29 Best Things To Do in NYC May 2024 with Kids

Brooklyn Bridge Park invites visitors to celebrate spring with its Sound & Color Festival on Saturday, May 18. Photo by John Eng
Brooklyn Bridge Park invites visitors to celebrate spring with its Sound & Color Festival on Saturday, May 18. Photo by John Eng
4/28/24 - By Drew Kristofik

May brings with it plenty of things to celebrate, including Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, and more. Here are our top things to do in NYC this May with kids!

May is so jam-packed, it would be easy to miss some stellar happenings, but we're rounding up all our top picks for NYC families below. Dive into family fun at Asphalt Green's Big Swim, celebrate the season at Hippo Playground's Spring Fair, and keep the fun rolling with the New York Transit Museum's Party on Wheels. Of course, we're also jazzed for NYBG's Mother's Day Garden Party, and Fleet Week at month's end is a can't-miss celebration of our military packed with plenty of pageantry!

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As always, if an event piques your interest, click through to our listing for all the details, including address and time. And keep in mind, in NYC, really cool things to do with kids often book up quickly, so buy your tickets ASAP or, in the case of FREE events, arrive as early as possible.

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BAM Strong Harvey Theater

Kupferberg Center for the Arts, Goldstein Theatre

Merkin Concert Hall

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York

Various locations