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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, October 21, 2025
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan 
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Art in the Park
at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Let your creativity flow with a wide range of craft projects for kids of all ages and abilities. Activities change week to week, you never know what fun will be waiting!
Free!
Kids
Enviro Games at the Idlewild Environmental Center
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park), Queens
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
A fun interactive session featuring team challenges and board games that inspire environmental awareness and action for kids ages 7 and up.
Kids
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Prospect Park Stroller Walk
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Calling all parents and caregivers with children! Join a Prospect Park Alliance Naturalist at the Prospect Park Audubon Center for a leisurely stroll along Prospect Park’s waterways. Embrace the sound of streams and songs of birds.
Free!
Kids
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Double Dutch
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Learn to double dutch! Coach Kyra Lee and The Double Dutch Aunties will teach you the fundamentals of street-style and competitive jump rope.
Free!
Kids
Friday, October 24, 2025
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Idlewild Environmental Center: Toddler Tunes & Tales
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park), Queens
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Children ages 2-4 will learn all about critters through stories, sound, and movement!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Columbia presents Living Laboratory: Morningside Pond
at Morningside Park Waterfall (in Morningside Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Columbia University, NYC Parks, and Friends of Morningside Park for a hands-on exploration day focusing on water quality, wildlife, biology, and engineering.
Free!
Event
Family Art Project: Web Weavers
at Wave Hill, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Weave your own web and learn about our arachnid allies.
Kids
Guided Lake Paddle on Bronx River
at Boston Road and Bronx Park East (in Bronx Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us for a guided lake paddle along on Bronx River
Event
Halloween Festival
at Harlem Grown 134th Street Farm, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Come by for spooky, family-friendly activities, including: Halloween arts and crafts, a haunted tent, Mobile Teaching Kitchen, costumes, and plenty of Halloween fun in NYC!
Free!
Event
Jesse Owens Track & Field Youth Program (Location Change)
at White Garden (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This free weekly program is available to youth ages 8-16 and enables participants to learn the fundamentals of the sport and stay active.
Free!
Kids
High Line Halloween: Little Park of Horrors
at 14th Street Passage (in The High Line), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join us for a family-friendly High Line Halloween event for all ages, featuring entertaining performances, puppetry, dancing, hands-on artmaking activities, games, candy, and more!
Free!
Kids
Fall Fest 2025
at Victory Field (in Forest Park), Queens
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Celebrate the fall with crafts, music, performances, a pumpkin patch, and more!
Free!
Event
Halloween Boo Bash
at White Garden (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Celebrate Halloween park-style at our free, family-friendly Halloween Boo Bash! Come in costume and celebrate Halloween with themed activities, crafts, music, treats, and more!
Free!
Event
Annual Halloween Event
at The Amazing Garden (in ), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Come to Amazing Garden for the garden group's 2nd Annual Halloween event, including a baked good sale and costume contest!
Free!
Kids
Buzz Buzz Bloom, an eco-dance event
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Come to East 4th Street Community Garden to get involved in an eco-themed art activity for kids and adults after the short dance and bee info session.
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Halloween Treat Bag Giveaway
at Frederick Douglass Blvd Community Garden, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Come to Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden for All Hallows Eve! The garden group will provide community children with Halloween treat bags.
Free!
Event
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Family Art Project: Web Weavers
at Wave Hill, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Weave your own web and learn about our arachnid allies.
Kids
Halloween: Wags to Witches
at Van Cortlandt House Museum (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, Van Cortlandt House Museum, and the Urban Park Rangers invite you to a FREE fang-tastic afternoon of family and doggy fun.
Free!
Event
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Halloween Fun
at LaGuardia Corner Community Garden, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
We will get ready for Halloween at LaGuardia Corner Garden on Sunday, October 26th (2-6 pm) with pumpkin carving and paper-bat folding.
Free!
Event
Monday, October 27, 2025
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Junior Naturalist: Autumn Adventures
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park), Queens
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
In this 7-week afterschool program, Junior Naturalists will dive into the science of autumn through hands-on activities, games, and outdoor adventures.
Kids
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Museum of Interesting Things
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
The Museum of Interesting Things is a traveling interactive exhibition of antiques and inventions.
Free!
Kids
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Art in the Park
at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Let your creativity flow with a wide range of craft projects for kids of all ages and abilities. Activities change week to week, you never know what fun will be waiting!
Free!
Kids
Enviro Games at the Idlewild Environmental Center
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park), Queens
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
A fun interactive session featuring team challenges and board games that inspire environmental awareness and action for kids ages 7 and up.
Kids
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Prospect Park Stroller Walk
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Calling all parents and caregivers with children! Join a Prospect Park Alliance Naturalist at the Prospect Park Audubon Center for a leisurely stroll along Prospect Park’s waterways. Embrace the sound of streams and songs of birds.
Free!
Kids
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Wave Hill-O-Ween
at Wave Hill, Bronx
3:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Calling all ghosts and goblins, pirates and princesses! Back for an amazing second year—it’s Halloween at Wave Hill!
Free!
Kids
Double Dutch
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Learn to double dutch! Coach Kyra Lee and The Double Dutch Aunties will teach you the fundamentals of street-style and competitive jump rope.
Free!
Kids
Friday, October 31, 2025
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Free!
Kids
Idlewild Environmental Center: Toddler Tunes & Tales
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park), Queens
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Children ages 2-4 will learn all about critters through stories, sound, and movement!
Kids
Queens County Farm Hayrides!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Kids
Halloween at Hooper Grove
at Hooper Grove, Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Hooper Grove will host its annual neighborhood Halloween event, which features trick-or-treat, art making in the garden, and garden tours on Halloween. All are welcome!
Free!
Kids
Halloween Event
at Hispanos Unidos Community Garden, Bronx
3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Una activity de haunted house, candy, habra dulces, hot dog, hamburgers y refrigerios. A haunted house activity, candy, there will be sweets, hot dogs, hamburgers and snacks.
Free!
Kids
Halloween Trick or Treat
at LIC Community Gardens, Inc., Queens
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
During the LIC Halloween Parade, the garden group will be handing out treats at the Long Island City Community Garden. Come stop by and visit the garden!
Free!
Kids
Trick or Treat at the Garden Gate
at Edgecomb Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary, Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Come to Edgecombe Avenue Garden Park Sanctuary's Annual Trick or Treat event! Treats for all at the garden gate.
Free!
Event
Hippo Playground Halloween Parade
at Hippo Playground (in Riverside Park), Manhattan , Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Put on your favorite costume and parade to the Playground for music, treats, and Halloween fun.
Free!
Kids
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