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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.
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Easter Egg Hunt at West 23rd Street Community Garden
at West 23rd Street Community Garden
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Come to West 23rd Street Community Garden for an Easter Egg Hunt for children 12 years and under. Refreshments will be served. Fun for the whole family!
Category: Nature, Games, Easter
Free!
Plant a Seed Day at Garden of Love
at Garden of Love, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Garden of Love for a volunteer workday to start seeds!
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Event
Earth Month Convergence, Day 1
at Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
We are pleased to partner with Start:Empowerment and their co-host Dandelions Assembly for a space to build, strategize, and care for one another and the earth in the face of escalating crises.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Festivals, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Waterfront, Workshops
Free!
Event
Easter Egg Hunt
at Clay Avenue Community Garden, Bronx 
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Damiana Pizarro Community Garden will host a fun day with activities for the children and Egg Hunting, to celebrate Easter. First search for hidden eggs will be at 12:00 p.m. The second will be at 2:00 p.m. All are welcome!
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Easter, Gardening
Free!
Kids
ENY Oasis Spring Egg hunt
at ENY Oasis Community Garden, Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
This fun-filled event is perfect for children ages 1 to 13 and packed with activities for the whole family to enjoy. Egg Hunt Starts at 2:00 p.m. Sharp!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Games, Best for Kids, Easter
Free!
Kids
Eggstra-Ordinary Egg Hunt
at Jardín de la Familia, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Jardin de la Familia will be holding activities to celebrate Easter. Festivities include games, egg painting, entertainment, and more!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Games, Tours, Easter, Accessible Activities
Free!
Event
Compost Care Volunteer Day
at Bronx River Community Garden (in ), Bronx
12:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Come lend a hand to Bronx Rover Community Garden! Volunteers will help turn and harvest compost and learn how to maintain a compost system.
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
It's My Park at Astoria Sitting Area
12:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Triboro G to beautify at Astoria Sitting Area.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Easter Egg Hunt at Nehemiah 10 Community Garden
at Nehemiah Ten Community Garden, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Come to Nehemiah 10 Community Garden and join the garden group for an Easter egg hunt! Fun for the whole family!
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Easter
Free!
Kids
It's My Park at Willis Playground
at Willis Playground, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Volunteer with South Bronx Unite to do a general clean-up and mulch the tree pits at Willis Playground.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Pressed Botanicals Workshop with the Horticulture Team
at Icahn Stadium (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us for a relaxing, creative, and free workshop where you’ll learn how to press and arrange flowers and leaves to create beautiful works of art hosted by RIPA’s Horticulture Team!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Art, Workshops, STEM Classes
Free!
Event
Easter Egg Hunt at Bronx Sunshine Garden
at Bronx Sunshine Garden (in ), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come to Bronx Sunshine Garden for an Easter Egg Hunt for community kids!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Games, Best for Kids, Easter, Accessible Activities
Free!
Event
Volunteer Garden Workday at Umoja Garden
at Umoja Garden (Garden Beautiful), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
The spring gardening season is here! Join Umoja Garden for an afternoon starting seeds in trays and direct sowing in garden beds.
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Community Engagement Tea
at Q Gardens Community Farm, Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Come to Q Gardens for a Community Engagement Tea by Tea Arts & Culture and mentee, Noopur Bhandari.
Category: Education, Workshops
Free!
Hands-on History: Gardening Day!
at King Manor Museum (in Rufus King Park), Queens
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Can you dig it? Join us as we plant our first round of crops and flowers in King Manor’s raised bed gardens to welcome in the spring!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Art, History, Food, Gardening
Free!
Event
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
Kids
Walking Tour: The Tredwells’ World of 19th Century Noho
at Merchant's House Museum, Manhattan
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
With the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, the city’s economy boomed and wealthy merchant families escaped the increasing noise, congestion, and commercialization of the seaport area to move “uptown,” to what is now modern day NoHo, then an exclusive residential enclave. Join us as we explore the Tredwells’ elite neighborhood and discover what life was like for the wealthy merchant class in the mid-19th century.
Category: Education, History, Tours, Talks, Walking
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Snug Storytime
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Bring your grown-ups to the museum to hear stories about mermaids, pirates, ships, and the sea!
Category: Accessible Activities
Free!
Planting for the Future at Le Petit Versailles Garden
at Le Petit Versailles, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Join Le Petit Versailles for a volunteer workday to meet community gardeners and assist with starting seeds, cleaning up, and general organization of the garden.
Category: Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Event
Annual Easter Egg Hunt
at Frederick Douglass Blvd Community Garden, Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Come to Frederick Douglass Boulevard Community Garden for their Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Festivities include: an Easter Egg Hunt, snacks, painting, and more. Fun for the whole family!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Best for Kids, Easter
Free!
Event
Sunday, April 20, 2025
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!
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!
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!
Kenshō [seeing nature] & Mudita [sympathetic joy]
at Visitor Center - Satterlee Street and Hylan Boulevard (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
This evolving exhibit, begun in May 2024, reflects the changing seasons. New works highlight local flora, exploring our connection to nature through Muditā—the joy found in others' well-being.
Category: Art, Accessible Activities
Free!
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!
It's My Park at WNYC Transmitter Park
at WNYC Transmitter Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Transmitter Park to beautify at WNYC Transmitter Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Brighton Playground
at Brighton Beach Playground (in Brighton Playground), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Asser Levy Park to beautify Brighton Playground with planting and mulching.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Neptune Avenue Greenstreet
at Luna Park Housing Complex, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Asser Levy Park to help plant and maintain the new butterfly garden at the Neptune Avenue Greenstreet.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at St. Mary's Park
at St. Mary's Park, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Friends of St. Mary's Park to do a general cleanup at St. Mary's Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
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!
It's My Park at Sunset Park
at Sunset Park Recreation Center (in Sunset Park), Brooklyn , Sunset Park, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify Sunset Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Volunteer Garden Workday at Union Street Garden
at Union St. Garden and Community Development, Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn about pollinator gardens and lend a hand with some springtime pruning of our extensive pollinator beds. Leave with a bundle of herbs or some pollinator seeds to plant at home!
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Over, Under, Through
at Parkour Park (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join The Movement Creative for a 6-week Sunday Summer Series to learn the basics of parkour. Have a blast while getting strong!
Category: Fitness, Adventure Courses/Rock Climbing
Free!
Seeding and Weeding - Spring Gardening
at Pirate's Cove Garden
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Pirate's Cove Garden invites you to meet our garden and help us prepare for Spring! We will be mulching, planting, and seeding, as well as giving away seeds we collected in 2024.
Category: Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Event
Volunteer Workday at Green Oasis Garden
at Green Oasis Community Garden, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come meet and lend a hand to the members of Green Oasis Community Garden! Volunteers will help with composting, pruning and weeding, and starting seeds.
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Earth Day & Arbor Day, Gardening
Free!
Event
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
Kids
Public Garden Highlights Walk
at Wave Hill, Bronx , Perkins Visitors Center (in Wave Hill), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide for a leisurely stroll in the gardens every Sunday. Each walk varies with the Guide leading it.
Category: Education, Nature, Tours, Wildlife, Walking
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Category: Concerts, Accessible Activities
Free!
Easter Egg Hunt at Ashford Learning Garden
at Ashford Learning Garden, Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Come enjoy some fun at Ashford Learning Garden for an Easter Egg Hunt! Paint eggs and enjoy a couple of hours of fun and games at the garden.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Games, Best for Kids, Easter
Free!
Kids
Spring Celebration
at Stockholm Street Community Garden, Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Come enjoy a spring celebration at the Stockholm Street Garden! Something simple, potluck style to hang with garden members and invite neighbors into the space.
Category: Nature, Gardening
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Experience rollicking time-honored maritime songs in a majestic greek revival building that served as a dormitory for sailors 1844-1976.
Category: Concerts, Accessible Activities
Free!
Sea Shanty Sessions
at The Noble Maritime Collection
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Led by the Folk Music Society of New York, this program offers a great opportunity to experience authentic, time-honored maritime songs in an appropriately historic setting.
Category: Concerts, Art, Best for Kids, Seniors, Accessible Activities
Kids
Monday, April 21, 2025
The New Yorker's Parks Covers: A Centennial Stroll
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
The stylistically diverse covers featured in this exhibition reveal much about our parks and their vital impact on urban life.
Category: Art
Free!
Cardio Sculpt
at Athletic Courts (in Torsney Playground), Queens
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
This cardio workout consists of functional movement exercises designed to make daily activities easier to perform.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes
Free!
CANCELED: Zumba Gold®
at New Settlement Community Center, Bronx
9:15 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Zumba Gold® offers a low-impact workout set to a fusion of Latin, International and popular music dance themes, creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Category: Dance, Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Yoga en Español (Yoga in Spanish)
at New York Public Library - Morningside Heights Branch, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Conéctate, equilibra y desafíate con Yoga en español.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
CANCELED: Step Aerobics
at New Settlement Community Center, Bronx
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Step Aerobics is a cardio workout that will elevate your heart rate, strengthen muscles, and improve coordination and balance.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Senior Cardio Sculpt
at Sunnyside Community Services, Queens
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
This low impact cardio workout consists of functional movement exercises designed to make daily activities easier to perform. Participants must be 60+ to attend this class.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Seniors, Exercise Classes
Free!
Gentle Yoga
at Queens Public Library - Bayside, Queens
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
A therapeutic yet powerful series of balancing, stretching, easy back bending, twisting, and mild inverted postures, concluding with a guided relaxation. NOTE: Spots are limited
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
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
Kids
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