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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best cheap things to do in New York City the weekend of Oct 2–4, 2026: 23 picks, refreshed weekly.
23 picks · checked Sep 28
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Crown Heights, BrooklynDisco roller skating on a rooftop with skyline views returns to Brooklyn Children's Museum, a nod to the legendary Empire Rink — reopening weekend.
Brooklyn Children's Museum, Crown Heights, BrooklynDisco roller skating on a rooftop with skyline views returns to Brooklyn Children's Museum, a nod to the legendary Empire Rink — reopening weekend.
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Franklin Point (Zum Schneider), Greenpoint, BrooklynLiter mugs of Paulaner and Schneider Weisse, pork shank and a skyline-view roof — Zum Schneider's Greenpoint Oktoberfest hits its final days.
Franklin Point (Zum Schneider), Greenpoint, BrooklynLiter mugs of Paulaner and Schneider Weisse, pork shank and a skyline-view roof — Zum Schneider's Greenpoint Oktoberfest hits its final days.
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Pier 76, Hudson River Park, Hudson Yards / Hell's Kitchen waterfront, ManhattanDefonte's, Golden Diner, Eventide Oyster Co. and one-off collabs pack Pier 76 for The Infatuation's restaurant festival, with comedy and a game show.
Pier 76, Hudson River Park, Hudson Yards / Hell's Kitchen waterfront, ManhattanDefonte's, Golden Diner, Eventide Oyster Co. and one-off collabs pack Pier 76 for The Infatuation's restaurant festival, with comedy and a game show.
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Belmont Park, ElmontTwo $500,000 Grade 1s for 2-year-olds at the rebuilt Belmont Park, with four Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' berths on one card.
Belmont Park, ElmontTwo $500,000 Grade 1s for 2-year-olds at the rebuilt Belmont Park, with four Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' berths on one card.
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Prospect Park, BrooklynA spooky October outing at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo from 10am, with tickets $3 to $12.
Prospect Park, BrooklynA spooky October outing at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo from 10am, with tickets $3 to $12.
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Prospect Park, BrooklynTony Fischer · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCarousel Rides has enough weekend energy to earn a spot on the board.
Prospect Park, BrooklynTony Fischer · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston / New Brighton, Staten IslandA flashlight ghost tour of Snug Harbor's darkest history — Chaplain Quinn's murder, Captain Randall's grave — with ghost-hunting gear in hand.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston / New Brighton, Staten IslandA flashlight ghost tour of Snug Harbor's darkest history — Chaplain Quinn's murder, Captain Randall's grave — with ghost-hunting gear in hand.
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Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Greenpoint, BrooklynAlex Lozupone · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHeadsets on, 40 guests follow dancers and giant puppets along Newtown Creek, recast as the River Styx, in an immersive Persephone myth.
Newtown Creek Nature Walk, Greenpoint, BrooklynAlex Lozupone · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHeadsets on, 40 guests follow dancers and giant puppets along Newtown Creek, recast as the River Styx, in an immersive Persephone myth.
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Puppetworks at Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynBrooklyn's veteran marionette troupe opens its new Industry City stage with a 55-minute Hansel & Gretel set to Humperdinck songs.
Puppetworks at Industry City, Sunset Park, BrooklynBrooklyn's veteran marionette troupe opens its new Industry City stage with a 55-minute Hansel & Gretel set to Humperdinck songs.
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Elsewhere — The Rooftop, Bushwick, BrooklynThe Disco Tehran party celebrates its anniversary with a late-afternoon-into-night Sunday session across Elsewhere's Bushwick roof and Loft.
Elsewhere — The Rooftop, Bushwick, BrooklynThe Disco Tehran party celebrates its anniversary with a late-afternoon-into-night Sunday session across Elsewhere's Bushwick roof and Loft.
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Circle Line, Pier 83, Hell's Kitchen, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwo decks, two DJs: one floor plays nothing but Depeche Mode, the other New Wave and 80s alternative, on a riverboat circling the harbor.
Circle Line, Pier 83, Hell's Kitchen, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwo decks, two DJs: one floor plays nothing but Depeche Mode, the other New Wave and 80s alternative, on a riverboat circling the harbor.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandFlamenKora weaves trumpet, flamenco guitar and Senegalese kora into African flamenco jazz in Snug Harbor's Carpenter's Shop.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandFlamenKora weaves trumpet, flamenco guitar and Senegalese kora into African flamenco jazz in Snug Harbor's Carpenter's Shop.
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Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park / Glen Oaks, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolve clues through three acres of towering corn to Victory Bridge in New York City's only corn maze, on a working Queens farm.
Queens County Farm Museum, Floral Park / Glen Oaks, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolve clues through three acres of towering corn to Victory Bridge in New York City's only corn maze, on a working Queens farm.
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Elsewhere — The Rooftop, Bushwick, BrooklynBass producer Whipped Cream headlines an early-evening set with MUSUBI on Elsewhere's open-air Bushwick roof, ending early so the night can keep going.
Elsewhere — The Rooftop, Bushwick, BrooklynBass producer Whipped Cream headlines an early-evening set with MUSUBI on Elsewhere's open-air Bushwick roof, ending early so the night can keep going.
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Union Hall, Park Slope, BrooklynComedian Hoodo Hersi headlines her show Extraordinary Alien in Union Hall's basement stage — a late-night Park Slope set.
Union Hall, Park Slope, BrooklynComedian Hoodo Hersi headlines her show Extraordinary Alien in Union Hall's basement stage — a late-night Park Slope set.
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Rockaway Theatre Company, The John Gilleece Theater at Fort Tilden, Rockaway Park (the Rockaways), QueensWilde's cucumber sandwiches and mistaken identities come to a converted Fort Tilden army building by the beach, staged by the Rockaways' own troupe.
Rockaway Theatre Company, The John Gilleece Theater at Fort Tilden, Rockaway Park (the Rockaways), QueensWilde's cucumber sandwiches and mistaken identities come to a converted Fort Tilden army building by the beach, staged by the Rockaways' own troupe.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensOptimumPx · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe paperwork behind the Panorama of the City of New York, the 9,335-square-foot model of all five boroughs built for the 1964 World's Fair.
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Schooner Pioneer, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, ManhattanBring a bottle of wine aboard an 1885 iron-hulled schooner and sail the harbor at dusk from Pier 16, museum admission included.
Schooner Pioneer, Pier 16, South Street Seaport, ManhattanBring a bottle of wine aboard an 1885 iron-hulled schooner and sail the harbor at dusk from Pier 16, museum admission included.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided look inside Snug Harbor's working glass house, where the botanical garden's tropical and tender collections are grown on.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided look inside Snug Harbor's working glass house, where the botanical garden's tropical and tender collections are grown on.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided walk through the specimen trees of an 83-acre Staten Island campus planted over nearly two centuries of horticulture.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided walk through the specimen trees of an 83-acre Staten Island campus planted over nearly two centuries of horticulture.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided walk through the Greek Revival row and painted ceilings of the nineteenth-century sailors' retirement home at Snug Harbor.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided walk through the Greek Revival row and painted ceilings of the nineteenth-century sailors' retirement home at Snug Harbor.
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Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandThe story of the merchant seamen who retired to this 83-acre Staten Island campus, told on the ground where they lived.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandThe story of the merchant seamen who retired to this 83-acre Staten Island campus, told on the ground where they lived.
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Union Hall, Park Slope, BrooklynOntonio Kareem hosts a low-cost Park Slope stand-up showcase with Andre Thompson, Ryan Roman, Amber Singletary and Grace Johnson at Union Hall.
Union Hall, Park Slope, BrooklynOntonio Kareem hosts a low-cost Park Slope stand-up showcase with Andre Thompson, Ryan Roman, Amber Singletary and Grace Johnson at Union Hall.
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