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 11–20 out of 14,885 events
from November 17, 2012 (x) to December 28, 2019
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Staaten Shores Exhibit: A Photographic Journey of Our Maritime Boundary
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
This exhibit celebrates the signature feature: the waterfront. North, south, east and west, the waterfront surrounds, unifies, and creates Staten Island's unique sense of place.
Category: Art, Waterfront
Free!
Youth Wheelchair Basketball Hosted by New York Rolling Fury
at Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center, Manhattan 
1:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Come out and scrimmage against other wheelchair basketball players from the NYC area.
Category: Accessible, Best for Kids, Sports
Central Park Tour: Mid-Park Welcome Tour
at Alexander von Humboldt statue (in Central Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Explore some of the park's best-known features, including the Lake and the Ramble, and then marvel at the view from Belvedere Castle, on this tour led by Central Park Conservancy guides.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Tours
Free!
Garden & Conservatory Highlights Walk
at Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights.
Category: Nature, Tours
Film Screening: Saving Jamaica Bay
at Kingsland Homestead (in Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech), Queens
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Please join us March 26 for a film screening presented by author/filmmaker and environmentalist Dan Hendrick about the fight to save Jamaica Bay for restoration.
Category: Education, Nature, Art, Film, History
DNA of Water: Opening Reception
at Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art (Building C) (in Snug Harbor Cultural Center), Staten Island 
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
The DNA of Water exhibition considers how water has traditionally and simultaneously functioned as border, passageway, and gateway.
Category: Art
Free!
New York City's Oldest Standing Bridge: History of the High Bridge and the Croton Waterworks
at Yeshiva University- Belfer Hall, Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn what went into the making of the historic High Bridge, NYC's oldest standing bridge, and how it transformed New York City.
Category: Education, History, Talks
Free!
Monday, March 27, 2017
Exhibition - Zane York: Nature Morte
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
With a hint of dark humor, Zane York transforms traditional floral still lives and familiar scenes into unexpected compositions in Nature Morte.
Category: Art, Seniors
Free!
Arts, Culture & Fun: Lenape Landscape: Trees as Tonic by Artist Susan Stair
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This exhibit of clay castings by Susan Stair forms portraits in trees used by the Lenape Indians for food and medicine.
Category: Art
Free!
Central Park Tour: Iconic Views of Central Park
at Outside the Dairy Gift Shop (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Some of New York’s most iconic sights are found in Central Park, including the fountain at Bethesda Terrace and Bow Bridge. Join Central Park Conservancy guides for an insider’s look.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Tours, Seniors
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