1000 5th Ave | Upper East Side
Pay-as-you-wish for NY residents and students from NY, NJ & CT.
photo via the met's facebook
1071 5th Ave | Upper East Side
Pay-as-you-wish Mondays & Saturdays. (4–5:30 PM)
1220 5th Ave | East Harlem
Pay-as-you-wish at ticket counter.
11 W 53rd St | Midtown
Free Uniqlo Fridays (5:30–8:30 PM) for NY State residents. Advance reservation required.
225 Madison Ave | Murray Hill
Free Fridays. (5 - 8 PM)
Free First Sundays for college students.
Free admission to the historic rooms of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library on Tuesdays & Sundays. (3–5 PM)
227 W 27th St | Chelsea
Free always.
2 Lincoln Square (at 66th St) | Lincoln Center
Free always.
1 Bowling Green | Financial District
99 Gansevoort St | Meatpacking District
Free Fridays. (5–10 PM)
Free every second Sunday.
Free daily for visitors 25 and under.
via the whitney's website
1 E 70th St | Upper East Side
Pay-as-you-wish Wednesdays. (2–6 PM)
119 W 23rd St | Flatiron
Free Fridays.
180 Greenwich St | Financial District
Free Mondays.
Free first Sunday for New Yorkers. (4 -7 PM)
1109 5th Ave at 92nd St | Upper East Side
170 Central Park West at 77th St | Upper West Side
Pay-as-you-wish Fridays. (6–8 PM)
215 Centre St | Chinatown
Free first Thursdays.
79 Essex St | Lower East Side
Pay-as-you-wish Thursdays. (6–9 PM)
508 W 26th St, #5A | Chelsea
Free always (by appointment).
Pier 86, W 46th St | Hell’s Kitchen
Free Friday and Summer Movie Series 2025: 4/25, 6/27, 7/25, 8/22
20 Hudson Yards | Hudson Yards
Free Thursdays for NYC Residents.
Free tickets released last Friday of every month.
1230 5th Ave at 104th St | East Harlem
12 Eldridge St | Lower East Side
Free for IDNYC holders, kids under 5, SNAP recipients, active military & more.
BROOKLYN
145 Brooklyn Ave | Crown Heights
Free Thursdays. (2 - 5 PM)
602 Surf Ave | Coney Island
Free Wednesdays (after 3 PM with advance timed ticket).
via new york aquarium's facebook
290 Conover St | Red Hook
43-50 Main St | Flushing
Free Wednesdays (3–6 PM) & Sundays (9–11 AM).
Free from December 16 - March.
via queens botanical garden's facebook
22-25 Jackson Ave | Long Island City
Free for NYC and NY State residents.
36-01 35th Ave | Long Island City
Free Thursdays (2-6 PM).
Free for NYC Teachers with ID, active-duty military, veterans, and more.
47-01 111th St | Corona
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park | Corona
44–19 Purves St | Long Island City
32-01 Vernon Blvd | Long Island City
Free always.
via socrates sculpture park's facebook
9-01 33rd Rd (at Vernon Blvd) | Long Island City
Free first Friday of each month (tickets released 2 weeks prior at 12 PM).
Open until 8 PM on Free First Fridays (May–September)
THE BRONX
1040 Grand Concourse | Concourse
4900 Independence Ave | Riverdale
Free Thursdays.
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Updated June 2025
