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Thursday Oct. 23, 2025

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

10 am

Tot Time!

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Rainbow Playground at Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692The Rockaways

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10:30 am – 4:30 pm

Fantastical Realities: Sandra Caplan, Maya Ciarrocchi, and Ray Ciarrocchi

Art
Free

Derfner Judaica MuseumRiverdale

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House Warming

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New York

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

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2 – 5 pm

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Ages: 12 and under
Art
Attractions
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
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Family

Dongan Hills Library

Ryan Byrnes

5 – 6 pm

Italian-American Heritage Month: History and Author Talk with Ryan Byrnes at Whitestone Library

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6 – 7 pm

Marina Tsvetaeva — One of the 20th Century’s Most Powerful Poetic Voices, Now in Jazz at the Sheepshead Bay Library

Dance
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BaySheepshead Bay

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

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Friday Oct. 24

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

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Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

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Pickleball Pandemonium

8 – 10:30 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!

Free
Sports

Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation Center

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9 am – 5 pm

Adapt/Evolve

Art
Free

FIT Art and Design Gallery

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10 am – 6 pm

Sea Chapel

RISE, 58-03 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Far Rockaway, NY 11692The Rockaways

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Family
Free

IKEA House Warming

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Noon – 8 pm

Dress, Dreams, and Desire: Fashion and Psychoanalysis

Art
Free

The Museum at FITChelsea

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Noon – 5 pm

L’Alliance New York Announces North American Premiere of Les tutomouves 2025 Crossing The Line Festival

L’Alliance New York

2 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dakota’sThrogs Neck

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2 – 8 pm

NYC Public Interest Technology (PIT) Pop-Up

Free

The Oculus World Trade CenterLower Manhattan

2:30 – 6:30 pm

Asphalt Screams

Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side CampusUpper East Side

3 – 5 pm

Pickleball Open Class

Ages: All
Classes
Family
Free

Gantry Plaza State Park – Handball CourtsLong Island City

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3:30 – 5:30 pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Family
Free

Faber ParkPort Richmond

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3:30 – 6 pm

Walker Park: Wicked Walker Haunted House & Family Fun Halloween Event

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Walker ParkRandall Manor

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5 – 10 pm

Free Friday Nights

Art
Free

The Whitney Museum of American Art

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