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...]
NYCOTC Best of the Week
You've been busy this week getting ready for Passover and Easter. So here are the top stories on NYC on the Cheap, in case you missed anything. It's about saving money and enjoying NYC with free museum admission, free Passover recipes and family crafts, free and cheap tickets to events, and other freebies and deals. You are such a frugal bunch of followers. Our motto is Get more NYC for … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend April 19-21
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this holiday weekend that includes Earth Day events, the New York Auto Show, Passover, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Everything we suggest is $25 or less, and most are FREE and family-friendly, so you can enjoy more NYC for less money. That just happens to be the NYC on the Cheap motto - get more NYC for … [Read more...]
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