{"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": "", "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. 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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": "Spermaceti Cove No. 2 Life-Saving Service Station", "start": "2026-10-31T10:00:00-04:00", "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": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history"], "description": "An open house at a historic life-saving station on Sandy Hook, where visitors can explore the old building and browse its shop. 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It is run by Gateway National Recreation Area, part of the U.S. National Park Service. Visitors can meet and talk with veterans who worked with Cold War-era Nike Air Defense Systems. The tour lasts three and a half hours and is free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nike-missile-radar-site-tour-at-sandy-hook-55496/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8A924F9D-0340-4871-26536752565C9761", "image": "https://noky.io/images/068f235fbe3ec4709dbbace0e94f6e24547f7c89a9f2d19518b7508096754d09-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jamaica Bay Sunset Walk", "start": "2026-11-08T16:00:00-05:00", "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": "tours", "tags": ["nature"], "description": "Jamaica Bay Sunset Walk is a ranger-guided sunset walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 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": "Sandy Hook Lighthouse Tours", "start": "2026-10-30T13:00:00-04:00", "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": ["history/maritime"], "description": "Guided tours of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse take visitors up 95 steps and a 9-rung ladder to the lantern room, with each tour lasting about 30 minutes. They are run by Gateway National Recreation Area of the U.S. National Park Service, first come first served. Children must be 48 inches or taller to climb, and tour signups start at 12:30 at the Sandy Hook Visitor Center. The tours are free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-lighthouse-tours-55485/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/96e28942452aad96f02117074d82bbd7cee676df556c16fecbbfa0ad5f517541-2000.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": "\"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. As leaves change colors and animals prepare for winter, a park ranger leads visitors on a walk to learn about the changes in Jamaica Bay, with a focus on the macabre and costumes encouraged. The program is part of the weekly ranger walks at Gateway National Recreation Area and is free to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rangers-choice-guided-walk-at-jamaica-bay-wildlife-refuge-55489/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=B9A4EB4F-EC82-87B9-DE598C80AC5F99F0", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c9dc8b5d68d03950046ecb9deb20e5db4febb8df15bde22f4c50da7163faf670-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sandy Hook History House", "start": "2026-10-30T13:00:00-04:00", "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": ["history/wwii"], "description": "Sandy Hook History House is a building from 1898 that once served as a lieutenant's quarters on Officers Row and is now furnished to the WWII era, the busiest time in the fort's history. It is presented by Gateway National Recreation Area. Visitors can explore it at their own pace on a self-guided tour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sandy-hook-history-house-55484/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=8A573A65-9EAF-6243-056326DD54E84E80", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f9d90bd430b84c470547cc7945da504be4d81333be3d0a4b9dc16361a2bdc27-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Garden Circle Event: Fall Migration Bird Walk", "start": "2026-11-07T09:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00", "place": "Brooklyn Botanic Garden", "address": "Washington Avenue at Montgomery Street, Brooklyn, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds"], "description": "POSTPONED: Garden Circle Event: Fall Migration Bird Walk is a one-hour outdoor morning bird walk at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It is hosted by the Garden Circle for its members and President's Circle members, led by birder, poet, and educator Indigo Goodson-Fields. Guests walk through the Native Flora Garden looking for migratory and resident birds while chatting about them. Preregistration is required, space is limited, and registration is limited to two guests.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/garden-circle-event-fall-migration-bird-walk-51542/", "official_url": "https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/garden_circle_event_fall_migration_bird_walk", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cfd258b9e4a1e7fe9816f86090a51707b720a4706ce9881b3017d0e322f6b510-1200.webp"}, {"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/8930ce14750c1c3194446b6f95122de7cdfcd8dce46ed044a502e4c5b87cd2a2-600.webp"}, {"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": "https://noky.io/images/0885ff62bf2c161d2b1aff59c08194d5975d53dbe041549e168828d89d2bcca8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Urban Park Rangers: Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Pelham Bay, Bronx", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature"], "description": "A guided hike on beginner wildlife tracking and species identification at Pelham Bay. The Urban Park Rangers lead it, showing how to spot and interpret clues animals leave behind, from tracks and trails to feeding signs and habitat patterns. Participants learn which creatures live in Pelham Bay Park and how to read the landscape to find them. 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": "Fort Hancock Museum", "start": "2026-10-31T13:00:00-04:00", "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": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history"], "description": "Fort Hancock Museum is an open museum visit about the military history of Sandy Hook, from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War, with everything from cannons to missiles. It is run by Gateway National Recreation Area of the U.S. National Park Service.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fort-hancock-museum-55490/", "official_url": "https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/event-details.htm?id=FADA7A66-C2B4-4C6D-FDB9F455FF8F1938", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9b443eb4c0f74b0a81680b8c6a9f92f4648c6514811df000687f5fdd3e7fd99e-2000.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"}]}