The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds, including organized sports, games, ...

Astoria Pool - Lap Swim 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Location: Astoria Pool (in Astoria Park) Category: Swimming/Aquatics Free!

Inwood Hill Park Forest Restoration 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Seaman Avenue and Isham Street Entrance (in Inwood Hill Park) Category: Nature, Volunteer Free!

The Poe Park Visitor Center is a gallery space in the Bronx that offers free dynamic arts and cultural programming, from theatrical performances and concerts to fitness classes and recreational ...

Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: 71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball Courts (in Riverside Park South) Category: Fitness, Best for Kids, Sports, Outdoor Fitness, ...

Every year New York City transforms into one giant free Shakespeare festival, with the Bard’s plays being performed and work-shopped in parks across the city. Find your favorite Elizabethean comedy, ...

Beginner Yoga 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Sobelsohn Basketball Court (in Forest Park) Category: Fitness, Shape Up NYC, Outdoor Fitness, Exercise Classes, Yoga & Pilates Classes Free!

Van Cortlandt Park — more than a thousand acres atop the ridges and valleys of the northwest Bronx — is New York City's third largest park. Playing fields and playgrounds are scattered about the ...

An unspoiled stretch of native wildlife, Four Sparrow is one of three nature preserves on the southern tip of Brooklyn. The park's distance from Brooklyn's residential areas has allowed its natural ...

NYC Parks Stewardship NYC Parks is investing in the future and we need your help. Our volunteers help with forest and wetland restoration, planting and pruning street trees, harvesting and propagating ...

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Tree Time, a program of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation and the City Parks Foundation, was established in 1994 to protect, preserve, and enhance New York City's street, park and ...