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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
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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
Movies Under the Stars: Wonka
at Play Area (in Penn South Playground), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
This fantasy musical film follows the story of Willy Wonka, the famous but eccentric chocolatier based on the character from Roald Dahl's novel. In particular, it emphasizes his rise...
Free!
Kids
Thursday, June 26, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens 
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
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
School's Out Festival
at 21st Street and 29th Avenue (in Van Alst Playground), Queens
2:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and Council Member Tiffany Cabán for a celebration of the end of school year with a School’s Out Festival in Van Alst Playground.
Free!
Kids
Art Meets Books
at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Art and books collide with enriching activities for children ages 12 and under.
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
Movies Under The Stars: Captain America: Brave New World
at Play Area (in Spuyten Duyvil Playground), Bronx
8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Anthony Mackie returns as the high-flying hero Sam Wilson, who’s officially taken up the mantle of Captain.....
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
at Basketball Courts
8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Paddington in Peru
at Basketball Courts (in Corona Golf Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
A thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and to the mountain peaks of Peru.
Free!
Kids
Friday, June 27, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
Early Childhood Music & Movement
at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Children aged 16 months to 4 years, and their parents/caregivers are invited to explore their first music and movement experiences while also building vital social skills.
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
Movies Under The Stars: Mummies
at Softball Field (in Noble Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
The film follows the fun adventures of three Egyptian mummies who live in an underground secret city.......
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Grease
at Francis Lewis Park Lawn Area (in Francis Lewis Park), Queens
9:15 p.m.–11:15 p.m.
A goody two-shoes from Australia falls in love with a greaser over a summer.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Monsters vs. Aliens
at Hockey Rink (in Broad Channel Park), Queens
9:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
When evil aliens led by Gallaxhar threaten to take over Earth, the U.S. government unleashes the only fighting force capable of stopping them.
Free!
Kids
Saturday, June 28, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
Open Bluegrass Jam Session
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Open Bluegrass Jam Sessions are scheduled throughout the 2025 season, weather permitting. Bring your guitar, ukulele, banjo, etc., and join in! All skill levels and ages are welcome.
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
Saturday Artist Residency
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Spend a Saturday afternoon learning a variety of artistic practices from a rotating group of incredibly talented local creators! Residencies change month to month.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under The Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Asphalt Field (in Allerton Playground), Bronx
8:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
“Mufasa: The Lion King” enlists Rafiki to relay the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of.....
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: The Wild Robot
at Lawn - along 35th Avenue (in Crocheron Park), Queens
9:00 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King
at Noonan Basketball Court (in L/CPL Thomas P. Noonan Jr. Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–11:15 p.m.
Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline.
Free!
Kids
Movies Under the Stars: Space Jam
at Multipurpose Hard Top Area (in Astoria Heights Playground), Queens
9:15 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Jordan must help the Looney Tunes win a basketball game against a group of outer-space creatures who plan, if they win, to kidnap the Looney Tunes.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Family Day
at Mauro Playground (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Council Member James Gennaro and Queens Recreation as they present this fun day of family activities in Mauro Playground.
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
Monday, June 30, 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
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
Storytime Under the Trees with NYPL
at East Alcove Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Read stories, sing songs and have fun together under the boughs of the trees. Join our friends from Hudson Park Library every Tuesday for literary fun.
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
Street Lab
at Holley Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Street Lab brings unique activities, from art to written word, for people of all ages and abilities to gather, learn, and create right in the park.
Free!
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, July 2, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
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
Thursday, July 3, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
Summer on the Hudson: Children's Performance Series featuring 1 2 3 Andrés
at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–10:45 p.m.
Music, storytelling, and theater for young audiences up to age 7.
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 Meets Books
at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Art and books collide with enriching activities for children ages 12 and under.
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, July 4, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
Early Childhood Music & Movement
at Kids Playground - Large (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
10:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Children aged 16 months to 4 years, and their parents/caregivers are invited to explore their first music and movement experiences while also building vital social skills.
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
Saturday, July 5, 2025
KIM: Astoria Heights Playground
at Astoria Heights Playground, Queens
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
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 Artist Residency
at Northwest Corner Seating Area (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Spend a Saturday afternoon learning a variety of artistic practices from a rotating group of incredibly talented local creators! Residencies change month to month.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, July 6, 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
Monday, July 7, 2025
A.R.R.O.W. Field House Summer Camp Extended Day
at Multi-Use Room - Full (in A.R.R.O.W. Field House), Queens
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
The NYC Parks Summer Day Camp program is an exciting chance for children ages 6 to 13 to have a fun-filled summer! Campers engage in sports, fitness, and outdoor adventures.
Free!
Kids
Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center Summer Camp Extended Day
at Multi-Use Room (in Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center), Manhattan
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
The NYC Parks Summer Day Camp program is an exciting chance for children ages 6 to 13 to have a fun-filled summer! Campers engage in sports, fitness, and outdoor adventures.
Free!
Kids
Chelsea Recreation Center Summer Camp Extended Day
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
The NYC Parks Summer Day Camp program is an exciting chance for children ages 6 to 13 to have a fun-filled summer! Campers engage in sports, fitness, and outdoor adventures.
Free!
Kids
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