This weekend · Nov 14–15

Things to Do in NYC This Weekend (Nov 14–15): 8 Picks — Last chrysanthemums, first skating, Nara

This weekend in New York, autumn's last events overlap with the start of winter. A Japanese chrysanthemum show ends Sunday, a skating rink beneath the Brooklyn Bridge opens Saturday, and Grand Central's model trains return. Yoshitomo Nara's big Chelsea show is still on, so it is a good weekend to mix outdoor plans with galleries. Check hours and reservations before you go.

Saturday

  1. Great Ginkgo Tree Celebration

    Inwood Hill Park, Isham Park Isham Park (in Inwood Hill Park),Entrance at Broadway, just north of 211th St (in Isham Park) · 2026-11-14

    Saturday at 11 AM in Isham Park, just north of 211th Street off Broadway, the park's giant ginkgo is officially named a Great Tree of New York City. A sign unveiling is followed by a party at the newly restored site.

  2. NYC Skating Under the Brooklyn Bridge: Roebling Rink Returns to DUMBO Nov. 14

    NYC Skating Under the Brooklyn Bridge: Roebling Rink Returns to DUMBO Nov. 14

    Roebling Rink, Brooklyn Bridge Park (beneath the Brooklyn Bridge), Brooklyn Heights · 2026-11-14–2027-01-31

    Roebling Rink, the real-ice outdoor rink beneath the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn Bridge Park, opens its third season Saturday. Two opening-day sessions are free, then it runs daily through January 31, 2027.

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  3. Calida Rawles: Parallax

    Calida Rawles: Parallax

    Lehmann Maupin, Chelsea · 2026-10-15–2026-11-14

    Calida Rawles's Parallax closes Saturday at Lehmann Maupin in Chelsea. New paintings built from three photographs of her daughter in a pool explore perception and memory through water. Check the gallery's hours before going.

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Sunday

  1. At the Bronx's New York Botanical Garden, Kiku Shows Off Japanese Chrysanthemums Through Nov. 15

    At the Bronx's New York Botanical Garden, Kiku Shows Off Japanese Chrysanthemums Through Nov. 15

    New York Botanical Garden, Nolen Greenhouses, Bronx Park · 2026-10-31–2026-11-15

    Kiku at the New York Botanical Garden's Nolen Greenhouses ends Sunday. Japanese chrysanthemums trained over 11 months, including thousand-bloom ozukuri plants, are on show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and included with the All-Garden Pass.

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  2. Battle of Fort Washington

    Fort Tryon Park Cafe Lawn (in Fort Tryon Park) · 2026-11-15

    Sunday marks 250 years since the 1776 Battle of Fort Washington. Fort Tryon Park's Cafe Lawn hosts living history with reenactments, live music, blacksmith demonstrations and period food demonstrations.

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All weekend

  1. Yoshitomo Nara

    Yoshitomo Nara

    David Zwirner, Chelsea · 2026-11-05–2026-12-12

    Yoshitomo Nara fills two David Zwirner galleries in Chelsea with new paintings, large oil-stick drawings and thirteen white bronze heads. It is his first major New York solo show in nearly a decade, running to December 12.

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  2. At Grand Central in Midtown NYC, the Transit Museum's 22nd Holiday Train Show Opens Nov. 13

    At Grand Central in Midtown NYC, the Transit Museum's 22nd Holiday Train Show Opens Nov. 13

    Grand Central Gallery (NY Transit Museum), Midtown East · 2026-11-13

    The New York Transit Museum's 22nd Holiday Train Show opens November 13 at Grand Central. Lionel trains run along a 34-foot, two-level layout from a miniature Grand Central to the North Pole, with new city models.

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  3. Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars

    Masao Gozu: Windows and Bars

    MoMA PS1, Long Island City · 2026-11-05–2027-03-15

    MoMA PS1 in Long Island City hosts the first US museum show of Masao Gozu, the Nagano-born photographer who moved to New York in 1971. It pairs 1970s views through tenement windows with recent photos of the same places. Free.

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