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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, September 13, 2025
It's My Park at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park
at Nelson Avenue and Tennyson Drive (in Seaside Wildlife Nature Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Pirate Park Families to weed and maintain the sensory garden and help clean the waterfront at Seaside Wildlife Nature Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Nature Explorers
at 102nd Street Field House (in Riverside Park), Manhattan 
11:00 a.m.–12:30 a.m.
Arts and crafts, storytelling, and nature-focused workshops for kids!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Best for Kids, Workshops
Free!
Kids
Saturday Community Clean Up - Student Shift
at Park House (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Are you a student looking to give back and make a difference? Come volunteer with fellow students every second Saturday at Washington Square Park!
Category: Best for Kids, Volunteer
Free!
Kids
Fantastic Fungi Mushroom ID Hike
at Section 2 Orchard Beach (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
This Urban Park Ranger led hike will take you through the forest to learn how to identify fungi.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers
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
Trees Count at Corlears Hook Park
at Jackson Street at Cherry Street (in Corlears Hook Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count 2025!
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Family Camping: Queens
at Entrance - Beach 44th Street and Boardwalk (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Families are chosen by lottery. Lottery registration opens on Wednesday Aug 13.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Family Camping: Manhattan
at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Families are chosen by lottery. Lottery registration opens on Wednesday Sept 3.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Sunday, September 14, 2025
It's My Park at Skyline Playground
at Skyline Playground Garden (in Skyline Playground), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with HEALTH for Youths to help maintain the community garden at Skyline Playground and a general clean-up around the park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
It's My Park at Marine Park
at Marine Park, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Volunteer with Marine Park Alliance to beautify Marine Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Birding: Fall Migration
at 39th Ave Alley Creek Trail, Queens
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Come explore Alley Creek as hundreds of migratory birds use the wetland as a resting place on their way back down south for the winter.
Category: Birding, Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Wildlife
Free!
Fall Birding
at Wave Hill, Bronx
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Explore Wave Hill’s gardens, woodlands, and the skies overhead to look for resident and migrating birds.
Category: Birding, Education, Nature, Tours, Wildlife, Walking
It's My Park at McKinley Park
at McKinley Park, Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with Parent-Child Relationship Association to beautify McKinley 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, STEM Classes, Gardening
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!
Family Art Project: Paint and Fly with Monarch Butterflies
at Wave Hill, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Paint and wear your own big, bold butterfly wings!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Best for Kids
Kids
Trees Count at Riverside Park
at Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count 2025!
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Bug Buddies!
at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Calling all bug enthusiasts for a monthly Bug Buddies program with our STEM Coordinator and resident bug expert, Keith McManus!
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids, Talks, Wildlife, STEM Classes
Kids
The Van Cortlandt Super Hike (Vigorous)
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
. Urban Park Rangers will lead hikers through some of the hidden gems of Van Cortlandt Park on an 8 mile journey through the park’s diverse forest ecosystems. Wear comfortable shoes
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Hiking
Free!
Trees Count at Brower Park
at Entrance at Brooklyn Avenue and Prospect Place (in Brower Park), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count 2025!
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Sculpture & Performance: Slow Violence, a collaboration by Izzy Leung and Laura Witsken
at 6BC Botanical Garden, Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Slow Violence is a sculpture with an accompanying durational performance of ice, material, and body exploring the gradual degradation of our environmental world.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Art
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Huellas De Vida (Bilingual Horticulture Tour)
at 120th Street and Riverside Drive (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Ven a celebrar la vida, fomentar conexiones con la naturaleza y honrar los ecosistemas que nos sustentan/ Foster connections with nature on this guided bilingual horticulture tour
Category: Education, Nature, Tours, Wildlife, Walking
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
Autumn Gardening and Wildflower ID
at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we keep our garden blooming. It’s time for goldenrod and aster.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Urban Park Rangers, Wildlife
Free!
Kids
Discovery Hike: Pond Ecology
at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Lakes and ponds are thriving habitats to various species of birds, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, amphibians and plants.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Urban Park Rangers, Hiking
Free!
Kids
Monday, September 15, 2025
It's My Park at Albert Capsouto Park
at Albert Capsouto Park, Manhattan
9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
Volunteer with Friends of Capsouto Park to remove some low growing vines so that we can see some lovely plants underneath them at Albert Capsouto Park.
Category: Volunteer, It's My Park
Free!
Pitch In to Pick Up Mondays
at Bronx River House (in Starlight Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Trash pickup in Starlight Park, Bronx.
Category: Volunteer
Free!
Trees Count at Mosholu Parkway
at E204th Street and East Mosholu Parkway South (in Mosholu Parkway), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Volunteer with NYC Parks for Trees Count 2025!
Category: Nature, Volunteer
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
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Art, Best for Kids, Tours
Free!
Kids
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
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, Waterfront, Wildlife, Walking, STEM Classes, Gardening
Free!
Team RIVER Volunteers
at 10 Central Road (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, Waterfront, Wildlife, Gardening
Free!
Team RIVER Volunteers
at Randall's Island Park, Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Volunteer with Team RIVER (Randall’s Island Volunteer Ecological Restorers) and help keep Randall’s Island Park beautiful!
Category: Education, Nature, Volunteer, Waterfront, Wildlife, STEM Classes, Gardening
Free!
Crotona Park Work Together Wednesday
at Crotona Tennis House (in Crotona Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Help the Crotona Park Gardener to plant daffodil bulbs, remove invasive weeds, litter and trash from the park entrance gardens and planted areas. Bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothing. Meet at the Crotona Park Tennis House located at 1700 Crotona Avenue
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Art, Best for Kids, Tours
Free!
Kids
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
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Prospect Park Stroller Walk
at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Calling all parents and caregivers with children! Join a Prospect Park Alliance Naturalist at the Prospect Park Audubon Center for a leisurely stroll along Prospect Park’s waterways. Embrace the sound of streams and songs of birds.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids, Walking
Free!
Kids
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Art, Best for Kids, Tours
Free!
Kids
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
Thursday Community Clean Up
at Park House (in Washington Square Park), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Spend the third Thursday afternoon of each month volunteering with us and give back to the park you love!
Category: Volunteer
Free!
Summer on the Hudson: Forest Bathing
at 119th Street Tennis Courts (in Riverside Park), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Reconnect with nature on a guided walk led by certified Forest Therapy Guide Lori Klamner.
Category: Nature, Walking
Free!
Friday, September 19, 2025
9/19 Restoration Fridays at Forest Park
at Metropolitan Avenue and Forest Park Drive (in Forest Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks and The Forest Park Trust for Forest Restoration Fridays this summer to engage in hands-on forest restoration work!
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Gardening
Free!
International Coast Cleanup at Bush Terminal Park with Billion Oyster Project
at Entrance on 1st Ave. & 50th St. (in Bush Terminal Park), Brooklyn
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with the Stewardship Team and the Billion Oyster Project to protect wetland areas in Bush Terminal Park! Volunteers will help us remove debris in order to help restore...
Category: Nature, Volunteer, Waterfront, Wildlife
Free!
Event
Volunteer With EQA: Turn an unsightly lot into a Botanical Garden
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The Eastern Queens Alliance is looking for volunteers to help us turn an unsightly lot into a Botanical Garden.
Category: Nature, Gardening
Free!
Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Out of the Box Biodiversity: Student Art
at Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Out Of The Box Biodiversity Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Donna Napoli-Steele Presents Youth Art Featuring Pieces Completed by her Students
Out Of The Box Biodiversity
Upcycled Cardboard Sculpture, Raku Fired Clay, Watercolor, Pen & Ink
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Art, Best for Kids, Tours
Free!
Kids
Plant Sale
at Wave Hill, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Take a piece of the garden home with you at Wave Hill’s renowned Plant Sale!
Category: Nature
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
Family Camping: Staten Island
at Blue Heron Nature Center (in Blue Heron Park), Staten Island
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Families are chosen by lottery. Lottery registration opens on Wednesday Sept 10.
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers
Free!
Family Camping: Bronx
at Orchard Beach Nature Center (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx
6:00 p.m.–7:00 a.m.
The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Families are chosen by lottery. Lottery registration opens on Wednesday Sept 10
Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers
Free!
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