April 2026

• This new immersive theatrical show partly inspired by George Floyd will debut at the Irish Arts Center this summer
• 'Fight Back' is an immersive production with no actors and no audience
• The largest maritime gathering in U.S. history is happening in NYC this summer
• This map shows you all the baby-friendly restaurants across New York
• The best rooftop restaurants in NYC for dining with a view
• Park Avenue is getting a massive redesign. Here are all the details and plans.
• This traveling museum in an Airstream trailer will stop by different NYC neighborhoods this summer
• The 9 New York-iest moments from 'The Devil Wears Prada 2'
• The Yacht Club
• A giant booze emporium is opening on the Red Hook waterfront this spring
• The Dynamo Room
• Indulge in masala chai and saffron-flavored ice cream at this new shop in the West Village
• Billie Eilish is taking over Penn Plaza with a one-weekend-only pop-up for her new 3D concert film
• Broadway review: The Balusters is an amusing neighborhood watch
• The best Broadway shows to see right now
• The Balusters
• Electric Lemon
• The chefs from Via Carota are working on a restaurant inside the Flatiron Building
• The rooftop pool at the TWA Hotel is reopening for the summer this week
• Visit an exact replica of The Drunken Clam from 'Family Guy' in NYC this summer
• SummerStage just announced its 2026 lineup and it is stacked
• This new waterfront restaurant by Smorgasburg is opening on Governors Island next week
• Catch live Broadway performances for free at Rock Center every Thursday
• This NYC coffee shop was just voted one of the best in the world
• Pizza on the Pier
• Broadway review: The Lost Boys, a musical that goes for blood
• Is Gwyneth Paltrow's new Goop Kitchen actually good?
• The Grilling: Ivy Stark dishes on spring's elite vegetable and her top NYC restaurants
• You’ve been warned: officials suggest New Yorkers work from home during the World Cup to avoid major travel delays
• NYC is setting up free World Cup watch parties and fan zones all across the five boroughs
• A 100-day countdown clock to the World Cup has just been installed inside The Shops at Columbus Circle
• It might cost you over $100 to travel to New Jersey for the World Cup (that’s a 675% increase in ticket prices)
• You may be allowed to legally drink outdoors in NYC during the FIFA World Cup
• The 2026 World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium
• New York will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup!
• The only way to get to MetLife during the 2026 World Cup will be through public transit
• It's cheesecake May at Breads Bakery! Here are 10 insane cakes to order next month.
• Everything bartenders wish you’d stop doing, according to a former NYC bartender
• A British war photographer is transforming a 4,600-square-foot NYC apartment into a new immersive exhibit
• Anyone can step on stage in the middle of Times Square, grab a mic and speak freely at this one-day-only public performance
• These striking giant trolls will be on exhibit around the Adirondacks this summer
• The 13 best steakhouses in NYC to sink your teeth into
• Gallaghers Steakhouse
• You’re not dreaming: electric ‘air taxis’ are flying through the Manhattan sky this week
• Cuerno
• This beloved NYC museum just had its biggest day ever, and Tony Soprano is to thank
• The best outdoor bars in NYC
• Maison Premiere
• Zombie Hut
• Texas Chili Cook-Off
• Brooklyn Crab Oyster Fest
• North America’s largest poetry fest returns to the NYC area this fall with Patti Smith, Arthur Sze and more
• NYC officials are planning the unveiling of a new 'urban forest' by 2040
• Santi
• Check out Halo, a sprawling new event venue on Liberty Street
• The Lost Boys
• New and upcoming Broadway shows headed to NYC in 2026
• Broadway review: Joe Turner's Come and Gone has come again
• The Grandmaster: Tony Leung film series
• The Menopause Monologues
• Breakfast all’Italiana Party at Cafè Bauli
• New Museum Presents "New Humans: From Museum to Screen"
• Fleurs de Villes at Hudson Yards
• Powder Room Pop-Up
• REEL WILD New York Film Festival
• Museum of Sex Presents "The Life Force"
• Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
• Club Room
• Broadway review: The Rocky Horror Show is deliciously warped and timely
• This traveling pop-up exhibit shows what NYC looked like 400 years ago
• Ladies and gentlemen: Smorgasburg is debuting in Central Park with weekday hours
• McDonald’s classics get a gourmet glow-up at these NYC restaurants
• Nutmeg & Clove X Overstory
• A film festival entirely devoted to Wallace Shawn is debuting at the Metrograph
• Next month, cult Japanese women's pro-wrestling league is coming to NYC for one night only
• A century-old Italian gelato tradition rolls into Dumbo
• Check out the Brooklyn Public Library's list of 250 most notable books in U.S. history
• Bronx Night Market
• Literary events and pursuits have become very popular in NYC. What's fueling the trend?
• This New York bar was just voted the very best in all of North America
• Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• Aladdin
• Hadestown
• Every Brilliant Thing
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• The Book of Mormon
• & Juliet
• Broadway review: A heist and a play go wrong in Dog Day Afternoon
• Lower Manhattan gets a new arts center focused on Central and Eastern Europe
• This Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse just opened a new location in midtown
• This dangerous street in Brooklyn is finally getting pedestrian islands and other protective features
• L'industrie Pizzeria - Little Italy
• This sensual art collection from Mexico City makes its U.S. debut at the Museum of Sex today
• The Oxtail Off
• Rheology
• These are the most impossible restaurant reservations in NYC right now—and here is how people are actually getting them
• Proof
• Schmigadoon!
• Broadway review: Beaches be trippin’
• The Lower East Side Film Festival is coming back at the end of the month
• Get a free book from Jack Harlow at McNally Jackson tonight only
• Snagging Shakespeare in the Park tickets is about to get much easier
• It’s happening: NYC's first full-scale casino is opening in Queens next week
• First Class Tattoo
• Thousands of elephants will parachute into DUMBO at this visually striking annual event next month
• Morgenstern’s is back with some of the city’s favorite ice cream
• Brooklyn Crab
• Los Burritos Juárez
• The best beer gardens and beer halls in NYC
• Museum Mile Festival
• Taste of Summer
• Bryant Park Picnic Performances
• Greek Jewish Festival
• Ninth Avenue International Food Festival
• Cannavita
• Talea Beer Taproom
• Is New York becoming a 6pm city? Why everyone is going out earlier
• Check out the new visitors center at Green-Wood Cemetery
• Other Half Brewing
• This famously affordable retailer is opening its first-ever flagship in Manhattan
• The new tea service at Le Café Louis Vuitton looks fabulous
• The Bronx Beer Hall
• This Dumbo roof is kicking off patio season with six spring-forward cocktails
• NYCxDESIGN Festival
• Frieze New York
• A bookless bookstore is opening on the Bowery next month
• The Grand Central-Times Square S shuttle has been fully transformed into a British Airways plane
• Earth Celebrations' ECOLOGICAL CITY: Procession for Climate Solutions
• Asian Comedy Festival
• Highball Ltd. looks like a cocktail bar—but it’s really an office perk
• Highball Ltd.
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Time Out Market New York
• The Ultimate Cup Viewing Experience at Time Out Market
• Swingers, The Crazy Golf Club
• Broadway review: Schmigadoon! (★★★★) is good old-fashioned musical fun
• Check out the new hotel bar inside the Hyatt Union Square’s renovated lobby
• Odo East Village
• TD Five Boro Bike Tour
• An artist will build a public installation made of 2,500 plastic bottles in real time
• New York Antiquarian Book Fair
• These giant trash containers are soon going to take over many NYC parking spots
• NYC was just named the second best city in the U.S. for coffee lovers: see who beat it
• A Florence + The Machine pop-up experience with a personalized necklace station is taking over NYC this week
• Bryant Park Dance Party Series
• Six seriously chill ways to celebrate 4/20 in New York City
• The 40 best museums in NYC
• Broadway is transforming into a massive free library for Earth Day
• 'Rent' is coming back to Broadway for one night only later this year
• Gui Steakhouse
• Lincoln Center's free and choose-what-you-pay summer festival is coming back
• A celebrated British chocolatier just opened its first NYC location, with a second one already in the works
• Celeb-magnet Go Greek Yogurt is NYC's new ‘it’ Greek yogurt spot
• A new restaurant with water and skyline views just opened on Governors Island
• The Lineup
• One of NYC's premier Mexican chefs opens Esse Taco this week
• The 2026 Tribeca Festival lineup is here, with a new Tarantino flick, Mumford & Sons gigs and more
• Broadway review: Ayo Edebiri shows her work in Proof
• Broadway review: The Fear of 13 is just fine
• Viral spot I'm donut? is giving out $1 donuts next week
• eBay is opening a launching a SoHo pop-up—but you'll have to sell something to get in
• Check out plans for a new 72nd Street bike lane connecting the Upper East and West Sides
• 10 can’t-miss events at WorldPride 2019
• This sprawling NYC art show is taking over an entire museum (and it’s free to attend!)
• Cafe La Trova pop-up at Employees Only
• This popular massive street festival is coming back to NYC!
• Macy’s is celebrating America’s gardens at this year’s Flower Show
• Billy Crystal is coming back to Broadway with a solo show
• After a long saga, the Pride flag is finally back at Stonewall
• 9 NYC restaurants were just added to the Michelin Guide
• There’s now a plan to open a city-owned grocery store in East Harlem
• Broadway review: Paris is purring in Cats: The Jellicle Ball
• Broadway review: Death of a Salesman, to die for
• Broadway Magic Hour
• Carol Bove at the Guggenheim
• Frida and Diego: The Last Dream
• The 25 best acting classes in NYC in 2026
• Theater review: The Adding Machine gets a miscalculated revival
• Death of a Salesman
• This new spot on Orchard Street serves Vietnamese coffee by day and eclectic cocktails at night
• NYC officials want to connect the Grand Army Plaza arch to Prospect Park and ban cars in the area
• Café Mars in Brooklyn is turning into an Italian izakaya for all of May
• One of NYC’s best free outdoor theater series is back with a major 2026 lineup
• Indulge in salted watermelon spritzes and pickled martinis at this LES aperitivo bar
• This viral West Village bureka shop just dropped a shakshuka-filled pastry collab
• A new restaurant with the outdoor terrace of your summer dreams is opening in midtown
• Why is Puppetworks closing?
• Swing your way through this new public installation inspired by the mercados of Latin America at Lincoln Center
• One of the world’s best food festivals returns to NYC this weekend
• The Ready Cantina Rooftop
• A new exhibit at the Whitney focuses on Andy Warhol's social and personal life
• The 100 best things to do in NYC for locals and tourists
• Superfly
• The MTA just announced major accessibility improvements are coming to 11 subway lines this spring
• You can play pickleball in Central Park again starting later this month!
• NYC cafes are hosting Holocaust survivors to tell their stories this week
• Oddball
• The world's largest Record Store Day celebration is coming to Rock Center, with special Taylor Swift and Charli XCX releases
• An immersive gin wonderland comes to NYC courtesy of Hendrick's and the 'Sleep No More' folks
• Pacha 2.0 announces opening weekend gigs in the old Brooklyn Mirage space
• You can score free tickets to Neon's freakiest new thriller in Washington Square Park today
• Will Chef Ivy Stark conquer The Greenmarket Challenge?
• A massive ganja-themed scavenger hunt will take over Long Island City next week
• A landmark exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat's early works is coming to Brooklyn this May
• One of Asia’s best bars just opened a cocktail omakase bar on the Lower East Side
• Cubbyhole
• Unfiltered Wine Series
• Five NYC 'Love Story' filming locations you can visit yourself
• One of the world's largest dance parties returns to NYC next month for its big 20th anniversary
• An alumnus of Atelier Crenn has taken over Greenpoint's most popular pop-up
• BAM's newest film series is a cinematic love letter to this 90-year-old Brooklyn subway station
• Hooray for 3am pierogi! Veselka will once again be open 24/7 starting on this date
• This NYC Caribbean stunner was just named the best restaurant in the entire country
• What you need to know about the newest L’Industrie location in Little Italy
• Songkran: Thai New Year Lunch
• Temple Bar is hosting a '90s-themed takeover this month, with Appletinis, Polaroids and mega-nostalgic vibes
• New York Broadway show reviews
• Broadway review: Becky Shaw, a romantic rectangle with all the right angles
• Cats: The Jellicle Ball
• Seagull: True Story
• Cooking to the President’s Taste: Asian Chefs in the White House
• Mace
• The new multi-sensory immersive experience that has taken over the Edge is remarkable
• Theater review: Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare's nastiest tragedy
• 50+ NYC streets are going completely car-free for Earth Day
• Magnolia Bakery will serve its classic banana pudding to Housing Works Cannabis Co. customers on 4/20
• The New York Transit Museum is launching a city-wide scavenger hunt to celebrate its 50th anniversary
• The best jazz clubs in NYC
• The Story of New York Pickles
• Xanadu Roller Arts
• The Morgan Library & Museum
• Mercer Labs Museum of Art and Technology
• Macy’s Herald Square | Midtown West, NY
• The New York Historical | Manhattan, NY
• One World Observatory | Manhattan, NY
• Vessel | Hudson Yards, NY
• Chelsea Market | New York, NY
• Brooklyn Bridge Park
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Becky Shaw
• This new interactive map explores NYC’s jazz history through various neighborhoods
• All the new food and drink options coming to Yankee Stadium this summer
• These books have the longest waitlists at NYC's libraries
• Citi Bike is giving away unlimited free rides to New Yorkers for Earth Day
• MoMA PS1 is celebrating 50 years with a free block party
• This famous bar in Barcelona is popping up in NYC for a few days only
• A tropical-themed free pop-up cinema is opening in downtown Manhattan later this month
• Can you eat fish from the Hudson River? For the first time in 50 years, the answer is yes.
• The best places to see cherry blossoms in NYC
• The best museum exhibitions in NYC right now
• The best spas in NYC to visit for some R&R
• 8 best ways to celebrate Easter weekend in NYC
• The viral dancing bird is back in Bryant Park
• Everything you need to know about this Sunday's Easter Bonnet Parade
• Madison Square Park is hosting a Masters watch party with golf sims and exclusive Shake Shack eats
• This New York reading retreat is rethinking the book club
• NYC's 17 best vegetarian and vegan restaurants
• This new NYC rooftop bar serves boozy Capri Suns and fancy PB&Js
• Corima’s Michelin-starred team just opened a casual cantina in Chinatown
• This epic dance party will take place 1,100 feet above Hudson Yards
• Empyrean Club is a new theater and restaurant that’s opening in Bushwick next year
• Caribbean-style BBQ is taking over this Union Square spot this month
• NYC events in April 2026
• The 10 best brunch spots in Manhattan right now
• Sunset Spritz Hour at Time Out Market
• Snag an on-the-go reimagined espresso martini inspired by Miranda Priestly all around NYC this month
• Cocina Consuelo
• Watch: Costumed ‘Gilded Age’ actors were just spotted filming the new season in NYC
• These 5 NYC bars were just named some of the best in North America
• Osteria 57
• Neon pink birds are taking flight over Prospect Park this spring
• SoJo Spa Club
• Bar 54
• Limusina
• This showy Hudson Yards restaurant turns Mexican dining into a spectacle
• How realistic is it to move Madison Square Garden to fix Penn Station? Here’s the not-so-simple answer.