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.
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from October 5, 2012 (x) to December 28, 2019
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Ranger's Choice: Nature Photography
at Silver Lake Park, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we capture the scenic beauty of the reservoir, the natural environment surrounding it, and the changes of the spring season.
Category: Nature, Hiking
Free!
Waterfront Walks
at Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Conservancy Docents provide Waterfront Walks educating the public on the park’s unique design, history, and ecology.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Free!
Like Us: Primate Portraits by Robin Schwartz
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Check out the early work by photographer Robin Schwartz documenting the close relationship between primates and their caretakers.
Category: Art, Women's History Month
Kayak Tour at Freshkills Park
at Freshkills Park, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
This excursion along the park's waterways will take you into the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge and up close to some of the park's varied wildlife.
Category: Tours, Kayaking and Canoeing
Free!
Arbor Fest
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Enjoy live music, tours, puppet and bubble performances, arts and crafts, petting zoo, face painting, food and craft vendors, art exhibits, ceremonial tree plantings, and more!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Art, Festivals, Games, Best for Kids, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Food
Freshwater Fishing
at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park), Bronx 
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Catch-and-release fishing is a great way to get outdoors and discover nature just a few blocks from home. You can try to hook a pumpkinseed sunfish, carp, or chain pickerel.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids, Fishing, Wildlife
Free!
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
at Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park), Staten Island 
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Take your own pinhole photos on the museum’s grounds and process them in our pop-up darkroom.
Category: Art, Best for Kids
Free!
It's My Park at Ten Eyck Playground - Spring Cleaning!
at Sprinkler (in Ten Eyck Playground), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Volunteers will spruce up the tree beds around Ten Eyck Playground. We look forward to cleaning up the park with you!
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at St. Nicholas Park - Spring Cleaning!
at West 135th Street Plaza (in St. Nicholas Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteers will clean and beautify St. Nicholas's playgrounds. We look forward to cleaning up the playgrounds with you!
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Season Opening Day for Rowing at Pier 40
at Pier 40, Manhattan 
12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Learn about boatbuilding and, if you don't mind wearing a life jacket, get into a boat with experienced coxswains and other rowers and brave the waves and wakes of the Hudson river.
Category: Fitness, Sports, Kayaking and Canoeing, Waterfront
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