Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best outdoors in the Upper West Side, Manhattan over Labor Day weekend 2026 (Sep 5–7): 3 picks, refreshed weekly.
3 picks · checked Sep 2
Pier i at West 70th Street, Upper West Side, ManhattanSideshow performers, carnival amusements, live bands and cotton candy take over a Hudson River pier for Riverside Park's free county fair.
Pier i at West 70th Street, Upper West Side, ManhattanSideshow performers, carnival amusements, live bands and cotton candy take over a Hudson River pier for Riverside Park's free county fair.
Pier 1, Riverside Park South, Upper West Side, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA county fair lands on the Hudson at Pier 1 with sideshow performers, carnival rides and live bands.
Pier 1, Riverside Park South, Upper West Side, ManhattanDietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA county fair lands on the Hudson at Pier 1 with sideshow performers, carnival rides and live bands.
Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, Central Park, Upper West Side, ManhattanWallyg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA phone-obsessed Red and a sweet-toothed wolf cross paths inside Central Park's 150-year-old marionette cottage — 45 minutes, hand-carved.
Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, Central Park, Upper West Side, ManhattanWallyg · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA phone-obsessed Red and a sweet-toothed wolf cross paths inside Central Park's 150-year-old marionette cottage — 45 minutes, hand-carved.
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