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What's on in New York City

Museums and theatre, the river and the parks, and the things the seasons open and close. What is on, what changed this week, and when.

Events

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A long avenue between rows of brownstones lined with glowing pumpkins and paper lanterns, a large jack-o'-lantern face in a starry night sky

Halloween

Park Slope Halloween Parade 2026

Seventh Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn · New York City

Paper lanterns strung along a curve under a crescent moon

Halloween

Village Halloween Parade 2026

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village · New York City

A round drum-shaped arena at night wrapped in glowing orange bands of light, a dark street leading up to it, a crescent moon and a few bats in the sky

Concert

Harry Styles at Madison Square Garden: the final night

Madison Square Garden, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza · New York City

On now

A row of brownstone houses with pumpkins on their stoops behind a striped barrier closing the street to cars, under an orange sky

Halloween

Trick-or-Streets 2026: Halloween open streets

Open Streets and plazas in all five boroughs · New York City

A stone arched bridge over dark water in front of a large amber disc, with a bare twisted tree at the left and a small red lantern hanging from its trunk

Halloween

Halloween in Sleepy Hollow 2026

Philipsburg Manor · Sleepy Hollow

An arch of overlapping paper leaves in amber, ochre and cream above a pale band carrying three animal paw prints

Halloween

Boo at the Zoo 2026

Bronx Zoo · New York

News

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A paper airliner tail rising behind a baggage carousel of cut paper, small figures in running shoes holding a long paper banner, a single paper medal on a ribbon, on an ochre ground

Sport

Delta's marathon welcome at JFK and LaGuardia

Ahead of the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 1, 2026, Delta sets up treats and sign-making stations at the JFK and LaGuardia baggage claims on Thursday and Friday, October 29–30, from noon, and boards marathoners first on November 1 and 2.

A flat overhead map of city blocks with small orange pumpkins lined along an empty street

Halloween

160 car-free Halloween streets

New York's Department of Transportation hands a record 160 Open Streets and plazas to Halloween this October, with free trick-or-treating, costume contests and one signature party in each borough.

A roast chicken on a plate beside a martini glass, on a dark brown ground

Food

HUMM opens in the West Village

The Eleven Madison Park chef's à la carte sister restaurant opens at 435 Hudson Street, New York, on Saturday, October 10, with a roast chicken for two and a martini cart.