Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

Things to do with kids in New York Metro Area

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Wednesday Nov. 19, 2025

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Radio City Music Hall

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Various

Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center

Ages: All
Attractions

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterUpper West Side

All day

Santa Photo Experience

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The WestchesterWhite Plains

Various

Santa Photos

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Walt Whitman ShopsHuntington Station

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

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All day

Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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All day

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson YardsNew York City

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8am–5pm

The Museum of Modern Art Presents New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

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8am–10pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

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8am–11pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Attractions
Free

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

9am

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

Ages: All
Attractions

The Rink at Rockefeller Center

9:30–10:30am

Emily at the Treehouse – A Program for Children and their Caregivers

Ages: 4 and under

Pelham TreehousePelham

10am–5pm

Mysteries from the Deep: Exploring Underwater Archaeology

Ages: All
Attractions

Intrepid Museum

10am–6pm

Blazing A Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters

10am–6pm

Holiday Train Show

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

New York Botanical GardenBronx

10am–9:30pm

Pop-Up Ice Skating Rink

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions

Cross County CenterYonkers

10am–7pm

POP MART’s SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up Experience

Ages: All
Free
Markets

SKULLPANDA You Found Me Pop-Up

Flutter 2 by Christopher Duggan

10–11:30am

Flutter: A Discover Play for Babies by Treehouse Shakers

Ages: 2 and under
Dance
Music

Mark Morris Dance CenterBrooklyn

10am–10:45pm

Music & Movement: Family JAMboree

Ages: 2 and under
Free

Charleston LibraryStaten Island

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10am–8pm

Harry Potter Shop New York: Holiday Happenings & Hot Butterbeer Bar

Ages: All
Film
Food & Drink

Harry Potter New York

Face Value

10:30am–5:30pm

Face Value: Celebrity Press Photography

Ages: All
Art

The Museum of Modern Art

Stories & Crafts

10:30–11:15am

Stories & Crafts

Ages: 3 – 4

Haverstraw King’s Daughters Public Library, Main BranchGarnerville

Noon–4pm

“Bulls of Wall Street,” a New Exhibition on 19th-century Finance

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion MuseumNorwalk

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Noon–8pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

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Noon–7pm

IKEA House Warming

Ages: All
Free

IKEA House Warming

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3–4pm

Faber Recreation Center Youth Drop-In Programs Seasonal Crafts

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Community

Faber ParkStaten Island

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3–6pm

Jennifer’s Playground Free Afterschool Program

Ages: 5 – 12
Community
Free

Jennifer’s PlaygroundStaten Island

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3:30–5:30pm

Faber Recreation First Lego League Robotics

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Free

Faber ParkStaten Island

3:30–5:30pm

Basketball Skills and Drills

Ages: All
Free
Sports

St. James Recreation CenterBronx

4–4:45pm

Reading Buddies

Ages: 5 – 8
Books & Readings
Free

Finkelstein Memorial LibrarySpring Valley

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