May 2025

• Juneteenth at The Children’s Museum of Manhattan
• Less swirling, more vibing: These NYC wine clubs are rewriting the rules
• How a park under NYC’s formerly “most hated” bridge became its coolest venue
• Daisy Dukes Honky Tonk Celebrates CMA Fest
• Museum Mile Festival
• The best flea markets in NYC
• This will be the cheapest summer to fly out of Newark, says United CEO
• Toki Highball Week
• The best public pools in NYC
• The Croissant Club is back with ramen croissants, mozz-filled pastries and more
• Downtown Alliance kicks off free lunchtime concert series at Oculus Plaza next week
• The best beaches in NYC for fun in the sun
• The best things to do in Coney Island, NY
• You can play ping pong in the middle of Times Square for free all summer
• Coney Island Beach
• Union Square Partnership announces summer lineup of free pickleball, outdoor movies and more
• Good news, G line riders: cell service is soon to come, per MTA
• The F1 of sailing competitions is cruising over to Governors Island next week
• Taste of Finland–A Midsummer Pop-Up
• Hildur
• You can now rep the New York Liberty with a special-edition library card
• This midtown brunch will let you and your besties live out your podcast dreams
• This NYC food tour shares the real stories of Chinatown
• First look: This historic wing of The Met just got a major update
• Welcome to Summer... A Rooftop Party at Time Out Market
• FreshDirect opens its first-ever retail location in New York today
• In rare move, the Rent Guidelines Board just voted to lower rent hikes for NYC apartments
• Films on The Green Festival
• New York Classical Theatre kicks off its free Shakespeare plays in Central Park next week
• New Yorkers can expect a harsher-than-normal hurricane season this year—here's what to know
• A Taste of Oakland’s Vibrant Culinary Scene, Presented by Visit Oakland
• You can get free food all summer at these Helium Mobile pop-ups in NYC
• Graveyard Shift: How a Brooklyn museum is resurrecting New York’s bygone business signs
• Where to see Manhattanhenge this week even if you're not in Manhattan
• The Photoville Festival will bring 80 free photo exhibits to all five boroughs
• Sofitel Baru Calablanca
• Here are all the NYC night markets to indulge in this year
• Dough Doughnuts is giving out free doughnuts this week—here's how to get them
• The East River Tunnel shutdown is going to mess up your LIRR commute—here's what to know
• Night of a Thousand Judys
• Stormé
• Leni's Last Lament
• Tennessee Williams: Portrait of a Gay Icon
• Seagull: True Story
• This Times Square skyscraper is being converted into hundreds of affordable apartments
• NYC will get its first-ever booze-free members club this fall
• The largest reading party in NYC is happening at Hudson Yards this summer
• New York apparently isn't America’s most diverse food city—here's what beat it
• La Noxe
• A new underground tunnel will conveniently connect NYC to Hoboken and Jersey City
• Sip & Guzzle
• Death & Company
• Schmuck.
• The best web development classes & bootcamps in NYC
• Van Gogh Floral Afternoon Tea
• Atoboy
• Dhamaka
• Sip & Guzzle is hosting six of the best bars in America for a one-night-only "US Bar Tour"
• The Leg
• My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?)
• Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
• Ayodele Casel: The Remix
• Ballet Hispánico: Carmen.maquia
• A Freeky Introduction
• Outraged Hearts
• Cracked Open
• The Imaginary Invalid
• Chiaroscuro
• Lunar Eclipse
• Maddie: A New Musical
• Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole
• You can now buy the Chrysler Building—here's how much it’ll cost ya
• Bus Stop
• One of Cosme’s founders has opened a taqueria in Nolita
• Murray's Cheese is stretching a massive mozzarella ball for National Cheese Day
• Vue 180 Rooftop
• DADA
• SPAM is giving out 1,000 free burgers next week in NYC
• Time Out announced as media partner for NYC Pride 2025
• These are the top outdoor dining spots in NYC, according to OpenTable
• The best drag brunches in NYC
• Yes, even the Rockaway Ferry is going to be more expensive this summer
• Brooklyn Comedy Collective
• These NYC streets were just renamed for famous Knicks players
• A New York favorite was just ranked one of the best burger chains in the U.S.
• The Met is throwing a big, free day party to celebrate the museum's new wing
• play:groundNYC
• Mill Basin Day Camp
• City Sail Summer Camp
• 14th Street Y Summer Camps
• West Side YMCA
• West Side YMCA Summer Camp
• Downtown United Soccer Club Summer Camps
• McBurney YMCA Summer Camps
• Hudson Yards could get 4,000 new housing units in place of that failed casino
• Rangoon
• 92nd Street Y's Camp Yomi
• Thai Takeover at MOFAD
• Whiteface Lodge
• McBurney YMCA
• The US Open’s Arthur Ashe stadium is getting an $800 million transformation
• You can now drink pepperoni martinis at this NYC pizza joint
• Camp Corlears
• The best lesbian bars in NYC
• There will be reduced flights out of Newark through late October due to ongoing airport mess
• Airbnb just named this surprising NY town one of the world's best food destinations
• These are the most endangered historic places in all of New York State
• Parsons Dance
• Iconic NYC queer club The Ritz is back in Hell's Kitchen with a major facelift
• A massive game of musical chairs is coming to Bryant Park next month
• Where to go for alcohol delivery in NYC
• Governors Island announces 20th season of summer programming
• Goddess
• Culinary Crossroads: Innovating Indian Cuisine in New York City
• New York’s biggest picnic is coming to Governors Island with iconic Jewish food and unexpected chef collabs
• New York Music Month announces lineup of 50+ free events throughout June
• Fleet Week Parade of Ships set to start on Wednesday in NYC
• Turks & Frogs
• Another Wagyu burger joint is making its debut in Manhattan this week
• Check out renderings of Lincoln Center's new performance venue and community park
• Classic Harbor Line Military History Tour of New York Harbor
• The Strand is opening a new bookstore and cafe near Lincoln Center next month
• This New York county is one of the hottest places to move to in the US, says new study
• The 20 best tours and walks to explore NYC in 2025
• A smartphone ban is coming to NYC schools—here's what to know
• Del Campo a La Costa
• Mido Omakase, West Village
• A kaiseki master has returned to NYC with a new wabi-sabi chef counter
• LUME Studios
• The NJ Transit strike is over—here's when trains will be back to normal
• CityPickle is planning a giant pickleball emporium beneath the Brooklyn Bridge
• The complete guide to Shakespeare in the Park in NYC
• Here's which sections of Riis Beach will be closed off this summer
• Brooklyn's free Paramount+ Movie Nights are back this summer—here's the full lineup
• Rib King NYC
• Hip to Hip Theatre Company: Hamlet & The Tempest
• The best new restaurants in NYC you need to try
• RAON
• Shota Omakase
• Pitt’s
• Ha's Snack Bar
• Strange Delight
• EXCLUSIVE: The Bryant Park free summer movie lineup is officially here
• Graphic design classes and certificates for high school students in NYC
• The best coding classes for high school students & teens in NYC
• The Lady from the Sea
• Pericles
• Richard II
• Tiger Tail
• Sense & Sensibility
• Memnon
• Twelfth Night
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Julius Caesar
• Henry V
• You can watch George Clooney's $800-a-pop Good Night, and Good Luck performance for free—here's how
• All's Well That Ends Well
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Dominique Ansel is serving hot dog Danishes and pretzel egg tarts at his new bakery
• Brooklyn's largest mural has been unveiled in Brownsville
• Ardbeg Day
• F&F Pizza Sessions
• When will the NJ Transit strike end?
• Astoria Park announces lineup of free summer programming including fireworks and outdoor movies
• The World Trade Center is hosting free watch parties for Yankees-Mets games this weekend
• Soho’s latest burger joint only has Wagyu burgers on the menu
• The best Memorial Day weekend events in NYC for 2025
• The 12 best boat tours in NYC in 2025
• The best After Effects classes in NYC
• The best Photoshop classes in NYC
• The best Premiere Pro classes in NYC
• The best data analytics classes & bootcamps in NYC
• The best AI classes & bootcamps in NYC
• Here’s the full lineup for the 2025 Forest Hills Stadium concert series
• Moxy Brooklyn Williamsburg
• The Hoxton, Williamsburg
• NYC's only sheep shearing festival is back at Queens County Farm this weekend
• A pigeon festival may be coming to the High Line, complete with a "pigeon impersonation pageant"
• Jr & Son
• Best things to do outside in New York
• Let me tell you—these weird walking tours are the best way to explore NYC
• Papa San
• The NJ Transit strike might eff up your Cowboy Carter commute—here's how to get to Beyoncé
• Giant trash structures are coming to Cooper Square as part of an anti-littering campaign
• Your guide to BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 2025
• Blue Note Jazz Festival
• You can take free yoga classes at Bryant Park from now through September
• Summer Jam
• The best AutoCAD classes & bootcamps in NYC
• This garbage and rats walking tour explores the gross—and engrossing—history of NYC
• Glace, famed for its frozen hot chocolate, expands with a candy store uptown
• Pizza on the Pier
• Tanoreen Cookbook Launch at Time Out Market
• Birdee
• The Queensboro Bridge finally has separate lanes for pedestrians and cyclists
• The Edge’s skydeck will be throwing huge parties this summer
• JFK is switching up its ride-share pickup spots yet again—here’s what to know
• Big Truck Day at Randall's Island Park
• INFLATION art show
• The Human Race
• Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix
• Nordic Echoes: Tradition in Contemporary Art at Scandinavia House
• You can stream MLB’s ‘Rivalry Weekend’ game between the Mets and Yankees for free
• Sacred Sites Open House Weekend
• Magnolia Bakery is giving out free banana pudding to celebrate And Just Like That season 3
• Vitamin String Quartet: The Music of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, and Beyond
• Poets Afloat at the South Street Seaport Museum
• Sargent and Paris at The Met
• Brew at the Zoo
• Loisaida Festival
• FUERZAfest
• New York Indian Film Festival
• New York City Dyke March
• JetBlue is offering $49 fares leaving from these New York airports
• The best Fleet Week events and parties in NYC for 2025
• The Great Curious Cocktail Party
• Club Curious
• Fleet Week events at Bryant Park
• New York might be sinking, and this study shows why
• New York's 3-star rated Peruvian restaurant is coming to a close
• What are those colorful sculptures popping up around the Upper West Side?
• Apparently, you can find New York's cleanest public restroom here
• The MTA just added brand-new bike lanes to the Triborough Bridge
• The best Matzo Ball Soups in NYC
• Letters Live
• The 18 best flower delivery services in NYC this season
• Bastille Day 2025: A French Music Festival in Central Park
• Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Live Sing-Along
• In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY
• Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
• Uber is making it a lot cheaper to get to JFK from Manhattan
• Queens Pride
• Brooklyn Pride Parade
• PRISM: A Festival of New Queer Musicals
• Criminal Queerness Festival
• New York Mets Pride Night
• Market Hotel Pride
• These NYC bridges and tunnels will have speed cameras installed
• Queerly Festival presented by FRIGID
• 17 Mai Champagne Brunch
• A first look at the immersive 6-acre art installation in Manhattan that explores liberty and equality
• I took a ferry to New York’s newest immersive show—it’s a fun night out among comrades
• New Yorkers spend higher percentage of income on housing than any other state
• This popular Upper West Side museum is closing this summer—here's why
• Here's where NYC's worst litterers live, per a new sanitation survey
• This Koreatown restaurant has its own tofu atelier
• After 10 years in storage, an iconic Banksy artwork is on view again in NYC
• NYC will see a 17 percent drop in international tourists due to POTUS policies
• A world-famous Mexico City bar is popping up in NYC next week
• NYC events in May 2025
• The sun will set after 8pm for the next three months in NYC
• Elsewhere Pride
• The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine Pride
• The best IT classes & bootcamps in NYC
• The best social media marketing classes and certificates in NYC
• The best UX design classes and bootcamps in NYC
• Dominique Ansel and Kith Treats are debuting a collab Mystery Cronut this weekend
• ‘Nonnas’: behind the filming locations for the Netflix comedy
• The A train to resume in the Rockaways in time for beach season—here's when you can ride
• Free Friday Movie Nights at The Intrepid
• Floral sculptures of Khaleesi, Carmela Soprano and more are blooming in MePa
• Step inside a free immersive wellness experience designed with Gwyneth Paltrow
• The 12 best restaurants for Mother’s Day brunch in NYC
• Celebrate the Knicks not sucking at this free playoffs block party this weekend
• Domino Park will host an outdoor performing arts series next month—and it's free!
• DL Pride
• Father’s Day in NYC guide
• Heritage of Pride Official Party
• Lorde announces ‘Ultrasound’ World Tour is coming to NYC—what you need to know
• New York shockingly doesn't have the worst traffic in North America—here's which city does
• The Empire State Building will shine gold and white tonight to honor the first American Pope
• I tried Emirates’ brand new Premium Economy class from NYC to Greece—it’s worth it
• A NJ Transit shutdown is about to complicate your morning commute—what to know
• A new midtown shop is putting pizza on a flattened bagel—and we’re into it
• Cityview Rooftop
• There’s a massive, ephemeral mural calling viewers to ‘address hate’ floating down the East River today
• Brooklyn Bridge Park announces its 15th anniversary summer programming calendar
• A crazy-rare 8-foot-tall crystal is now on view at this Orchard Street gallery
• See inside The Travel Agency's trippy new dispensary in Soho
• Signal, a new nightclub in East Williamsburg, is opening this weekend
• BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn's lineup of free summer concerts is finally here
• The best parties and club nights in NYC this month: May 2025
• Spring/Break Art Show
• Vocabaret
• COQODAQ just opened a secret karaoke room you can book for wild parties
• The best boat bars in NYC for water-top sips and snacks
• New York will soon lose 178 Rite Aid locations across the state
• Here's everything you'll eat and drink at the 2025 Governors Ball
• 7 new schools are opening in NYC this September
• Williamburg's JR & Son is back open for business
• NYC is among the happiest cities in the world—yes, we're shocked, too
• Storm King Art Center opens for the season with $53 million worth of snazzy improvements
• A Guide to Manhattanhenge 2025 in NYC
• Manhattanhenge makes its stunning return this month—here's how to see it
• Texas Chili Cook-Off
• A first look at the new botanical Hilma af Klint exhibit at MoMA
• The best states for education have been revealed—here's how New York ranked
• What New Yorkers should know if they're traveling out of Newark Airport soon
• Here are all the new things to do in the Hamptons this summer
• New York is giving out panic buttons to 500 bodegas
• A butch parody of Hooters, Booters, is bringing its sexy masc pop-up to NYC
• Eataly is opening three new locations inside JFK Airport this year
• This giant bronze statue of a woman was just installed in the middle of Times Square
• This new cocktail bar in FiDi is an ode to 'Moby-Dick'
• A Tibetan Buddhist shrine room will soon be on display at the Brooklyn Museum
• See inside "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," the Met's new spring exhibit
• This wildly creative Michelin-recognized taquería from Mexico City just landed in NYC
• New York Times Well Festival
• Jonathan Mendez is helping put New York's Mexican community on the map
• Mother's Day Brunch at One World Observatory
• The best sample sales in NYC this week
• The 15 absolute best margaritas in NYC
• Here’s how we’re celebrating Mexican New Yorkers this week for Cinco de Mayo
• This family-run Astoria restaurant nixtamalizes its own corn in the basement
• The Times Square, New York guide
• The Guggenheim New York museum guide
• Oyamel
• The Brooklyn Museum guide
• Prospect Park, Brooklyn
• The Grand Central Terminal in NYC guide
• NYC Pride 2025: guide, themes and dates
• The High Line in NYC guide
• Cinco de Mayo 2025 in NYC guide to parties, deals and businesses to support
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York guide
• The Brooklyn Mirage canceled its first show after failing to meet safety inspections
• This NYC steakhouse was just recognized as one of the very best in the world
• A Manhattan gas station is transforming into a 'Poker Face' roadside restaurant to celebrate Natasha Lyonne's TV return
• Cherry Walk is reopening this weekend: what you should know
• Eight Cinco de Mayo food and drink deals to check out in NYC this year
• A longtime Mexican folk art store in NYC is in danger of closing—here’s how you can help
• The best places to see cherry blossoms in NYC
• Rooftop Lucha Libre Fight by Migo Events
• This Brooklyn bar is shaking up MTA-themed cocktails
• Grand Army 10th anniversary block party
• Eataly is launching a new fast-casual cafe at Rockefeller Center
• The official 2025 Tony Award nominations (complete list)
• This useful new app automatically applies for affordable housing units that you qualify for
• New Yorkers will receive their first-ever inflation refund checks later this year
• NYC is giving out free bike helmets this month—here’s where to get one
• The 2025 TONY* Nominations
• A first look at the new food hall opening inside the former Lord & Taylor building