Little Kid Big City - New York

11/05/2024

Serenity Now

Filled with anxiety and emotion over the election? Looking to destress and need a moment of peace? Take a walk in Central Park. The foliage is slightly past peak, but still absolutely stunning. It literally feels like you are walking through a painting.

A few of our favorite spots featured here (all pictures are current and were taken yesterday!).

10/19/2024

The Vessel is Open

After being closed for four years, the center piece of the Hudson Yards complex has reopened with safety precautions in place, which includes floor to ceiling metal safety mesh coverings. The very top of the Vessel remains closed.

The vessel is comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs — almost 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings — with nearly one mile of vertical climb above the Public Square and Gardens.

WHERE:📍Hudson Yards. 11th Avenue, between 33rd and 34th.

WHEN: ⏰ 10am - 9pm daily. Last entry 8pm. Registration required to climb. Book tickets online starting October 21.

PRICE: 🎟️$10 admission. Children age 5 and under are FREE. Free on Thursdays for NYC residents.

05/21/2024

Pop into Summer! 🎈

Tickets for Balloon story are on sale now! (Early bird pricing is available for a limited time - Link in Profile!).

Discover the magic of larger-than-life, eco-friendly balloon sculptures at this NYC pop-Up experience. Over 600,000+ balloons will be used to create larger than life immersive installations at this pop up coming to NYC this July. With games, food and special surprises - Balloon Story is fun for all ages!

Transport yourself to a balloon jungle, swim through inflatable seascapes, and wonder your way through the air-filled maze, and play family-friendly interactive games for all! It’s sure to be a kaleidoscope of air-filled wonder.

WHERE:📍Park Avenue Armory. 643 Park Ave, New York, NY

WHEN: ⏰ July 2nd to August 25th. Open daily 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM

TICKETS: 🎟️ On sale now, Link in profile. Adults: $43.42, $32.06 Kids age 4-12 (prices listed includes service fees).

FOR KIDS:🎈All ages welcome. Expect to spend 60+ minutes in the experience. Space is accessible for strollers.

Images:📷 Balloon Story
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05/18/2024

Paddling into the Weekend 🛶

The FREE Kayaking at Downtown Boathouse is officially open for the season!

Kayak down the river with a view of the Manhattan skyline and the Freedom Tower - does it get better than that?

All season long Pier 26 Boathouse offers (FREE!) kayaking on Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays from 10am - 4:30pm. This popular program allows visitors to connect with the waterfront, and learn about the Hudson River. The Downtown Boathouse provides all necessary safety equipment, changing rooms, lockers and locks, sunblock, and first aid equipment.

WHERE:📍Pier 26. N Moore and West Street - adjacent to the popular Pier 25 Playground area

WHEN: ⏰From May 18 - October 14. Weekends and Holidays. 10am-4:30pm (Last boat goes out at 4:30pm). Just come on by, no reservations needed.

PRICE: 🎟Absolutely FREE! First come first serve. Ride time 20 minutes.

FOR KIDS: 🎈One child allowed per boat. If the child is under 13, they must go with a guardian. Life jackets provided. Every participant must sign a waiver, and every participant must know how to swim.

WHERE TO NEXT: 🧭Swing into fun at the Pier 25 Mini Golf course before playing away the day at the amazing Pier 25 Playground and the new Science Playground (shaped like a fish!) just steps away.

04/14/2024

Vessel Reopening

Hudson Yards has announced that the Vessel will be reopening later this year.

The centerpiece of the Hudson Yards complex is this spiral staircase known as The Vessel. Comprised of 154 intricately interconnecting flights of stairs, the Vessel has almost and 2,500 individual steps - which is more than the Empire State Building.

The structure has been closed since 2021. The structure will reopen with important safety changes in place - including floor-to-ceiling steel mesh will be installed on nearly every level. The top floors will remain closed to the public.

Have you visited the Vessel?

04/04/2024

Meet Bluey and Bingo! 💙

Cheese and crackers! FAO Schwarz us having a pop-up party, where you can meet Bluey and Bingo – for real life!

Celebrate the official arrival of the Bluey Pop-Up shop at FAO Schwarz with Bluey and Bingo!

Kids can have their picture taken with the Bluey and Bingo costume characters, and explore the collection of Bluey toys at New York City’s most iconic toy store.

Customers can also receive a free pair of Bluey ears as a gift with a purchase of $50 or more on Bluey items all month long while supplies last.

WHEN: Saturday, April 6th, from 10 am until 2 pm and Saturday, April 13th from 10am until 2pm

WHERE: FAO Schwarz (30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111)

PRICE: Free!

GOOD TO KNOW: Reservations for Bluey meet-and-greets are sold out, however walk-in space will be available the day of the event.

12/31/2023

Behind the Scenes look at the Times Square inflates the Balloons for the New Years Eve celebration! 🎈✨
Timessquare

Check out littlekidbigcity's video.

12/04/2023

Win big! We're joining on a special holiday giveaway. When you sign up to New Victory Theater's email list, you'll be entering a chance for you and your family to win 4 VIP tickets to see Phare: The Cambodian Circus in WHITE GOLD. Tickets are flying so don't wait! Click the link below!

https://donate2.app/kSYAbt

10/26/2023

Economy Candy x The Cauldron Pumpkin Cocktail Collaboration 🎃

Just in time for National Pumpkin Day!!
The Cauldron is excited to announce a LIMITED EDITION Drink Collaboration with Economy Candy, NYC’s oldest (and most beloved) candy shop!

The “Pumpkin Pie Kit Kat Swirl” captures the essence of pumpkin spice, the joy of Pumpkin Kit Kat, and the whimsy of candy corn, all served in a charming mini pumpkin! (Yes, it’s a REAL pumpkin!).

Offered in both mocktail and cocktail variations, it’s available exclusively at The Cauldron NYC Flatiron location - through Halloween!

An extra special treat: every purchase of the Pumpkin Pie Drink gets a FREE Economy Candy Tattoo sheet (while supplies last!).

Happy Halloween!! 🎃🎃🎃

WHERE: 📍The Cauldron Flatiron. 127 W 26th Street,

WHEN: ⏰Through Halloween!

More Halloween fun at the Cauldron! 🦇🎃The Flatiron location is also offering a Wizard Pumpkin Patch carving experience, a (newly launched!) Potions Experience, and other cocktails, mocktails and libations! The ultimate place to celebrate the season.

Happy Halloween!

10/14/2023

Pumpkin Patch at the Queens Botanical Garden  🎃🎃🎃

RAIN or SHINE! The Queens Botanical Garden Pumpkin Patch is back for the harvest season!
Visit for fun harvest-themed photo opportunities and activities such as planting seeds, crafting, autumn-themed book readings, and be sure to meet and take pictures with the friendly costumed nature creatures roaming the Farm!  Children (age 4 and older) get to pick their very own pumpkin. For guests aged 21 and over, there’s a selection of harvest and pumpkin-themed beers and ciders for purchase. Mark those calendars! The Garden’s popular Halloween celebration returns on October 29th (separate ticket required!).

WHERE: 📍Queens Botanical Garden. 43-50 Main Street Flushing, NY

WHEN: ⏰Patch open weekends, Oct 14-Oct 29th. Rain or Shine! 

TICKETS: 🎟️Ticket fee includes admission to both the Pumpkin Patch and the Garden. Non-Member Adult: $12 (Pumpkin not included), Member Adult: $6 (Pumpkin not included) Non-Member Child: $14 (Includes a pumpkin), Member Child: $12 (Includes a pumpkin), Child under 3: FREE. Ticket link in profile! 



10/03/2023

The Cauldron’s Wizard Pumpkin Patch Carving Experience 🎃 **GIVEAWAY BELOW!**

A magical urban pumpkin patch is coming to New York City this Halloween season!

Excited to announce that Little Kid Big City has joined with the new Cauldron NYC location in the Flatiron district to unveil a grand opening event- The Cauldron’s Wizard Pumpkin Patch! The patch is a month-long extravaganza that promises to infuse Manhattan with Halloween magic!

The 45min immersive Pumpkin Carving activity includes:
🎃Pre-scooped pumpkin to carve
🎃Carving tools
🎃HallowCream Cider
🎃Witches/Wizards Hat to take home
🎃Fun Halloween Photo ops
and so much more!
**Children’s ticket includes a pumpkin to decorate and fun craft activities.**

It’s a magical Halloween experience for all ages!✨

To celebrate the opening, we are giving away a family four pack of tickets!!

Easy to enter and win:
🎃Follow and
🎃Like and comment on this post
🎃Tag friends for additional entries

That’s it! Giveaway ends Fri Oct 5th. Winner announced on Sat Oct 6th. Winner receives a family four pack carving experience to the Cauldron Flatiron!

Best of luck! And stay tuned for more from this fun Halloween event! 👻

WHERE: 📍The Cauldron Flatiron. 127 W 26th St (between 6th and 7th)

WHEN: ⏰Opening Friday October 6th. Through Halloween!

TICKETS: 🎟️ Available now- link in profile! Prices start at $25.99, and include all the above.

09/11/2023

The Brave

Seen here: The Braves of 9/11, a mural inspired by a photo taken by Matthew McDermott. It shows a grieving and exhausted firefighter, Mike Bellantoni. The number on the fireman's helmet refers to the 343 firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

Ways to commemorate:

💙Visit the September 11th Memorial: The memorial features two pools that sit in the footprints of the former North and South Towers. The Memorial is closed on the morning of 9/11 for the ceremony and family visitation. The memorial opens to the public at 3pm.

💙Visit the Empty Sky Memorial in Jersey City: The brushed stainless steel twin walls are 30 feet tall and 210 feet long, the width of each side of the World Trade Center Towers.

💙Visit the Postcards Installation on Staten Island: The Staten Island 9/11 Memorial is located on the waterfront, framing One World Trade Center and Lower Manhattan

💙See the Tribute in Light: a commemorative public art installation presented every year from dusk to dawn, on the night of Sept 11th. The installation consists of twin beams that reach four miles into the sky, echoing the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers. (Featured yesterday)

💙See the Skyline in Blue: the tribute will be extended across the city with over 30 landmarks also lighting up in blue. Participating buildings include the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, One Vanderbilt, and many more.

Note: The 9/11 Memorial Museum is closed today for family visitations.

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#911

09/10/2023

Twenty Two Years 💙

Tribute in Light is a commemorative public art installation presented every year from dusk to dawn, on the night of September 11th. It has become an iconic symbol that both honors those lost and celebrates the unbreakable spirit of New York.

The installation consists of twin beams that reach four miles into the sky, and are comprised of 88 7,000-watt xenon light bulbs positioned into two 48-foot squares; echoing the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers.

WHERE: 📍The lights are assembled on the roof of the Battery Parking Garage south of the 9/11 Memorial. The installation can be viewed from a 60-mile radius around lower Manhattan. Picture seen here was taken from Squib Park in Brooklyn

WHEN: ⏰ The display will be illuminated from dusk until dawn on the night of September 11. Organizers have been testing the lights this week - they have been on for short time periods several evenings, ahead of the event.

GOOD TO KNOW: 📕For the fourth year, the tribute will be extended across the city with over 30 landmarks also lighting up in blue. Participating buildings include the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, the Helmsley Building, the Bank of America Tower, Barclays Bank US Headquarters, One Vanderbilt, and many more.

07/05/2023

Movie under the Stars✨🎬

FREE Movies With A View is officially back for the season at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Tomorow is opening night!

Grab a blanket and a cooler and watch a movie in this super unique setting. The gently sloping hillside and twinkling Manhattan skyline sets such a perfect backdrop for an outdoor movie. Movie line up includes a mix of adult films and family-friendly classics:

MOVIE LINE UP: 🎬
July 6: E.T. Extra Terrestrial (PG)
July 13: Smoke Signals (PG-13)
July 20: Top Gun (PG)
July 27: Psycho (R)
August 3: GoodFellas (R)
August 10: Despicable Me (PG)
August 17: Everything Everywhere All At Once (R)
August 24: Public Choice with the following options: 90’s favorite The Addams Family (PG-13), Greta Gerwig’s Little Women (PG), or Romeo + Juliet (1996, PG-13). Voting will open online in early August.

WHERE: 📍Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn

WHEN: ⏰ Thursdays, July 6–August 24, 6:00 PM

PRICE: 🎟 Totally free!

GOOD TO KNOW: 📕Lawn “doors” open at 6pm and the movie begins at sundown (around 8:30pm).Time Out Market this year, which will be offering food and beverages for sale on the Pier 1 Promenade starting at 5:00 PM through the start of the film. Vendors include Bark Barbecue, Ivy Stark Mexology, Jacob’s Pickles, Kamasu Sushi and Dough artisanal doughnuts. Non-alcoholic beverages, candy, and popcorn will be available for sale, as well as beer and wine concessions for adults 21 and over.

06/13/2023

Museum Mile Festival

NYC’s BIGGEST block party is happening today!
The annual Museum Mile Festival offers free admission to some of the world's most amazing museums during extended evening hours.

Not just free admission - the stretch of streets between the museums are closed to vehicular traffic to create a massive block party with live music, pop-up displays, art activities, musical performances, outdoor attractions, and more.

Don’t miss the opening ceremony at 5:30 p.m. at the Museum of the City of New York, which will feature a performance from the Tony award-nominated musical "New York, New York."

Eight participating institutions this year:
The Africa Center
El Museo del Barrio
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
The Jewish Museum
Neue Galerie
Museum of the City of New York.

WHERE: 📍A 23-block stretch of Fifth Avenue is closed to vehicle traffic for the duration of the event (82nd and 110th streets).

WHEN: ⏰The festival kicks off at 6pm, rain or shine! Museums are open until 9pm.

PRICE: 🎟️Completely FREE

📷: neuegalerieny

06/05/2023

Sky Full of Stars 🎆🇺🇸

Details on the 47th Annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular were announced this morning!

This year’s Firework Spectacular will feature the most dynamic collection of animated shells ever launched during Macy’s annual signature salute to America. Dancing, swirling, and sweeping across the skyline, the show will launch an average of 2,400 shells and effects per minute. With 60,000 total shells showcasing multiple effects the resulting pyrotechnic firepower will span a mile across the East River. Gorgeous photo from a previous year’s celebration 📸:

NEW EFFECTS: 💥The 25-minute extravaganza is synchronized to a musical score and will feature a host of shells and numerous effects in 30 colors and shapes. New effects include a mile wide waving flag created by a combination of red, white, and blue strobing shells, a sunflower ring with crackling pistil shells, red stop sign shaped effects, and new Ghost pyro that turn from one color to another in an on/off design featuring four different hues.

WHEN: ⏰On Tuesday, July 4th at approximately 9:25 p.m.

WHERE: 📍Five barges positioned between E. 26th and E. 40th Streets along the East River

BEST VIEWING: 💥Public viewing locations will be set up and managed by the NYPD. Official public viewing locations will be announced soon

06/03/2023

Spineless 🦑

How cool is this? There are incredible octopus tentacles floating over the boardwalk, in Coney Island. This 3-D mural with inflatable tentacles advertises the New York Aquarium’s new “Spineless” exhibit.

WHERE: 📍New York Aquarium. 602 Surf Avenue. On the side of the aquarium’s education building.

PRICE: 🎟️Free! The mural is outdoors/on the boardwalk, no ticket needed.

WHERE TO NEXT: 🧭Dip inside the museum to see the “Spineless” exhibit, get close-up view of the big-brained giant—a Giant Pacific Octopus. Make a day of it! The sandy beach, Luna Park and Nathan’s Hotdogs are all just steps away.

We have much more coming from Coney Island, soon. Stay tuned!

05/29/2023

Sunset in the City ✨

Magical Manhattanhenge scene, beautifully captured by (a precious year!).

Want to catch Manhattanhedge? The NYC phenomenon where the sun lines up perfectly with the street grid of Manhattan, returns this evening with a partial showing!

WHERE: 📍Popular spots include 42nd street, 14th, 23rd, and 34th streets. Try to get as far east on these streets as possible for the best view.

WHEN: ⏰Tonight, Monday, May 29, 2023 at 8:13 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:12 p .m.

FOR KIDS: 🎈An experience like this is definitely worth staying up a few minutes past bedtime. Aside from the view, Manhattanhenge offers a great lesson in sunsets and the earths orbit too. Just be mindful of traffic!