Things to Do in Lower Manhattan

Things to do in Lower Manhattan

Autumn

Luna Park is Hosting Treasure Island-Themed Halloween Harvest Celebration

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Luna Park is Hosting Treasure Island-Themed Halloween Harvest Celebration

Need something fun to do this weekend to get you in the fall and halloween spirit? It’s time to experience all the thrills, chills and Halloween frills during Luna Park’s pirate-themed Halloween Harvest in Coney Island. On weekends from September 16th through October 29th, the park will hum with festive seasonal activities to celebrate autumn.

In addition to New York City’s best pumpkin patch, this year’s Halloween Harvest will also feature pony rides, compliments of Pony Express Entertainment. Magicians King Henry and Gary the Great will awe visitors, who can also enjoy face painting, arts and crafts, kooky spooky karaoke and more.  The event also includes a ‘mummy wrap’ game and visitors are encouraged to come wearing their best pirate costumes. 

Mark your calendars for these special events:

Saturday, October 14th – Luna Park’s Annual Dog Parade and Costume Contest

Sunday, October 29th – Marc and the Manic Carvers

Sunday, October 29th – Halloween Parade and Annual Costume Party

For more information visit their website HERE.

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Celebrate Veteran’s Day…Starbucks Promotion!

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Celebrate Veteran's Day...Starbucks Promotion!

 

Celebrate Veteran’s Day…Starbucks Promotion! Starbucks is honoring Veteran’s all around the country on Veteran’s Day and past and current military are encouraged to stop in their local Starbucks for a free tall brewed coffee for veterans, active duty military and their spouses in participating U.S. company-owned stores. Help spread the word about this simple promotion to say thank you to our Veteran’s. 

To learn more, please visit http://www.starbucks.com

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Kidz Central Station FiDi Families Profile

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Kidz Central Station FiDi Families ProfileKidz Central Station Profile. Denise Courter, Founder and Publisher of the FiDi Families website that spotlights Lower Manhattan and the neighborhoods that fall below 14th Street. In addition to being a full-time working Mom of two, she is the Lifestyle & Family Editor for Downtown Magazine NYC, featuring Little Apple, which captures the Downtown family lifestyle…http://blog.kidzcentralstation.com/head-of-the-class-mom/head-class-mom-denise-courter/

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Downtown CoNNection Shuttle Bus

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The Downtown CoNNection shuttle bus is a free bus service that is sponsored by the Alliance for Downtown NY and Battery Park City Authority. The bus (affectionately known in our apartment building as the “bumpy bus” connects Lower Manhattan from Battery Park City to Battery Place along Water Street to the South Street Seaport area, including the Financial District. It is stroller friendly (as long as you know how to fold up your stroller) and an easy way to shuttle the kids to Battery Park from FiDi, a drop off in Tribeca after a movie at Regal Cinemas or anywhere in between. The shuttle service is available 7 days a week from 10:00am – 7:30pm.

If you are a parent with little one’s that insist that they are too big for a stroller and yet walking with them throughout downtown is about as fun as stubbing your toe,  you may want to consider the Downtown Connection shuttle service as the Uber for the stroller set. The Downtown CoNNection buses run approximately every 10 minutes, picking up passengers at  stops marked with the “Downtown CoNNection” logo.

 

Downtown Connection Shuttle Service

 

FiDi Families Insiders: One of the best features about the buses besides the free (woohoo) ride and convenience is the fact that they added GPS to each bus and you can track the locations of the various buses on their website to time your arrival at the designated pickup/drop off spots. It’s a great feature as you can time your departure to the shops at the WFC while the kids nap or take the kids for an adventure to the Staten Island Ferry. To check on status of a shuttle bus log onto www.nextbus.com.

To learn more and to view a map of the Downtown Connection service, please visit http://www.downtownny.com/getting-around/downtown-connection

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