{"title": "9th Annual Raptorama at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "9th Annual Raptorama at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a free festival about the birds of prey of Jamaica Bay. The National Park Service hosts it with partners Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, American Littoral Society, New York City Bird Alliance and New York City Plover Project. Visitors can see live raptor demonstrations by the Wildlife Center of Long Island, join guided hawk walks with rangers during fall migration, and enjoy family-friendly activities at partner tables. There is also a Junior Ranger program and a raptor slideshow presentation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/9th-annual-raptorama-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-55494/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=AEA0322C-09F2-14F6-1D0344BF0D765B18", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2f0c819de0ea1619fde8312d93985311e285bd4b23d1f180cee54cf140e09a78-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "\"Ranger's Choice\" Guided Walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge", "start": "2026-10-31T10:30:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["occasion/seasons"], "description": "A ranger-led guided walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, this week a spooky Halloween Fall Foliage Walk. 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It is run by Gateway National Recreation Area, part of the U.S. National Park Service. The walk invites people to embrace the golden evening light and the changing autumn landscape. It lasts one hour and is free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/jamaica-bay-sunset-walk-55498/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=F0D1289E-A153-FBBD-80DFD1BC9E30CA76", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8f9745b7fa69434062fd7fe7cb063d3d61cc0df3ad021ab179df617b614ad39b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Resilient Jamaica Bay Walk", "start": "2026-10-30T14:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/climate"], "description": "Join a park ranger on a guided nature walk to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge's Living Shoreline to learn how this climate-resilient restoration project is helping to protect the New York City coastline. The walk is hosted by Gateway National Recreation Area of the U.S. National Park Service and lasts about one hour. It is a ranger-led program exploring the resilience of Jamaica Bay and its shoreline. Attendance is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/resilient-jamaica-bay-walk-55486/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=B9725098-F362-4A7B-9495FDC402D07E0D", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c9dc8b5d68d03950046ecb9deb20e5db4febb8df15bde22f4c50da7163faf670-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bird and Nature Walk: Fresh Kills - North Park", "start": "2026-11-04T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T12:00:00-05:00", "place": "Staten Island Museum", "address": "10301", "price": "Free / Donations welcome", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "Bird and Nature Walk: Fresh Kills – North Park is a guided nature walk through Freshkills North Park, meeting in the parking lot at the end of Wild Ave. It is led by the Staten Island Museum, with naturalists Ed Johnson and Ray Matarazzo joined by Director of Natural Science Colleen Evans. The walk goes through the borough of parks, looking for lingering songbirds and raptors as well as newly arrived wintering waterfowl.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bird-and-nature-walk-fresh-kills-north-park-56056/", "official_url": "https://www.statenislandmuseum.org/event/bird-and-nature-walk-fresh-kills-north-park/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cc4d995f232ab3a30263b3f2ce80b3432939d0f76caa1dfdf9d5a536968192e7-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sandy Hook Birding Club", "start": "2026-11-01T08:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/o/gateway-national-recreation-area-31781980371", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "Sandy Hook Birding Club is a beginner-friendly, guided bird walk to learn about the birds of Sandy Hook. It is hosted by a park ranger from Gateway National Recreation Area. A limited number of binoculars will be available to borrow, and spots must be reserved on Eventbrite.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-birding-club-55492/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8A78262A-C340-4EAF-C0717A472FA00BAC", "image": ""}, {"title": "Jamaica Bay Book Club", "start": "2026-11-06T14:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "Jamaica Bay Book Club is a gathering that reads selections of nature-themed literature and thinks critically about nature writing and our place in the natural world. It is run by the National Park Service's Gateway National Recreation Area, with a ranger leading open, respectful discussion of the works read. Participants should bring their thoughts and questions and register in advance to receive the readings.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/jamaica-bay-book-club-55493/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Bats of New Jersey Pop-Up", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Ryan Visitor Center", "address": "New York Avenue 210, 10305 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["nature/animals/bats"], "description": "Bats of New Jersey Pop-Up is a family-friendly activity introducing the basics of bat biology and the bat species found on the New Jersey coast. It is hosted by Gateway National Recreation Area of the U.S. National Park Service. Visitors who arrive in costume receive a small token of appreciation, while supplies last.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/bats-of-new-jersey-pop-up-55491/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=13FE170F-C906-168C-01BA6F6CE8236818", "image": ""}, {"title": "BAMboo!", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00-04:00", "place": "Peter Jay Sharp Building", "address": "30 Lafayette Ave, between Ashland Pl & St. Felix St.", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://commerce.bam.org/production/55917", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/halloween", "community"], "description": "BAMboo! is BAM's annual free Halloween celebration for families, an autumn afternoon of carnival games, arts and crafts, and candy giveaways. This year the activities take place both indoors and outdoors. Visitors are invited to come in costume. 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Costumes are welcome, but be prepared for an outdoor walk and wear comfortable footwear.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/urban-park-rangers-outdoor-skills-animal-tracking-75575/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Brooklyn FAM’s 6th Annual Flagship Festival", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T16:00:00-05:00", "place": "Boathouse", "address": "East Drive 101, 11215", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-fams-6th-annual-flagship-festival-tickets-2001651831511?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["art", "music", "occasion"], "description": "Brooklyn FAM's 6th Annual Flagship Festival is a free, family-friendly arts and music festival held rain or shine at the Prospect Park Boathouse. It is organized by Brooklyn FAM, a community-empowering 501(c)3 charitable arts nonprofit, in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance, American Indian Community House, and NY Immigration Coalition. The event celebrates North, Central, and South American indigenous voices — including Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Shinnecock, Matinecock, Montaukett, Unkechaug, Diné (Navajo), Taíno, Colombian, Mexican, and Guatemalan (Maya) — with music and dance performances, workshops, a drumming circle, craft-making, and public art for all ages. This year's theme is \"Shine Your Light,\" and food and drink are available for purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/brooklyn-fams-6th-annual-flagship-festival-66206/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Socrates Sculpture Park Halloween Harvest Festival", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00-04:00", "place": "Socrates Sculpture Park, Vernon Boulevard, Astoria, NY, USA", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-harvest-festival-tickets-1986570753601?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["occasion/halloween"], "description": "The Halloween Harvest Festival fills Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria with a family-friendly afternoon of artmaking workshops, performances for young children, and pumpkin decorating and carving contests. The program also includes a community resource fair with local organizations, a vegan food market curated by Erica Muñoz, and an annual dog costume contest co-hosted with Chateau le Woof. Workshops range from learning about New York's bats with iDig2Learn to Lizania Cruz's interactive kiosk 'Ecologies of Care' and costume making with reused materials. The event also marks the park's season closeout.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/socrates-sculpture-park-halloween-harvest-festival-71899/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c0b4553d10cfbee9ec4fcc4b341708e0b12acbdf989dc488111cc3f9bae65b0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dia de los Muertos", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "Queens Zoo", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "10.95", "price_to": "10.95", "tickets_url": "https://queenszoo.com/things-to-do/events/260", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["nature/animals", "occasion/day-of-the-dead"], "description": "A Dia de los Muertos celebration at Queens Zoo where families, friends, and the community come together to learn about extinct animal species and celebrate Latin American cultures. Activities include Wildlife Theater shows, puppet meet & greets, face painting, crafts, animal meet & greets, a Zoo Ofrenda at the Farm honoring extinct animal ancestors, story time, educational and Halloween games, and keeper chats. The event is hosted by the Queens Zoo.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/dia-de-los-muertos-55258/", "official_url": "https://queenszoo.com/things-to-do/events/260", "image": "https://noky.io/images/077957c9c86bf1fcd097969f74adb65dca7f4ee8c5ddd1831d903d44755343b0-600.webp"}, {"title": "Weekly Bird Tour", "start": "2026-10-31T10:15:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Soissons Landing", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "A weekly 90-minute bird tour on Governors Island, where nearly 240 bird species have been spotted. It is run by NYC Bird Alliance and welcomes both expert birders and beginners to discover what makes the island an excellent place for birding. Tours leave from Soissons Landing, next to the Welcome Center, and are offered weekly on Saturdays through the end of October.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/weekly-bird-tour-52852/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/751db78e5acd803325fe111371dae8f2bcafa1de9670edc56eaa480e4168318f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Van Cortlandt Nature Group Walk", "start": "2026-11-11T14:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T15:30:00-05:00", "place": "Van Cortlandt Park Alliance", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/van-cortlandt-nature-group-walk-tickets-2003369373726?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature"], "description": "Van Cortlandt Nature Group Walk is a slow nature walk through Van Cortlandt Park led by naturalist Debbi Dolan, who introduces participants to the park's local flora and fauna. The Van Cortlandt Park Alliance runs the walk, which explores how nature is active in the fall, with bird migrations, changing leaves, and animals preparing to hibernate. Walkers can 'leaf peek' at oaks, hickories, sugar maples and tulip trees changing color and look for new bird arrivals such as the white throated sparrow and the dark eyed juncos feeding on seeds, nuts and berries. This walk meets in the parking lot of the Riverdale Stables and follows the trails of the park's Northwest Woods.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/van-cortlandt-nature-group-walk-67435/", "official_url": "https://vancortlandt.org/event/van-cortlandt-nature-group-walk-12/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8db7cec04a443cb56058bc4f588626346e9f2e5c7ccdc1dc97dfecf065968f6f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "It's My Park at Brust Park", "start": "2026-11-01T10:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-01T13:00:00-05:00", "place": "Bronx", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["community/volunteering", "nature/parks", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "A volunteer gathering to prepare Brust Park in the Bronx for winter. Stewards of Brust Park host it as part of the It's My Park season, with leaf raking, restoration of the wetland area, and an annual Halloween parade. Volunteers of all ages should meet at Lower Brust, and the event is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/its-my-park-at-brust-park-51965/", "official_url": "https://cityparksfoundation.org/events/its-my-park-at-brust-park-9/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/da8a5bc2d99a51eed9f19e9e5b30080698fad50b9a0d15f2314717b18aafe11c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Manhattan Adoption Event", "start": "2026-11-01T12:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Animal Care Centers of NYC", "address": "Park Place 11, 10007 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["nature/animals"], "description": "'Manhattan Adoption Event' is an adoption event held in Manhattan. It is run by Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC), which also hosts similar adoption events at locations across New York City's boroughs. ACC's volunteers also set up tables around the city to share its work towards ending animal homelessness in New York.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/manhattan-adoption-event-51018/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/037f3c0d4f56c0eac44888b12c2eaf2dad579a5ef5ba95989c5fc06d6e83aef3-600.webp"}]}