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Friday, October 9

NYC Wine & Food Festival Takes Over the Seaport Through Oct 18. Daniel Humm Opens Namesake Restaurant 'Humm' in the West Village. Plus 4 places open right now with real prices and hours.

American Museum of Natural History is Pay what you wish (NYS residents); $28 others. Cheapest thing we've found in New York City.

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Brooklyn Children's Museum

Crown Heights — Your kid will try to live here. Plan for 3 hours minimum.

$15/person

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Upper West Side — Five floors, all for kids 0-7. The toddler crowd runs this place.

$17-18/person

New York Hall of Science

Corona — 450+ exhibits. Free Fridays 2-5pm. The 'why' kids go nuts here.

$19-22/person

Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling

Sugar Hill — Free for kids 0-8. The building alone is worth the trip to Sugar Hill.

Free-$9

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Hell's Kitchen — An actual aircraft carrier with a space shuttle on the deck. Kids under 5 free.

$28/child, $36/adult

Open right now

NYC Parks - Central Park Heckscher Playground

Daily dawn-dusk

Free

Winterland Rink at Pier 17

Daily, sessions vary -- check theseaport.nyc

$14-35

Two Trees Management - Domino Park

Daily 6am-1am

Free

Hudson River Park - Pier 40

Daily dawn to dusk

Free

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