Today NYC In Focus is tracking 548 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
- 9:00 AM · Fall Festival with CM Aldebol · Loreto Playground: Loreto Playground, Loreto Playground: Softball-01
- 9:00 AM · Community Walk and Health Resource Fair · Roy Wilkins Park: Roy Wilkins Recreation Center / PARK (add Park)
- 10:00 AM · Halloween Festival · Banksy Museum New York
- 10:00 AM · Mozart for Munchkins: Spooktacular! 10 AM Concert · Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street
- 10:00 AM · Halloween Family Parade · Ditmars Park
- 10:00 AM · LEGION STREET BLOCK PARTY II · Legion Street between East 98 Street and Riverdale Avenue
- 10:30 AM · Soho Street Art Tours · Banksy Museum New York
- 11:00 AM · Fall Harvest Festival · Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Manhattan
- 6:30 AM · The Last 10 · 407 East 59 Street
- 8:00 AM · Grass Roots Farmers Market · Jackie Robinson Park: Sidewalk
- 8:00 AM · Pompeii Flea Market · Bleecker Street between Leroy Street and Carmine Street
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Lenox Avenue Market · Lenox Avenue between West 117 Street and West 118 Street
- 10:00 AM · Halloween Festival · Banksy Museum New York
- 10:30 AM · Soho Street Art Tours · Banksy Museum New York
- 10:30 AM · Stories and Glories: World Mythology (Ages 5–8) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 11:00 AM · Seeing Through Making · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 11:00 AM · Harlem to Bandung Walking Tour · The Forum at Columbia University, 605 West 125th Street
Brooklyn
- 8:00 AM · 4th Avenue Sunset Park Greenmarket Saturday · 60 Street between 3 Avenue and 4 Avenue
- 10:00 AM · Baruch College At Medgar Evers College · Brooklyn, NY (Linden Park)
- 10:00 AM · Fall Trees Walk · Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park
- 10:00 AM · Susan G. Komen Race For The Cure NYC · Thomas Paine Park (Foley Square): Fountain Plaza
- 11:00 AM · Fall Harvest Festival · Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- 12:00 PM · Club A Mutual Aid (Bushwick) – WEEKLY Wednesday Saturday · 354 Stockton St, Brooklyn
- 12:30 PM · Catrina Alebrije Parade · 4211 14 Avenue
- 2:00 PM · JOIN US this Saturday for our next Repair Cafe, "Repair Is Something We Inherit: From Making Do to the Modern Repair Café." · FLATBUSH LIBRARY 22 Linden Blvd. Brooklyn, NY 11226 [phone redacted] bklynlibrary.org
- 7:30 PM · BrownstoneJAZZ FEST CONCERT SERIES · BrownstoneJAZZ, Brooklyn
- 7:30 PM · Express Entry – Abbie Gamboa – Not a Concert Ticket · Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn
Queens
- 9:00 AM · Diplo's Run Club – New York · Flushing Meadows Corona Park
- 9:00 AM · Community Walk and Health Resource Fair · Roy Wilkins Park: Roy Wilkins Recreation Center / PARK (add Park)
- 10:00 AM · Halloween Family Parade · Ditmars Park
- 11:00 AM · Autumn Garden Tour with Our Horticulture Director · Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main Street
- 2:00 PM · Bienestar Sin Pena Wellness Without Shame 2026 · 84 Street between 37 Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue
- 4:00 PM · Queens Night Market
- 5:00 PM · Pincushion Puppet Parade · Woodward Avenue between Linden Street and Grove Street
Bronx
- 9:00 AM · Fall Festival with CM Aldebol · Loreto Playground: Loreto Playground, Loreto Playground: Softball-01
- 9:00 AM · 9th Annual Bronx DA Walk Run Roll to end Domestic Violence · East 161 Street between Grand Concourse and Walton Avenue Bronx
- 10:00 AM · LEGION STREET BLOCK PARTY II · Legion Street between East 98 Street and Riverdale Avenue
- 12:00 PM · 41st Annual Bronx Halloween Parade · Tiffany Street between Westchester Avenue and East 163 Street
- 2:00 PM · Public Gallery Tour · Wave Hill, 4900 Independence Avenue
- 6:00 PM · Dia de Los muertos · East 150 Street between Courtlandt Avenue and Melrose Avenue
Staten Island
- 12:00 PM · Trick-or-Streets: Water Street Open Street · Water Street, Beach Street to Canal Street
- 2:00 PM · Archtober Tour · Alice Austen House, 2 Hylan Boulevard
- 4:00 PM · Frightful Fun Fest in Westerleigh · Westerleigh Park: Westerleigh Park – Whole Park, Westerleigh Park: Gazebo
- 9:00 PM · The Rocky Horror Picture Show with The Flesh Junkies · St. George Theatre, Staten Island
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