Your NYC FREE weekend plans begin here, with more than a dozen FREE things to do this Memorial Day Weekend including Fleet Week NYC events, parades, street fairs and the official opening for the season of NYC beaches. Get more New York City for less money with NYC on the Cheap, the only NYC news and events site where most things are FREE and nothing is over $25. NYC isn't expensive when you … [Read more...]
NYC Free: See “Top Gun” at USS Intrepid
Once again, the summer series of FREE outdoor movies on the top deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum kicks off with the blockbuster Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise. The screening is Friday, May 24th, as always during the big Memorial Day Weekend of Fleet Week NYC, which honors the sea services, including the U. S. Navy, U. S. Marines and U. S. Coast Guard service men and women in … [Read more...]
NYCOTC Best of the Week
You've been busy this week. So here is our weekend round-up of 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 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 less money with NYCOTC. NYC Free: Shred Fest 2019 … [Read more...]
Buy and sell LEGO parts, sets, minifigures
Toys on the cheap: If there's a LEGO fanatic in your family, as there is in mine, this website marketplace to buy, sell or trade LEGO parts, sets and minifigures is a great way to save money. Consider BrickLink as a kind of an eBay or Craigslist for the popular toy brand, including for replacement parts that have already gone missing from holiday gifts. BrickLink also has a full selection of … [Read more...]
Best Free and Cheap Things to Do in NYC in May
It's May, it's May, the lovely month of May, blooming with dozens of FREE and cheap things to do in NYC, It's a long list or concerts, talks, film screenings, art and design shows, the Lincoln Center 60th Anniversary Block Party with a full day of FREE music and dance performances and film screenings, and Memorial Day week festivities including Fleet Week, when thousands of US Navy, US Marnes … [Read more...]
100 Things to Do in NYC Before You Die
Drum roll please. It's official. 100 Things to Do in New York City Before You Die, the newest guidebook by NYCOTC Editor Evelyn Kanter, publishes today, May 1, 2019. It's a great guide to discovering the quirky treasures of the NYC, or re-discovering some of the most famous spots in the world, available online and in bookstores. Autographed copies are available from NYC on the … [Read more...]
NYC Free & Cheap Weekend April 26-28
Your weekend plans begin here, with a couple of dozen FREE and cheap things to do this final weekend of April, including NYC Car Free Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival. 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 … [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...]
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