Today NYC In Focus is tracking 570 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
- 10:00 AM · SQPA FALL FESTIVAL · Roy Wilkins Park: Performance Space
- 11:00 AM · Developmental Disability Resource Fair · Jamaica Bay Library
- 6:00 PM · Late Night Thoughts: Days Like This Tour · Mercury Lounge
- 6:00 PM · Tokyo Kanpai Boys Presented by the New York Comedy Festival · New York Comedy Club on 4th Street, 85 East 4th Street
- 6:00 PM · 15-Minute Tour: Highlights of the Exhibition “Untitled” (America) · Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St
- 6:45 PM · Bad Roomates presented by New York Comedy Festival · Brooklyn Improv (The Lab), Brooklyn
- 7:00 PM · Hiss Golden Messenger: I'm People Tour · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G
- 7:30 PM · Astoria New Play Festival: Full-Length Reading Series · Q.E.D., 27-16 23rd Avenue
Manhattan
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Metropolitan Market · Second Avenue between East 97 Street and East 99 Street Manhattan
- 9:00 AM · Zumba Gold® · Dance Room (in Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center)
- 10:00 AM · Yoga en Español (Yoga in Spanish) · Dance Room in Thomas Jefferson Recreation Center
- 12:00 PM · Gingerbread NYC · Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue
- 3:30 PM · Painting Lab (Ages 9–12) · The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue
- 5:00 PM · Golden Garden Pop-Up — Nucleus · Nucleus, 1819 2nd Ave
- 6:00 PM · Late Night Thoughts: Days Like This Tour · Mercury Lounge
- 7:00 PM · Hiss Golden Messenger: I'm People Tour · Irving Plaza Powered By Verizon 5G
- 12:00 AM · Union Square Holiday Market 2026 · Union Square Park: South Plaza
Brooklyn
- 7:00 AM · HHFM Coney Island Hospital Market · Ocean Parkway Malls
- 9:00 AM · Brooklyn, NY: Schumer & Jeffries, Stop the Dirty Data Center Deal! · Apartment building of Senator Chuck Schumer, 9 Prospect Park W
- 11:00 AM · Yoga · Brooklyn Public Library – Sheepshead Bay
- 11:00 AM · Developmental Disability Resource Fair · Jamaica Bay Library
- 12:00 PM · Barclays Center Tours · Barclays Center, Brooklyn · Get tickets
- 12:00 PM · Old Stone House: Open Hours · Old Stone House in Washington Park
- 4:30 PM · NY-10 Neighbors for Palestine First Fridays · Congressman Dan Goldman District Office
- 6:45 PM · Bad Roomates presented by New York Comedy Festival · Brooklyn Improv (The Lab), Brooklyn
- 7:00 PM · Vs John Jay · Pratt ARC, Brooklyn
Queens
- 8:00 AM · Corona Greenmarket Friday · Roosevelt Avenue between 103 Street and 104 Street
- 8:30 AM · Annual Walkathon 2026 · 26-20 Francis Lewis Boulevard
- 10:00 AM · SQPA FALL FESTIVAL · Roy Wilkins Park: Performance Space
- 6:30 PM · Animal Capitalism & Biodiversity Crisis · World's Borough Bookstore (34-06 73rd St) Jackson Heights, NY
- 7:00 PM · Marie Antoinette – QC Theatre, Dance & Fashion Dept. · Goldstein Theatre at Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Flushing
- 7:30 PM · Astoria New Play Festival: Full-Length Reading Series · Q.E.D., 27-16 23rd Avenue
Bronx
- 8:00 AM · Lincoln Hospital Greenmarket Tues Friday · East 149 Street between Morris Avenue and Park Avenue
- 8:00 AM · HHFM Jacobi Hospital Market · Pelham Parkway South between Wilson Avenue and Eastchester Road
- 8:00 AM · BiB November Workdays at St. Mary's Park · St. Mary's Park: St Mary's Playground East
- 10:00 AM · Low Impact Dance Fitness · Multi-Use Room (in Williamsbridge Oval)
- 11:00 AM · Arts, Culture & Fun: BE BOLDER – Senior Ballet Programming · Multi-Use Room (in Williamsbridge Oval)
- 12:00 AM · Kiku Tour · New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard
Staten Island
- 9:00 AM · Model Aircraft Flying · LaTourette Park & Golf Course: Model Airplane Field
- 10:00 AM · Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Voices of 1776 · Conference House Museum in Conference House Park
- 11:00 AM · Ongoing Museum Exhibit: Still Waters: Reflections of a Maritime Community · Rutan-Becket House (in Conference House Park)
- 1:00 PM · Walk-In! Workshop: Fall Foodscapes · Staten Island Children’s Museum, 1000 Richmond Terrace
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