Get aboard the Comp Train to get FREE tickets to shows and concerts, foodie and art events, party cruises and more, in New York City and in cities nationwide. Every once in a while, our favorite ticket discounter sends out the Comp Train for a limited time, when top tickets are offered FREE. If you don't live in NYC or aren't visiting soon, there are Comp Train freebies to shows and events … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Lincoln Center Block Party
Lincoln Center celebrates its 60th birthday next Sat., May 4th, with a full day of FREE live music and dance performances, film screenings, family-friendly events and activities and more. The Lincoln Center 60th Anniversary Block Party features something for all ages and interests throughout the iconic Lincoln Center campus. The all-day block party celebrates the anniversary of the … [Read more...]
NYC Car Free Day
To celebrate Earth Day this weekend, NYC once again is closing some streets to cars, on Saturday, April 27. The NYC Car Free Day has been expanded for 2019 to include sections of all five boroughs being closed to motorized vehicles, to allow pedestrians and cyclists to roam free and ride free, between 9am to 3pm. As in previous years, 30 blocks of Broadway between Times Square and … [Read more...]
Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival 2019
Sakura Matsuri is the annual cherry blossom festival is celebrated both in Japan and in NYC, where the largest annual festival is in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. It's two days of music and dance performances, including Taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, activities for the kids including a parade, flower arranging, a tea ceremony, and a marketplace for Japanese textiles and gift … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Shred Fest 2019 Document Shredding
Now that you've filed your taxes, it's time to shred documents you no longer need, and protect yourself from identity theft. Shred Fest is a FREE annual shredding service in NYC and the rest of New York State, sponsored by the AARP Stop Scams program. There are FREE shredding events in all five boroughs this week and through mid-through May. You don't have to be an AARP member, or … [Read more...]
Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms
Spring is blooming in New York City this week, including thousands of pink and white Japanese cherry trees with their fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms. Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx - Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan: The walkway along the Hudson River, from 100th Street to 125th Street, is known as Cherry Walk. … [Read more...]
Celebrating All Things Green in New York City
NYC celebrates our great green earth all 365 days a year, not just on Earth Day. Despite what Kermit the Frog says, it's easy to be green in NYC, because green is everywhere, in NYC parks and gardens, neighborhood and street names, on the subway, on our iconic statues and monuments, with our favorite hometown sports teams, and in what we eat. Here are the NYCOTC top choices for where … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Spring Birding Tours of Bryant Park
Some people have said NYC is for the birds. They haven't been to Bryant Park, where birds are so abundant that Bryant Park partners with the New York Audobon Society each spring to conduct FREE birding tours, starting this week. This is the 11th year for the FREE tours, popular with both experienced birders and newcomers to check out the birds who use Bryant Park as a pit stop on their … [Read more...]
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