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 May 1, 2013 (x) to December 28, 2019
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Wheelchair Basketball Open Gym hosted by the NY Rollin' Knicks Wheelchair Basketball Team
at West Bronx Recreation Center, Bronx 
7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Come out and scrimmage against other wheelchair basketball players from the NYC area.
Category: Accessible, Sports
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park
at Heather Garden (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan 
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
Join us for one hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises.
Category: Fitness
Free!
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: City Birds by Elana Amity
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx 
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
"City Birds" includes numerous paintings and monotypes of birds found in New York City’s parks, sidewalks, and window sills.
Category: Accessible, Education, Art, History, Seniors
Free!
Greenbelt Peepers
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island 
9:45 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Through hands-on activities, crafts, and stories, children will become familiar with the sights and sounds of the forest.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids
Kids
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!
Greenbelt Tree Tots
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island 
11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
Through hands-on activities, crafts, and stories, children will become familiar with the sights and sounds of the forest.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids
Kids
Central Park Tour: Southern Welcome Tour
at Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 61st Street (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Travel past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and on to the Dairy, with this tour of southern park highlights led by Central Park Conservancy tour guides.
Category: Education, 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
Thursday Evening Hours at the Merchant’s House Museum
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Beginning May 7, 2015, the Merchant’s House Museum and Garden will be open to the public for tours on Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. A guided tour, included with Museum…
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