THISWKNEW YORK
AN EXPERIENCE EDIT

Outside & moving

Hikes, nature walks, birding, paddles, rides and cleanups — the listing says so.

A little less searching.
A little more living.
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Stargazing on the High Line

Telescopes on the High Line after dark, with actual astronomers pointing things out for you. Free, no experience needed.

Tue Sep 22
On the High Line at 13th Street (in The High Line),under The Standard, at 13th St. (in The High Line)
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QueensPrice on source

Family Camping: Overnight at the Unisphere

Set up a tent in the shadow of the Unisphere, roast marshmallows with Urban Park Rangers, and fall asleep in Flushing Meadows. Queens...

Fri Sep 25
Unisphere (in Flushing Meadows Corona Park)
BronxPrice on source

Birding: Fall Migration

Rangers, binoculars, fall warblers and hawks moving through Pelham Bay — the city's biggest patch of woods, right when it's most alive.

Sat Sep 26
Pelham Bay Nature Center (in Pelham Bay Park)
Staten IslandPrice on source

Coastal Exploration and Clean Up

A shoreline cleanup at Alice Austen Park — you leave with a bag of harbor plastic and a much better sense of what the Narrows actually is.

Sat Sep 26
Hylan Boulevard and Edgewater Street (in Alice Austen Park)
ManhattanPrice on source

Nature Exploration Hike

Inwood Hill Park's last wild stretch of Manhattan, walked by someone who actually knows what's growing there.

Sat Sep 26
West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park)
QueensPrice on source

Seining and Shore Exploration

Drag a seine net through Rockaway's shallows with the Urban Park Rangers and see what tropical strays the Gulf Stream carried up this week.

Sun Sep 27
Beach 32 and the Boardwalk (in Rockaway Beach)
ManhattanPrice on source

Birding: Fall Migration

Warblers and raptors are moving through Riverside Park right now—let the Urban Park Rangers show you where to look.

Sun Sep 27
West 116th Street and Riverside Drive (in Riverside Park)
LESS “WE SHOULD.” MORE “SEE YOU THERE.”

Have your gang.
Make your plans.

A private little corner for your people. Collect the options, see who’s in, and settle on something good.

Get the gang together
A DIFFERENT KIND OF GUEST LIST

Smaller rooms.
Better conversations.

Community-hosted gatherings with room to actually meet. Request a place; the host makes the call. No velvet-rope theater.

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