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NYC Parks offers a multitude of events, programs and activities made with kids especially in mind. Children will have plenty to keep them active throughout the year no matter what their interests.
Best for Kids Events
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Skateboarding Clinic
at Forest Park Skate Park (in Forest Park), Queens 
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
In this six-week program, children ages 7-14 will learn basic skills, proper technique and foot placement, skateboard safety, and skate park etiquette.
Free!
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Reading and Recreation
at Poe Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Children and parents of all ages are invited to participate in a series of outdoor readings and spelling and writing activities.
Free!
Kids
Virtual Tinker Lab STEAM Summer Camp (Phenomenal Physics)
at Virtual/Online Workshop
2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
With a blend of live and asynchronous learning, we will be use engineering to construct tall towers, solid structures, and bridges.
Kids
Art Picnic with Miss Tae
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Tae of the Portable Museum Project for Art Picnic! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Queens Recreation Mobile Unit Pop-Up
at Vic Hanson Field House (in Rochdale Park), Queens
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
We will be visiting parks throughout Queens this summer providing a variety of games and activities suitable for children and families including chalk games, balls, crafts, and more.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer Reading Storytime in Brooklyn Bridge Park
at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn , John Street Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Join Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Brooklyn Public Library for a rollicking good time listening to stories, singing songs, and enjoying the breeze from the water!
Free!
Kids
Queens Recreation Mobile Unit Pop-Up
at Rosemary's Playground, Queens
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be visiting parks throughout Queens this summer providing a variety of games and activities suitable for children and families including chalk games, balls, crafts, and more.
Free!
Kids
Virtual Tinker Lab STEAM Summer Camp (Phenomenal Physics)
at Virtual/Online Workshop
2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
With a blend of live and asynchronous learning, we will be use engineering to construct tall towers, solid structures, and bridges.
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Finding the Alphabet
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Kids take pictures of nature and architecture resembling the different letters of the alphabet, and put them together in Stop Motion Studio to spell their names.
Free!
Kids
Diabolo Yo-Yo
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join Violet Diabolo, NYU’s premier diabolo yo-yo club, for this exciting demonstration and hands-on learning experience.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Tom and Jerry
at Playground Fifty-Two (in Playground 52 LII), Bronx
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A deep dive into the annals of history to explore the moment when Tom first crossed paths with his nemesis, Jerry.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Croods: A New Age
at Maria Hernandez Park, Brooklyn
8:45 p.m.–10:15 p.m.
In this sequel the delightful 2013 feature, the prehistoric family the Croods are challenged by a rival family the Bettermans, who claim to be better and more evolved.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Skateboarding Clinic
at Forest Park Skate Park (in Forest Park), Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
In this six-week program, children ages 7-14 will learn basic skills, proper technique and foot placement, skateboard safety, and skate park etiquette.
Free!
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Greenbelt Summer Adventure (ages 12-15)
at High Rock Gate (in High Rock Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Using an adventure based platform, youth will work collaboratively on team and community building activities, while learning essential outdoor skills, and develop their own leadership styles.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Children's Performance Series - Flor Bromley
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Get ready to move, sing, and have a great time with a collection of upbeat songs in Spanish and English that promote dual language education and an understanding of diversity.
Free!
Kids
Toddler Scavenger Hunt
at Outdoors at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Kids will look around the park to find common and not so common treasures.
Free!
Kids
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
Queens Recreation Mobile Unit Pop-Up
at Grover Cleveland Park (in Grover Cleveland Playground), Queens
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be visiting parks throughout Queens this summer providing a variety of games and activities suitable for children and families including chalk games, balls, crafts, and more.
Free!
Kids
Virtual Tinker Lab STEAM Summer Camp (Phenomenal Physics)
at Virtual/Online Workshop
2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
With a blend of live and asynchronous learning, we will be use engineering to construct tall towers, solid structures, and bridges.
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Megamind
at Orchard Beach: North Picnic Area (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Evil genius Megamind finally defeats his do-gooder nemesis, Metro Man, but is left without a purpose in a superhero-free world.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Pokemon Detective Pikachu
at Sara D. Roosevelt Park Track (in Sara D. Roosevelt Park), Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic The Hedgehog
at Gorman Playground, Queens
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog, aka The Blue Blur, embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until he accidentally knocks out the power grid and sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it's super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic's unique power for world domination. Sonic teams up with The Donut Lord, aka Sheriff Tom Wachowski, to save the planet in this live-action adventure comedy.
Free!
Kids
Friday, July 30, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Community Paddle on the Bronx River
at Concrete Plant Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
This is a great activity for beginners and families to join. Canoes will be available for partners and families, and kayaks will be available for solo paddlers.
Free!
Kids
Virtual Tinker Lab STEAM Summer Camp (Phenomenal Physics)
at Virtual/Online Workshop
2:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
With a blend of live and asynchronous learning, we will be use engineering to construct tall towers, solid structures, and bridges.
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
To-Go Picnic & Play!
at Field 39/30 (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
5:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
We’ll pass out art project kit and games as you enjoy an evening outside and watch the beautiful sunset!
Free!
Kids
Tashi's Eagle Scout Book Drive
at WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Drop off your gently used books. Feel free to browse and take other books.
Free!
Kids
Family Camping: Bronx
at Pelham Bay Park, Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Participants are chosen by lottery. Registration opens on July 21.
Free!
Event
SummerStarz Free Movies: Sound of Music
at WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Maria, the candidate at an Austrian abbey, becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings love and music into the home.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Godzilla vs. Kong
at Frederick B Judge Playground (in Frederick B. Judge Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Kong embarks on a journey to return to his birthplace. However, the awakening of a brutal creature soon threatens humanity's safety, forcing Kong and some unlikely allies to fight to protect the earth. As the two mythical creatures clash, a more profound mystery soon rises to the surface.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Lake Paddle
at 180th Street and Boston Road (in Bronx Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
This guided paddle will take you through wooded sections of the river within the New York Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo.
Kids
CANCELLED: Children’s Read-Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Join Randall's Island Park Alliance and the Queens Mobile Library at the Urban Farm for snacks and a good book (or two)
Free!
Kids
Children’s Read-Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Every Saturday morning in July and August join us for our read-aloud, with some of the Randall's Island Park Alliance staff and guest readers.
Free!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Great Hudson River Fish Count!
at 172nd Street Beach (in Fort Washington Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Help collect and catalogue our neighbors in the Hudson River using seine nets, minnow traps, or rods and reels!
Free!
Event
Volunteer Opportunity: Buckets for 'The Blue'
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Give some TLC to Conference House Park's largest natural resource, the Raritan Bay. Grab a bucket and do a beach cleanup along a portion of the park's three-mile shoreline.
Free!
Kids
Coastal Exploration Hike
at Cornelia Avenue and Chester Avenue (in Wolfe's Pond Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
You never know what you may observe on this exploration of clues left behind by some of the species that call this area their home.
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Community Rowing and Birding
at Hunts Point Riverside Park, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Through Community Rowing, guests of all ages explore the Bronx River aboard student-built wooden row boats, accompanied by staff who teach them about the local waterways. Community Birding brings birdwatching to the shores of the Bronx River.
Free!
Kids
Art on the Farm
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join us for unique family (to-go!) art projects inspired by the farm, rivers, green spaces, and natural areas.
Free!
Kids
Movement & Music
at Washington Square Park, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Calling all Washington Square Park kids! Join Miss Debbie for an afternoon of dancing and music at Washington Square Park!
Free!
Kids
All About Bats
at 81st Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an evening of fun-filled facts about these amazing mammals.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Wizard of Oz
at Stars and Stripes Playground (in Seton Falls Park), Bronx
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado. As they travel down Oz's Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard and ask him to send them home, they encounter a wonderful, funny, terrifying and, ultimately, enlightening group of characters, human and otherwise.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Moana
at Dry Dock Playground, Manhattan
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Tom & Jerry (2021)
at Seguine Avenue and Johnston Terrace (in Lemon Creek Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
A deep dive into the annals of history to explore the moment when Tom first crossed paths with his nemesis, Jerry.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars at Astoria Heights Playground: Onward
at Astoria Heights Playground (JHS 10) (in Astoria Heights Playground), Queens
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Two teenage elf brothers living in a post-magical world stumble upon a spell that can bring their father back to life. They embark on an epic, heartwarming adventure to see the spell through when it initially only brings back their father's lower half (i.e. his legs).
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 1, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Greenbelt Bug Club
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Join us, for the Greenbelt’s Summer Bug Club. Participants will learn what it takes to be an Amateur Entomologist by exploring the world of insects!
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 2, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Nature Bites: Hiking Safely with Ticks
at Virtual/Online Workshop
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
During this video lesson we will discuss the best practices to avoid ticks while still enjoying the great outdoors.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Photo Scavenger Hunts
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Explore Inwood Hill Park with your family and neighbors with themed Scavenger Hunts. Match all of the pics on your list and walk home with a prize. This course is intended for all ages!
Free!
Kids
Hudson RiverKids
at Virtual
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Hudson RiverKids brings together a multitude of creative activities and story hours that stimulate the imagination as well as sing-alongs and music that will make you dance and shake.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Skateboarding Clinic
at Forest Park Skate Park (in Forest Park), Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
In this six-week program, children ages 7-14 will learn basic skills, proper technique and foot placement, skateboard safety, and skate park etiquette.
Free!
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
Storytime Under The Trees
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Together we’ll read books, sing songs, and have a great time.
Free!
Kids
National Night Out Against Crime
at Beach 94th Street Plaza (in Rockaway Beach), Queens
12:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Join the NYPD for a full fun day of activities! There will be entertainment, games, and refreshments.
Free!
Kids
National Night Out Against Crime
at Beach 17th Street and Seagirt Boulevard (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
3:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Families can enjoy a BBQ, DJ, martial arts, cotton candy, double dutch, boxing, and tabling from different organizations.
Free!
Kids
Summer Olympics
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Are you a gold medal champion? Try out the 50 meter dash, soccer obstacle course, volleyball, and creating your own Olympic Rings as we celebrate this global event.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Trolls: World Tour (2020)
at Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Branch and Poppy come across six tribes of trolls, each practicing different styles of music. It is then up to the duo to unite and protect the other kingdoms of trolls when their musical styles are threatened.
Free!
Kids
Movies on the Waterfront: Disney's Aladdin (1992)
at Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
This energetic musical is based on the "Arabian Nights" tale. It's the story of a street urchin who discovers a magic lamp. The musical is an Oscar-winner for Best Score and Original Song ("A Whole New World").
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
Puppets in the Park - Puppet Time
at Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Puppet? ?Time?? ?is? ??a? ?family-friendly? ?variety? ?show? ?featuring? ?songs? ?from? ?past? ??Swedish? ?Cottage? ?Marionette? ?Theatre? ??performances? ?including? ??Pippi,? ?Peter? ?Pan,? ?Princess,? ?Emperor? ?&? ?The? ?Duck.
Free!
Kids
River Project: Diversity Digest
at Virtual/Online Workshop
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m.
During Diversity Digest, you'll learn what it means to be a naturalist, cataloging local wildlife with the free iNaturalist app and sharing your observations with the HRPK community!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Finding the Alphabet
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Kids take pictures of nature and architecture resembling the different letters of the alphabet, and put them together in Stop Motion Studio to spell their names.
Free!
Kids
Diabolo Yo-Yo
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join Violet Diabolo, NYU’s premier diabolo yo-yo club, for this exciting demonstration and hands-on learning experience.
Free!
Kids
Wonderful Wednesdays: Car-free Night in Fort Tryon Park
at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
We made room for fun! Enjoy Fort Tryon Park free of vehicles from 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. on WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS! Picnic, play, and enjoy performances.
Free!
Event
Dance Lesson - Fort Tryon Park
at Cloisters Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Fort Tryon Park is a beautiful outdoor gym! Get moving with the Fort Tryon Park Trust and Ballroom Basix every Wednesday in August!
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Skateboarding Clinic
at Forest Park Skate Park (in Forest Park), Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
In this six-week program, children ages 7-14 will learn basic skills, proper technique and foot placement, skateboard safety, and skate park etiquette.
Free!
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Super Soccer Stars
at 72nd Track and Lawn (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Children 5 years old and younger learn soccer skills with Super Soccer Stars in a fun, non-competitive, educational environment.
Free!
Kids
Greenbelt Summer Adventure (ages 12-15)
at High Rock Gate (in High Rock Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Using an adventure based platform, youth will work collaboratively on team and community building activities, while learning essential outdoor skills, and develop their own leadership styles.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Goonies
at Samuel N. Bennerson 2nd Playground, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
?A group of teenagers finds a map leading to a hidden treasure. They must overcome booby traps, natural obstructions, and a gang of desperate thieves in their race for the loot.
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 6, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Family Hike - Greenbelt Nature Center
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Take a walk into our lush Greenbelt as we take in the sounds, sights, and smells of nature. We will explore one of our numerous blazed trails for birds, plants and insects.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Tashi's Eagle Scout Book Drive
at WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Drop off your gently used books. Feel free to browse and take other books.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Love and Monsters
at William F. Passannante Ballfield, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
In a monster-infested world, Joel learns his girlfriend is just 80 miles away. To make the dangerous journey, Joel discovers his inner hero to be with the girl of his dreams.
Free!
Kids
Ocean Breeze Summer Movie Night: Onward
at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Join us at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex for Summer Movie Nights!
Free!
Kids
SummerStarz Free Movies: Thor: Ragnarok
at WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The mighty Thor is in a race against time to prevent Hela, his sister and Goddess of Death, from destroying his home world and the Asgardian civilization.
Free!
Kids
Movie Night in Crocheron Park: Toy Story 4
at 35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway (in Crocheron Park), Queens
8:20 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. The adventurous journey turns into an unexpected reunion as Woody's slight detour leads him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Scoob! (2021)
at Springfield Avenue and Willard Avenue (in Westerleigh Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The first full-length animated Scooby-Doo adventure for the big screen is the never-before told stories of Scooby-Doo’s origins and the greatest mystery in the career of Mystery Inc.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Onward (2020)
at Outdoors at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Two teenage elf brothers living in a post-magical world stumble upon a spell that can bring their father back to life.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 7, 2021
Ocean Breeze Summer Festival
at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Enjoy food trucks, classic cars, pine box derby, arts and crafts, and more!
Kids
Children’s Read Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
An interactive read-aloud that incorporates mindful breathing, which helps build social-emotional skills along with question and discussion activities that build community.
Free!
Kids
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Volunteer Opportunity: Buckets for 'The Blue'
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Give some TLC to Conference House Park's largest natural resource, the Raritan Bay. Grab a bucket and do a beach cleanup along a portion of the park's three-mile shoreline.
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Community Rowing and Birding
at Hunts Point Riverside Park, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Through Community Rowing, guests of all ages explore the Bronx River aboard student-built wooden row boats, accompanied by staff who teach them about the local waterways. Community Birding brings birdwatching to the shores of the Bronx River.
Free!
Kids
Queens Recreation Family Day
at Chapin Parkway and Gothic Drive (in Captain Tilly Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Enjoy arts and crafts, games, fitness challenges, sports activities, and more!
Free!
Kids
Nature Explorers
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Kids will have fun exploring the farm and nearby gardens through guided nature activities.
Free!
Kids
Family Camping: Manhattan
at Central Park, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Participants are chosen by lottery. Registration opens on July 28.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 8, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Greenbelt Bug Club
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Join us, for the Greenbelt’s Summer Bug Club. Participants will learn what it takes to be an Amateur Entomologist by exploring the world of insects!
Free!
Kids
Queensboro Dance Festival's Summer Sundays at Socrates: Learn Classical Indian Dance with Antara Saha
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn classical Indian dance’s beauty and expressiveness of arm and hand movements, as well as rhythmic steps and storytelling with teacher Antara Saha.
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 9, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Photo Scavenger Hunts
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Explore Inwood Hill Park with your family and neighbors with themed Scavenger Hunts. Match all of the pics on your list and walk home with a prize. This course is intended for all ages!
Free!
Kids
Hudson RiverKids
at Virtual
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Hudson RiverKids brings together a multitude of creative activities and story hours that stimulate the imagination as well as sing-alongs and music that will make you dance and shake.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Skateboarding Clinic
at Forest Park Skate Park (in Forest Park), Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
In this six-week program, children ages 7-14 will learn basic skills, proper technique and foot placement, skateboard safety, and skate park etiquette.
Free!
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Reading and Recreation
at Poe Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
There will be reading, spelling and writing activities, including bilingual read aloud, sharing reading tips with parents, and recreational activities.
Free!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
Storytime Under The Trees
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Together we’ll read books, sing songs, and have a great time.
Free!
Kids
Art Picnic with Miss Tae
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Tae of the Portable Museum Project for Art Picnic! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot to get creating.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
River Project: Ask a Scientist
at Virtual/Online Workshop
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Dive into a fascinating science topic each month, explore current Park research with a local STEM expert and ask your burning science questions during a live Q&A session!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Finding the Alphabet
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Kids take pictures of nature and architecture resembling the different letters of the alphabet, and put them together in Stop Motion Studio to spell their names.
Free!
Kids
Flag Football Drills and Skills
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Meet the coaches and build your skill in football drills that will get your ready for the fall season.
Free!
Kids
Diabolo Yo-Yo
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join Violet Diabolo, NYU’s premier diabolo yo-yo club, for this exciting demonstration and hands-on learning experience.
Free!
Kids
Dance Lesson - Fort Tryon Park
at 190th Street Subway Terrace (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Come to Fort Tryon Park every Wednesday in August for dance lessons presented by the Fort Tryon Park Trust! Lessons will be offered by Ballroom Basix and encompass a variety of dance styles.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Skateboarding Clinic
at Forest Park Skate Park (in Forest Park), Queens
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
In this six-week program, children ages 7-14 will learn basic skills, proper technique and foot placement, skateboard safety, and skate park etiquette.
Free!
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Super Soccer Stars
at 72nd Track and Lawn (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Children 5 years old and younger learn soccer skills with Super Soccer Stars in a fun, non-competitive, educational environment.
Free!
Kids
Greenbelt Summer Adventure (ages 12-15)
at High Rock Gate (in High Rock Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Using an adventure based platform, youth will work collaboratively on team and community building activities, while learning essential outdoor skills, and develop their own leadership styles.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Wizard of Oz
at John Jay Park, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
at Willowbrook Park Archery Range (in Willowbrook Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
When sinister monsters called the Druun threaten the community, the dragons readily make a sacrifice to save the human race. Hundreds of years later, the same threat returns. It is up to Raya, a lone warrior, to stop them once and for all.
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 13, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Biodiversity Walk
at Freshkills Park Event Entrance, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Lace up your shoes for a nature walk at Freshkills Park! Freshkills Park researchers will take you behind the scenes to visit areas that are currently closed to the public.
Free!
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Movie Night in Alley Pond Park: Frozen 2
at Parking Lot (in Alley Pond Park), Queens
8:10 p.m.–9:55 p.m.
After hearing a mysterious voice call out to her, Elsa travels to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond her kingdom - an adventure that soon turns into a journey of self-discovery.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Children’s Read-Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Join us on the Farm for snacks and a good book (or two). Every Saturday morning in July and August join us for our read-aloud, with some of the RIPA staff and guest readers.
Free!
Kids
Volunteer Opportunity: Buckets for 'The Blue'
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Give some TLC to Conference House Park's largest natural resource, the Raritan Bay. Grab a bucket and do a beach cleanup along a portion of the park's three-mile shoreline.
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Play Dates!
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join us at this fun family-friendly event featuring a children’s entertainer, grab-and-go arts and crafts kits, and neighborhood fun!
Free!
Kids
Community Rowing and Birding
at Hunts Point Riverside Park, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Through Community Rowing, guests of all ages explore the Bronx River aboard student-built wooden row boats, accompanied by staff who teach them about the local waterways. Community Birding brings birdwatching to the shores of the Bronx River.
Free!
Kids
Art on the Farm!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join us for unique family (to-go!) art projects inspired by the farm, rivers, green spaces, and natural areas.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Dolittle (2020)
at Clove Lakes Park park house (in Clove Lakes Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Robert Downey Jr. electrifies one of literature’s most enduring characters in a vivid reimagining of the classic tale of the man who could talk to animals: Dolittle.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Queensboro Dance Festival's Summer Sundays at Socrates: Learn West African Dance with Fanike
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Jump in on a high-energy, uplifting, West African dance class with teacher Fanike accompanied by live drumming!
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 16, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Photo Scavenger Hunts
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Explore Inwood Hill Park with your family and neighbors with themed Scavenger Hunts. Match all of the pics on your list and walk home with a prize. This course is intended for all ages!
Free!
Kids
Hudson RiverKids
at Virtual
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Hudson RiverKids brings together a multitude of creative activities and story hours that stimulate the imagination as well as sing-alongs and music that will make you dance and shake.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
Storytime Under The Trees
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Together we’ll read books, sing songs, and have a great time.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
at Lamberts Lane and Fahy Avenue (in Father Macris Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The teens return to the game they thought they had defeated to discover that everything has changed. The group must enact a rescue mission when one of their ranks finds themselves in peril.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Finding the Alphabet
at Muscota Marsh (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Kids take pictures of nature and architecture resembling the different letters of the alphabet, and put them together in Stop Motion Studio to spell their names.
Free!
Kids
Diabolo Yo-Yo
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join Violet Diabolo, NYU’s premier diabolo yo-yo club, for this exciting demonstration and hands-on learning experience.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Super Soccer Stars
at 72nd Track and Lawn (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Children 5 years old and younger learn soccer skills with Super Soccer Stars in a fun, non-competitive, educational environment.
Free!
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Movies With A View - Akeelah and the Bee
at Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Featuring Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, and Angela Bassett and directed by Doug Atchison, Akeelah and the Bee is a warm, family-friendly story about a young girl from South Los Angeles who tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
at St. Vartan Park, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Lloyd Vogel is tasked with creating a profile of Fred Rogers, the creator and star of the successful children's program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. PG
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
at Grandview Playground (in The Big Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
After a bite from a radioactive spider, Miles Morales becomes the one and only Spider-Man. When a dimensional gateway opens up, Miles soon realizes he isn't the only spider superhero.
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 20, 2021
Adventures in Time Summer History Camp
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp.
Kids
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Family Camping: Manhattan
at Riverside Park, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Participants are chosen by lottery. Registration opens on August 11-14.
Free!
Event
Movies Under the Stars: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
at Murphy Brothers Playground, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life. PG
Free!
Kids
Ocean Breeze Summer Movie Night - Jurassic Park
at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Join us at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex for Summer Movie Nights!
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Jurassic Park (1993)
at Outdoors at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex (in Ocean Breeze Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Genetically engineered dinosaurs run amok on a remote island in this special-effects extravaganza. It's up to a paleontologist, a paleobotanist and a mathematician to outmaneuver the deadly beasts and find their way back to civilization.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Children’s Read-Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Join us on the Farm for snacks and a good book (or two). Every Saturday morning in July and August join us for our read-aloud, with some of the RIPA staff and guest readers.
Free!
Kids
Volunteer Opportunity: Buckets for 'The Blue'
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Give some TLC to Conference House Park's largest natural resource, the Raritan Bay. Grab a bucket and do a beach cleanup along a portion of the park's three-mile shoreline.
Free!
Kids
Lake Ecology
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Curious to know what lives in your local lake? The Urban Park Rangers will take you around Van Cortlandt Lake while learning about local ecology.
Free!
Kids
Farmhouse Family Day; Beautiful Bees
at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in Fidler-Wyckoff House Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us in making arts and crafts for World Honey Bee Day and explore our historic farm and grounds all during Family Day!
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Community Rowing and Birding
at Hunts Point Riverside Park, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Through Community Rowing, guests of all ages explore the Bronx River aboard student-built wooden row boats, accompanied by staff who teach them about the local waterways. Community Birding brings birdwatching to the shores of the Bronx River.
Free!
Kids
Nature Explorers
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Kids will have fun exploring the farm and nearby gardens through guided nature activities.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Raya and the Last Dragon
at Seward Park, Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Kumandra is a place where humans and dragons peacefully coexist. When sinister monsters called the Druun threaten the community, however, the dragons readily make a sacrifice to save the human race. Hundreds of years later, the same threat returns
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Croods: A New Age (2020)
at Nelson Avenue and Tennyson Drive (in Seaside Wildlife Nature Park), Staten Island
8:30 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
After surviving the end of the only world they knew, the Croods must find a new place to call home.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Insect Exploration Hike
at Arthur Kill Road and Brookfield Avenue (in Brookfield Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Don't be afraid of getting your hands dirty as we explore high and low in search of amazing insects to discover their important connection to us.
Free!
Kids
Outdoor Skills: Primitive Survival Skills
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
If you were dropped into the wilderness with nothing but the clothes on your back, could you make a fire, build a shelter, or gather clean drinking water?
Free!
Kids
Queensboro Dance Festival's Summer Sundays at Socrates: Learn Tinikling Filipino Folk Dance with Karesia Batan
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join teacher Karesia Batan to learn a popular national dance of the Philippines where dancers gracefully hop through bamboo poles to mimic the tinikling bird.
Free!
Kids
Camp Kids
at Upper Terrace (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join Bryant Park for a fun filled afternoons with music, magic, puppet shows, and science projects, plus arts and crafts between shows!
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 23, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Hudson RiverKids
at Virtual
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Hudson RiverKids brings together a multitude of creative activities and story hours that stimulate the imagination as well as sing-alongs and music that will make you dance and shake.
Free!
Kids
Obstacle Course & Relay Races
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Compete in a variety of obstacles to beat your own time and that of a competitor. Families are welcome.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Reading and Recreation
at Poe Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
There will be reading, spelling and writing activities, including bilingual read aloud, sharing reading tips with parents and recreational activities.
Free!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
Storytime Under The Trees
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Together we’ll read books, sing songs, and have a great time.
Free!
Kids
Art Picnic with Miss Tae
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Tae of the Portable Museum Project for Art Picnic! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot to get creating.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Julio Carballo Field (in Julio Carballo Fields), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Diabolo Yo-Yo
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join Violet Diabolo, NYU’s premier diabolo yo-yo club, for this exciting demonstration and hands-on learning experience.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
Summer on the Hudson: Super Soccer Stars
at 72nd Track and Lawn (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Children 5 years old and younger learn soccer skills with Super Soccer Stars in a fun, non-competitive, educational environment.
Free!
Kids
Summer Apprentice Program
at Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn a historic trade at NYC's only living history village!
Kids
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinics
at Near the baseball field (in St. Mary's Park), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Movies With A View - Karate Kid
at Harbor View Lawn (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Karate Kid is a family-friendly cult-classic story about a martial arts master, who agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.
Free!
Kids
Friday, August 27, 2021
Scribble Art Camp
at Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (in Dyckman House Museum), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
We will be unleashing our art abilities with our sketchbook challenges throughout the day. All camp sessions include a materials kit that comes with a camp t-shirt.
Kids
NYC Parks Girls Flag Football Clinic
at Soccer Field (in St. James Park), Bronx
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Come learn, play and, compete in the 2021 NYC Parks Flag Football season.
Free!
Kids
Family Camping: Staten Island
at Blue Heron Nature Center (in Blue Heron Park), Staten Island
7:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Participants are chosen by lottery. Registration opens on August 18-21.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 28, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Children’s Read-Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Join us on the Farm for snacks and a good book (or two). Every Saturday morning in July and August join us for our read-aloud, with some of the RIPA staff and guest readers.
Free!
Kids
Volunteer Opportunity: Buckets for 'The Blue'
at Conference House Park Visitor Center (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Give some TLC to Conference House Park's largest natural resource, the Raritan Bay. Grab a bucket and do a beach cleanup along a portion of the park's three-mile shoreline.
Free!
Kids
Kids Only Bike Event
at Mullaly Bike Park/Skate Park (in Mullaly Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Activities will include an open course contest, games of footdown, skid contests, wheelie contests, high bunnyhop contests, art programming, and much more!
Free!
Kids
Kids Only Bike Event
at Mullaly Bike Park/Skate Park (in Mullaly Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Activities will include an open course contest, games of footdown, skid contests, wheelie contests, high bunnyhop contests, art programming, and much more!
Free!
Kids
Community Rowing and Birding
at Hunts Point Riverside Park, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Through Community Rowing, guests of all ages explore the Bronx River aboard student-built wooden row boats, accompanied by staff who teach them about the local waterways. Community Birding brings birdwatching to the shores of the Bronx River.
Free!
Kids
Art on the Farm!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join us for unique family (to-go!) art projects inspired by the farm, rivers, green spaces, and natural areas.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, August 29, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Queensboro Dance Festival's Summer Sundays at Socrates: Learn Hula Dance with Na Pua Mai Ka Lani Nuiok
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Experience the grace and joy of hula dance and truly embrace a tropical summer vibe with teacher Na Pua Mai Ka Lani Nuiok.
Free!
Kids
Monday, August 30, 2021
Hudson RiverKids
at Virtual
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Hudson RiverKids brings together a multitude of creative activities and story hours that stimulate the imagination as well as sing-alongs and music that will make you dance and shake.
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Summer on the Hudson: Game Days
at 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Kids play giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, jump rope, and more!
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
River Project: Diversity Digest
at Virtual/Online Workshop
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m.
During Diversity Digest, you'll learn what it means to be a naturalist, cataloging local wildlife with the free iNaturalist app and sharing your observations with the HRPK community!
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Diabolo Yo-Yo
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Join Violet Diabolo, NYU’s premier diabolo yo-yo club, for this exciting demonstration and hands-on learning experience.
Free!
Kids
Wonderful Wednesdays: Car-free Night in Fort Tryon Park
at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
We made room for fun! Enjoy Fort Tryon Park free of vehicles from 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. on Wonderful Wednesdays! Picnic, play, and enjoy performances.
Free!
Event
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 4, 2021
Children’s Read Aloud
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
An interactive read-aloud that incorporates mindful breathing, which helps build social-emotional skills along with question and discussion activities that build community.
Free!
Kids
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, September 5, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Art Picnic with Miss Tae
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Tae of the Portable Museum Project for Art Picnic! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
River Project: Ask a Scientist
at Virtual/Online Workshop
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Dive into a fascinating science topic each month, explore current Park research with a local STEM expert and ask your burning science questions during a live Q&A session!
Free!
Kids
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 11, 2021
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Kids Yoga
at NE Playground Area Seating Nook (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Kids can join in the yoga fun as they stretch and move to songs, rhymes, and more!
Free!
Kids
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Miss Debbie's Library of Fun
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Miss Debbie is always ready for a good time, and that’s why she’s rolling out her Library of Fun! Enjoy a wide variety of games, books, and other fun items under the trees.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Art in the Park
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Miss Debbie in the Northwest Corner of Washington Square Park for Art in the Park! When you arrive you’ll be given your own craft kit and a spot at a table to get creating.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, October 2, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, October 3, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
River Project: Diversity Digest
at Virtual/Online Workshop
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m.
During Diversity Digest, you'll learn what it means to be a naturalist, cataloging local wildlife with the free iNaturalist app and sharing your observations with the HRPK community!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, October 10, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, December 11, 2021
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, March 12, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, April 9, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, July 9, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Second Saturdays Trailwork Party + Bike Share at Highbridge Bike Park
at BMX Jump Park (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Bring your friends and family for a day of fun in the woods and learn what it takes to build, maintain, and ride the most progressive urban bike park in America!
Free!
Kids
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