- The list below includes 608 free or cheap things to do in or near New York City, New York, including 119 different types of inexpensive activities like Neighborhoods, Parks, Architectural Buildings and Dance Clubs.
- From Central Park to Bryant Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in New York City and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Bronx.
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Featuring a small lake, Edgemont Memorial Park measures 15.5 acres and can be used for walking, biking, picnics and ice skating in the winter. The park provides a children's playground, shelter house and restroom facilities.
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Facilities offered at the Veterans Memorial Park include an ice skating rink, field house, three lighted ball fields, basketball courts, and four lighted tennis courts. Visitors can also access children's playground equipment, three bathrooms, and picnic areas.
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Consisting of natural woodlands preserved in an urban area, Riverdale Park features shady and scenic routes for hikers, joggers and dog walkers. Visitors can see 27 species of birds within the 50 forested acres.
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Fun Time Pottery is a paint it yourself pottery studio that allows visitors to select works of pottery that they paint themselves. The studio then fires the works for the painters to take home.
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A large range of art is put on display at the Montclair Art Museum. The collection includes Native American art, American art from the 18th and 19th centuries, modern art, contemporary art, and even student exhibits.
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Wave Hill
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471
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Covering 28 acres and being recognized as Bronx's cultural center, the Wave Hill has plenty of gardens and greenhouses in which the visitor could stroll. The shop sells hand-crafted gifts, and it also has a cafe. In here can be organized private events, such as weddings.
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21 Van Vleck Street Montclair, Montclair, NJ
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Adult, children, and specialty interest programs are routinely conducted at the Van Vleck House & Gardens. Viewing the gardens themselves are freely open to the public throughout the year, and events are frequently conducted.
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Delaware & Raritan State Park are two historical state parks in Princeton, New Jersey which people have enjoyed peaceful walks alongside the canals. Other activities such as biking, canoeing, fishing and kayaking.
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World of Wings is an educational museum that offers a number of unique and entertaining attractions and exhibits. These attractions include reptile, lizard, and amphibian exhibits, an illusion room, and a large butterfly atrium.
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A 48-lane bowling center, Gun Post Lanes offers open and league bowling with shoe rental and bumpers. The center also provides a pro shop, a bar and lounge, party hosting, black light bowling and a snack bar.