NYC Parks Events Calendar

Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.

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from July 1, 2025 to March 8, 2026

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Jul 6

NYRR Open Run: Conference House Park

at Conference House Park, Staten Island

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area.
Free!

Jul 6

NYRR Open Run: Marine Park

at Carmine Carro Community Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area.
Free!

Jul 6

NYRR Open Run: Cunningham Park

at Cunningham Park Parking Lot (in Cunningham Park), Queens

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
NYRR Open Run Brings free, 5K weekly community-led runs, to neighborhood parks across the greater New York City area.
Free!

Jul 6

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!

Jul 6

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, STEM Classes, Gardening
Free!

Jul 6

Yoga with Astoria Yoga

at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens

10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Socrates is delighted to offer FREE yoga classes of Vinyasa yoga – a series of flowing poses linked to the awareness of breath with instructors from Astoria Yoga (on Sundays). Classes are designed for all experience levels.
Category: Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!

Jul 6

Family Art Project: Frida's Natural Self-Portraits

at Wave Hill, Bronx

10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Celebrate Frida Kahlo’s birthday while making your own self portraits featuring nature found at Wave Hill.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Best for Kids, Workshops

Best For
Kids

Jul 6

Birding: Shorebirds

at Ocean Breeze Pier, Seaview Avenue and Father Capodanno Boulevard (in Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach), Staten Island

10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Learn more about cormorants, gulls, terns, oystercatchers and other shorebirds. Bring binoculars and sunscreen!
Category: Birding, Urban Park Rangers
Free!

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Jul 6

Birding by Canoe Excursion

at Canoe and Kayak Launch (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx

10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
All canoe programs are for ages 8 years and older. Participants are chosen by lottery. Lottery registration opens on Wednesday June 25.
Category: Urban Park Rangers
Free!

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Jul 6

CANCELED: Total Body Feteness®

at Fit4Dance NYC, Brooklyn

11:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
This Caribbean-infused full body circuit training class incorporates cardio, strength, and balance exercises to help improve your overall fitness.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!

Jul 6

Beginner Yoga

at Sobelsohn Basketball Court (in Forest Park), Queens

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Connect with yourself in Beginner Yoga, a class to be enjoyed by all. Experience a fun and light-hearted, beginner flow that will move you seamlessly from Sun Salutation to a final peak
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!

Jul 6

Historic New York: Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

at Fort Greene Park Visitor Center (in Fort Greene Park), Brooklyn

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Discover the history of this Brooklyn landmark that pays tribute to the 11,000 men, women, and children who died on British Prison Ships during the Revolutionary War.
Category: History, Urban Park Rangers
Free!

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Jul 6

Volunteer Workday at Green Oasis Garden

at Green Oasis Community Garden/Gilbert's Garden (in ), Manhattan

12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Volunteer at Green Oasis Community Garden to help us maintain our community-led space. You'll learn how to plant, prune, identify plants and trees, compost, do basic carpentry, and more!
Category: Volunteer, Gardening
Free!

Jul 6

Historic New York: The Revolutionary War’s Hidden Environmental Story

at Myrtle Avenue and Park Lane South (in Forest Park), Queens

12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we uncover how the American Revolution reshaped the natural world. This program offers a unique perspective on the war and how it was tied to the land.
Category: History, Urban Park Rangers
Free!

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Jul 6

Conference House Tours

at Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park), Staten Island

12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Tours are offered on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 - 4 pm until December 13th.
Category: Education, Art, Tours, It's My Park, Hiking

Jul 6

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens

1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Tours, It's My Park, Seniors, Accessible Activities

Best For
Kids

Jul 6

Nature's Workshop: Natural Inks and Dyes

at Entrance (in Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech), Queens

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an afternoon of making inks and dyes of different colors using natural materials harvested throughout the year.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Urban Park Rangers
Free!

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Jul 6

Outdoor Skills: Colonial Cooking

at Old Stone House (in Washington Park), Brooklyn

1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a demonstration of the practices of cooking back in colonial times.
Category: Urban Park Rangers
Free!

Jul 6

Birding: Beginner Birding

at 165th Street and Edgecombe Avenue (in Highbridge Park), Manhattan

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn a new skill and take up a new hobby as we help you identify some of the most common birds found in our parks.
Category: Birding, Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Wildlife
Free!

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Jul 6

Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

at Ralph Ellison Plaza, Manhattan

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Community jazz concerts featuring an array of local musicians and vocalists.
Category: Concerts
Free!

Jul 6

Garden Highlights Walk

at Wave Hill, Bronx

2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens every Sunday.
Category: Wildlife, Walking
Free!

Jul 6

Happy Birthday America! Concert with SI Philharmonic

at Great Lawn (in Conference House Park), Staten Island

4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
SI Philharmonic LIVE Performance – Happy Birthday America!
Category: Concerts, It's My Park
Free!

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Jul 6

Kes

at Rumsey Playfield (in Central Park), Manhattan

6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Trinidadian soca group returns to Central Park after last year’s sell-out show
Category: Concerts

Jul 6

Hudson Classical Theater Company Presents: Sense and Sensibility

at Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan

6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
The Hudson Classical Theater Company Presents Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility!
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater

Jul 6

NY Classical presents: All's Well That Ends Well

at Castle Clinton (in The Battery), Manhattan

7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Experience free, professional, immersive Shakespeare in NYC parks with "All’s Well That Ends Well"—no tickets, no lines, just bold performances under the stars.
Category: Art, Theater, Free Summer Concerts
Free!

Jul 6

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays featuring Loboko

at Pier I (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan

7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Vibrant live music accompanied by spectacular sunsets over the Hudson River.
Category: Concerts, Waterfront
Free!

Jul 6

Movies Under the Stars: Toy Story

at Multi-Use Hard Top (in Equity Playground), Queens

9:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Computer-animated tale centering on the rivalry between two children's toys: Woody, a cowboy doll who's the leader and the brains of the group, and a spaceman named Buzz Lightyear.
Category: Film, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the Stars
Free!