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Tuesday Dec. 31, 2024

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11:15 am – noon

A Family New Year’s Countdown and Celebration

Ages: 12 and under
Craft & DIY
Free

Queens Public Library – Glen OaksGlen Oaks

11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Noon Year’s Eve Celebration

Ages: 8 and under
Free

Stapleton LibraryStaten Island

Manhattan Sloomoo

11:59 am – noon

Noon Year’s at Sloomoo Institute

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Sloomoo Institute

Noon – 1:30 pm

Tea Around Town: Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

Tea Around TownNew York City

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Noon – 8 pm

Horizon of Khufu: An Immersive VR Expedition to Ancient Egypt

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions

Horizon of Khufu

Noon – 8 pm

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy

Ages: All

Noon – 4 pm

Winter Recess in Prospect Park

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Prospect Park Audubon CenterBrooklyn

Noon – 8 pm

New Years EASE

The RandolphBrooklyn

1 – 2 pm

Kiddie Craft and Hike

Ages: All
Environment
Free

Van Cortlandt Nature CenterBronx

1 – 2:30 pm

Nature Puppet Show for Kids

Ages: All
Free

Fort Totten Park Visitors Center in Fort Totten ParkBayside

2:30 – 4:30 pm

De Matti Park Youth Power Hours

Ages: 3 – 12
Free

DeMatti ParkStaten Island

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3 – 9 pm

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

Ages: All
Animals
Attractions

4 – 7 pm

Bring the Family & Ring in 2025 EARLY at D&B

Ages: 9 and up
Community
Holiday

Dave & Buster’s Saten IslandStaten Island

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5 – 10 pm

Tianyu Lights Festival

Citi FieldFlushing

The Queens New Year’s Eve 5K

6 – 9 pm

The Queens New Year’s Eve 5K

Flushing Meadows Corona Park – ParkingQueens

Brooklyns Largets Menorah

6 pm

Lighting of Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah

Ages: All
Community
Free

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahBrooklyn

6 – 7:30 pm

Milk & Cookies New Year’s Eve Family Friendly Comedy Show

Ages: 5 and up
Comedy

West Side Comedy ClubUpper West Side

Manhattan Holiday Harbor Lights

7 pm

Holiday Harbor Lights

Pier 83

7 pm

New Year’s Eve 2025 Party with VIP Escort to BALL DROP at Times Square

la macarena nycBrooklyn

10 pm – midnight

New Year’s Eve Celebration

Ages: All
Free
Holiday

Grand Army PlazaBrooklyn

Wednesday Jan. 1, 2025

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity 2024 Holiday Lights Festivals

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

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Various

Big Apple Circus | Hometown Playground

Ages: 5 and up
Attractions
Dance

Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center

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Various

Lightscape

Ages: All
Attractions
Holiday

Brooklyn Botanic GardenBrooklyn

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

Radio City Music Hall

BAC_Hometown Playground

All day

Big Apple Circus

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Theater

Damrosch Park at Lincoln CenterManhattan

Manhattan Annie’ and the Orphans in the 2024-2025 National Tour of ANNIE. (c) 2024

Various

Annie

Ages: All
Theater

The Theater at Madison Square Garden

Various

The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation

Ages: All
Christmas
Holiday

The Metropolitan Opera House

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All day

Stream TADA! Youth Theater’s The History Mystery

Ages: 3 and up
Theater
Virtual

Virtual

All day

The Museum of Modern Art Presents- Projects: Marlon Mullen

Ages: All
Art
Free

The Museum of Modern Art

Holiday Lights

7:30 – 9 am

CHRISTMAS In NEW YORK HOLIDAY LIGHTS RUNNING

Ages: 5 and up
Christmas
Holiday

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8 am – 10 pm

The Lodge at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free

Bryant ParkNew York City

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8 am – 10 pm

The Rink at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Free
Outdoors

Bryant ParkNew York City

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