Brooklyn Children's Museum
Totally Tots: ages 0-6.
Your child can play with water and sand, make music, dress up, and build with blocks in Totally Tots, which has nine sensory play areas.
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Bronx Zoo
At the Bronx Zoo’s JungleWorld, you and your child come face to face with tree kangaroos, Indian gharials and other creatures from Asian jungles. The exhibit introduces you to the variety of animal life found in those jungles.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
At Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, your children can head to Slide Mountain for towering slides built into a landscaped hill, then try Swing Valley, with its dozens of swings.
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SeaGlass Carousel
SeaGlass Carousel: children of all ages.
Your child rides inside an iridescent fish at SeaGlass Carousel, gliding through the sights and sounds of a 360-degree aquatic world. George Tsypin Opera Factory created the underwater experience, while the spiraling pavilion takes its shape from a chambered nautilus.
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New York Hall of Science
Preschool Place: children 6 and under, with their grownups.
At Preschool Place, your child can explore, discover and build through multisensory activities in a protected area for young learners and their grownups.
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New York Aquarium
At the New York Aquarium, you and your children can go below the surface to meet sharks, rays, sea turtles, and other marine animals. This animal-focused outing takes you right off the Coney Island Boardwalk.
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Central Park
At Heckscher Playground in Central Park, your children can swing, slide, and explore a maze-like climber, with views of Midtown Manhattan from the playground.
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New York Transit Museum
You and your child can see twenty vintage subway and elevated cars dating back to 1907, plus a working signal tower.
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Family Art-Making and Gallery Activities
Studio Sundays brings families into the galleries for art activities, exhibition-inspired workshops and stories by authors and illustrators of African descent.
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Pumpkin Patch
You can wander Queens Farm’s pumpkin patch and choose a pumpkin to take home.
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51st Annual Atlantic Antic Festival
Atlantic Avenue’s restaurants and shops join craft vendors, music and a kids’ block with circus performers for a day in the street.
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Agriculture Fair
Try corn husking, take a hayride and square dance at Queens County Farm Museum’s agricultural fair.
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Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival
Fuzhou-style potato balls, Malaysian sweets and small-run art prints share the bill at this Mid-Autumn gathering.
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Climate Week: Transform a T Shirt into a Tote Bag
Greenbelt Conservancy shows you how to turn a T-shirt into a reusable tote bag.
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Monday, October 5
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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| Immersive Butterfly Vivarium | Mon, Oct 5 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week$9 for adults; $7 for children. |
| Open Play Pickleball for All Ages | Mon, Oct 5 | Battery Park CityBattery Park City · Manhattan | Mon 5 Oct |
| Pumpkin Patch | Mon, Oct 5 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immersive Butterfly Vivarium | Tue, Oct 6 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week$9 for adults; $7 for children. |
| Pumpkin Patch | Tue, Oct 6 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art in the Park | Wed, Oct 7 | Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village · Manhattan | Wed 7 Oct |
| I Accidentally Wrote a Book (2024): Hungarian Family Comedy-Drama | Wed, Oct 7 | Turtle BayTurtle Bay · Manhattan | Wed 7 Oct |
| Immersive Butterfly Vivarium | Wed, Oct 7 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week$9 for adults; $7 for children. |
| Pumpkin Patch | Wed, Oct 7 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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| Heritage Farm Stand | Thu, Oct 8 | New BrightonNew Brighton · Staten Island | Thu 8 Oct + 1 more date |
| Immersive Butterfly Vivarium | Thu, Oct 8 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week$9 for adults; $7 for children. |
| Park Open Studio | Thu, Oct 8 | Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village · Manhattan | Thu 8 Oct |
| Pumpkin Patch | Thu, Oct 8 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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| Immersive Butterfly Vivarium | Fri, Oct 9 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week$9 for adults; $7 for children. |
| Movies Under the Stars: The Nightmare Before Christmas | PG | Fri, Oct 9 | Little NeckLittle Neck · Queens | Fri 9 Oct |
| Pumpkin Patch | Fri, Oct 9 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week |
| TSQ LIVE Summer Friday: Night Talks | Fri, Oct 9 | Times SquareTimes Square · Manhattan | Fri 9 Oct |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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| Amazing Maize Maze | Sat, Oct 10 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | Sat 10 OctAdults $17; children ages 3-11 $10; children 2 and under free, no ticket required. |
| Broadway Astoria Festival | Sat, Oct 10 | AstoriaAstoria · Queens | Sat 10 Oct |
| Cottage Row Curiosities | Sat, Oct 10 | New BrightonNew Brighton · Staten Island | Sat 10 Oct |
| Grow & Gather: Family Gardening Program | Sat, Oct 10 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | Sat 10 Oct$5 |
| Heritage Farm Stand | Sat, Oct 10 | New BrightonNew Brighton · Staten Island | Thu 8 Oct + 1 more date |
| Immersive Butterfly Vivarium | Sat, Oct 10 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week$9 for adults; $7 for children. |
| Pinocchio and Gepetto’s Big Apple Adventure | Sat, Oct 10 | Brooklyn | Sat 10 Oct |
| Pumpkin Patch | Sat, Oct 10 | Glen OaksGlen Oaks · Queens | all week |
| Sing Along Brunch | Sat, Oct 10 | Forest HillsForest Hills · Queens | Sun 4 OctPrice not listed |
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
children's museum · indoors
Totally Tots: ages 0-6.
Your child can play with water and sand, make music, dress up, and build with blocks in Totally Tots, which has nine sensory play areas.
More info ▾
New York Hall of Science
science museum · indoors
Preschool Place: children 6 and under, with their grownups.
At Preschool Place, your child can explore, discover and build through multisensory activities in a protected area for young learners and their grownups.
More info ▾
Bronx Zoo
zoo
At the Bronx Zoo’s JungleWorld, you and your child come face to face with tree kangaroos, Indian gharials and other creatures from Asian jungles. The exhibit introduces you to the variety of animal life found in those jungles.
More info ▾
New York Transit Museum
museum · indoors
You and your child can see twenty vintage subway and elevated cars dating back to 1907, plus a working signal tower.
More info ▾
Brooklyn Bridge Park
scenic viewpoint · outdoors
At Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, your children can head to Slide Mountain for towering slides built into a landscaped hill, then try Swing Valley, with its dozens of swings.
More info ▾
New York Aquarium
aquarium · indoors
At the New York Aquarium, you and your children can go below the surface to meet sharks, rays, sea turtles, and other marine animals. This animal-focused outing takes you right off the Coney Island Boardwalk.
More info ▾
Staten Island Children's Museum
children's museum · indoors
Block Harbor: ages 0-5
Your child can explore the pirate ship in Block Harbor at Staten Island Children’s Museum and imagine sailing to destinations they dream up.
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Central Park
nature preserve · outdoors
At Heckscher Playground in Central Park, your children can swing, slide, and explore a maze-like climber, with views of Midtown Manhattan from the playground.
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Queens Zoo
zoo
Your child can get to know goats, sheep, cows, and alpacas at the Queens Zoo’s farm, where meeting the animals is the focus of the outing.
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SeaGlass Carousel
amusement park ride · outdoors
SeaGlass Carousel: children of all ages.
Your child rides inside an iridescent fish at SeaGlass Carousel, gliding through the sights and sounds of a 360-degree aquatic world. George Tsypin Opera Factory created the underwater experience, while the spiraling pavilion takes its shape from a chambered nautilus.
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Abigail's Kitchen
culinary school · indoors
A cooking school on Henry Street where classes are hands-on in a working restaurant kitchen — the photos show students kneading dough, rolling fresh pasta through a machine and learning knife technique from the chef. It also hosts Dinners in the Dark, a blindfolded dinner where you eat by smell, touch and taste.
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All Star Studios
dance school · indoors
A Forest Hills performing arts studio where children enroll in classes rather than visit. Classes on offer are tap, jazz/contemporary, ballet, pointe, hip hop, acrobatics and adult ballet, aimed at building flexibility, coordination, strength and poise.
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Things to do in NYC with kids — what parents ask
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