Today NYC In Focus is tracking 399 public events across New York City, from City-permitted parades and street fairs to concerts, museum programs and neighborhood happenings. Here are 40 picks across all five boroughs, with times and places. Details come from official NYC permits, organizers’ own calendars and ticket listings, and can change, so check with the organizer before you go.
Standouts
- 7:00 AM · Worn and Wound – 2026 – Windup Watch Fair · East 38 Street between 5 Avenue and Madison Avenue
- 9:30 AM · Dodge Poetry Festival Single Day – Thursday · New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark
- 2:00 PM · Exhibition Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans · Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St
- 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill
- 4:00 PM · Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours · Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue
- 6:30 PM · Wind Walkers – The "I Don't Belong Here" Tour · Gramercy Theatre
- 7:00 PM · Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Frankenstein, Scream! Tour 2026 · Warsaw, Brooklyn
- 7:30 PM · The R&B Tour – Starring Usher Raymond & Chris Brown · MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford
Manhattan
- 7:00 AM · Worn and Wound – 2026 – Windup Watch Fair · East 38 Street between 5 Avenue and Madison Avenue
- 8:00 AM · HHFM East Harlem Market · East 104 Street between Third Avenue and Second Avenue
- 8:00 AM · Columbia Thursday Sunday Greenmarket · Broadway between West 113 Street and West 116 Street
- 8:00 AM · Farmers Market · Richard Tucker Square
- 9:00 AM · St. Anthony Flea Market · West Houston Street between Thompson Street and Macdougal Street
- 9:00 AM · New Dendrology at the Arsenal Gallery · Arsenal (in Central Park)
- 10:00 AM · Spooky Storytime on the Farm · Harlem Grown 131st Street Farm
- 10:00 AM · 🇵🇸 Ceasefire Vigil (Pax Christi NYS) – WEEKLY Thursdays · 799 United Nations Plaza, New York
- 11:00 AM · Riverside Field House: Fall Mat Pilates · 102nd Street Field House (in Riverside Park)
- 1:15 PM · Midtown Concerts • ALBA Consort · St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel, 239 West 49th Street
- 5:30 PM · Bodega Cats of New York: Talk & Q&A at the Banksy Museum · Banksy Museum, 277 Canal Street
- 5:30 PM · Double Dutch · Garibaldi Plaza (in Washington Square Park)
- 6:30 PM · Wind Walkers – The "I Don't Belong Here" Tour · Gramercy Theatre
Brooklyn
- 7:00 AM · HHFM Brower Park Market · Brower Park (PS 289 – Playground Only): Brower Park
- 8:00 AM · Borough Park Greenmarket Thursday · 14 Avenue between 49 Street and 50 Street
- 8:00 AM · Total Body Fitness · Gymnasium (in St. John's Park)
- 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn
- 1:00 PM · We The People Bed-Stuy Food Serve – WEEKLY Thursdays · Fulton St. & Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn
- 5:30 PM · Conversation & Screening · Brooklyn Peace Center 23 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn
- 7:00 PM · Rocket From The Crypt – Scream, Frankenstein, Scream! Tour 2026 · Warsaw, Brooklyn
- 7:00 PM · Salsa Thursday 4 Year Anniversary at Time Out Market · Time Out Market, 55 Water St
- 9:15 PM · There's Something Here · Brooklyn Improv (The Lab), Brooklyn · Get tickets
Queens
- 7:00 AM · Outdoor learning · Hinton Park
- 11:00 AM · Cardio Sculpt · Queensbridge Park House (in Queensbridge Park)
- 4:00 PM · Jim Henson Exhibition Guided Tours · Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35th Avenue
- 6:45 PM · NYRR Open Run: Flushing Meadows Corona Park · United Nations Ave South Entrance (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park)
Bronx
- 7:00 AM · HHFM St. Mary's Park Market · St. Mary's Park: St Mary's Playground West
- 7:00 AM · HHFM Mt. Eden Market · Mount Eden Malls
- 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill
- 6:30 PM · Body in Motion · Gymnasium (in Julio Carballo Fields)
Staten Island
- 9:00 AM · Safe Shred Event · Franklin D Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach: Parking Lot 8 ? Father Capodanno Blvd & Hunter A
- 10:00 AM · Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776 · Conference House Museum (in Conference House Park)
- 10:00 AM · Kids In Motion: Faber · Outdoors at Faber Park Recreation Center (in Faber Pool and Park)
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- Things to Do in NYC Today: Monday, October 12, 2026
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