Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

Tweens and Teens

Strings on Hudson at Belvedere Plaza – Knickerbocker Orchestra, the Leadlights and The String Queens

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Strings on Hudson at Belvedere Plaza - Knickerbocker Orchestra, the Leadlights and The String Queens

 

Battery Park City hosts alfresco music on the waterfront! Join locals and visitors alike, on the water for live music.  This free event series is a great chance to enjoy the outdoors with family and friends. Bring a picnic blanket and snacks and of course,  your dancing shoes and enjoy the live performance against the setting sun. Featuring the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra, the Leadlights, and the String Queens, on 3 separate dates in August!

Thursday, August 8th,  August 15th, and August 22nd

Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Cost: Free

Age(s): All ages welcome

Location: Belvedere Plaza (north end of the North Cove Marina and BPC Esplanade)

To learn more, please visit their website HERE

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Fourth Annual Math Festival at 28 Liberty Plaza (FREE)

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Fourth Annual Math Festival at 28 Liberty Plaza (FREE)

Fosun Hosts Free Math Festival on 28 Liberty Plaza

FiDi Families welcomes the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) to 28 Liberty Plaza for the second annual New York City Math Festival. 

The full day of mathematical fun will feature hands-on math exhibits, entertaining mathematical games, intriguing puzzles, brain teasers. Among other performances, educator John Chase will reveal the secrets of mathematics and demonstrate a juggler’s ability to anticipate the path of a ball or club in space and time.

The New York City Math Festival will also feature:

  • Performances by mathematical mimes, Tim and Tanya Chartier, in a series of fun vignettes that illustrate the concepts of estimation, tiling, and infinity

  • Group constructions of giant sculptures, including the amazing rainbow-colored hyberbolic Hilbert’s Rainbow with mathematician Chaim Goodman-Straus and the six-foot tall geometric structure Goldberg Variations with mathematician David Reimann.  If you can thread a cable tie through a hole or count to six, you can help!

  • Formations of mathematical patterns using Math-on-a-Stick from the Minnesota State Fair with math educator, Chris Danielson

  • Engaging puzzles and brainteasers with the Julia Robinson Math Festival

Date: Saturday, August 17th

Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Location: 28 Liberty Plaza (Fosun)

To learn more about the event, please visit their website HERE

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Big City Fishing at Pier 25 – FREE

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Big City Fishing at Pier 25 - FREE
Photo Credit: Hudson River Park

Hudson River Park offers kids and adults, a chance to learn how to fish and have an opportunity to learn about the Hudson River waterway and biological environment. The program, knowns as “Big City Fishing” is hosted by Hudson River Parks and participants are provided all of the essentials needed, including rods, reels, bait, and of course, fishing instruction. Spend the day outdoors and learn about water quality, fish biology and more, with the educators from Big City Fishing!

Date: Sunday, August 18th

Time: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Location: Pier 25 – North Moore Street

Ages: Kids 5+ (and adults welcome, too)

Fee: Free

For more information please visit their website HERE.

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Annual Battery Dance Festival Week 2019

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Bring a blanket and some snacks and picnic with the performances overlooking Lady Liberty at one of our favorite parks. Celebrate the 38th year of New York City’s longest-running public dance festival presented by Battery Dance. Enjoy six days of exciting international and local dance companies against one of the most beautiful backgrounds in the city.

Date(s): Sunday, August 11th – Friday, August 16th

Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Location: Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park 

Ages: All ages welcome

Cost: Free

For more information, please visit their website HERE

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Summer Streets 2019: First 3 Saturdays in August

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Summer Streets 2018

 

Join us for the annual celebration known as Summer Streets, a “take-over” of some of NYC’s most popular streets and neighborhoods. Traffic is redirected and locals and visitors alike have a chance to hit the pavement on their feet instead of on wheels. On three consecutive Saturdays in August, nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets are opened for people to play, run, walk and bike. During last years celebration, more than 300,000 people took to the “Summer Streets”. Families will enjoy fitness classes and showcases, as well as sports activities and some great sports demos, so don’t miss it!

FiDi Families Insiders: Our favorites include: ziplining at Foley Square, fitted for a free helmet at 24th street & Park Ave, free food samples at 25th & Park Ave, and Children’s Corner at 51st street & Park Ave.

Date(s): August 3rd, August 10th and August 17th

Time: 7am – 1pm 

Locations: from Brooklyn Bridge/Foley Square to Central Park, along Park Avenue and connecting streets

Cost: Free

Ages: All ages welcome and designed for all ages and ability levels

To learn more, please visit their website HERE

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