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Thursday Oct. 30, 2025

6 – 6:45 pm

Zumbini with Miss Tina

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Lantern Hiking Photo (1)

6 – 8 pm

Spooky Lantern Tour

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve, Nature Interpretive CenterStaten Island

Remus Gatsby

6 – 7 pm

Remus Gatsby Reserve 100 Years, 100 Books Happy Hours

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6 – 8 pm

Reception for James Mullen’s “Thresholds”

Art
Free

First Street GalleryChelsea

Anders Scrmn Meisner – Blue Flamenco Shoes And Portrait

6 – 8 pm

Anders Scrmn Meisner: Orange Blossom Water (Like Wild Horses)

Isabel Sullivan GalleryTribeca

rocky horror picture show

6 – 8:30 pm

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Screening

Ages: All
Community
Family
Film

The Merrick LibraryMerrick

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6 – 8 pm

Fall Tenants Resource Fest

St. Philip Neri ChurchBronx

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Family
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

Monster Hunt

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Monster Hunt

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Free
Games

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

TinyRaccoon_UrbanLegends

7 – 8:30 pm

Long Island Urban Legends at Tiny Raccoon Books

Tiny Raccon BooksSayville

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7 – 9 pm

FILM @ LIM “A Witch Story” Screening and Talk

Film
Free

Long Island MuseumStony Brook

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8 – 9:30 pm

Slander Factory at Talon Bar! Free Stand-Up Comedy Every Thurs. in Bushwick

Comedy
Free

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8 – 10 pm

Shine Box Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

Neir’s TavernWoodhaven

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8:30 – 10 pm

RUNHER X PUMA “COMPETITION. CULTURE. COMMUNITY.

Free
Sports

PUMA NEW YORK FLAGSHIP

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9 – 10 pm

Relationship Q and A for Women | Why He Does Not Want To Commit

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBrooklyn

Friday Oct. 31

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All day

The Atelier is honored to present Nocturnes: A Collaboration of the Cosmos. A Unique Partnership of Art & Poetry. 0pening Friday, October 10th

The Atelier at FlowerfieldSt. James

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All day

Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

Art
Free

Coney Island USABrooklyn

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad_2025

All day

Día de Muertos in Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron North Plaza

Pickleball Pandemonium

8 – 10:30 am

Pickleball Pandemonium!

Free
Sports

Gymnasium in Kwame Ture Recreation CenterBronx

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8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 11 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8 am – 7 pm

Vintage & Makers Market at Grand Central Terminal – Fall Fashion and Costumery

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8 am – 7 pm

Vintage and Artisan Costumes at Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

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8 am – 7 pm

Vintage & Artisan Costumery at Grand Central Terminal – Fall Fashion Too!

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Free

Grand Central TerminalNew York City

10 am – 8 pm

Halloween Hunt

Ages: All
Attractions
Family
Free

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

10 am – 9:30 pm

Halloween Costume Contest & Trick-or-Treating

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Palisades CenterWest Nyack

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10 am – 9 pm

Mano Mano’s Día de Muertos at Flatiron NoMad

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Flatiron North PlazaFlatiron District

MaM Day of the Dead

10 am – 9 pm

Mano a Mano’s Día de Muertos Celebration at Lincoln Center

David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

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10 am – 7 pm

Canstruction New York at Brookfield Place

Brookfield PlaceTribeca

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10 – 11:30 am

DeMatti Halloween Tot Parade

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

DeMatti Park Fieldhouse in De Matti ParkStaten Island

Toddler Halloween Party

10:30 – 11:15 am

Toddler Halloween Party

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free
Halloween

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

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