These 196 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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October 19 at 2:30pm +3
RISE (Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity) · Arverne
Get your hands dirty restoring Rockaway dunes and nurturing native plants that protect the shoreline. The RISE team makes every shift feel like a community hang with real impact.
October 19 at 6pm
Visitor Center Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge · Broad Channel
Autumn shows off at Jamaica Bay: join a ranger to catch the leaves turning and wildlife scrambling to ready for winter at this beloved birding haven.
Far Rockaway
Kick off summer at NYC's only surfing beach with the official opening of the season.
Queens
NYC's largest urban beach stretches 5.5 miles along the Atlantic with a classic boardwalk, solid surf breaks, and vintage 1939 World's Fair bus shelters repainted with ocean murals. Take the ferry for skyline views on the way, then embrace the salt air: this is the city's proper seaside escape without the Hamptons hassle.
Breezy Point
A wild, uncrowded stretch of sand framed by dunes and dotted with crumbling military bunkers. Fort Tilden feels miles from the city, even though it's still NYC.
Arverne
RISE is a community powerhouse turning an old firehouse into a hub for free environmental programs: farm shares, foraging tours, beach cleanups, and native plant nurseries run by locals, for locals.
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Mon, Oct 19 · 10:30 AM
RISE (Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity) · Arverne
Mon, Oct 19 · 10:30 AM
RISE (Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity) · Arverne
Mon, Oct 19 · 11:15 AM
Queens Zoo · Corona
Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM
Rainbow Playground · LIC
$0
Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM
Hunter's Point South Park · LIC
$0
Fri, Oct 23 · 10:30 AM
RISE (Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability and Equity) · Arverne
Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
Bayswater Park · Far Rockaway
Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
Bayswater Park · Far Rockaway
Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM
Brant Point Wildlife Sanctuary · Arverne
$0
Sat, Dec 12 · 2:30 PM
Malt Drive Park · LIC
Sun, Feb 7 · 10:00 AM
Joe Michaels Mile · Queens
Spring Creek Park · Howard Beach
Rainey Park · Astoria
Francis Lewis Park · Whitestone
College Point Park · College Point
Gantry Plaza State Park · LIC
Socrates Sculpture Park · Astoria
Socrates Sculpture Park · Astoria
O'Donohue Park · Far Rockaway
Astoria Park · Astoria
Rockaway Beach Boardwalk · Queens
Glendale
LIC
Broad Channel
Far Rockaway
Far Rockaway
Astoria
College Point
Rockaway Park
Far Rockaway
Woodside
Far Rockaway
Astoria
Far Rockaway
Hunters Point
Whitestone
Astoria
Flushing
Oakland Gardens
Whitestone
Neponsit
LIC
Douglaston
Astoria
LIC
Arverne
LIC
Jamaica
Breezy Point
Queens
Rockaway Beach
Howard Beach
Flushing
Rockaway Beach
Far Rockaway
Astoria
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