Find your next neighborhood-led experience
37 experiences
- Locally-owned
Community engagementDiscover Prospect Park by horse-drawn carriage
Park Slope, Brooklyn
2 hours · Up to 4 people
Funds Prospect Park tree care$48 per person
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EntertainmentDancehall Day Party in Brooklyn Junction
East Flatbush, Brooklyn
4 hours · Up to 60 people
Pays Caribbean-owned venues directly$19 per person
Arts & cultureHand-forged bracelet-making experience
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
2 hours · Up to 6 people
Supports a Black-owned Bed-Stuy workshop$65 per person
- Locally-owned
Architecture & designDUMBO Industrial Architecture Walking Tour
DUMBO, Brooklyn
90 minutes · Up to 12 people
Preserves DUMBO's industrial heritage$35 per person
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Food toursSunset Park Night Market
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
3 hours · Drop in anytime
Pays vendors full stall revenue$12 per person
- Locally-owned
CookingBed-Stuy Soul Food Cooking Class
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
3 hours · Up to 6 people
Preserves a three-generation family recipe archive$75 per person
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Arts & cultureGreenpoint Mural Walk
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
2 hours · Up to 10 people
Pays muralists a fair commission$22 per person
Architecture & designHarlem Brownstone Architecture Tour
Central Harlem, Manhattan
90 minutes · Up to 12 people
Supports the Harlem Brownstone Conservancy$40 per person
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CookingGreek Pastry Baking Class in Astoria
Astoria, Queens
3 hours · Up to 8 people
Keeps an Astoria family bakery running$68 per person
- Locally-owned
EducationalSouth Bronx Bodega Heritage Tour
Mott Haven, Bronx
2 hours · Up to 10 people
Connects visitors directly to bodega owners$25 per person
- Locally-owned
Community engagementCommunity Garden Volunteer Afternoon
Lower East Side, Manhattan
3 hours · Up to 15 people
Keeps a 40-year-old garden in neighborhood handsFree
- Locally-owned
Community engagementQueens Cultural Center Potluck
Flushing, Queens
2 hours · Up to 40 people
Funds free programming at a neighborhood center$8 per person
EducationalChinatown Immigration History Walk
Chinatown, Manhattan
2 hours · Up to 12 people
Supports a community oral-history archive$30 per person
- Locally-owned
EducationalHarlem Jazz History Listening Session
Sugar Hill, Manhattan
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Preserves a private Harlem record collection$28 per person
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EntertainmentHarlem Live Jazz Night
Central Harlem, Manhattan
3 hours · Up to 30 people
Pays working Harlem musicians directly$35 per person
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EntertainmentConey Island Boardwalk Evening
Coney Island, Brooklyn
2 hours · Up to 15 people
Supports the Coney Island History Project$18 per person
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Food toursFlushing Dumpling Crawl
Flushing, Queens
3 hours · Up to 10 people
Sends every food dollar to small Flushing kitchens$45 per person
- Locally-owned
Food toursJackson Heights South Asian Food Walk
Jackson Heights, Queens
2.5 hours · Up to 10 people
Backs immigrant-owned restaurants on 74th Street$42 per person
GalleriesChelsea Gallery Hop
Chelsea, Manhattan
2 hours · Up to 10 people
Directs attention to emerging, not blue-chip, artists$32 per person
- Locally-owned
GalleriesLower East Side Artist-Run Spaces Tour
Lower East Side, Manhattan
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Channels support to artist-run project spaces$30 per person
- Locally-owned
GalleriesBronx Street Art and Graffiti Tour
Hunts Point, Bronx
2 hours · Up to 12 people
Pays Bronx writers for the work you photograph$26 per person
- Locally-owned
Wellness & movementSunrise yoga under the last forest in Manhattan
Inwood, Manhattan
75 minutes · Up to 14 people
Pays for free senior classes$22 per person
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Wellness & movementEasy-pace river run club along the Harlem waterfront
Hamilton Heights, Manhattan
60 minutes · Up to 20 people
Funds free youth run clinics$12 per person
- Locally-owned
Outdoors & natureMorning birding walk through Van Cortlandt's wetlands
Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx
2 hours · Up to 10 people
Supports the park's marsh restoration$18 per person
Outdoors & natureEdible plants walk along the Bronx River forest
West Farms, Bronx
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Funds invasive-plant removal days$26 per person
- Locally-owned
Markets & makersSunday Flea at the Greenpoint Loading Dock
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Keeps goods out of the landfillFree
Markets & makersOpen House at a Ridgewood Ceramics Collective
Ridgewood, Queens
90 minutes · Up to 6 people
Funds shared studio space$18 per person
- Locally-owned
Sports & recreationPickup Handball with the Sunset Park Regulars
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
2 hours · Up to 6 people
Keeps a neighborhood tradition aliveFree
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Sports & recreationFirst-Time Bouldering in Long Island City
Long Island City, Queens
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Trains volunteer route-setters$32 per person
- Locally-owned
Family & kidsStory Walk Through Inwood's Old-Growth Forest
Inwood, Manhattan
1.5 hours · Up to 12, kids and grownups
Roots that hold the hill$28 per person
Family & kidsBuild-a-Puppet Afternoon in Astoria
Astoria, Queens
2 hours · Up to 10 across families
Turns fabric scraps into characters$35 per person
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Photography & filmGolden Hour Photo Walk Across the Queensboro Bridge
Long Island City, Queens
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Funds the LIC waterfront cleanup$52 per person
- Locally-owned
Photography & filmLower East Side Film Locations Walk
Lower East Side, Manhattan
2.5 hours · Up to 10 people
Helps LES family shops stay open$44 per person
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Water & boatingSail New York Harbor aboard a wooden schooner
South Street Seaport, Manhattan
2 hours · Up to 12 people
Funds harbor oyster restoration$78 per person
- Locally-owned
Water & boatingPaddle Newtown Creek at golden hour
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
1.5 hours · Up to 8 people
Run by a volunteer boathouseFree
- Locally-owned
Fashion & vintageWalk the East Village for secondhand denim and finds
East Village, Manhattan
2.5 hours · Up to 6 people
Keeps clothing out of landfill$36 per person
Fashion & vintageLearn visible mending in a Lower East Side studio
Lower East Side, Manhattan
2 hours · Up to 8 people
Extends the life of your clothes$54 per person