October 2026

• The first-ever Art Week NYC is kicking off next month, with 80+ museums and galleries participating
• The six best things to eat at Madison Square Garden
• The best things to do in NYC this weekend
• The best things to do in NYC this week
• This is the most haunted borough in New York and it's full of 'wall-to-wall ghosts'
• The best Christmas markets in NYC
• The best Halloween events for 2026 in NYC
• The 15 best hotels in New York City with a view
• Poor Unfortunate Souls
• Porteurs de feu (Bearers of Fire)
• How to celebrate the Nets’ home opener near Barclays this week
• The 30 best hotels in New York City for 2026, tried and tested
• Off Broadway shows, reviews, tickets and listings
• The best Halloween theater in 2026
• Drunk Dracula
• The 5 best fun runs in New York this fall
• How to celebrate the Knicks’ home opener near MSG this week
• Mariah Carey’s festive holiday bar is coming back next month for its biggest season yet
• A Tokyo sushi legend is bringing his impossible-to-book omakase to NYC for 3 nights only
• Benjamin Button comes to another new life—as a musical
• Here’s the neighborhood pouring the cheapest drinks in NYC, according to a boozy new study
• This beloved Hainanese chicken restaurant is back in Union Square
• Here’s how to spend Halloween in Dumbo, based on your vibe
• Theater review: Degenerates (★★★★★) at Playwrights Horizons
• Saks’ famous Fifth Avenue holiday light show is officially returning next month—here’s everything to know
• Only two New York pizzerias made DoorDash’s national top pizza spots list—and neither of them are in NYC
• Look like Nathan Fielder or Elizabeth Holmes? You can join a ‘You Can See Everything’ lookalike contest this weekend
• Most Wanted Halloween, a Wild West Costume Ball
• EXCLUSIVE: This beloved NYC sandwich shop is giving away free sandwiches—if you have the right name
• Theater review: Rehearing AIDS at Kramer/Fauci (★★★★)
• Broadway review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Ed Harris in Other Desert Cities
• Halloween at Faena
• La Catrina and Skeleton Puppets at NYBG
• A massive Día de los Muertos altar is coming to Flatiron next week, with a free public festival to celebrate the dead
• Howling Halloween Pup Cruise
• NYC’s first outdoor community sauna will bring free sweat nights, cold plunges and more to Williamsburg this winter
• This beloved Caribbean bakery in Brooklyn will close after 25 years this week—here’s your last day to dine
• A crazy-long pastry table is coming to Greenpoint to help you carbo-load before the NYC Marathon
• Port Authority construction spells massive commuting mess for bus riders—and it won’t let up until 2030
• You can get 35-cent pizza slices today to celebrate Mayor Mamdani’s 35th birthday
• Degenerates
• Clay Magnet Making
• I went to a new immersive dinner experience in NYC, and it was a feast for the senses
• NYC real estate listings surge to the highest level since 2022—and in neighborhoods you wouldn’t expect
• A progressive Indian restaurant just landed in Williamsburg thanks to this Top Chef alum
• This new Lower East Side gelato store also greenlights as an art studio
• CJ Hendry’s viral (and completely free) flower market is coming to Greenpoint this weekend
• The stars of '30 Rock', 'SNL,' 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and more will reunite at the New York Comedy Festival for NBC’s 100th
• Halloween Celebration at the American Museum of Natural History
• Christmas in New York: The best things to do for a magical time this holiday season
• Thanksgiving in New York 2026 guide
• Leon’s Bagels is turning into a sidewalk martini bar for two nights only next week
• NYC events in November 2026
• The Plaza Hotel to close this January for a four-year-long restoration project
• NYC events in January 2026
• Things to do in NYC in December 2025
• Roxy Bar
• The best fall activities in NYC to do with the arrival of Autumn
• NFL season at MetLife Stadium
• This iconic Penn Station bar is back after nearly a decade away—take a look inside the new Tracks
• Swingers, The Crazy Golf Club
• New York Greek Film Expo 2026: Michael Cacoyannis Retrospective
• Suite Mysterioso: A Halloween Ballet
• Review: Romeo and Juliet are border-crossed lovers at Shakespeare in the Park
• Salsa Thursdays Four-Year Anniversary at Time Out Market
• This waterfront Bronx park could get a $160 million makeover, including the borough’s first casino
• I’m an NYC tour guide and food writer—these are the places I take visiting friends and family
• Brooklyn’s best bacon egg and cheese is coming to the Upper West Side
• Capri Southampton
• Daniel Boulud has finally opened his giant Brasserie Boulud just down the street from Lincoln Center
• False Harmonics #28: Currawong Project
• The Metropolitan Opera is hosting a massive Halloween costume contest—and the winner will get exclusive backstage access
• Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500
• You can watch the Knicks’ home opener on a gigantic three-story screen in Queens next week
• The Phantom of the Opera with Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra
• The Visitors
• Exclusive: This new website guides you to the cheapest Broadway tickets
• 8 ways New York City has changed since 'Girls' dominated TV
• The fancy house from 'Verity' is actually a wellness retreat in New York and you can do a yoga session there later this month
• ‘Luigi: The Musical’ is returning to NYC next month—here's a first look at the Broadway-level cast
• Where to watch the New York Marathon 2026
• Christmas in New York 2026: a guide to celebrating the season
• New York is the most paranoid state in America and this issue is our biggest worry
• Through Her Lens
• New York’s most iconic superhero just got his own street in Forest Hills, Queens
• The best new restaurants in NYC you need to try
• Here's where four of New York's best Latin chefs like to eat on their night off
• This is the coolest hotel in Brooklyn, according to Time Out experts
• Laugh It Up Quarterly Comedy Series
• This spooky Sleepy Hollow mansion will let you step into a famous Edgar Allan Poe story
• Somssi
• The 10 best cheap hotels in New York City for 2026
• Lost in Del Valle
• The best Broadway shows to see right now
• The 13 best hotels in Brooklyn for 2026
• Hotel Indigo Williamsburg
• The Conversation
• Spring Awakening
• Spring Awakening
• The Nicest Body Ever Seen Around These Parts
• New and upcoming Broadway shows headed to NYC in 2026
• School Pictures
• Two Girls
• A View from the Bridge
• Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
• Seven Guitars
• The Ask
• I Became We
• The Unbelievers
• In the Heights
• The Verge
• Rope
• NYC’s most famous Halloween experience will let you enroll in a 'scare academy' and learn tricks of the terrifying trade
• AmEx’s largest airport lounge ever is coming to this NYC-area airport, with 30,000 square feet and a terrace bar
• This iconic Coney Island attraction could return for the first time in 62 years—but there’s a twist
• Monarchs Puppets on Parade at NYBG
• The 4th Witch
• Off-Off Broadway shows in NYC
• The Infinite Wrench
• Medea
• The best cabaret shows in NYC this month
• Broadway Bloodbath
• Legerdemain
• DIY Herbal Treats Workshop
• Bark Barbecue - Bushwick
• New Yorkers are outliving the rest of Americans by four years, according to NYC Health Department data
• Show No Fear
• December’s G train shutdown has been blessedly cancelled, but weekend closures are still set for this month
• A Nicole Kidman-themed ‘Christmas Carol’ will camp up Off-Broadway next month
• These 5 NYC parks will let you play outdoor soccer as late as 2 a.m. thanks to a new Mamdani program
• This groundbreaking New York restaurant—known for its color and queerness—is closing for good on Sunday after 10 years
• This is the best hotel in New York City, according to 'Time Out' experts—and it’s a true rock ‘n roll icon
• The new multi-sensory immersive experience that has taken over the Edge is remarkable
• The Rockettes’ new Christmas show will give you a from-the-stage view of what it’s like to be a high-kicking dancer
• A ‘Stranger Things’-themed NYC diner will spookily transport fans into the Upside Down, but you have to act fast
• The 17 best ramen restaurants in NYC right now
• This full-day leaf-peeping cruise takes you from midtown into the Hudson Valley—and it’s totally worth the trip
• These 4 NYC bars were the only U.S. spots to make the World’s Best Bars 2026 list
• The 14 very best coffee shops in NYC
• An artist will suspend themselves from a 150-foot crane in the middle of Times Square next week—here’s why
• The Rocky Horror Skivvies Show
• The Bowery Boys: Ghost Stories of Old New York
• The Joe Iconis Haunted Halloween Special
• The Eldritch Spooktacular Halloween Pageant
• Dracula
• I Put a Spell on You: A Sanderson Sister Act
• Village Halloween Costume Ball
• Sea Wall
• 2:22 – A Ghost Story
• A Ghost in Your Ear
• Momofuku Noodle Bar
• KEI
• Tamashii
• First look: The 2026 New York City Marathon finisher medal celebrates 50 years of the five-borough course
• Kin Ramen
• King of the Yees
• A Part of the Noise
• Gramercy Tavern, Mission Ceviche, Rezdôra and more are coming together for Harvest 2026
• ‘Dirty Dancing’ is finally boogying onto Broadway next year—who should play Johnny and Baby?
• Antilles Cafe
• Waldorf Astoria New York
• Copperfield! The New Musical
• Anon
• The Drunk Texts: Halloween Double Feature
• Stranger Things: The First Shadow
• creation stories and all the important importants
• Good Time Charlie
• This tiny upstate NY village was just named the nicest place in America by Reader’s Digest
• Two NYC pasta joints made Yelp's national top 10 list, including a 90-year-old Bronx throwback
• Comedy Spillage
• Fado Night
• Im Dunkeln sieht man besser
• Tom at the Farm
• Soon
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Planet of the Grapes
• Hewa Rwanda—Letter to the absent
• The Eleven Madison Park crew is opening a casual West Village sister restaurant this week, with a rolling martini cart and a showpiece chicken
• Ghostbusters in Concert
• Off-Broadway Week is back with matchless two-for-one ticket deals
• The 13 best Christmas hotels in New York City for 2026
• Dave Matthews Band
• LCD Soundsystem NYC Residency
• The Bryant Park Winter Village guide
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
• Nrityagram Dance Ensemble: Khaṅkhaṇā
• American Ballet Theatre
• Fish
• Midnight
• The best magic shows in New York City
• The best dance shows in NYC this month
• Crazy Mama: A True Story of Love and Madness
• Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen
• The Heart
• Falls For Jodie
• Limón Dance Company
• The Australian Ballet: Oscar
• Jason Suran: Exposed—An Evening with the Mentalist
• Guide to Broadway Week in NYC
• Gazillion Bubble Show
• EXCLUSIVE: Gazillion Bubble Show is closing after 19 eye-popping years
• Arias with a Twist
• The scariest haunted houses in NYC
• The MTA is rolling out extra fall foliage express trains up to the Hudson Valley through November
• Manhattan’s last remaining lighthouse—a 146-year-old local fave—is getting a $13 million makeover
• NYC events in October 2026
• One of New York’s greatest KBBQ restaurants has just been resurrected in Koreatown
• Halloween in NYC 2026: Everything you need to know
• The 45 best restaurants in NYC right now
• Speakeasy Salsa
• ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is coming to Broadway with Andrew Rannells, Lisa Rinna, Tituss Burgess and more
• NYC to have its largest Halloween celebration yet, with 160 car-free open streets and city plazas
• This giant NYC-born cookie chain just abruptly closed 20+ locations last week—is it gone for good?
• Taste of Asia
• Immigrant Jam
• The best bars in NYC right now
• Club Room
• The Normal Heart
• The Hairy Ape
• Waiting for Lefty
• Don’t miss this big banned book wagon pulling up to Brooklyn Public Library next week
• The new Department of New Yorker Verification will decide whether or not you’re an actual New Yorker
• The NYC Ferry and Zelle are giving away free ferry rides every Thursday throughout October, all to help your dating game
• Richard Perez: I Have To Do This
• High Society Tea with "The Gilded Age"
• Brooklyn Champions Cup & Soccer Social
• Shania's Max Bet
• Village Halloween Parade in NYC 2026 guide
• Broadway review: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play
• Felix Roasting Co.
• The Bar Downstairs
• Bar 54
• Leon Levy Center for Biography
• Lavender Lake
• The 5 best hotels near JFK airport, for a place to rest your weary head
• The best Halloween bars in NYC
• You can ride a scenic 1930s subway car to a cemetery this weekend
• This new East Village art exhibition lets you explore New York City through all five senses (yes, even smell)
• Sunday in Brooklyn is celebrating 10 years with a month-long pancake collab series, featuring Kellogg’s Diner, Laser Wolf and more
• This $1,000-a-night NYC suite comes with a steak dinner, a private chauffeur and diamond jewelry—and it’s all for your dog
• Tricks and Treats at Bryant Park
• Is Herald Square turning into a permanent carnival? What to know about that controversial amusement-park proposal
• 'TRL' is taking over Times Square today, complete with an actual NSYNC reunion
• Gaia NoMaya
• The NYC Marathon 2026 guide
• The 20 best brunch spots in NYC right now