NYC Winter Outing will return for its third year from January 18 through February 13, combining deals across all five boroughs on dining out, Broadway shows, attractions, museums and performing arts, with the addition of NYC Hotel Week deals for the first time this year. Bookings will open to the public on January 11. 

Who says you can't see critters in the winter? Become a "Nature Scene Investigator" and learn the animal-spotting tricks from the Urban Park Rangers. The Rangers will lead you through the last Old Growth forest in Manhattan and teach you different signs for spotting the wild animals of the park! The hike is moderate.

New York City is the site of ancient earth-shaking and earth-shaping events. The bedrock that anchors the city's skyscrapers tells a story of a place going back more than a billion years. The island of Manhattan is built on three strata known as Manhattan Schist, Inwood Marble, and Fordham Gneiss.