Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best things to do in Queens on Saturday of Columbus Day weekend, Oct 10: 39 picks, refreshed weekly.
39 picks · checked Sep 17
New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDozens of stalls cooking the food of dozens of countries fill a Flushing Meadows lot until midnight, free to walk in, with the season's end near.
New York Hall of Science parking lot, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsDozens of stalls cooking the food of dozens of countries fill a Flushing Meadows lot until midnight, free to walk in, with the season's end near.
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Columbus Square: Columbus Square - Whole Park, QueensMarching bands, soccer clubs and a costumed Columbus and Queen Isabella parade through Astoria to the Columbus statue — a free, neighborly 49th year.
Columbus Square: Columbus Square - Whole Park, QueensMarching bands, soccer clubs and a costumed Columbus and Queen Isabella parade through Astoria to the Columbus statue — a free, neighborly 49th year.
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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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MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA 22-ton wall of rubble from a Ciudad Juárez home anchors Teresa Margolles's first large US museum show, free across PS1's third floor.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensPedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensPedro Pascal plays a former cello prodigy scoring Hollywood films in Tony Gilroy's NYFF Centerpiece, crossing the river to Astoria.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensJohn Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensJohn Turturro plays an aging Bronx pickpocket racing across the boroughs to undo one bad lift, with Steve Buscemi along for the ride.
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Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, QueensForty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
Regal UA Midway, 108-22 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, QueensForty-seven films from fourteen countries fill a Forest Hills multiplex for three days of Caribbean and diaspora storytelling.
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Cunningham Park, Fresh Meadows, QueensA seven-hour pumpkin festival takes over a picnic grove in Cunningham Park, one of the largest green spaces in eastern Queens.
Cunningham Park, Fresh Meadows, QueensA seven-hour pumpkin festival takes over a picnic grove in Cunningham Park, one of the largest green spaces in eastern Queens.
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Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills, QueensSWinxy · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFoster the People play the historic Forest Hills tennis stadium under open October sky, with Goth Babe opening the Good Mourning Sunshine Tour.
Forest Hills Stadium, Forest Hills, QueensSWinxy · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFoster the People play the historic Forest Hills tennis stadium under open October sky, with Goth Babe opening the Good Mourning Sunshine Tour.
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Knockdown Center, Maspeth, QueensKazuhisa OTSUBO from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHoney Dijon takes over all of Knockdown Center from afternoon to 5am, with Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon joining her.
Knockdown Center, Maspeth, QueensKazuhisa OTSUBO from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsHoney Dijon takes over all of Knockdown Center from afternoon to 5am, with Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon joining her.
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Queens County Farm Museum, Glen Oaks, QueensDanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNavigate the Amazing Maize Maze after dark by flashlight at Queens County Farm Museum, one of only two moonlight nights this fall.
Queens County Farm Museum, Glen Oaks, QueensDanTD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsNavigate the Amazing Maize Maze after dark by flashlight at Queens County Farm Museum, one of only two moonlight nights this fall.
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Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensLotte Reiniger's cut-paper silhouette feature, made 11 years before Snow White, turns 100 on 35mm with live piano and an expert intro.
Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, QueensLotte Reiniger's cut-paper silhouette feature, made 11 years before Snow White, turns 100 on 35mm with live piano and an expert intro.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwenty years after the city dedicated the Sri Chinmoy Heart-Garden, a peace-themed gathering returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsTwenty years after the city dedicated the Sri Chinmoy Heart-Garden, a peace-themed gathering returns to Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
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MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensPosters, film and sculpture from Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN's artist campaign fill PS1's Homeroom and museum admission is free for all.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensPosters, film and sculpture from Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN's artist campaign fill PS1's Homeroom and museum admission is free for all.
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35th Ave between 82nd & 81st St, QueensA church-run flea market takes over 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights — secondhand finds, household goods and a very Queens sidewalk crowd.
35th Ave between 82nd & 81st St, QueensA church-run flea market takes over 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights — secondhand finds, household goods and a very Queens sidewalk crowd.
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Torsney Playground: Torsney Playground - Whole Park, QueensTristate farmers line Skillman Avenue beside Lou Lodati Park — Terhune Orchards fruit, Ballards honey, fresh-caught fish, all free to browse.
Torsney Playground: Torsney Playground - Whole Park, QueensTristate farmers line Skillman Avenue beside Lou Lodati Park — Terhune Orchards fruit, Ballards honey, fresh-caught fish, all free to browse.
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Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk: Beach 59th Street, QueensA free boxing-inspired cardio workout on the Rockaway boardwalk, ocean-air fitness on the Queens beachfront.
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk: Beach 59th Street, QueensA free boxing-inspired cardio workout on the Rockaway boardwalk, ocean-air fitness on the Queens beachfront.
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Strippoli Square: Strippoli Square, QueensPray the rosary in the open air at Strippoli Square, Woodside's small Vietnam War memorial triangle with its stone eagle sculpture.
Strippoli Square: Strippoli Square, QueensPray the rosary in the open air at Strippoli Square, Woodside's small Vietnam War memorial triangle with its stone eagle sculpture.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn afternoon-long outdoor prayer vigil at the old World's Fair Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — one of four this October.
Flushing Meadows Corona Park: Ederle Terrace, QueensTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn afternoon-long outdoor prayer vigil at the old World's Fair Vatican Pavilion site in Flushing Meadows Corona Park — one of four this October.
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CC Moore Homestead Playground: Performance Area, QueensIGA's food bazaar returns to Elmhurst's Moore Homestead Playground, a neighborhood food gathering in the heart of Queens' Indonesian community.
CC Moore Homestead Playground: Performance Area, QueensIGA's food bazaar returns to Elmhurst's Moore Homestead Playground, a neighborhood food gathering in the heart of Queens' Indonesian community.
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Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensGolden Lion winner Sonia Boyce films Queens groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus into a kaleidoscopic wallpaper-and-video installation.
Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, QueensGolden Lion winner Sonia Boyce films Queens groups and the Resistance Revival Chorus into a kaleidoscopic wallpaper-and-video installation.
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Sohncke Square: Sohncke Square, QueensA midday rosary in Sohncke Square, the freshly restored WWI memorial plaza where Roosevelt and Woodside Avenues meet under the 7 train.
Sohncke Square: Sohncke Square, QueensA midday rosary in Sohncke Square, the freshly restored WWI memorial plaza where Roosevelt and Woodside Avenues meet under the 7 train.
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Little Bay Park, Bayside, QueensCostumed dogs march the waterfront path under the Throgs Neck Bridge at Little Bay Park's first Halloween pooch parade.
Little Bay Park, Bayside, QueensCostumed dogs march the waterfront path under the Throgs Neck Bridge at Little Bay Park's first Halloween pooch parade.
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SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensCevdet Erek's first New York solo turns thrash-metal memories into sound sculpture, beside Aziz Hazara's objects returned from Bagram.
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, QueensCevdet Erek's first New York solo turns thrash-metal memories into sound sculpture, beside Aziz Hazara's objects returned from Bagram.
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