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Cheap Things To Do With Kids in NYC
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Denisha Garrett
Mom of 4, ballin' on a budget. Everything here is $15 or less per person — real adventures that won't touch the rent money.
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$10.95 adults / $7.95 kids (3-12) / under 2 free. Sea lions + petting zoo. Book online ahead.
Prospect Park Zoo
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$10 adults / $5 kids (2-17). Real vintage subway cars they can climb through, in Downtown Brooklyn.
NY Transit Museum
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$2 a ride in DUMBO with skyline views. Cheapest magic in Brooklyn.
Jane's Carousel
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$2 a ride, right by the zoo. Do both in one day.
Prospect Park Carousel
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$5 a ride, a glowing fish carousel at Battery Park.
SeaGlass Carousel
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$3 a ride on a 1906 carousel. Pair it with the free beach.
B&B Carousell (Coney Island)
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$15, but FREE Thursdays 2-5pm. Go Thursday, bestie.
Brooklyn Children's Museum
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Kids under 19 FREE with an adult. Real museum day for the cost of mom's ticket.
Brooklyn Museum
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$1 a ride in Upper Manhattan. A dollar. Can't beat it.
Totally Kid Carousel
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Mom of 4 approved — kids just $10 in Astoria, and the Jim Henson Muppets exhibit has my crew losing their minds. Book online ahead. Pro tip: general admission is FREE Thursdays 2–6pm.
HOME – Museum of the Moving Image
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Mom of 4 approved — a real working farm in Queens and general admission is FREE. Yes, free. Goats, chickens, hayrides in season, and 47 acres for the kids to run wild.
Queens County Farm Museum
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Mom of 4 approved — just $10 a ticket out on Staten Island, and the kids can climb, build, and play for hours. Under 1 is free. Make a whole day of it: the ferry ride over is free too!
Staten Island Children's Museum
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Mom of 4 approved — sea lions and penguins right in the middle of Manhattan. Kids are just $9.95 with Limited Admission booked online (under 2 free). Book ahead, bestie.
Central Park Zoo
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$10 adults, kids cheaper — gardens, family art programs, Hudson River views. Feels like a whole vacation.
Wave Hill
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$5 ferry ride (kids under 12 free) and the whole island is yours — hammocks, slides, skyline views. Summer weekends only, go early.
Ferry | Governors Island (en-US)
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My hometown staple 🎡 skip the wristband, grab a few ride credits a la carte — boardwalk and beach are free, bestie.
Luna Park NYC
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