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Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Looking for something to do this fall? Find highlights of our favorite programs in an easy-to-read printable calendar, or check out the online calendar below for a complete list of upcoming events!
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Volunteer Workday: Howard Garden
at Howard Garden (in ), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Help us finish the garden's new raised bed project and get involved with moving soil and planting fall crops or native flowers!
Category: Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776
at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Stop by the Lenape Gallery in the Conference House Park Visitor Center and explore “Voices of 1776: The People and Events Surrounding the Historic Staten Island Peace Conference of the American Revolution”.
Category: Art, History, Tours, Waterfront, Accessible Activities
Free!
De Matti’s Tot Pumpkin Patch
at DeMatti Park Fieldhouse (in De Matti Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and Staten Island Recreation at De Matti Playground for a spooktacular Halloween celebration for the whole family!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Festivals, Games, Best for Kids, Halloween, Fall Festivals
Free!
Kids
Senior Cardio Sculpt
at Sunnyside Community Services, Queens
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
This low impact cardio workout consists of functional movement exercises designed to make daily activities easier to perform. Participants must be 60+ to attend this class.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Seniors, Exercise Classes
Free!
Ongoing Outdoor Museum Exhibit: Alice's Terracotta Garden
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts that chronicle turn-of-the-twentieth-century architectural styles.
Category: Art, History, Tours, Waterfront, Walking
Free!
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: New York's Brick & Terra Cotta Industries
at H.H. Biddle House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to visit a unique collection of terracotta artifacts and masonry bricks.
Category: Art, History, Tours
Free!
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
NYC Parks and the Tottenville Historical Society invite you to an exhibit celebrating the South Shore of Staten Island's maritime history and heritage.
Category: Education, Art, History, Waterfront
Free!
Step Aerobics
at New Settlement Community Center, Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Step Aerobics is a cardio workout that will elevate your heart rate, strengthen muscles, and improve coordination and balance.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Dance Aerobics
at Multi-Use Room A (in Detective Keith L. Williams Field House), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Dance Aerobics is a beat-fueled cardio experience that will have you sweating, smiling, and moving to the music.
Category: Dance, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Pétanque in the Park
at Pétanque Court (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Never heard of Pétanque? Our expert friends at NYC’s oldest running Pétanque club will teach you.
Category: Outdoor Fitness
Free!
Yoga
at Brooklyn Public Library - Kings Highway Branch
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Connect with yourself in Yoga with Nicole, a class to be enjoyed by all.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
Senior Happy Hour
at Arts and Crafts Room (in Greenbelt Recreation Center), Staten Island
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Our Senior Happy Hour is a time for socialization and fun.
Category: Games, Seniors, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Senior Community Day
at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers to explore the Inwood Hill Nature Center and build community. This month's Senior Community Day will be a watercolor day.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Seniors
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids, Sports, Basketball/Netball, Sports Camps
Free!
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids, Sports
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids, Sports
Free!
Kids
Kids In Motion: Cherry Tree Park
at Cherry Tree Park Playground (in Cherry Tree 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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Sports
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids, Sports, Basketball/Netball, Sports Camps
Free!
Kids
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.
Category: Fitness, Games, Best for Kids, Sports, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Kids
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.
Category: Art, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
De Matti’s Pumpkin Patch
at DeMatti Park Fieldhouse (in De Matti Park), Staten Island
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and Staten Island Recreation at De Matti Playground for a spooktacular Halloween celebration for the whole family!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Festivals, Games, Best for Kids, Halloween, Fall Festivals
Free!
Kids
Arts, Culture & Fun: BE BOLD - Ballet Programming
at Multi-Use Room (in Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
BE BOLD - Ballet Explorations, Ballet Offers Leadership Development! A new approach to dance education!
Category: Dance, Best for Kids, Arts, Culture & Fun Series, Recreation Center Programming, Dance Classes
Free!
Kids
Bodyweight Circuit Training
at Rock Climbing Wall Room (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
This circuit training class combines bodyweight resistance training and conditioning to provide you with a dynamic full-body workout.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
intenSati
at Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South (in Forest Park), Queens
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
In intenSati, we will prime your body, mind, and heart with this sweat-dripping, heart-pumping, mood-lifting cardio class (think dance meets kickboxing meets yoga).
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes
Free!
Strong & Balanced Circuit Training
at NYPL - George Bruce, Manhattan
5:45 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
This low-impact bodyweight circuit training class focuses on building strength, endurance, balance, and functional fitness through a variety of full-body exercises.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Mat Pilates
at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- Bedford-Stuyvesant Center, Brooklyn
5:45 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
Mat Pilates is a beginner exercise class which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
Zumba
at Gymnasium (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Category: Dance, Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Dance Fitness Beats
at Hudson Guild Fulton Community Center
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
This 45-minute Dance Fitness class is not just a great workout, but a great time as well!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Salsa Social
at Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Join our friends from Mi Salsa Dura Baile for an evening of Latin rhythm and dancing in Garibaldi Plaza! Each class starts off with a free lesson followed by an open dance floor.
Category: Dance, Outdoor Fitness, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Dance Fitness Energize
at Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
This 45-minute dance fitness class is about dancing your way toward an active lifestyle!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Caribbean Dance Fitness
at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- East Harlem Neighborhood Health Action Center, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
Caribbean Dance Fitness is a creative workout that fuses dance and aerobics.
Category: Dance, Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Body-Centric Circuit Training
at Multi-Use Room A (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
A low impact bodyweight workout, integrating holistic body empowering movements for improved overall strength and endurance.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes, Strength Training/Weightlifting
Free!
Mott Playground Reconstruction Community Input Meeting
at Virtual/Online Events
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Join a virtual community input meeting to discuss the reconstruction of Mott Playground. This will be a virtual meeting.
Category: Virtual/Online Events
Free!
Zumba
at Dance Room (in Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
SeedMoney Grant Info Session
at Virtual/Online Workshop
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Learn how to raise real money for your garden through crowdfunding.
Category: Workshops, Virtual/Online Events
Free!
Latin Dance Fitness
at Sonia Sotomayor Community Center, Bronx
6:30 p.m.–7:15 p.m.
Come join us as we dance to a mix of salsa, bachata, merengue, 80’s and 90’s music. All are welcome!
Category: Dance, Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Movie Under the Stars: Hotel Transylvania (2012)
at Multipurpose Ballfield (in Carroll Park), Brooklyn
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
This uproarious animated comedy follows the high jinks that ensue when an ordinary human unwittingly checks in at the Hotel Transylvania...
Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!
Kids
Thursday, October 22, 2026
NYC Parks’ 44th Annual Wreath Interpretations Open Call
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
12:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This juried exhibition features creative variations on the traditional holiday decoration in all varieties of materials and subjects.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Art, Talks
Free!
Forest Fitness
at Margaret Corbin Circle (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
Explore Fort Tryon Park while you exercise! Join Nancy Bruning for free Fitness at the Fort with walking, stairs, stretching, and nature on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes
Free!
Total Body Fitness
at Gymnasium (in St. John’s Recreation Center), Brooklyn
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
This fun low-impact full-body workout includes cardio, strength and balance exercises to improve your overall fitness.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
New Dendrology is a group exhibition featuring eleven artists whose work contributes to the study of trees, offering new insight and connection between humans and their arboreal neighbors.
Category: Education, Nature, Art
Free!
Trail Work Thursdays
at VCPA Learning Garden (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Category: Nature, Fitness, Volunteer, It's My Park, Outdoor Fitness, Hiking, Wildlife, Walking
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
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