New Year's Eve Weekend 2023 in NYC: Fireworks, Balloon Drops, Noon Year's Eve

A Central Park fireworks show lights up the sky on New Year's Eve. Photo courtesy of Central Park
A Central Park fireworks show lights up the sky on New Year's Eve. Photo courtesy of Central Park
12/29/23 - By Drew Kristofik

Looking for the best things to do in New York City this New Year's Eve weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for this New Year's holiday weekend.

It's time to ring in 2024, and you don't have to stay up until midnight on Sunday to get in on the fun. Count down to the New Year with Grammy-nominated music artist Fyütch at the NYPL, celebrate Kwanzaa at the Brooklyn Children's Museum, take a first day hike to start the year on the right foot, or watch the Coney Island Polar Bear Club members take their annual frigid dip in the Atlantic.

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Charybdis Playground in Astoria Park

Inwood Hill Park - Payson Center

Museum of the City of New York

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Van Cortlandt Park Nature Center

Prospect Park (at Grand Army Plaza)