Take a tour of the Hills rising on Governors Island! The Hills are currently under construction at the southern end of the new park. Made of recycled fill materials, the Hills will rise 25 to 70 feet above the Island, and the summit of the tallest Hill will provide visitors with a 360-degree panoramic view of the Harbor.
Bryant Park Yoga is returning for its 12th season! Stop by the park
and join a Tuesday morning class or Thursday evening class!
Join yoga instructor Helen Kilgallen from Elaine's Dance School in this beginner Hatha Yoga class. Bring a mat, large towel, or blanket.
Every Saturday, the Compost Crew helps process all of the food scraps collected at the Inwood Greenmarket with organic waste recovered from NYRP’s landscaping operations.…
Join Target First Saturdays and enjoy engaging and eclectic free art and entertainment programs every month, from 5 to 11 p.m. Michelin-starred Saul restaurant and bar is open all evening. The Counter café serves sandwiches, salads, and sweets, as well as wine and local beer.
Summer Streets is an annual celebration of New York City’s most valuable public space—our streets. On three consecutive Saturdays in August, nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets are opened for people to play, run, walk and bike. Summer Streets provides space for healthy recreation and encourages New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation!
Go to Freshkills Park for an opportunity to discover the trails and hills of the landfill-to-park project!
Take a tour of the "Park for All Seasons." Take a walking tour of the Heather and Alpine Gardens of Fort Tryon Park. Discover which…
History will be made this Sunday. The newly re-opened High Bridge will be transformed into a next-generation runway showing off the designs of Iliana Quander,…
Historian Julie Sze examines the link between race, class, and garbage and explores how culturally and politically disenfranchised communities re-work long-standing conflations between polluted places and peoples.
The talk will address case studies around NYC garbage politics in the 1980s and 1990s, while also considering at previous historical moments and sites outside the city.
WORD is delighted to be returning to the Books Beneath the Bridge reading series with two wonderful fantasy novelists. Naomi Novik and Peter V. Brett will be reading, answering questions and, of course, signing books.
As evidence of the negative impact of the cars continues to mount, people are looking to the bicycle as the solution. But with poor city planning and road rage contributing to daily cycling casualties, and never-ending gridlocks and global warming at the forefront of the news, what will it take for change to occur? And will the economic powers-that-be allow it?
The Brooklyn Music Festival is designed to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of New York City’s largest borough.
Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City. The rhythm of the waves, the sun on your face, and the…
Fort Tryon Park towers above the Hudson River and offers commanding views of the Palisades and the lower Hudson Valley. As one of the highest points in Manhattan, it challenges the notion that Manhattan’s best vistas are from its skyscrapers. The Heather Garden – the parks most notable horticultural feature – is a three-acre garden that sits on the park’s Western side along the Hudson River.
This retrospective exhibition offers a glimpse of man and nature's impact on the development of the waterfront in Conference House Park.
The free Central Park Conservancy Film Festival screens classics just north of the Sheep Meadow (enter the park at West 72nd Street). Bring a blanket…
Our discussion will survey the key findings from the NPCC report and how they are currently being integrated into the work of NYC ORR and addressed in policy agendas dealing with climate resiliency and public health.
Join the Intrepid Museum for its seventh annual Summer Movie Series. Enjoy FREE feature films on the flight deck, under the stars! Wall-E will be…
DJ Cocotaso spins salsa, merengue, bachata, and more outdoors at Windmuller stage. This event features dance lessons and performances by Piel Canela Dance School, followed by an…
In celebration of Governors Island 10th anniversary, Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra invite you to the grandest Jazz Age Lawn Party to date. Originating as a small gathering of friends longing for the simpler charms of a bygone era, the event has evolved into an international destination, one of the world’s most beloved and longest running events of its kind.
ECOFEST celebrates its 27th Anniversary this year. Launched as an environmental event where people would get information, get involved, find products, learn about services and be entertained by people who care about the environment, ECOFEST started as a visionary effort for a better world.
The 35th annual India Day Parade in New York City, the largest parade by Indians abroad in the world.
Anthropologist Robin Nagle explores some of the political, infrastructural, economic, and cultural complexities that shape the dynamics of solid waste management in North America's largest city.
New York City's *other* great circumnavigation -- Staten Island! This paddle is perhaps our region's most diverse in terms of natural and historical sights, and water conditions. We'll do it in two days, with camping, to best appreciate the experience.
Moving to its new, larger home at Pier 26, Hudson River Park’s Blues BBQ Festival returns for the 16th season! Pairing America’s best Blues and Roots musicians with New York City’s best BBQ restaurants, makes for an unforgettable summer day on the Hudson River!
Take a tour of the Hills rising on Governors Island! The Hills are currently under construction at the southern end of the new park. Made…
A New York summer staple now in its 18th year, MoMA PS1’s highly anticipated Warm Up outdoor music series continues its tradition of introducing audiences to the best in experimental live music, sound, and DJs—both local and international—across a range of genres. Warm Up supports both established and emerging artists by creating a platform that allows for experimentation and providing a space for collaboration, new material, and side projects.
Look straight into the sun with the right equipment that makes it possible to do so.
Borrowed Light is an outdoor sound and sculpture installation by artist Sari Carel set to open in Sunset Park in May 2015.
The project features abstract geometric architectural forms, incorporating field-recorded sounds from the park's local fauna.
A series of related community workshops and performances will accompany the project throughout the summer.
Gowanus Wild is an urban wilderness series which aims to turn concepts of nature photography on their head by finding the beautiful in what most consider to be a man-made environmental catastrophe: the Gowanus Canal and surrounding neighborhood.
Come discover Randall’s Island Urban Farm – all are welcome at these free events! An urban farm expert will be on site to answer questions. You can discover a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, meet the chickens, and learn about the rice paddies.
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
London siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Durham are talented songwriters/musicians whose background is rooted in the tradition where songs are handed down and sung at family gatherings, playing any instrument they lay their hands on. Their songs are an eclectic mix up of Pop, R’n’B & Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Soul, Country, Jazz and Ska.
Free production of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" in Bryant Park
Experience the natural beauty that New York City has to offer.
Come canoe through Shoelace Park, Bronx River Forest, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo!
Site tours are approximately an hour and a half long and tell the story of the past, present and future of Freshkills Park development via a guided bus ride through the site. Stops at the top of the park’s hills offer beautiful panoramic views of Staten Island.
Spend your day at one of NYC’s beautiful waterfront parks or beaches while giving back to our city's oceans and coastlines. Please join Shri Maha Kali Devi Mandir, Inc. at Jamaica Bay at their International Coastal Cleanup! Meet like-minded people while giving back and exploring some of the city’s most scenic green spaces.
