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Friday · Oct 30, 2026

37 events shown on this page

  1. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Discover New York City's Jazz Age History

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Resilient Jamaica Bay

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge

  4. The Sky Tonight

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Highlights of Brooklyn's Gravesend

    Neck Road Subway station, Brooklyn

  6. Iconic Views of Central Park Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Open Day – CUNY Graduate Center Classics Department

    CUNY Graduate Center, Manhattan

  8. Dominic Frank, PhD - Mount Sinai Neuroscience Seminars

    Hess Building
    Hidden gem

  9. Halloween Prelude: Haunted Greenwich Village Tour

    By Exploring NYC History and NeighborhoodsFree
    Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, Manhattan
    Free

  10. The Tumultuous Lives of Luminous Stars: Mass Loss, Mass Transfer, and White Dwarf Kicks

    With Jim Fuller
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  11. Discovery Tank Guided Gallery

    Hudson River Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn

    By Center for Brooklyn HistoryFree
    Center for Brooklyn History
    Free

  13. A 2-Dimensional Theory of Argument Strength with Applications

    With Branden Fitelson
    West Duke 202
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  14. Annual Ridgway Lecture: Oplontis: New Discoveries at Villas A and B

    University of Washington
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Decoding Cellular Circuits in Intestinal Regeneration and Tumorigenesis

    With Eduardo Villablanca, Ph.D.
    CASPARY AUDITORIUM
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Brooklyn Heights at Twilight: The Weird, Wonderful, and In-Between

    Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn

  17. Damian White | Designing the Just Transition

    By NYU Center for Urban Science + ProgressFree
    Brooklyn
    FreeHidden gem

  18. CCA Seminar: Jenny Ni, “Remaking Places: Comanche Politics, Rock Art, and the Shaping of Landscapes”

    With Jenny Ni
    Columbia University

  19. Living History After Dark

    Fraunces Tavern® Museum, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  21. Paper Cuts: Independent Publishing in the United States, 2000-2025

    Free
    Center for Book Arts (Chelsea)
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Longevity Stick Class

    WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn

  23. Make A Cutting Board

    With Cade DrummerTicketed
    Recess Grove, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  25. Sina Najafi Talks About Genocide With Eyal Weizman

    With Eyal Weizman and Sina Najafi
    Giorno Poetry Systems
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  27. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  28. Public Stargazing

    Stull Observatory
    UnconfirmedHidden gem
    Unconfirmed

  29. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  30. Public Viewing Sessions

    Free
    UNM Campus Observatory
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  31. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery

  32. Hereafter Hours

    By The Green-Wood Cemetery
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  1. Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. Halloween in the Park: Magic Show, Science Show, Face Painting, Trick-or-Treating, & More

    With Chris Capehart and Crazy ScienceFree
    Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan
    Free

  3. Tech Happy Hour by Startup Grind

    Time Out Market Union Square, Manhattan

  4. Bill Blyer Presents Long Island and The Civil War

    By Queens Historical Society · with Bill Blyer
    Kingsland

  5. J-KURU NEW YORK Evening Japanese Conversation

    The Hugh, Manhattan
Open Friday, 2026-10-30

Saturday · Oct 31, 2026

63 events shown on this page

  1. Reading in Italian & Musicalinasce in Costume for Halloween

    By Istituto Italiano di Cultura New York

  2. Highlights Tour

    Governors Island, Manhattan

  3. Tastes of Chinatown: Neighborhood History and Food Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Spooktacular Girls in Business

    338 W 36th St., Manhattan

  5. Dia de los Muertos at the Queens Zoo

    Queens Zoo
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. Historic Haunts of Lower Manhattan

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  7. Walking Tour of Historic Turtle Bay

    1st Avenue & East 47th Street, Manhattan

  8. Revolution in Old New York: Soldiers, Spies & Statesmen

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Japanese Maples Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Central Park Fall Bird Walk - Bluebirds

    Location to be announced to all who RSVP

  11. ILOA Galaxy Forum Jakarata, Indonesia

    Jakarta, Indonesia
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  12. Halloween Bird "Tweets" in Green-wood Cemetery

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  13. Concrete to Trails: Hogencamp Mountain

    Appalachian Mountain Club New York-North Jersey

  14. Boston – Franklin Park – Scarboro Pond

    Boston – Franklin Park Tennis Courts (Meeting Spot)
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  15. Birding

    Pelham Bay Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  16. Halloween Bird "Tweets" in Green-wood Cemetery

    By Brooklyn Bird Club
    Green-wood Cemetery Main Gate

  17. No Kimchi for Me Story Time with Aram Kim

    McCarren Park Greenmarket, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  18. Ambassador & Volunteer

    Free
    Battery Maritime Building
    FreeHidden gem

  19. Greenwood Cemetery Halloween Hike

    500 25th Street, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  20. The World & Me: Bat Week Extravaganza with special guests…Arachnids

    Free
    Natural History Museum
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  21. Daffodil Bulbs Giveaway and Volunteer Gardening

    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  22. Central Park Woodland Walk: The North Woods

    Ticketed
    Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  23. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  24. Saturday Science for Students

    By The Explorers Club · with Dr. Sixto PortillaFree
    Free

  25. DC | Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

    With Grupo los Tecuanes, David Amorozo and 1 moreFree
    American Indian Museum DC
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  26. Grow Your Own Future: Hydroponics for Adults

    Ticketed
    Idlewild Environmental Center
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  27. Magicians and Mediums Trolley Tour

    By The Green-Wood CemeteryTicketed
    Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn

  28. Meet Our Animals: Peculiar Pigs

    Ticketed
    Queens County Farm Museum, Queens
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  29. Empricism and the Philosophy of Mind Week 1

    By NYC Philosophy and Psychology Readers CommunityFree
    Pier 57, Manhattan
    FreeHidden gem

  30. Creepy Crawly Halloween

    Free
    Audubon Center at the Boathouse, Prospect Park
    Free

  31. High Line Tour: From Freight to Flowers

  32. Spooky Story Time with Natalie Cronin

    82nd Street Greenmarket, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  33. CleanSweep

    Plumb Beach

  34. Green-Wood Cemetery

    By New York Mycological Society
    Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  35. Forest Restoration

    Canarsie Park
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  36. Finding Your Story: The Power of Personal Narrative with Judith Hannan

    With Judith Hannan
    Adams Street, Small Meeting Room

  37. Current Events in Government & Politics

    Dyker Library

  38. Halloween Fall Foliage Walk

    Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

  39. Intermediate English Class (We Speak NYC)

    Brooklyn Public Library - Sheepshead Bay Branch

  40. Explore a Unique Pocket of NYC: A Look at History, Design, & Environment

    Free
    New York City ( NYC )
    Free

  41. Exhibition Workshop: Halloween Amulet Making

    With Carl Walsh and Leopoldo Fox-ZampiccoliFree
    Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
    Free

  42. Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife

    Free
    Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  43. Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

    With Cetiliztli NauhcampaFree
    National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center, Manhattan
    FreeUnconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  44. Halloween Walk-Up Paddling – 2nd St.

  45. Dia de los Muertos Celebration at Brooklyn Army Terminal

    Free
    Brooklyn Army Terminal Arches
    Free

  46. Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station

    By New York Transit MuseumTicketed
    Off-Site
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  47. Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  48. Halloween Hike to Heyerdahl Hill

    Free
    Blood Root Valley
    Free

  49. Fall Splendor Tour

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden
    Magnolia Plaza

  50. Hubble’s Immersive Universe

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed
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  1. South Street Seaport Tour

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  2. East New York Farms Volunteer Days

    ENY Youth Farm, Brooklyn
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  3. Fall Foliage Tour

    At the Garden
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  4. Dinner with Entrepreneurs | Manhattan (Giving Back Edition)

    Restaurant of the Week, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  5. Early Voting

    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  6. McGolrick Bird Club

    Free
    McGolrick Park, Brooklyn
    Free

  7. How Not to Kill Your Houseplants

    By Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  8. American Museum of Natural History + All Ticketed Exhibitions

    Ticketed
    American Museum of Natural History, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  9. Planet Spectacular

    Strasenburgh Planetarium Star Theater
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  10. Halloween Hike in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery

    Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

  11. Book Chat

    Brooklyn Heights Library, Orange Meeting Room

  12. Weekly Vigil for Yemen

    One Union Square South, Manhattan
    Unconfirmed
    Unconfirmed

  13. Spooky Storytime for Halloween

    Central Library, Youth Wing
Open Saturday, 2026-10-31
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