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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.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Zumba
at Multi-Use Room (in Greenbelt Recreation Center), Staten Island 
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Asser Levy Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Asser Levy Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes, Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Pickleball
Free!
Chelsea Recreation Center Open House Week
at Strength Room (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes, Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Interval Walking Sessions
at Athletic Courts (in Torsney Playground), Queens
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Interval Walking Sessions consist of three segments: brisk, slow and a bodyweight exercise.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes
Free!
Arsenal Gallery: Brooklyn Dreamland, Land without Shadows
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
NYC Parks is pleased to present Brooklyn Dreamland, Land without Shadows, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Christopher Spinelli depicting a bygone era of Coney Island on view at the Arsenal Gallery.
Category: Art
Free!
Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes, Pickleball
Free!
Highbridge Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes
Free!
Winter Corps
at Prospect Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join Prospect Park Alliance every Wednesday from December 4 – February 26 for a special winter work session at our Winter Corps. Volunteers will assist in raking, minor shoveling, litter pick up, and other landscaping needs.
Category: Volunteer
Free!
J. Hood Wright Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Hamilton Fish Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes, Pickleball
Free!
Jackie Robinson Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Jackie Robinson Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Fitness, Sports, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes, Pickleball
Free!
Pelham Fritz Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Pelham Fritz Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Art, Fitness, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Recreation Center Programming, 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!
Chair Yoga
at Baychester Library, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Experience the benefits of yoga without getting down on the floor with our 60-minute Chair Yoga class.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
Yoga
at Brooklyn Public Library - Kings Highway Branch
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Connect with yourself in Yoga with Nicole, a class to be enjoyed by all.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
New Research on Enslavement in Upper Manhattan: A DyckmanDISCOVERED Update
at Virtual
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
In 2023, we hired a research consultant, Ramin Ganeshram, to dive deeper into this history. Ramin searched through archives to continue our research on enslavement, with a primary focus on culinary history, colonial kitchens, and Lenape influences on cooking in the 18th century. In this talk, attendees will hear about the discoveries made during this project.
Category: History, Black History Month, Talks, Virtual/Online Events
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
Event
Fun with Printmaking
at Multi-Use Room B (in Detective Keith L. Williams Field House)
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
You will learn the basics of printmaking such as block printing, monotype and collagraph printing.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Art, Best for Kids, Workshops, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Kids
Art on the Farm Series: Watercolor
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Find your inner artist at the Queens County Farm Museum!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Art, Workshops, Accessible Activities
Bodyweight Burn
at Multi-Use Room (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Join me to increase your strength and endurance with this one-hour total body workout.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
intenSati
at Oak Ridge (in Forest Park), Queens
5:15 p.m.–6:15 p.m.
In intenSati, we will prime your body, mind, and heart with this sweat-dripping, heart-pumping, mood-lifting cardio class (think dance meets kickboxing meets yoga).
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Hatha Flow
at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- Bedford-Stuyvesant Center, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Join us as we connect with our breath and link our movements to each breath.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
Dance Fitness Energize
at Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center, Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
This 45-minute dance fitness class is about dancing your way toward an active lifestyle!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Caribbean Dance Fitness
at NYPL- Harlem Library, Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
Caribbean Dance Fitness is a creative workout that fuses dance and aerobics.
Category: Dance, Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Zumba
at Dance Room (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!
Category: Dance, Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Dance Classes, Exercise Classes
Free!
Cardio Circuit Blast
at Gymnasium (in Gertrude Ederle Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
This high-energy total body workout will keep you moving with challenging yet fun bodyweight circuits.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Dance Fitness Beats
at Hudson Guild Fulton Community Center
6:00 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
This 45-minute Dance Fitness class is not just a great workout, but a great time as well!
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Chelsea Recreation Center Open House Week
at Strength Room (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes, Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Asser Levy Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Asser Levy Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes, Swimming/Aquatics
Free!
Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center), Manhattan
7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Pickleball
Free!
Total Body Fitness
at Gymnasium (in St. John’s Recreation Center), Brooklyn
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
This fun low-impact full-body workout includes cardio, strength and balance exercises to improve your overall fitness.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Arsenal Gallery: Brooklyn Dreamland, Land without Shadows
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
NYC Parks is pleased to present Brooklyn Dreamland, Land without Shadows, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Christopher Spinelli depicting a bygone era of Coney Island on view at the Arsenal Gallery.
Category: Art
Free!
Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes, Pickleball
Free!
Highbridge Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes
Free!
J. Hood Wright Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Recreation Center Programming
Free!
Hamilton Fish Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Hamilton Fish Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Sports, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes, Pickleball
Free!
Pelham Fritz Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Pelham Fritz Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Art, Fitness, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Jackie Robinson Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Jackie Robinson Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Fitness, Sports, Basketball/Netball, Exercise Classes, Pickleball
Free!
Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center Open House Week
at Fitness Room (in Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Enjoy free fitness classes and activities at our recreation centers during Manhattan’s Open House Week!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Fitness, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Trail Work Thursdays
at VCPA Garden & Compost Site (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Be a part of the community effort to maintain the trails in Van Cortlandt Park.
Category: Nature, Fitness, Volunteer, Outdoor Fitness, Hiking, Wildlife, Walking
Free!
Total Body Fitness
at Brooklyn Public Library - Park Slope, Brooklyn
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
This fun low-impact full-body workout includes cardio, strength and balance exercises to improve your overall fitness.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
STRONG Nation®
at Gymnasium (in St. James Recreation Center), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
STRONG Nation® combines body weight, muscle conditioning, cardio and plyometric training moves synced to original music that has been specifically designed to match every single move.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Recreation Center Programming, Exercise Classes
Free!
Cardio Sculpt
at Queensbridge Park House (in Queensbridge Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
This cardio workout consists of functional movement exercises designed to make daily activities easier to perform.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes
Free!
Adult Hike: Long Pond
at Long Pond Park, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join us for a serene hike through the woodlands of Long Pond.
Category: Hiking
Free!
Adaptive Learn To Sing
at Media Lab (in Kwame Ture Recreation Center), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Do you enjoy theatre and art? Join us for music, creative movement, and art workshops.
Category: Adaptive Programs, Art, Recreation Center Programming
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
Event
Dynamic Stretching
at NYPL - Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
The class is structured as a guided meditation that consists of yoga-inspired poses set into dynamic movement.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
Hatha Flow
at NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene- Bedford-Stuyvesant Center, Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Join us as we connect with our breath and link our movements to each breath.
Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes
Free!
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