Things to do on a Sunday in New York

The ice cream darling known for luxe scoops and cult favorite flavors recently opened the Van Leeuwen Flavor Lab in Greenpoint, giving aficionados a new way to experience the brand. A hub of innovation, the Flavor Lab offers exclusive small-batch flavors alongside fan favorites, plus special collabs and pop-ups. The Lab launched a frozen yogurt pop-up last week, and if you haven't been by to check it out yet, here's your sign: you can get Van Leeuwen fro-yo for just $1.

To mark National Frozen Yogurt Day, Van Leeuwen is offering a truly unbeatable deal. This Friday, February 6, you can try their frozen yogurt for $1, toppings included, only at the Flavor Lab. All day long, from open to close, you can experience Van Leeuwen's take on the tasty treat with your choice of two toppings while supplies last. A dollar doesn't get you much these days, so this deal is not one to miss.

The Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden exhibits thousands of species of beautiful blossoming orchids, making it one of the best NYC events in February and one of the best things to do in the Bronx. NYBG’s orchid show has been running for more than two decades and has only gotten better year after year.

The Orchid Show this year will explore the connection between natural flora and the concrete jungle "in a dazzling reimagining of the Big Apple, from stoops and slice shops to the subway itself."

NYBG’s Orchid show runs from February 7 through April 26, 2026 at the New York Botanical Garden (2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx) inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

New York City Restaurant Week is among the five boroughs’ best food holidays. Traditionally, New Yorkers (and a few lucky tourists) clear their dining schedules and make reservations at the city’s best special occasion spots, high-profile newcomers and all-time favorite restaurants for deals unseen the rest of the year. Hundreds of destinations participate citywide, with menu prices below their typical tabs. (This winter's price tiers are set at $30, $45 and $60 price tiers for two- and three-course specials during Restaurant Week Winter 2026.)

The campaign will run from Tuesday, January 20 to Thursday, February 12, 2026. That's nearly a month to choose from oodles of NYC classics and recent culinary additions. Don't feel like thumbing through 600-plus restaurants? Check out our top picks here.

Few brands are as synonymous with denim as Wrangler, a fact that will be celebrated in a brand-new pop-up shop and gallery spotlighting extremely rare vintage pieces from the fashion favorite. From February 5 through 8, jean-aholics can head to 262 Mott Street to see rare pieces of Wrangler history under one roof, from the original 1947 rodeo denim to coveted items from Japanese collector Ric Kanamaru’s private collection. Come to see the evolution of the iconic Westernwear brand and stay for the shopping opportunities, with the latest apparel collections and vintage-inspired pieces on sale. 

The holiday may be over but winter is very much still doing its thing in New York—and Bryant Park is leaning into it. One of the park’s most popular cold-weather diversions—iceless curling—is officially returning in February, and this time it’s dropping the reservations and price tag entirely.

After several seasons as the reservation-only Curling Café, Bryant Park is rebooting the experience as a free, first-come, first-served activity focused purely on the game. There are now no bookings, no food-and-drink minimums and no pressure to linger longer than your competitive spirit allows.

From February 6 through February 26, 2026, iceless curling lanes will pop up just east of the skating rink as part of Bank of America Winter Village. The lanes will be open daily from 11 am to 7 pm, welcoming anyone who wants to try their hand at sliding stones toward the bullseye, Olympic-level finesse not required.

This year, the AKC Meet the Breeds event isn't part of the Westerminster Dog Show competition week—instead, it falls on Saturday, February 7 and Sunday, February 8 at the Javits Center. From 9am to 4pm at the Javits Center, you can pay as little as $12 to meet and play with hundreds of dogs, from Affenpinschers to Yorkshire Terriers and everything cute and fluffy in between.

For the second year in a row, floral design studio POPUPFLORIST is bringing back its citywide Love Letter Gallery, a Valentine’s-season project that invites New Yorkers to put pen to paper and say exactly how they feel about a person, a place, a memory or the city itself. The idea is simple: Write a handwritten love letter, drop it in one of the red mailboxes around town and walk away knowing no one will ever trace it back to you.

From there, the POPUPFLORIST team, led by founder Kelsie Hayes, will select 30 standout notes to serve as the heart of a one-day exhibition, where each message is paired with a custom floral installation inspired by its words. This year’s Love Letter Gallery will open to the public on February 7, with free registration for a full day of wandering, reading and quietly falling in love with strangers’ handwriting at HOST on Howard.

A staple of Jewish-American households, Manischewitz is expanding into the soup space and the iconic 130-year-old brand is celebrating with an entire free exhibition centered on, you guessed it, soup. Open to the public from February 6-10 at 155 Suffolk Street, "SOUP" explores Jewish cuisine, memory and identity through a thoughtful curation of contemporary art and photography work from participating artists including Dan Weinstein, Rosemarie Gleiser and Ohad Romano. 

Valentine’s isn’t just a time to shower your romantic partner with love. Spread those lovely vibes to your best buds, too, with a Galentine's Day floral design workshop hosted at LilyFête. On Saturday, February 7 with two sessions from 1-3pm or 4-6pm, head to the Brooklyn-based bloom studio for a fun, festive, and, of course, floral afternoon celebrating your favorite friendship. When you’re not learning the basics of flower care, sustainable mechanics, and design techniques to create your own arrangements, you’ll be indulging in a delicious charcuterie spread and libations supplied by a local wineshop. Take home your very own arrangement and floral shears, along with new skills and memories to cherish!

For over 60 years, American artist John Wilson created powerful and poetic works that reflected his life as a Black American artist and his ongoing quest for racial, social and economic justice. Going until February 8, The Met on Fifth Avenue will host his first-ever solo museum show with more than 100 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures and illustrated books.

To start, the exhibition showcases work Wilson made while at art school in Boston, where his subjects included the horrors of Nazi Germany and American racial violence, as well as portraits of his family and neighborhood. Wilson happened to be a traveler, and work from his time in Paris, Mexico City and New York will also be on view. Finally, the exhibition concludes with Wilson’s return to Boston and his focus on portraiture. Wilson's sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the United States Capitol and the monumental sculpture Eternal Presence, two of his most celebrated works, will be on display.