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.
Friday, May 2, 2025
Pre-Mother's Day Celebration
at Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn 

5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Join us for a Mother’s Day celebration to honor all the amazing mothers in the community at Von King Cultural Arts Center with performances and words!
Category: Mother's Day, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Friday, May 9, 2025
Mother's Day Hat Show
at Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn 

2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Celebrate Mother’s Day in style at Von King with a one-of-a-kind Hat Show honoring the incredible mothers in our community!
Category: Mother's Day, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Mommy and me paint event
at Hamilton Fish Recreation Center (in Hamilton Fish Recreation Center), Manhattan 

12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Celebrate Mother's day with a relaxing painting event.
Category: Art, Mother's Day, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Mother Earth Cleanup and Nature Exploration
at Beach 54th and Almeda Avenue (in Rockaway Community Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Celebrate Mother's Day and honor Mother Earth by collecting the trash washing up on the shores of Jamaica Bay as you learn about the park’s ecosystem and natural world.
Category: Volunteer, Urban Park Rangers, Mother's Day
Free!
Insect Exploration: The Motherly Instincts of Insects
at Hoyt Avenue North and 19th Street (in Astoria Park)
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day by learning about some of the most doting mothers of the insect world! Rangers will highlight a variety of insect species found in NYC Parks
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Mother's Day
Free!