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Free things to do in New York

Everything on this site that costs nothing to walk into — a parade you can watch or join, eleven days of Little Italy, eight stages of Brooklyn writers. Not a discount and not a program bundled into a paid ticket: no admission at all.

No ticket, no admission

Still to come

A row of brownstone houses with pumpkins on their stoops behind a striped barrier closing the street to cars, under an orange sky

Halloween

Trick-or-Streets 2026: Halloween open streets

Open Streets and plazas in all five boroughs · New York City

Five small dogs in costumes, the first in a witch's hat, walking in a line past a row of autumn trees with a pumpkin among them, on a dark brown ground

Halloween

Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2026

Avenue B and Tompkins Square Park, East Village · New York City

Skaters on an outdoor rink with two dome kiosks, string lights and a city skyline at dusk

Christmas

Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bryant Park · New York

A long avenue between rows of brownstones lined with glowing pumpkins and paper lanterns, a large jack-o'-lantern face in a starry night sky

Halloween

Park Slope Halloween Parade 2026

Seventh Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn · New York City

Paper lanterns strung along a curve under a crescent moon

Halloween

Village Halloween Parade 2026

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village · New York City

Already gone

A close row of book blocks in orange, red, cream and grey on charcoal brown, their tops uneven

Books Past

Brooklyn Book Festival 2026

Brooklyn Borough Hall and surrounding venues · Brooklyn

A string of small amber lamps hung in a line across a dark brown ground

Festival Past

Feast of San Gennaro 2026

Mulberry Street, Little Italy · New York

A cream paper dog-house silhouette on a deep brown ground with amber fabric swatches pinned in a row beside it

Exhibitions Past

Snoopy in Style NYC

25 Little West 12th Street · New York City