Events
January
- New York Boat Show @ Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
- Jewish Film Festival @ The Jewish Museum
- Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration @ El Museo del Barrio
- Winter Antiques Show @ Park Avenue Armory
- The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend @ TheTimesCenter
- Lunar New Year Parade & Festival @ Chinatown
- Chinese New Year (citywide event)
February
- Westminster Dog Show @ Madison Square Garden
- Orchid Show @ New York Botanical Garden
- New York International Children's Film Festival @ gkids.com
March
- St Patrick's Day Parade @ Fifth Ave from 44th St to 86th St
- Armory Show @ Pier 92/94
- Macy's Flower Show @ Macy's Herald Square
- Sing into Spring Festival @ Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
- Big East Tournament @ Madison Square Garden
April
- Tribeca Film Festival @ tribecafilm.com
- New York International Auto Show @ Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
- Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival @ Fifth Ave, Manhattan
- Earth Day/Week (citywide event)
- Mets and Yankees Season Openers @ mlb.com
May
- Cherry Blossom Festival @ Brooklyn Botanical Garden
- Five Boro Bike Tour @ bikenewyork.org
- Ninth Avenue Food Festival @ hellskitchen.bz
- River to River Festival (through August) @ rivertorivernyc.com
- Fleet Week @ New York Passenger Ship Terminal, Manhattan
June
- Museum Mile Festival @ museummilefestival.org
- SummerStage (through September) @ Central Park
- Celebrate Brooklyn (through August) @ bricartsmedia.org
- Pride Week @ nycpride.org
- Puerto Rican Day Parade @ Fifth Ave, Manhattan
July
- Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks @ the waterfront
- Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest @ Coney Island
- MoMA PS1 Warm Up @ MoMA PS1
- Harlem Week @ harlemweek.com
- Lincoln Center Festival @ lincolncenter.org
August
- Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival @ Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
- New York International Fringe Festival @ fringenyc.org
- Summer Streets @ Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park
- US Open Tennis @ USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
- Lincoln Center Out of Doors @ lincolncenter.org
September
- New York Film Festival @ filmlinc.com
- Feast of San Gennaro @ sangennaro.org
- Richmond County Fair @ Historic Richmond Town
- Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week @ mbfashionweek.com
- Atlantic Antic @ Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
- BAM Next Wave Festival @ BAM
- Commemorating September 11th @ national911memorial.org
- DUMBO Arts Festival @ dumboartsfestival.com
- Fashion's Night Out @ nycgo.com/fashionsnightout
- The Metropolitan Opera Fall/Spring Season @ The Met
October
- Village Halloween Parade @ halloween-nyc.com
- Open House New York Weekend @ ohny.org
- CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival @ cmj.com
- New Yorker Festival @ newyorker.com
- New York Comic-Con/Anime Festival @ newyorkcomiccon.com
- Columbus Day Parade @ columbuscitizensfd.org
November
- Holiday Train Show @ New York Botanical Garden
- Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting @ rockefellercenter.com
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade @ macys.com
- Radio City Christmas Spectacular @ Radio City Music Hall
- ING NYC Marathon @ nycmarathon.org
- New York Chocolate Show @ chocolateshow.com
- New York Comedy Festival @ nycomedyfestival.com
December
- Times Square New Year's Eve @ timessquarenyc.org
- George Balanchine's The Nutcracker @ David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
- New York Road Runners Emerald Nuts Midnight Run @ nyrr.org
- Holiday Shops (citywide)
- Lighting of the World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah @ 5th Ave and 59th St