Free Kids Activities in NYC

Looking for free things to do with kids in New York City? Browse hundreds of free activities — from library storytimes and museum workshops to park programs and community events.

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Sat · Apr 11
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11:00 am

Ready, Set, Kindergarten!

New Utrecht Library

FreeAges 3–5
11:00 am

Saturday Storytime

Rugby, Meeting Room Library

FreeAges 0–2
11:00 am

Chess for Kids

Bay Ridge Library, Meeting Room

FreeAges 5–12
11:00 am

Climate Justice Storytime: Wind Power

Clinton Hill Library

FreeAges 5–12
11:00 am

Family Storytime

Brooklyn Heights Library, Craft Room

Free
11:00 am

Saturday Storytime

Central Library, Youth Wing

FreeAges 0–5
11:00 am

Ready, Set, Kindergarten!

Sunset Park Library

FreeAges 3–5
11:00 am

Read with a Therapy Dog

Clinton Hill, Meeting Room Library

FreeAges 5–12
11:00 am

Ready Set Kindergarten Series

Sunset Park, Multipurpose Room A Library

FreeAges 3–5
11:00 am

Saturday Storytime

Gerritsen Beach, Small Program Room Library

FreeAges 0–5
11:00 am

Saturday Storytime

Fort Washington Library

FreeAges 0–5
11:00 am

Spring Concert: Music with Corey

Webster Library

Free
11:00 am

Saturday Family Storytime

Ottendorfer Library

FreeAges 0–5
11:00 am

Poses & Prose

Melrose Library

FreeAges 3–12
11:00 am

Together in Song with Suzi Shelton and Friends

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, LPA Cafe

FreeAges 4–8
11:00 am

Lil Studio! at Harlem Library with The Studio Museum in Harlem

Harlem Library

FreeAges 3–5
11:00 am

Ready Set Kindergarten Series

Marcy Library

FreeAges 0–5
11:00 am

Free Helmet Fitting and Distribution Event - Queens

Russell Sage Playground

Free
11:15 am

Landscape Watercolor Painting

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Free w/ admissionAges 0–4
11:30 am

Little Skywatchers: A Cosmic Adventure

Hudson River Museum

Ticket req’dRSVP required

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Last updated: April 2, 2026