Every year New York City transforms into one giant free Shakespeare festival, with the Bard’s plays being performed and work-shopped in parks across the city. Find your favorite Elizabethean comedy, ...

Canoeing: Island Hopping 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Location: Canoe and Kayak Launch (in Pelham Bay Park) Category: Urban Park Rangers Free!

Movies Under the Stars: Mufasa: The Lion King 8:45 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. Location: Union Turnpike and 196th Street (in Cunningham Park) Category: Film, Best for Kids, Free Summer Movies, Movies Under the ...

Summer Performance Intensive 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Multi-Use Room B (in Marcus Garvey Park) Category: Dance, Recreation Center Programming Free!

The Kids in Motion program engages children in active, outdoor play. An NYC Parks staff member leads four to seven hours of free activities in NYC’s playgrounds, including organized sports, games, ...

Family Camping: Brooklyn 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 a.m. Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park) Category: Nature, Urban Park Rangers, Family Camping with the Urban Park Rangers Free!

Summer on the Hudson: Summer Pops with Calliope Brass 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: 125th Street and Marginal Street (in West Harlem Piers) Category: Concerts, Waterfront Free!

Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Surrounding parkland details On Atlantic Ocean, from Beach 9th Street, Far Rockaway, to Beach 149th Street, Neponsit (718) 318-4000 From surfers to swimmers to the Ramones ...

Sunset Park is one of New York’s hidden treasures. Tucked away in the Brooklyn neighborhood that bares its name, this park is famous for its breathtaking vista. Sunset Park offers, at sunset, and at ...

Star Track is a free, youth outreach program created to teach New York City area kids the fundamentals of track cycling at Kissena Velodrome in Kissena Park, in Queens.