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Thursday Oct. 9, 2025

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Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical Garden

Manhattan Haunted Hues

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Color Factory New York

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Halloween Harvest

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Various

Cityside Pumpkin Patch

The Summer ClubLong Island City

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7:30 – 8:30 am

Hot26 Yoga with Dana

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8 am – 5 pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish History

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10 am – 5 pm

Dinosaur Safari

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

10 am – 5 pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid Museum

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10 am – 6 pm

Van Gogh’s Flowers

New York Botanical Garden

10 am

Tot Time!

Ages: 4 and under
Free

Rainbow Playground at Gantry Plaza State ParkLong Island City

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10 am – 5 pm

Celebrate Latinx Heritage Week at CMOM

Children’s Museum of Manhattan

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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10 am – 6 pm

The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy

10 – 11 am

Rockness Music Parent and Me Music Class

Ages: 5 – 8
Music

Under Minerva Art GalleryPark Slope

10 am – 6 pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

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10 am – 4 pm

Cat Chow Therapod

Ages: All
Animals
Free

100 Washington Square East

10:15 – 11 am

Lavender Blues: Little Learners

Ages: 12 and under
Free
Music

Riverdale LibraryRiverdale

Face Value

10:30 am – 5:30 pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

IKEA Secret Room Brooklyn

11 am – 7 pm

Discover the Secret Room at IKEA Brooklyn

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Free

IKEA BrooklynRed Hook

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11 am – 7 pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House Warming

11:30 am

Little Movers: Toddler Time

Ages: 12 and under
Books & Readings

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

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1 – 2 pm

Lunch & Learn: Fear City

Virtual

3:30 pm

Creative Art Club

Ages: 13 and up
Film

Morrisania Library

4 – 5 pm

Free Paint Watercolors

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Caribbean

Dongan Hills Library

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4 – 6:30 pm

STEM Family Sundays at iFLY

Ages: 3 and up

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Y Parent Sukkah

5 – 6:30 pm

Y Parent Dinner in the Sukkah

Ages: 8 and under
Food & Drink
Holiday

6 – 8 pm

A Toast to Sober October at Hotel Seville NoMad

Ages: All

Hotel Seville NoMad – The Unbound Collection by HyattNoMad

6:30 – 8 pm

Double Dutch

Ages: All
Free
Sports

Garibaldi Plaza at Washington Square Park

Pumpkin Nights with Visitors

7 pm

Harvest Glow

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

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7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

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7 – 8 pm

“The First Science from the Vera Rubin Observatory” (A Free, Virtual Lecture)

Ages: 9 and up
Caribbean
Community

Hamptons Observatory with Suffolk County Community College (online)

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