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Wave Hill gives you both the broad Hudson view and smaller gardens to explore up close. The Pergola frames the river and the Palisades, drawing the distant landscape into the garden’s formal composition. From the flower beds, you can move into the narrow hillside paths of the Wild Garden or explore the wooded grounds.
Producers selling local farm produce and small-batch foods gather at the Riverdale Y Sunday Market, south of Wave Hill. You can browse cheese, coffee and pickles alongside produce, meeting the people behind the goods as you shop. Held outdoors at St. Gabriel’s on Netherland Avenue, this is a Sunday neighborhood gathering, with food shopping at its center.
Irish musicians, local performers and the Poor Mouth Theatre Company all contribute to An Beal Bocht Cafe’s program. You can pair a pub meal with music here, with a long-running Irish traditional session forming part of the cafe’s identity. The changing schedule also includes theatre, comedy and poetry. Open since 1991, the cafe sits east of the Sunday market on West 238th Street.
The people who lived and worked at Van Cortlandt House Museum are the focus of an optional continuation east into Van Cortlandt Park. You can explore the eighteenth-century house on a self-guided visit, moving through furnished rooms with decorative arts that interpret life from 1749 to 1823. The furnishings are authentic to the period, though only a small portion belonged to the Van Cortlandt family.
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 Irish Trad Session | Sun, Oct 18 | An Beal Bocht Cafe, RiverdaleRiverdale · Bronx | Sundays 3:30-6:30pmPrice not listed |
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 Open Mic | Tue, Oct 20 | An Beal Bocht Cafe, RiverdaleRiverdale · Bronx | Tuesdays 9pmPrice not listed |
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Hear traditional Irish music at An Beal Bocht Cafe’s weekly Sunday session.
🚇 238 St (1) · 6 min walk
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An Beal Bocht Cafe holds a weekly open mic with Eric Sullivan.
🚇 238 St (1) · 6 min walk
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A garden overlooking the Hudson with plant collections, art exhibitions in the galleries and a cafe.
4.8★ from 2,232 Google reviews
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This is a secondhand shop where you dig through racks of clothing, shoes and accessories, plus sections of housewares, furniture and books.
4.1★ from 1,265 Google reviews
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An Irish cafe and bar in Riverdale with live music scheduled almost every night, including the borough's longest-running Irish trad session.
4.6★ from 680 Google reviews
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This isn't a place you visit — Dave is a children's magician who comes to you, performing at birthday parties, summer camps, schools and libraries across the five boroughs and the wider Tri-State area.
5★ from 482 Google reviews
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You walk through an 18th-century New York provisioning plantation house, with the interpretation focused on the people who lived and worked on the property between 1749 and 1823 and on the decorative arts collection.
4.6★ from 231 Google reviews
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Riding lessons by appointment, seven days a week, across two campuses at Twin Lakes Farm.
4.2★ from 214 Google reviews
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The park has over 20 miles of hiking trails, including the easy 0.6-mile John Kieran Trail that starts at Van Cortlandt Lake, the 1.5-mile John Muir Trail across the middle of the park, and the 2.3-mile Old Croton Aqueduct Trail that follows an 1830s water tunnel.
4.4★ from 147 Google reviews
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A branch of the public library system where you can borrow books, use the computers, or take part in the programmes it runs.
4.4★ from 137 Google reviews
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TCR is a membership athletic club in Riverdale rather than a drop-in destination.
4★ from 97 Google reviews
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5★ from 84 Google reviews
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A weekly outdoor market at St.
4.5★ from 78 Google reviews
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The nature center sits inside Van Cortlandt Park between the Van Cortlandt House Museum and the tennis courts, with the wooded part of the park around it.
4.6★ from 74 Google reviews
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Nieves teaches salsa and bachata classes, and runs kids' classes alongside the adult schedule.
4.5★ from 61 Google reviews
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A 2.58-acre neighbourhood playground on Hudson Manor Terrace with playground equipment plus a baseball field, basketball courts, handball courts and pickleball courts.
4.1★ from 42 Google reviews
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Van Cortlandt Park has two separate sets of public outdoor hard courts: ten at the Stadium site near W.
4.7★ from 24 Google reviews
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Riverdale has a wooded trail with Hudson views and a separate promenade that brings you directly to the waterfront.
Families can make art inspired by nature at Wave Hill or spend outdoor time at neighborhood playgrounds and sports fields.
Lunch can stay within Wave Hill’s grounds or take you to a neighborhood kosher deli for soup and substantial sandwiches.
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