5K Midnight Run in Central Park
Hosted by the New York Road Runners Club, this event takes particiipants from 72dn Street to the Central Park East Drive north to 102nd Street and back. Better yet, forego the $25+ registration fee and enjoy the free prerun costume show and fireworks.

Barkin' Arts NYC
Gallery. Barkin' Arts NYC is dedicated to increasing social awareness of the importance of animals in art by promoting exhibitions of contemporary art with canine and animal themes by emerging artists and offering educational art workshops for both children and adults in a dog friendly environment.

Bronx River Art Center
BRAC is a place where both emerging and established artists can create and exhibit their works. Programs of exhibitions, classes, studio spaces and special events (music and dance performances, poetry readings, lectures and film screenings) offer students, artists and residents an opportunity to participate in and experience the arts within an urban setting.

Central Park
Central Park is the most frequently visited urban park in the United States. The list of sights, activites and attractions offered here is quite exhaustive. From the Strawberry Fields John Lennon memorial to the Great Lawn to Belvedere Castle, there's something for everyone here. Some hilights include Shakespeare in the Park, Yoga Flow, Tai Chi, New York Philharmonic free concerts, the Harlem Meer Performance Festival, Storytelling at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue and much much more.

Dachshund Friendship Festivals
The Dachshund Octoberfest is held on the first Saturday in October. The Dachshund Spring Fiesta is held on the last Saturday in April. Both meet under the Arch in Washington Square Park in New York City at Twelve Noon. The festivals are free and open to all. Some people dress their dachsies in costumes but that is not necessary.

Empire Autorama
The Lambda Car Club’s Empire Autorama Event welcomes all New York City residents and visitors to our annual celebration of chrome and steel, regardless of race, religion, age, gender (including gender orientation), sexual orientation, national origin, HIV status or mental/physical ability.

Feast of San Gennaro
The street festivities – including parades, entertainment, food stands and a cannoli-eating contest – are capped with a celebratory Mass and candlelit procession as the Statue of the Saint is carried from its permanent home in Most Precious Blood Church on Mulberry Street.

Fleet Week
In partnership with New York City, the United States Navy and the Intrepid Museum, over a dozen Navy and Coast Guard ships as well as ships from all over the world visit New York Harbor each Fleet Week. The visiting Fleet Week vessels are open for free public tours daily. There are also military demonstrations, athletic competitions and many other exciting activities over the course of the seven-day celebration.

Greenpoint YMCA
The Greenpoint Y offers an Afterschool Program, swimming classes, karate, ballet, Summer Camp, Sports Leagues, Birthday Party facilities, computer classes, Full and half-day Preschool, Holiday Camps, a Teen Center, Leaders Club, and Youth and Government (the latter both for teens). There's also a Kids in Control Community Service program. Guest rooms are available on a nightly and weekly basis.

Greenwich Village Halloween Parade
For the Nation's Most Wildly Creative, Largest Public Participatory Event in the Greatest City in the World ! All those in costume are Welcome to join Hundreds of Puppets, 42 Bands of different types of music, Dancers and Artists, and Thousands of Other New Yorkers inn Costumes of their own creation in this new brand of Carnivale!

Hamilton Fish Center
Facilities at the Hamilton Fish Center include a cardio room, fitness gym, free weight room, handball courts, performance stage, 2 pools, basketball courts, arts & crafts room, game room, and computer resource center. Classes and activities on offer include an After School Program, aerobics, wrestling, karate, and much more. Special events such as rallies and community parties are also on the menu.

Harlem Week
The festivities currenly include the Black Film Festival, the Harlem Jazz and Music Festival, Taste of Harlem Food Festival, Uptown Saturday Night, as well as events honoring citizens, businesses and more.

Harlem YMCA
The Harlem YMCA offers programs for the entire family. The After School Program for kids age 5-12 offers sports, games, homework help, swimming, computers, and ecology lessons. There's an Asthma Swim Program for children who suffer. Other activities include martial arts, Drama Kids, basketball, volleyball, fitness gym and more. Last Friday of the month is Family Night Potluck Dinner.

Howl! Festival of East Village Arts
Centered in Tompkins Square Park, the Howl! festival attractsmore than 100,000 visitors bringing to the clubs, galleries, parks, streets, and theaters of the Lower EastSide an explosion of dance, film, food, music, performance, painting, poetry, sculpture, and theater.

Lighting the Christmas Tree at Rockerfeller Center
Take part in a New York City tradition at the 74th Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The 2006 Tree Lighting Ceremony will be a star-studded event broadcast live on NBC. Come celebrate the holidays at Rockefeller Center!

Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks
Macy's presents the largest fireworks display in America! The nation's largest and most incredible birthday bash lights up the night sky with over 120,000 bursts of color, light and breathtaking pyrotechnics from around the world! 12 million television viewers and 2 million live spectators watch in amazement as our stirring fireworks burst 1,000 feet in the air to the riveting soundtrack!

Macy's Thansgiving Day Parade
The official kick-off of the holiday season. Every year "the longest show on Broadway" is seen by more than 3 million people who line the streets of New York and another 50 million people who tune in on their televisions to watch the giant balloons, one-of-a-kind floats, the nation's best marching bands, hundreds of cheering clowns and a host of celebrities!

Mermaid Parade
The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression. The Parade is characterized by participants dressed in hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, the occasional wandering lighthouse, Coney Island post card or amusement ride, as well as antique cars, marching bands, drill teams, and the odd yacht pulled on flatbed.

New Year's Eve at Prospect Park
Celebrate New Year's Eve in Prospect Park at Brooklyn's biggest party! The fireworks are shot off from the northern part of Prospect Park’s Long Meadow, so as to frame the glorious Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza. Each year’s fireworks feature new surprises, thanks to the magic of the Zambelli Fireworks Manufacturing Company.

New Year's Eve in Times Square
New Year's Eve at the symbolic center of New York City has become more than just a celebration - it's a global tradition. The world holds its breath...and cheers as the clocks strike twelve.

New York History Net
Portal offering links to academic conferences, state archives, book reviews, the World Trade Center, genealogy, museums, libraries, education, and dozens of sites ot local and regional interest. Search function, featured sites, listserv.

New York Marathon
The premier event of New York Road Runners, the ING New York City Marathon is one of the world's great road races, drawing more than 85,000 applicants. The race attracts many world-class professional athletes, not only for the more than $500,000 in prize money, but also for the chance to excel in the media capital of the world before two million cheering spectators and 260 million worldwide television viewers.

New York's Great Halloween Party
Come out and see one of New York’s favorite haunts dressed up for the holiday! Rain or shine there will be activities and entertainment that the whole family will enjoy. Holiday classics including the pumpkin patch, a haunted house and pumpkin carving join the greenmarket, bandshell performances and Puppets in the Park to make this holiday happening a scary must!

North Meadow Recreation Center
Located in Central Park, The North Meadow Recreation Center offers a cushioned climbing room with a 17-foot climbing wall; a community room used for classes, gatherings, and recreational activities; basketball and handball courts, and an outdoor 25-foot climbing wall.

Saint Patrick's Day Parade
The festivities begin with the subways turned mini-pub ride to the parade and last long after the actual parade ends. Live music and drunken shenanigans abound within the nearly one thousand Irish Bars and Pubs serving Guiness Stout, Harp and various American swill beers colored green for the event, throughout the City. (Editor's Note: Beware Drunken Drivers and Mean Drunks on the street).

September Concert
The September Concert is a series of free concerts held annually on September 11th. Musicians of all backgrounds, genres, and levels of expertise join together to bring music anywhere and everywhere people gather.

New York State
Official site, including department and office listings, and basic state information.

Asian Americans for Equality
During the past 30 years, AAFE has evolved into a nationally recognized affordable housing developer and an experienced social service provider. With offices in Chinatown and Flushing, AAFE is the only citywide community development corporation serving New York City's more than 800,000 Asian American residents.