NYC Parks Events Calendar

NYRR Open Run: St. Mary's Park

at Eagle Avenue and 149th Street (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Open Run is a community-based, volunteer-led running initiative bringing free weekly runs and walks to local neighborhood parks, across all five boroughs of NYC.
Category: Fitness
Free!

Fifth Annual Whimsical Winter Wonder... Exhibition

at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The exhibition, curated by Lucy Aponte, features the delightful works of over a dozen emerging and established artists from the Bronx and around.
Category: Art, Winter Holidays
Free!

NYRR Open Run: Inwood Hill Park

at Isham Street and Seaman Avenue (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan

9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Open Run is a community-based, volunteer-led running initiative bringing free weekly runs and walks to local neighborhood parks, across all five boroughs of NYC.
Category: Fitness
Free!

It's My Park at McCarren Park

at McCarren Park Track (in McCarren Park), Brooklyn

10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
This It's My Park season, volunteer with Good.Clean.Fun. to have good.clean.fun and borrow reuseable gloves to pick up trash while you are exercising at McCarren Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!

Roxanne Jacobson: Occupied Sites: A Look at Staten Island's Prehistory

at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 

10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This project locates, intervenes, and reveals sites that have been destroyed - seeking to make visible a history that has been erased from the land.
Category: Art
Free!

Shape Up NYC: Zumba - Adults

at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Have fun with Zumba for fitness, health, and well-being.
Category: Accessible, Fitness
Free!

Ranger's Choice: Birding Van Tour: Owls

at Pelham Bay Park, Bronx

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Winter is the best time of year to spot owls. Registration is required.
Category: Birding, Nature, Wildlife
Free!

Central Park Tour: North Woods

at Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (in Central Park), Manhattan 

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Step out of the bustling city and see the part of Central Park that most resembles the Adirondack Mountains.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Tours, Seniors

High Line Winter Tour: From Freight to Flowers

at Gansevoort Plaza (in The High Line), Manhattan

12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m.
Join us for a free 45-minute long tour led by High Line Docents, knowledgeable volunteer guides who offer you an insider's perspective on the park's history, design, and landscape.
Category: Nature, Tours
Free!

Winter Solstice Hike: Staten Island's North Shore 'Greenbelt'

12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
This easy to moderate hike will make its way through the North shore "Greenbelt" parks of Jones Woods, Goodhue Park, Allison Pond Park, and Snug Harbor.
Category: Nature, Fitness, Tours, Waterfront, Hiking, Wildlife
Free!