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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 25, 2016?

42 free events take place on Sunday, September 25 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out September 25 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of September . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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42 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Sunday, September 25, 2016

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free events nyc Social Documentaries
free events nyc The French Cookin’ Blues Band
free events nyc Multidisciplinary Theatre: Open Studios with Lileana Blain-Cruz
free events nyc 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour
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Tour | NYC Marathon Walk


Brisk walkers only. Will walk most of the Marathon route, starting at 94th St. and 4th Ave., Brooklyn and ending outside Tavern on the Green in Central Park, Manhattan, including 4 boroughs and bridges. Total distance is not quite 24 miles but there are countless drop-off points. There may also be an optional “off –marathon” extension of the walk. Bring lunch and water (or will stop to buy). Bad weather cancels.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:30 am
$3

Tour | Hudson River Nature Walk


Learn about the park’s wildlife by joining experienced naturalists on guided nature walks along the park’s esplanade. Enjoy a meandering waterfront walk while viewing and learning about the park’s flora and fauna, including some of the 85 different species of birds identified within Park boundaries. Peek into some of our many gardens to discover butterflies, dragonflies and other interesting insects. Get to know the native plants that thrive in unexpected places in and around the river’s edge. Each nature walk is unique and offers a one-of-a-kind treasure hunt-like experience. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress appropriately for the weather. Loud noises and barking tend to startle wildlife and reduce viewing opportunities - please be considerate and leave your dog at home. Sundays, June 5-Sep. 25.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
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Tour | Queens Waterfront Walk, Part 2


Distance: 15 miles. Walk the Queens waterfront from Flushing to Bayside. Walk through Flushing, College Point, Malba, Whitestone, Fort Totten, and Bayside. Moderate pace. Some drop-off points. Important: Bring water and lunch. There is no place to obtain food or water where they will be having lunch.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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9:00 am
$3

City Walk | Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo Tour


This is a 3-hour tour that begins with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, an icon of New York City for over 125 years, with spectacular views of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The tour then moves on to a stroll of Brooklyn Heights, America’s and New York City’s first suburb. The tour then explores the neighborhood DUMBO before ending at the Fulton Ferry landing.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Downtown Manhattan 3-Hour Tour


The 3-hour walking and subway tour covers the Financial District including Wall Street and the World Trade Center, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown. These are neighborhoods that simply can’t be fully appreciated from a bus. There will be one or two opportunities to sample tasty treats.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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City Walk | Greenwich Village, High Line and Chelsea Tour


Join a three-hour journey through some of New York City's most historic areas. They'll begin in Greenwich Village, one of the cultural centers of America. Once a pastoral green oasis, and later a home for Irish and Italian immigrants, Greenwich Village has been at the forefront of some of the most important political, social, and artistic movements of the 20th Century. Filled with 19th century townhouses, and now one of the most desirable and high priced neighborhoods in America, the Village tells a multi-generational New York story. From secluded wealthy enclave to emerging Bohemian and Beat communities, from Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan to the Stonewall Inn. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2pm and Sundays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Tour | Manhattan Street Art Tour


Join a Manhattan Street Art Tour and experience the Lower East Side - SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and Little Italy. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is a playground for street artists, Soho is known to be one of NYC first permit Joint Live-Work Quarters for artists and the area received landmark designation in 1973. Noho and Nolita’s street art is either hidden in courtyards or on the more prominent street art facades. Learn about the history of the art of many famous and unknown artist.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Discussion | Ethics of Action


Curt Collier will reflect on how Ethical Culture has shaped his environmental work and how relational based, not dogma based, ethics can indeed transform the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Tour | Flatiron District Walking Tour


Join professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the city’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. This tour repeats every Sunday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Kayak Polo


They’ve got the equipment (kayaks, vests, helmets, paddles), you bring the body, enthusiasm, and sportsmanship (shorts/sandals, too). Your level of experience doesn’t matter. They are limited to 15 participants per game, so reserve your spot for the game at 11AM. They’ll put you in a team and give you a vest number on a first-come first-served basis. Dedicated players and volunteers, though, will end up being teachers to others. They focus on individual attention and kayak mentoring, and offer the best free kayak learning experience you can get in NYC. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before game time to be donned with vest, helmet, paddle, and kayak.
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Park Walk | Waterfront Walks: Guided Park Tours


Join docents on a tour to learn about the history of the Brooklyn waterfront, the park's sustainable design, and how the park came to life. The tour takes place Sundays from April 17 to October 30.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
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Festival | Lower East Side Pickle Day


Take a walk back in brine time with Pickle Day on the Lower East Side. The street will once again be transformed into a pickle bazaar with 20+ picklers, tasty pickled and non-pickled treats, tons of local boutiques and restaurants, live music, games, activities and the world's first EVER home pickling/dancing contest.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Other | Open Studios with Process Space Artists-in-Residence


This fall is one last chance to see the exciting projects that 20 LMCC artists-in-residence have been developing on the island since July. Over the course of two days, audiences can roam through the studios at the former army warehouse turned LMCC’s Arts Center, and experience a variety of in-progress and completed visual, literary, and performing art works. There will be painting, sketch, new media, writing, theater, dance and performance art projects sure to inspire new ideas and perspectives, providing an avenue for artists and audiences to engage in dialogue. During Open Texts from 3:30-4:30pm, audiences can hear readings of short stories, novel excerpts, and other writings that artists have created during their residency.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Jazz | The swinging world of jazz: performance and family friendly activities


Families have the opportunity to participate in songwriting workshops, turn everyday objects into musical instruments in a digital sound playground, join in on sing-alongs, and build instruments and play them in an ensemble. Jazz vocalist Brianna Thomas will perform.
   New York City, NY; NYC
12:00 pm
Free

Workshop | Awesome Asana Yoga


Certified yoga instructor Chelsea Best conducts Awesome Asana Yoga, an open-level Vinyasa class designed to accommodate beginners and experts alike. All are welcome, and mats, if you haven’t one, are provided. Every Sunday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Festival | Governors Island’s First Annual Storytelling Festival


The Brooklyn ARTery Soundstage, curated by Robin Bady of Badyhouse Storytelling Concert Series, will feature world-renowned storytellers, puppet theater by Drama of Works Theater Company, music and more. Set in the lush, tree-filled Nolan Park, surrounded by bright yellow Victorian mansions, Brooklyn ARTery’s Governors Island Storytelling Festival offers a summer season of programming for the whole family. Every Sunday, July 3 - September 25.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Screening | Social Documentaries


Social Documentary Film presents a showcase of thesis films from the class of 2016, which document a Beijing general's family home, an orphanage in the birthplace of the Buddha, New York City neighborhoods, and more. Takes place Sep. 22-25.
   New York City, NY; NYC
1:30 pm
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Concert | Americana Music Fest: country, folk, blues, old time, and bluegrass artists


Performers: Nikolaus Schuhbeck & the Avalanches, The Dang It Bobbys, Annie Keating ("..a cross between Willie Nelson and John Prine and you don’t get any better than that.” The Village Voice), Hubby Jenkins (a member of Grammy winning Carolina Chocolate Drops), Karen Poliski, Will Scott, Bobtown
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Brooklyn Heights Tour


Known as America's first suburb, Brooklyn Heights is truly a gem. Travel and Leisure named it one of America's top 10 most beautiful neighborhoods, and its beauty is rivaled only by its place in American history. These quaint, tree-lined streets have been the sites of Revolutionary War battles, abolitionist activism and have inspired numerous novelists. Visit a stop on the Underground Railroad, or the home of Truman Capote, where he penned Breakfast at Tiffany's and where Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Bushwick Graffiti and Street Art Tour


New York City is a mecca for graffiti and street art, making it a very attractive playground for artists from around the world. Bushwick, in a working class district on the north side of Brooklyn adjacent to Williamsburg, has been attracting artists for some time now. The neighborhood has a fair collection of art studios and galleries, but it’s Bushwick’s industrial landscape that’s attracting the street artist. If you came looking for 1960′s Greenwich Village, you’ll find something brewing in Bushwick. Tour takes place Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | David Miller's Diane (1955): Royal Romance


Stars: Lana Turner, Pedro Armendáriz, Roger Moore. In the 16th century, a noblewoman has a love affair with the French king. 110 mins.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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City Walk | Far West Village-'Bohemia Along the Hudson' Tour


Highlights: St. Luke's In the Fields Chapel, The High Line, The HB Studio Acting School, The White Horse Tavern, The Archives Building and the Gendarme Apt. Building.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
$20...

Tour | Harlem Tour


Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments. This tour takes place Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 2pm, and Saturdays at 10am.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Concert | The French Cookin’ Blues Band


This Hall of Fame Band plays the Blues from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago and New York, to Texas and Louisiana. They frequently appear at jazz clubs and other star venues in the New York area.
   New York City, NY; NYC
2:00 pm
Free

Classical Music | Vocal Works by Strauss, Schubert, and Liszt


With: Andrea Reichenbach, soprano
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Tour | Williamsburg, Brooklyn Tour


It’s once abandoned waterfront is now is now filled with newly constructed condo towers and magnificent parks and stunning views of Manhattan. Known today as the hipster capital of the United States, Williamsburg is so much more than that, containing enclaves of Puerto Ricans, Polish, Italians, Dominicans and Hasidic Jews.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Contemporary Dance: Open Studios with Netta Yerushalmy


“Working with a dominating visual eye obsessed with shapes and structures, I sculpt and arrange highly specific pure movement. I work towards abstraction within a form that can never be abstract. The dances that I make consist of a multiplicity of utterances, or ideas, that take their form in movement and structure. These movements and structures are the ideas. I aim to engage with audiences by imparting the sensation of things-as-they-are-perceived, not as they are known, and to challenge how meaning is attributed and constructed. My desire is to produce de-familiarizing aesthetic experiences.” – Netta Yerushalmy Netta Yerushalmy is a dance artist, choreographer and performer whose work aims to engage audiences by imparting the sensation of things as they are perceived, not as they are known, and to challenge how meaning is attributed and constructed. In Open Studios, Yerushalmy will be sharing parts of her newest dance project with audiences.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:30 pm
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Opening Reception | EAF16: Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Artists: Liene Bosquê, Travis Boyer, Andrew Brehm, Lea Cetera, Onyedika Chuke, Dylan Gauthier, Dmitri Hertz, Madeline Hollander, Olalekan Jeyifous, Lia Lowenthal, Dachal Choi & Mathew Suen, Galeria Perdida, Sable Elyse Smith, Elizabeth Tubergen, Bryan Zanisnik From June through September, EAF artists work on-site, negotiating the physical and conceptual challenges of production in the park’s outdoor studio space.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Park Walk | Artworks in the scenic landmark park: Evolving Terrain


The works in Evolving Terrain address the natural landscape within an ever-changing city, and hope to create a dialogue between communities, artists, and nature, and to explore the ways in which the natural realm supports the constructed environment. This guided walk will let you view the artworks and meet the artists. The artists will speak about their work and the inspiration they drew from the park’s sublime landscape and its abundant natural features.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Drawing Workshop Aboard a 'Floating Food Forest'


Botany, meet artistry. In this unique workshop, artist Kim Darling leads drawing exercises in which participants use plant-based inks derived from the plants on Swale. Create beautiful drawings of the greenery using the foliage itself. Swale is devoted to rethinking New York City’s connection to our needs for sustenance. Built on a 130-foot by 40-foot floating platform, Swale contains an edible forest garden. Functioning as both a sculpture and a tool, Swale provides free healthy food at the intersection of public art and service. With Swale, the creators want to reinforce water as a commons, and work towards fresh food as a commons too.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Storytelling: Borderless and Boundless


Peter Stevenson from Wales and Regina Ress from NYC weave traditional and personal stories to explore visible and invisible boundaries, tear down walls, and celebrate connection. Peter Stevenson brings the story of women who lived freely in the literal no man’s land between high tide and the cliffs of west Wales; Regina Ress shares the legend of a woman called forth from her village to help a crocodile. These and other tales, true and possibly true, invite us all to consider the barriers, literal and figurative, that we build to mark our territory and the gates we might fling open to embrace the “other” and, by doing so, enlarge our lives. Appropriate for adults and youth 12 and older.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | The Greenwich Village Orchestra performs an all-Dvorak program


The Greenwich Village Orchestra's 30th anniversary season opens with a full concert of music by Antonin Dvorak. They'll start with Slavonic Dance, No.8, welcome back violinist Adele Anthony performing Dvorak's lyrical, dramatic Violin Concerto, and finish with the iconic "New World Symphony" presented as part of the New York Philharmonic's The New World Initiative. The 30th anniversary season will offer everything you've come to expect from music director Barbara Yahr and the Greenwich Village Orchestra -- inspiring programs performed with passion, professionalism, dedication and power.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Talk | Multidisciplinary Theatre: Open Studios with Lileana Blain-Cruz


Lileana Blain-Cruz is a theater director whose work takes on a variety of forms, from devised events, to radical interpretations of classical works, to installation and performance art and new plays. In Open Studios, audiences can learn more about her latest work-in-progress, a multidisciplinary theatrical project.
   New York City, NY; NYC
3:30 pm
Free

Discussion | Choreographer Jill Sigman talks about her new work Weed Heart: People, Plants, and Social Justice


Gibney Dance Community Action Artist in Residence Jill Sigman will facilitate a discussion in conjunction with her new work Weed Heart with a panel of guests including noted artists, historians, scholars. Panelists: Demetrius Eudell, Marguerite Hemmings, Jan Mun, Kristin Norderval, iele paloumpis, Radhika Subramaniam
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Classical Music | Sunday Afternoon Organ Meditation


The program features the great repertoire of the organ on the 101-rank Pipe Organ built by Herman Schlicker and the 5 stop chamber organ built by Taylor and Boody Organ Builders. The Organ Meditation takes place every Sunday from Sept. 11, 2016 to May 28, 2017.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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4:00 pm
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Concert | Sunday Organ Recital


With: Patrick Parker of Houston.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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5:15 pm
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Staged Reading | Play Reading: Yiddish New York


By Jack Feldstein Two one-act plays about Yiddish-speakers in modern-day New York City. BENCHING: A Satmar Hasid from Williamsburg, Brooklyn dreams of the secular world. ISAAC B. SINGER SHOWS AND TELLS: 1978 Nobel-prize winner Isaac B. Singer tells us about his past and is told about it by those who were close to him.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Performance | Happy Belated Birthday, Leela! A Play in a Day Event


Leela NYC is putting on play fests in one day. The writers are not given headshots, genders, age, nationality of actors prior to writing the scripts. They only get their skill set, training, and one fun fact. The day of the event actors and directors get the script and spend hours making the plays performance ready by the evening. Want to see what happens when actors are not conditioned by how they look or sound? There will be a performance of six short plays, memorized. Wine and birthday cake reception to follow.
   New York City, NY; NYC
6:30 pm
$5

Tour | 9/11 Memorial and Brooklyn Bridge Night Tour


A renaissance is taking place on the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, a concerted effort has been undertaken to redevelop this part of the city, with the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the construction of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum. And from twilight into the night is the right time to pay a visit to this part of New York City. From the Memorial to the Woolworth Building, City Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge, some of the your most memorable experiences in the city await you. Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
Free

Tour | Dark Side of the High Line Tour


The skeletal remains of the High Line’s elevated tracks set the perfect scene for a spooky evening. Join a journey to the creepier side of New York City’s most unique park. On this tour you’ll hear tales of the strange eccentric who lived below the tracks and saved them from demise, the curse of a West Side Cowboy who fell to his death from the elevated track, and the children who haunt the street formerly known as Death Avenue. If the moon hangs right perhaps you’ll witness the spectacle of a ghostly ship floating down the Hudson River; is it the long forgotten crew of Henry Hudson’s Half-Moon warning sailors not to go to sea? Or is it Captain Kidd protecting the treasure he buried on Liberty Island? Venture at your own risk through the dark side of High Line.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | Stand-up comedy: ComedyBnB


Enoy free stand-up comedy! Produced by Michelle Slonim, a comedian who was featured on Comedy Central , HBO and on SiriusXM Radio. She plays regularly at Late Night at the Comic Strip, Broadway Comedy Club, Carolines on Broadway and at Solas Laughs.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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