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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!
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Autumn Eco Crafts and Exploration
at Juniper South Playground (in Juniper Valley Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a hands-on craft program where we will explore the park to find natural inspiration and create our own unique masterpiece.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Discovery Hike: Waterfront Ecosystems
at Ward's Island Footbridge (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan 
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn how tidal flows, native plants, and marsh habitats support wildlife and help sustain New York City’s coastline.
Category: Education, Nature, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Plant Practices
at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers to explore how Indigenous communities have traditionally used local plants for food, medicine, and daily life.
Category: Urban Park Rangers
Free!
The Lott House
at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
The Lott House is Marine Park's newest Living Neighborhood Museum. When it reopens, what changes will be found?
Category: History
Free!
Public Gallery Tour
at Wave Hill, Bronx
2:00 p.m.–2:45 p.m.
Solo and group exhibitions at Glyndor Gallery explore the dynamic relationships between nature, culture, and site.
Category: Art, Tours, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Wagner College: Children's Learn to Swim (Level 1)
at Wagner College Pool - Spiro Sports Center, Staten Island
5:00 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
Have fun learning basic swimming and safety skills in and around the water. For children.
Category: Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Wagner College: Children's Learn to Swim (Level 2)
at Wagner College Pool - Spiro Sports Center, Staten Island
5:45 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Have fun learning basic swimming and safety skills in and around the water. For children.
Category: Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Staten Island Shockwaves Swim Team
at Wagner College Pool - Spiro Sports Center, Staten Island
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Kids and teens can dive into competitive waters and join a Parks Swim Team.
Category: Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Sunday, November 8, 2026
Proximity Exhibition
at Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art (Building C) (in Snug Harbor Cultural Center), Staten Island
12:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Discover PROXIMITY, featuring 10 Snug Harbor studio artists across painting, photography & mixed media. Explore how shared spaces and creative connections shape artistic practice.
NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park
at Conference House Park, Staten Island
8:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area.
Category: Running/Jogging
Free!
NYRR Open Run: Marine Park
at Carmine Carro Community Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
8:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area.
Category: Running/Jogging
Free!
NYRR Open Run: Cunningham Park
at Cunningham Park Parking Lot (in Cunningham Park), Queens
8:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area.
Category: Running/Jogging
Free!
Fall Birding
at Wave Hill, Bronx
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Explore Wave Hill’s gardens, woodlands, and the skies overhead to look for resident and migrating birds.
Category: Birding, Education, Tours, Walking
Event
Strength & Cardio Circuit Training
at Dance Room (in St. John’s Recreation Center), Brooklyn
9:30 a.m.–10:15 a.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!
Family Art Project: Raptors in Autumn Sky
at Wave Hill, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Keep your eyes on the sky as you look for migrating hawks soaring above the Hudson River!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Birding, Best for Kids, Accessible Activities
Kids
Pumpkin Smash!
at East Fourth Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Bring your jack-o-lantern or pumpkin to compost.
Category: Nature, Gardening
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!
Honoring Veterans
at Carmine Carro Community Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Assemblymember Jaime Williams to commemorate the dedicated women and men from our community who enlisted to protect us all.
Category: History
Free!
Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This Urban Park Ranger led hike will take you through the forest to learn how to identify fungi.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Fall Foliage Hike
at Lafayette Avenue and Colgate Avenue (in Soundview Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a beautiful stroll around Soundview Park as we celebrate the changing of the seasons!
Category: Urban Park Rangers, Fall Foliage
Free!
Fall Foliage Tree ID Hike
at Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South (in Forest Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Discover the beauty of Forest Park on a colorful autumn hike with the Urban Park Rangers. Maple, oak and hickory are some of the most colorful species we will see.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Fall Foliage, Hiking
Free!
Outdoor Skills: Orienteering and Geocaching Hike
at Lawn Area (in Seaside Wildlife Nature Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Rangers on an orienteering based hike where the Rangers will teach you how to read and follow maps which will eventually lead to a geocache with prizes inside.
Category: Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Native American Heritage Month: Lenape Folktales
at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as they lead a walk around Snug Harbor to enjoy the beautiful landscape and learn about the Lenape’s traditional practice of oral storytelling.
Category: History, Urban Park Rangers, Hiking, Native American Heritage Month
Free!
Old Stone House: Open Hours
at Old Stone House (in Washington Park), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come visit the Old Stone House during our public Open Hours!
Category: Education, Art, History
Free!
Docent led tours of the Historic Conference House Museum
at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Take a docent led tour of the Conference House Museum also known as the Billiopp House located in Tottenville on Staten Island
Category: History, Tours, It's My Park, Seniors
Native American Heritage Month: Early Food Traditions
at Old Stone House (in Washington Park), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Learn how Lenape, Dutch, and English foodways blended to form the city’s earliest culinary culture.
Category: Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Garden Highlights Walk
at Wave Hill, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens.
Category: Nature, Walking
Leaf Peeping in Central Park Hike
at Entrance - West 100 Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on a hike around the North Woods of Central Park to see some colorful foliage and celebrate fall!
Category: Urban Park Rangers, Fall Foliage
Free!
Historic New York: Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
at 73rd Avenue and Hollis Hills Terrace (in Cunningham Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Walk along the historic Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, one of New York's earliest roadways and a corridor that now links several city parks.
Category: History, Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Nature's Workshop: Create Your Own Nature Field Guide
at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Every great explorer needs a guidebook. Join the Urban Park Rangers to learn how field guides help us identify and understand the world around us.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Urban Park Rangers, Workshops
Free!
Fiery Fall Sunset Yoga
at Wave Hill, Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Experience yoga at sunset with unforgettable views of the Hudson River and Palisades at their colorful fall peak.
Category: Nature, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Staten Island Shockwaves Swim Team
at Wagner College Pool - Spiro Sports Center, Staten Island
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Kids and teens can dive into competitive waters and join a Parks Swim Team.
Category: Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Monday, November 9, 2026
Yoga en Español (Yoga in Spanish)
at New York Public Library - Morningside Heights Branch, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Conéctate, equilibra y desafíate con Yoga en español.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Yoga & Pilates Classes
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!
Riverside Field House: Fall Bodyroll
at 102nd Street Field House (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Find your inner dancer and get your body moving with pure joy at this cathartic dance aerobics class with VIVA!
Category: Dance, Fitness, Dance 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!
Yoga
at Brooklyn Public Library- Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Connect with yourself in Yoga with Nicole, a class to be enjoyed by all.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
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.
Category: Fitness, Games, Best for Kids, Sports, Recreation Center Programming
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
Cardio Sculpt
at Dance Room (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
This high energy exercise class consists of functional and body weight strength exercises paired with cardio to get your heart pumping! Cardio Sculpt is taught to music and open to all
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Bodyweight Circuit Training
at MVMNT Fitness and Health Studio
5:30 p.m.–6:15 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, Exercise Classes
Free!
Zumba
at Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Church
5:30 p.m.–6:15 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, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Bodyweight Interval Training
at Multi-Use Room C (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Bodyweight Interval Training is an energetic yet low impact exercise class that will get your muscles moving!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Strong and Steady Circuit Training
at Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
Strong & Steady Circuit Training is a full-body workout designed for high-energy fun
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Low Impact Bodyweight Circuit Training
at Multi-Use Room (in Asser Levy Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–6:45 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!
Yoga
at Fort Totten Park-Building 422 - NE Queens Headquarters (in Fort Totten Park), Queens
6:15 p.m.–7:15 p.m.
Connect with yourself in this Yoga class with Ambeka, a class to be enjoyed by all.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
BollyX
at Dance Room (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
BollyX is a Bollywood inspired cardio dance fitness class inspired and is driven by the heart-pumping, energetic rhythms of cultural music from all parts of India.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Harlem Run: Monday Night Run
at Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan
6:45 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Harlem Run brings free weekly and inclusive pacer-led runs and walks throughout Harlem.
Category: Fitness, Outdoor Fitness, Running/Jogging, Walking
Free!
Bodyweight Power Circuit
at Dance Room (in Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
A full-body circuit designed to build strength, power, endurance, and confidence using just your bodyweight.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Bodyweight Circuit Training
at Multi-Use Room (in Asser Levy Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Using your own body weight, come experience this high energy bodyweight circuit training class!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
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