Join NYC Parks staff in free activities in NYC's playgrounds, including organized sports, games, fitness demos, board games, water games, and more!
outdoorFREEInwood Hill Park — West 218th Street and Indian Road · Inwood
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a walk through Inwood Hill Park and find out what plants and animals call this Forever Wild site home.
outdoorFREEWashington Square Park — Northwest Corner Seating Area · Greenwich Village
Led by a local teaching artist, this drop-in class invites participants to explore creativity through hands-on artmaking under the shade of Scrabble Plaza’s trees.
outdoorFREEAlice Austen Park — Hylan Boulevard and Edgewater Street · Rosebank
Join the Urban Park Rangers to learn about the ecological importance of New York Harbor to humans and wildlife. give back to the planet with a shoreline trash clean-up.
FREEWhole Neighborhood Garden · Bedford-Stuyvesant
Kinfolk Tech wants to bring the Stories We Tend: A Garden Salon by Kinfolk Tech to local community gardens for a one-day community event.
FREEQPL Flushing Branch · Flushing
Join us for an extraordinary afternoon of Chinese opera and classical music featuring a piano solo from The Butterf
danceFlushing Dance Club · Flushing
Private lessons and rehearsal sessions at Flushing Dance Club in Flushing, offered as recurring drop-in sessions.
Queens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Join Queens Botanical Garden, NYC Emergency Management, and Guardians of Flushing Bay for a fun, family-friendly day focused on emergency preparedness, climate resilience, and keeping our communities safe. Families can enjoy hands-on activities, meet local community partners, and learn simple ways to prepare for emergencies and protect our waterways and neighborhoods. Activities include: – Craft making for kids and families -Community Partner Tabling with local organizations and preparedness resources -Please Don’t Flush Climate Play at 1:30 PM, a fun and engaging performance about protecting our waterways and environment -music and more Come learn, create, connect, and get prepared together! Arrive before 11 am for free admission. After 11, admission is $6 for Non-members. RSVP Here.
outdoorQueens Botanical Garden · Flushing
Enjoy a free Queens Arts Fund–supported concert by The Brass Tree. Blending brass, percussion, jazz and electronics into evolving soundscapes. The Brass Tree is a collaboration between Rossen Nedelchev and composer Greg Hammontree that blends brass, percussion, and electronic sound design into evolving soundscapes. Supported by the Queens Arts Fund, the project will culminate in a free public concert at the Queens Botanical Garden on September 27, 2026. Inspired by the organic growth of a tree — each musical voice forming a branch in a living sonic canopy — the performance invites Garden visitors and the surrounding community into an open, exploratory musical experience while bringing contemporary music to a treasured public space in Flushing. RSVP Here (tickets include Garden Admission).