Hand-picked every week — checked against organizers’ own pages.
Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best cheap things to do in New York City the weekend of Oct 9–12, 2026: 14 picks, refreshed weekly.
14 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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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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Prospect Park Zoo, Prospect Park, BrooklynTombstones for extinct animals in Sea Lion Court, a nocturnal Spooky Trail and harvest photo spots make Prospect Park Zoo a costume-friendly stop.
Prospect Park Zoo, Prospect Park, BrooklynTombstones for extinct animals in Sea Lion Court, a nocturnal Spooky Trail and harvest photo spots make Prospect Park Zoo a costume-friendly stop.
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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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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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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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Carpenter's Shop, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandMore than a dozen vintage Ouija boards, old sheet music and a Norman Rockwell illustration anchor a spooky-season history talk at Snug Harbor.
Carpenter's Shop, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandMore than a dozen vintage Ouija boards, old sheet music and a Norman Rockwell illustration anchor a spooky-season history talk at Snug Harbor.
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Industry City Courtyard 1/2, Sunset Park, BrooklynKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn Oktoberfest-spirited tasting of 150-plus craft beer styles in Industry City's courtyards, with a souvenir glass and live entertainment.
Industry City Courtyard 1/2, Sunset Park, BrooklynKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn Oktoberfest-spirited tasting of 150-plus craft beer styles in Industry City's courtyards, with a souvenir glass and live entertainment.
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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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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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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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