Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
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October 24, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Sunrise 7.17 am. Sunset 6.02 pm. Daylight Savings Time. We're getting 10 hours & 44 minutes of daylight or four hours and 22 minutes less of sunlight than we were getting the weekend of the Summer Solstice, on June 20, 2025. The Summer Solstice is the longest day of this year, providing 15 hours and 6 minutes of sunlight in NYC.
The photo above or at right, was taken Wednesday at the Spectrum News NY1 NYC Mayoral Debate at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, in Queens. From left to right are Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa. The debate was suprisingly spirited and interesting. We'll provide details over the weekend, or early next week.
NYC Specific Weather - This can be very Different than TV News TriState Weather. No rain all weekend, continuing an extremely dry Fall, and year in NYC & NYS, due to climate change. The temperature highs will be in the 60's all weekend and the temperature lows will be around 50 all weekend. The humidity will range from about 50% to 80% all weekend with the humidity highs peaking each morning around 8 or 9 am and the humidity lows bottoming out mid to late afternoon between 2 and 4 pm. The winds will range from 5 - 10 mph all weekend. Looks like a very nice Fall Weekend. Enjoy.
Friday Early Morning Edition @ 4.15 am. This is just the beginning with quite a bit more to do. Should be in fair shape by midday and good shape by the end of the day.
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Eric Adams' Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6: IMPORTANT - VOTE NO
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Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.
TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.
The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures represent one of Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet local and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they do anything. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.
Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the billionaire developer measures, which Eric Adams so dishonestly served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. Adams' 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.
And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.
TBD *** Coming Soon _ City Club video and NY League of Conservation Voters video.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Manhattan
Taste of the Seaport
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 12 noon to 4 pm [this time is from 2024/ 2025 time hasn't been confirmed but it should be close] - Taste of the Seaport - At Piers 16 & 17 at 89 South Street along the East River at the South Street Seaport. Entertainment, kids activities and about 40 food & beverage purveyors with proceeds going to "seaport public schools" which in the past they had specified as PS 343 Peck Slip School & PS 397 Spruce Street School. For details and $50 [6 tastes] / $120 [6 tastes & 3 drinks] tickets see - https://www.tasteoftheseaport.org/
The photo above or at right, was taken a week ago in Grand Central Station where the 'Dear New York' exhibit is on display on the walls of the main hall in the middle of the station.
NEXT WEEK.
Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 7 pm & ending around 10.30 pm - NYC Halloween Parade. The 52nd Annual Manhattan Halloween Parade NYC in the West Village begins at Spring Street / Canal and 6th Avenue and marches north along 6th Avenue to 15th Street in the West Village neighborhood. The parade runs for three to four hours with the official end time at 10.30 pm. There are 50 bands and an innumerable showing of creative costumes. The theme is Imagine All the People / Potluck / What do you Bring to the Table. The official after party is at Webster Hall in the East Village and it begins at 8 pm with the late night show beginning at 11 pm. West Village Halloween parade in Manhattan NYC. For details see - https://halloween-nyc.com/
Click this link for Manhattan Halloween parties & events - Manhattan Halloween Parties and Events NYC.
Gramercy Theater concerts - info coming but in the meantime - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows
MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Manhattan Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Manhattan Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Queens
Museum of Moving Image Halloween Party, Halloween on the Farm, Queens Fiber Arts Fest, Queens County Farm Maize Fest & Pumpkin Patch Continues & Qns International Night Market
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 8 to 11 pm - MoMI Halloween Party - at the Museum of the Moving Image at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria / LIC. It's free but you must rsvp. Tickets are likely to go fast. For details and tickets see - https://movingimage.org
Floral Park _ Saturday & Sunday, October 25 & 26, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - Halloween on the Farm - at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. For details and $24 tickets see - https://www.queensfarm.org
The photo above or at right, was taken this weekend in Queens, of a residential Halloween display in the front yard. Halloween brings out the arts in some of us, as well as providing an opportunity to try on a different persona for the day.
Jamaica _ Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11 am to 4 pm - Queens Fiber Arts Festival - At King Manor Museum at 150-05 Jamaica Avenue at 153rd Street in Jamaica. This year Queens Fiber Arts is hosting the event using the King Manor Museum as their event space for the day. There will be numerous vendors selling arts and crafts, and doing demonstrations, in tandem with other activities. The Museum will be open for visits and tours as well. Halloween / Fall festivals in Jamaica Queens NYC. Free admission. Not a street fair per se, but rather an arts & crafts festival.
Ongoing _ Saturdays & Sundays, September 6 - October 26, 2025 from 2 to 5.30 pm Fridays, and from 11 am to 4 pm Saturdays & Sundays - Corn Fest / the Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. This is a chance to stroll through a maze made of corn in the field at Queens County Farm. For details and $16 / $10 tickets [kids age 3 and under free] see - https://www.queensfarm.org
Ongoing _ Daily September 30 to October 31, 2025 [there are a few days closed] from 12 noon to 4 pm weekdays and beginning 10 am on Saturday and Sunday - Queens County Farm Pumpkin Patch at 75-30 Little Neck Parkway in Queens. Free with admission. For details see - https://www.queensfarm.org
Ongoing _ Flushing _ Saturdays, October 25, 2025 from 4 pm to 12 midnight - Queens International Night Market - see street fairs page for details.
NEXT WEEK.
Jackson Heights _ Friday, October 31, 2025 beginning at 5 pm - Kids Halloween Parade in Jackson Heights Queens. The parade begins at 89th Street and marches down 37th Avenue to PS 69 at 76th Street. At the end of the parade, goodie bags have historically been handed out.
* Click this link for Queens Halloween parties & events - Queens Halloween parties, parades & events Qns NYC.
MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Queens Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes
Things To Do This Weekend / Week in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade, Brooklyn Festival of Arts & Music and Court Street Spectacular
Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - 3rd Annual Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade - details coming next week. Steps off at Rogers Avenue and Eastern Parkway marching to Grand Army Plaza in Crown Heights. A resource fair will follow the parade [in 2024 it was] at the Central Brooklyn Public Library. Organized by the Veterans Action Group Buffalo Soldiers of America.
The photo above or at right, was taken this earlier this week at the Green Room bar and restaurant in Crown Heights. The dining and drinking destination is only a year old and has caught on as one of the local favorites.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 10 am to 3 pm - 5th Annual Brooklyn Festival of Arts & Music - at the Audubon Center near the Prospect Park Boathouse on East Drive in Prospect Park Brooklyn. In 2025 they describe the event as follows, " ... This year’s festival celebrates our African and Asian diasporic voices on the theme of “Nourish ... Experience participatory puppet theatre, music, dance, community music-making, mixed media crafting, Malian & Japanese indigo dyeing, aromatherapy, and lots of giveaways—from limited-edition picnic blankets and event tote bags to *nourishing* snacks and aromatherapy rollerballs ...". Free. For details see - https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/events/brooklyn-fam-2025
Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 11 am to 6 pm - Court Street Spectacular - along Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon. Street fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.
Click this link for Brooklyn Halloween parties & events - Brooklyn Halloween Parties and Events NYC. Still updating.
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn MCAL - Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.
Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.
November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week in the Bronx
Bronx Halloween Parade, Flip Circus in the Bay Plaza Mall Parking Lot, Bronx Night Market & Jerome Avenue / Gun Hill BID Fall Festival
Saturday, October 25, 2025 beginning at 12 noon - Bronx Halloween Parade - beginning at Simpson & 163rd Street. For details click the Member Calendar link below.
Saturday - Tuesday, October 18 to November 4, 2025 at various times - Flip Circus in the Bronx. In the Mall at Bay Plaza in the parking lot. For details and tickets ranging from $104 for two and up, see - https://www.flipcircus.com
The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this month at the Bronx Music Hall in the Bronx. In mid October [17th or 18th I think], the Hall just passed its one year anniversary.
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 12 noon to 7 pm - Bronx Night Market - at 1 Fordham Plaza just south of the train station. A diversified food fest which on this day last year had an Oktoberfest theme - Bronxtoberfest. For details see their much improved website - https://www.maschospitalitygroup.com/bronx-night-market
Saturday, October 25, 2025 from 11 am to 5 pm - Jerome Avenue / Gun Hill BID Fall Festival in the Bronx - along Jerome Avenue from East Mosholu Parkway North to East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. This street fair in the Norwood neighborhood of the Bronx will have food, shopping, arts & crafts, music, games, pumpkins and pet adoption. For details see - https://www.jeromegunhillbid.org
Click this link for Bronx Halloween parties & events - Bronx Halloween Parties and Events NYC.
Wednesdays, November 17, & December 19, 2025 from 4 to 9 pm there's a Vegan Bazaar - at the Andrew Freeman Home - for details see street fairs page.
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
MCAL _ MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Brooklyn BLVD New Member Sign Up. Click this link Brooklyn MCAL - Member Events Calendar to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups.
Thursday - Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9, 2025 - The Other Art Fair - at ZeroSpace in Brooklyn. Three Brooklyn creative hubs : Clay Space, Dirtbag ArtHaus & the Textile Arts Center are presented by Saatchi Art and for sale at prices ranging from $100 plus.
November 11, 2025 from 6 to 8.30 pm - A Legacy of Love: 29 Years of Community and Connection - GRIOT Circle honors LGBTQ+ elders of color at the Loft in Downtown Brooklyn - see MCAL link above for details.
Things To Do This Weekend / Week on Staten Island
Expanded Fall Festival on Mount Loretto Begins Friday
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 24, 25 & 26, 2025 from 6 pm to 11 pm, Friday, and 12 noon to 11 pm & until 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday respectively - Fall Festival on the Mount - at the CYO MIV Community Center at Mount Loretto at 6447 [near 6581] Hylan Blvd in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island [near Prince's Bay & Pleasant Plains]. This Staten Island Halloween party [10/25 & 10/26/25] includes Staten Island's largest pumpkin patch, DJ, food, rides, beer and sangria wine, and some entertainment. For ticketed donations Adults $5 plus / Kids 10 & under free / Parking $5 and details see - WS - https://cc-si.org/ or FB - https://www.facebook.com/CatholicCharitiesOfSI
The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this year from the Staten Island Ferry. Some Americans are standing strong and tall like her and for what she represents, while many others are not.
MCAL _ MEMBER EVENTS CALENDAR. Use this link for new member sign up and posting - Staten Buzz New Member Sign Up. Click this link Staten Island Events - Member Events to view free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. This month includes TBD.
Have a nice weekend.