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 981–990 out of 14,823 events
from November 13, 2012 (x) to December 28, 2019
Sunday, April 30, 2017
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
Free Community Rowing at Pier 40
at Pier 40, Manhattan 
12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Please note: You must arrive at noon. Children (under 18) must be accompanied by a parent. For every rower under 12 one parent or adult guardian must be present.
Category: Nature, Fitness, Sports, Kayaking and Canoeing, Waterfront, Outdoor Fitness
Free!
Free Boatbuilding at Pier 40
at Pier 40, Manhattan 
12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join the Village Community Boathouse for Community Boatbuilding of traditional Whitehall gigs: larger wooden rowboats for four rowers and a coxswain (captain).
Category: Volunteer, Kayaking and Canoeing, Waterfront
Free!
Historic New York: Coney Island
at Parachute Jump (in ), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Between about 1880 and World War II, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States. Join the Urban Park Rangers for a walking tour of this famous amusement park.
Category: History, Tours
Free!
Garden Walk: Trees and the Designed Landscape
at Wave Hill, Bronx 
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Take a spring stroll with Director of Public Programs Laurel Rimmer to see how trees enhance the design of the gardens at Wave Hill.
Category: Nature, Tours, Earth Day & Arbor Day
Free!
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