Best for Kids

Kids in Motion: Anne Loftus Playground

at Anne Loftus Playground (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Bloomingdale Playground

at Play Area (in Bloomingdale Playground), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Columbus Park

at Columbus Park, Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Samuel Seabury Playground

at Samuel Seabury Playground, Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Seward Park

at Entrance - East Broadway & Essex St (in Seward Park), Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Sol Lain Playground

at Sol Lain Playground (in Sol Lain Plgd), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Tompkins Square Park

at Avenue A and St. Marks Place (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Summer Sports Experience: Basketball: Skills and Drills

at West 174 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
The Summer Sports Experience program engages children in active outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds.
Free!

After School Youth Recreation

at Classroom A - Small (in Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center), Queens 

2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us after school for fun games and active play.
Free!

Kids In Motion: Arrochar

at Play Area (in Arrochar Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Austin J. McDonald's Playground

at Austin J. McDonald Playground Fieldhouse (in Austin J. McDonald Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: De Matti Playground

at De Matti Playground (in De Matti Park), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Faber

at Outdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Park Recreation Center), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Levy

at Play Area (in Levy Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: P.S. 55

at P.S. 55 (in Lieutenant John H. Martinson Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: The Big Park

at Entrance - Continental Place and Grandview Avenue (in The Big Park), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Ranger Tot Time

at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an afternoon of kid friendly activities and exploring the Inwood Hill Nature Center.
Free!

Kids in Motion: Anne Loftus Playground

at Anne Loftus Playground (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Columbus Park

at Columbus Park, Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Samuel Seabury Playground

at Samuel Seabury Playground, Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Seward Park

at Entrance - East Broadway & Essex St (in Seward Park), Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Sol Lain Playground

at Sol Lain Playground (in Sol Lain Plgd), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Tompkins Square Park

at Avenue A and St. Marks Place (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Summer Sports Experience: Basketball: Skills and Drills

at West 174 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
The Summer Sports Experience program engages children in active outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds.
Free!

After School Youth Recreation

at Classroom A - Small (in Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center), Queens 

2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join us after school for fun games and active play.
Free!

Art in the Park

at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan

3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Draw! Cut! Paste! Smile! Kids of all ages are invited to join our resident playground best friend Miss Debbie for art-making in the playground.
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: Frankenweenie (2012)

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how.
Free!

Kids In Motion: Arrochar

at Play Area (in Arrochar Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Austin J. McDonald's Playground

at Austin J. McDonald Playground Fieldhouse (in Austin J. McDonald Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Faber

at Outdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Park Recreation Center), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Levy

at Play Area (in Levy Playground), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Haunted Carousel

at Children's Corner (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn 

12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Don’t be scared when you see the haunted carousel! Take a spin on the spooky ride to your favorite Halloween jams at the beloved Prospect Park Carousel.

Park Open Studio

at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees.
Free!

Kids in Motion: Anne Loftus Playground

at Anne Loftus Playground (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids In Motion: Bloomingdale Playground

at Play Area (in Bloomingdale Playground), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Columbus Park

at Columbus Park, Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Samuel Seabury Playground

at Samuel Seabury Playground, Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Seward Park

at Entrance - East Broadway & Essex St (in Seward Park), Manhattan 

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Sol Lain Playground

at Sol Lain Playground (in Sol Lain Plgd), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Kids in Motion: Tompkins Square Park

at Avenue A and St. Marks Place (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's Playground, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Summer Sports Experience: Basketball: Skills and Drills

at West 174 Street and Amsterdam Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
The Summer Sports Experience program engages children in active outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds.
Free!

After School Youth Recreation

at Classroom A - Small (in Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center), Queens 

2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join us after school for fun games and active play.
Free!

McDonald’s Pumpkin Patch

at Front Entrance (in Austin J. McDonald Playground), Staten Island

3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and Staten Island Recreation at McDonald’s Playground for a spooktacular Halloween celebration for the whole family!
Free!

Wave Hill-O-Ween

at Wave Hill, Bronx 

3:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Calling all ghosts and goblins, pirates and princesses—it’s Halloween at Wave Hill!
Free!

Double Dutch

at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan

5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Learn the fundamentals of street-style and competitive jump rope with the Double Dutch Aunties.
Free!

Movie Under the Stars: Corpse Bride (2005)

at Central Lawn (in Sunset Park), Brooklyn

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Tim Burton presents a hair-raising legend based on a 19th-century Russian folktale, in which a young man mistakenly weds a corpse while on a two-day trek to the village of his real...
Free!

Kids In Motion: Faber

at Outdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Park Recreation Center), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
Free!

Haunted Carousel

at Children's Corner (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn 

12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Don’t be scared when you see the haunted carousel! Take a spin on the spooky ride to your favorite Halloween jams at the beloved Prospect Park Carousel.

Park Open Studio

at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan

1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees.
Free!

Community Halloween Event

at Jardín de la Familia, Bronx

2:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Jardin de la Familia invites Bronx communities for engagement among each other and giving the opportunity to connect them. There will be educational books, a food pantry, and garden tour.
Free!