets will be opened up for everyone to play, run, walk and bike. From the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park, along…
Category: Festivals
Free!
Van Cortlandt Track Club Saturday Morning Group-Run
at Van Cortlandt Stadium (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx 
8:00 a.m.
Running in Van Cortlandt Park
Category: Fitness
Free!
Yoga on the Beach
at Beach 108th Street (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Join yoga instructors Helen Kilgallen and Valerie Nichols from Elaine's Dance School in this beginner Hatha Yoga class. Bring a mat, large towel, or blanket.Sponsored by Councilman Eric Ulrich
Category: Fitness
Free!
Cleaning Westerleigh Park
at Westerleigh Park, Staten Island 
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Come out and lend a hand to help us rake, weed and do various gardening chores. Join us for coffee and doughnuts in the am. Bring a rake or use one of ours and have some fun. To volunteer in…
Category: Volunteer
Free!
Bronx Urban Farms Trolley Tour Spotlight Youth in Gardens
at The New York Visitors and Convention Bureau, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bee-Keeping ,Chickens and growing your own food in the Bronx
Category: Gardening
Invasive Removal at Rodman's Neck, Bronx
at Orchard Beach Parking Lot (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx 
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us as we remove invasives from several reforestation plantings in Rodman's Neck, Bronx.
Category: Nature
Free!
Invasive Removal at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
at Stockbridge Indian Memorial (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us as we remove invasives from several reforestation plantings in Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx.
Category: Nature
Free!
Invasive Removal at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn
at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us as we remove invasives from several reforestation plantings in Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
Category: Nature
Free!
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