Find an Easter Egg Hunt for Your Kids in New York

What's Easter without an outdoor Easter egg hunt? Even NYC kids can enjoy the fun of running through the early spring grasses to hunt for Easter eggs at these locations throughout New York for Easter 2009.

This year, there are fewer Easter Egg Hunts than last year, probably due to budget cuts, so expect the free ones to be even more crowded than usual.If you rather do-it-yourself, you can always bring your own Easter eggs and set up a little private hunt in a quite corner of your local park or do what we did, hide your eggs around the house. If you do an indoor egg hunt I recommend using plastic or blown eggs, cause finding a hard-boiled egg stuck behind a bookcase three years later can be quite aromatic, as I've found out the hard way. 

Over a dozen Easter egg hunts, divided by genre:

The Great Central Park Easter Egg Hunt:

Central Park Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 11:00 AM - 1 PM
Central Park at the Great Hill (106th street on the west side)
FREE

Egg hunts will be divided into under 4s and big kids and spaced throughout the day. Plus carnival games, face painting, and egg decorating. Children can take their picture with the Easter Bunny and win prizes.

Easter on the Farm:

Barnyard Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 11, 2009; 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Queens Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park
$5 per person

The Farm Museum will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt in the orchard. Egg hunts will be ongoing throughout the day. Whiskers the Bunny will be hopping around the farm to greet children. Dance the "Bunny Hop" and play egg toss and egg rolling games on the farmhouse lawn. Kids can also visit the farm animals and take a hayride.

Easter Egg Hunt! at the Queens Zoo
Saturday, April 11, 10am-4:30pm
53-51 111th St. in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Admission charged

Visit the Zoo for an egg-stravagant Easter event! Take part in an egg hunt, meet the Easter Bunny, and enjoy a variety of spring-themed activities.

Easter Fest in Forest Hills
April 12, 2009, 1-4 p.m.
P.S. 101, 2 Russell Place, Forest Hills, NY
FREE

The Acension Presbyterian Chruch's 3rd Annual Easterfest features musical guests, including saxophonist Bill Humphrey and vocalist Jessica Rechner, children's crafts and storytime, complete with refreshments, and an indoor egg hunt, open to all ages (even adults, too).

Brightwaters Farms and Nursery
Saturday April 4, Sunday April 5, Saturday April 11, 10am-4pm
Brightwaters Farms and Nursery
1624 Manatuck Blvd, Bay Shore, Long Island
Reservations Required
$5 per child

Brightwaters Farms and Nurseries in Bay Shore, NY brings the Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Bunny Breakfast to the Nursery with face-painting, animal viewing and playground themed around Little Farmers. Plus, because Brightwaters is a working farm, fresh produce is available for purchase and, to a parent's delight, consumption. Check the website for information about "breakfast with the Easter Bunny" a country breakfast with all the fixin's and a free picture with the bunny himself.

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunts:

Easter Egg Hunt at Morningside Park
Saturday, April 11, 1:30-3pm
121st Street and Morningside Ave.

Thousands of eggs, candy and prizes.

Brooklyn Heights Spring Egg Hunt
Saturday, April 11, 2009 - 10:00 AM SHARP!
Pierrepont Playground Columbia Heights and Pierrepont Streets (on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade)
FREE

Candy, treats, balloons and a fun egg hunt make this hunt a tradition for neighborhood families.

Egg-Stravaganza at the Staten Island Children's Museum
Saturday April 4, 2009 Noon-4pm
Staten Island Children Museum at Snug Harbor Cultural Center
FREE

This event for all ages let's kids spend time with the big Bunny himself, while going on an egg-hunt, making art projects and getting their faces painted.
 

Easter Egg Hunts In the Parks:

Easter Egg Hunts will take place in select parks throughout the city with music and prizes for the children:

Easter Egg Hunt- Saturday, April 4, 2009, 1:30pm
Historic Richmond Town (441 Clarke Avenue) ($8 per child)

Easter Egg Hunt-Saturday, April 4, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-4:00p.m.
Marine Park, Fillmore Avenue at Marine Parkway (FREE)

Easter Egg Hunt- Saturday, April 11, 2009, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
McKinley Park, 75th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway (FREE)

Off the Beaten Path:
Easter Egg Family Extravaganza
Cathedral of St John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan, 10025
Saturday, April 4, 10 a.m. – 12noon & 1 – 3 p.m.
$5 per child, each child should bring 2 hard boiled eggs

Children can create colorful patterns on their eggs with tissue paper, glitter, glue and paint and build a nest for decorated eggs with twigs, feathers, and clay. Recommended for ages 4 and up.

Celebrate Spring at King Manor Museum
Saturday, April 25, 2009 from Noon - 4pm
150th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Queens
FREE

Enjoy old-fashioned spring tradition, including seasonal crafts like leaf rubbings and twig frames, stories and a hunt for surprise-filled eggs (quantities limited, so be sure to arrive early). There will also be tree exploration, including 200 year-old trees planted by Rufus King.

Annual Spring Egg Festivities at Bartow-Pell in the Bronx
Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
(RAIN DATE: April 5)
$15 per child, free for adults and children over 13 years
Registration requested, (718) 885-1461 or via email

Hunt for filled eggs in this historic mansion's beautiful formal garden. Enjoy light refreshments, the arts and crafts table, or have your photo taken with a Spring Bunny. Bring your own basket, as limited baskets will be available.

Easter at Bohemian Hall
Sunday, April 12, 2009, 1-5 p.m.
Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden
29-19 24th Avenue, Astoria, Queens
$19.95 per adult

Spend Easter Sunday at Bohemian Beer Hall for an Easter egg hunt, plus crafts, vendors, traditional Czech food, and a performance by the Czech and Slovak school students. Reservations required. 

Also check out our round-up of Long Island Easter Egg Hunts and Spring Festivals.