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from July 9, 2025 to January 17, 2026

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Aug10

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park)Manhattan 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Aug10

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park)Manhattan 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Aug10

Urban Wildlife: Amphibian Exploration

at Broadway and Mosholu Avenue (in Van Cortlandt Park)Bronx

11:00 a.m.12:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an exploration of the amphibian species that call the park home! Good shoes are recommended.
Free!

Aug10

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
Free!

Aug10

Kids on the Move! Trees R Us

at Wave HillBronx 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.
Visit Glyndor Gallery with museum educator Corinne Flax to discover how the diverse Trees we breathe artists have explored the relationship between humans, care, and resiliency.
Free!

Best For
Kids
Aug10

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids

Monday, August 11, 2025

Aug11

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Aug12

Sovereign Beings Summer Enrichment Program

at Seton Falls ParkBronx

9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Sovereign Beings is a dynamic summer program dedicated to empowering children, teens, and young adults through a diverse array of educational, artistic, and wellness activities.
Free!

Aug12

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids
Aug12

Sunset Series

at Prospect ParkBrooklyn 
This is an Accessible location

5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Make the most of longer days in the warmer months and join the Alliance to get outside and lend a hand at locations throughout Brooklyn’s Backyard.
Free!

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Aug13

Sovereign Beings Summer Enrichment Program

at Seton Falls ParkBronx

9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Sovereign Beings is a dynamic summer program dedicated to empowering children, teens, and young adults through a diverse array of educational, artistic, and wellness activities.
Free!

Aug13

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!
Free!

Aug13

Team RIVER Volunteers

at Randall's Island ParkManhattan 
This is an Accessible location

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!
Free!

Aug13

Team RIVER Volunteers

at Randall's Island ParkManhattan 
This is an Accessible location

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!
Free!

Aug13

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids
Aug13

Wetland Wednesdays

at Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh (in Randall's Island Park)Manhattan

2:30 p.m.4:30 p.m.
Drop in to explore the Little Hell Gate Salt Marsh during Wetland Wednesdays!
Free!

Best For
Kids

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Aug14

Sovereign Beings Summer Enrichment Program

at Seton Falls ParkBronx

9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Sovereign Beings is a dynamic summer program dedicated to empowering children, teens, and young adults through a diverse array of educational, artistic, and wellness activities.
Free!

Aug14

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

at Audubon Center at the Boathouse (in Prospect Park)Brooklyn 
This is an Accessible location

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.
Free!

Best For
Kids
Aug14

Coastal Ecology: Oysters Monitoring and Stewardship

at Stapleton Waterfront Park

11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Oysters and other bivalves act as natural filters for our shores. Learn more about these phenomenal creatures and other marine life at this Billion Oyster Project site along The Narrows
Free!

Aug14

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids

Friday, August 15, 2025

Aug15

Sovereign Beings Summer Enrichment Program

at Seton Falls ParkBronx

9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Sovereign Beings is a dynamic summer program dedicated to empowering children, teens, and young adults through a diverse array of educational, artistic, and wellness activities.
Free!

Aug15

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.
Free!

Aug15

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids
Aug15

Family Camping: Brooklyn

at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park)Brooklyn 
This is an Accessible location

7:00 p.m.8:00 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 August 6.
Free!

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Aug16

Family Art Project: Plant Reliefs

at Wave HillBronx 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Join visiting artist Ye Zhu to explore your connection to Wave Hill through art!

Must See
Event
Aug16

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.
Free!

Aug16

Community Work Day

at Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum (in Fidler-Wyckoff House Park)Brooklyn

11:00 a.m.3:00 p.m.
Stop by the Wyckoff Urban Farm on the third Saturday of the month to learn about what we're growing, get to know our farmers, and get your hands dirty with farm projects!
Free!

Aug16

Discovery Hike: Soil Testing

at Nevada Avenue Parking Lot (in High Rock Park)Staten Island

11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we explore and contents of the ground beneath us.
Free!

Aug16

Planting the Native Garden

at Narrows Botanical Gardens (in Shore Park and Parkway)Brooklyn

11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on an exploration of the seasonal flowers at Narrows Botanical Garden. Learn all about the Native plants that call our neck of the woods home
Free!

Aug16

Summer on the Hudson: Memory Impression - Herbarium Workshop

at 102nd Street Field House (in Riverside Park)Manhattan 
This is an Accessible location

11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Press flowers & leaves while reflecting on the stories plants tell. Conservancy staff assists participants in creating botanical keepsakes that honor personal connections to nature.
Free!

Must See
Event
Aug16

Upon This Rock Community Garden Fair

at Upon This Rock Community GardenBrooklyn

11:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.
Come visit the garden to learn how to get involved and take part in activities, like games, arts and crafts, blood pressure checks, and herb education!
Free!

Aug16

Summer on the Hudson: Billion Oyster Project Presentation

at On the Pier (in West Harlem Piers)Manhattan 
This is an Accessible location

12:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.
Come see and learn about the Billion Oyster Project on the Baylander’s Jungle Deck.
Free!

Aug16

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Aug17

Discovery Hike: Urban Wildlife

at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park)Bronx

10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.
Learn how animals such as birds, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons and others survive in our urban environment while searching for some of these species.
Free!

Aug17

Family Art Project: Plant Reliefs

at Wave HillBronx 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Join visiting artist Ye Zhu to explore your connection to Wave Hill through art!

Must See
Event
Aug17

Stewardship and Seed Bomb Creation Hike

at Blue Heron Nature Center (in Blue Heron Park)Staten Island 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers removing Japanese stilt grass and other introduced species on the forest floor then throw seed bombs filled with native seeds.
Free!

Best For
Kids
Aug17

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park)Manhattan 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Aug17

Urban Farm Volunteers

at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park)Manhattan 
This is an Accessible location

10:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm!
Free!

Aug17

Nature Puppet Show

at Crotona Nature Center (in Crotona Park)Bronx 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.2:00 p.m.
From seeing them on your favorite trails to reading about them in fairytales–witness these nature “tails” come to life and learn about Bronx urban wildlife in our summertime stories!
Free!

Best For
Kids
Aug17

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids
Aug17

Summer on the Hudson: Sun Gaze

at Pier I (in Riverside Park South)Manhattan

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Join the Amateur Astronomers Association to safely observe the central star of our solar system.
Free!

Monday, August 18, 2025

Aug18

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Aug19

Sovereign Beings Summer Enrichment Program

at Seton Falls ParkBronx

9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Sovereign Beings is a dynamic summer program dedicated to empowering children, teens, and young adults through a diverse array of educational, artistic, and wellness activities.
Free!

Aug19

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids
Aug19

Sunset Series

at Prospect ParkBrooklyn 
This is an Accessible location

5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Make the most of longer days in the warmer months and join the Alliance to get outside and lend a hand at locations throughout Brooklyn’s Backyard.
Free!

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Aug20

Sovereign Beings Summer Enrichment Program

at Seton Falls ParkBronx

9:00 a.m.1:00 p.m.
Sovereign Beings is a dynamic summer program dedicated to empowering children, teens, and young adults through a diverse array of educational, artistic, and wellness activities.
Free!

Aug20

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!
Free!

Aug20

Team RIVER Volunteers

at Randall's Island ParkManhattan 
This is an Accessible location

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!
Free!

Aug20

Team RIVER Volunteers

at Randall's Island ParkManhattan 
This is an Accessible location

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!
Free!

Aug20

Queens County Farm Hayrides!

at Queens County Farm Museum (in Queens Farm Park)Queens 
This is an Accessible location

1:00 p.m.4:00 p.m.
Visit the Farm Store to purchase your ticket for a tractor-drawn hayride throughout the farm.

Best For
Kids

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