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 21–30 out of 7,986 events
from October 8, 2012 (x) to May 8, 2014
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Bryant Park Chess
at Fountain Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan, Chess Area (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Game boards, including chess, backgammon, checkers, and Scrabble, are available for a small fee. Provided by the Marshall Chess Club.
Category: Games
Le Carrousel at Bryant Park
at Le Carrousel (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
A celebration of French culture at Bryant Park
Category: Kids
Kids
Garden Highlight Walk
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.
Category: Nature, Gardening, Tours, Fall Foliage
Free!
Haunted Houses By Corinne May Botz
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Visit our current exhibit: Corinne May Botz's photography of haunted houses and recordings of ghost stories from around the United States!
Category: Education, Exhibits, History, Storytelling & Readings, Culture
Piano in Bryant Park
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan 
12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
It's Summertime and no better time to be a part of The In Crowd. Performances by internationally-acclaimed ragtime, jazz, boogie-woogie, and stride pianists playing the likes of Ella, Ramsey…
Category: Concerts, Seniors
Free!
Views From the Past
at Outside the Dairy Gift Shop (in Central Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
A tour through Central Park in which you will learn about the history of the Park
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Free!
Bryant Park Fencing
at Fifth Avenue Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn all about fencing at Bryant Park
Category: Kids, Sports
Free!
Kids
Wave Hill Gallery Tour
at Wave Hill, Bronx 
2:00 p.m.
Join an exhibition interpreter for one of our regularly scheduled tours of Wave Hill's fall exhibition Foregrounding the Palisades, sculptural installations by artists Isidro Blasco, Blane de…
Category: Nature, Exhibits, Tours, Culture
Zumba at Little Bay Park
at Hockey Rink (in Little Bay Park), Queens
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
We are pleased to announce that we have added 4 fall Zumba classes to our schedule. Join us for this fun, aerobic exercise that mixes Latin and African dance steps.For directions or additional…
Category: Fitness
Free!
Brooklyn Bridge Park Green Team
at Brooklyn Bridge Park: Main Street (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn 
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Garden along Brooklyn's beautiful waterfront! The Green Team provides essential horticultural care to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Weekly projects may include planting, mulching, and removing invasive…
Category: Gardening, Environmental Awareness, Volunteer, Waterfront
Free!
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