Memorial Day In NYC: Weekend Events, Parades and Baseball Games

NEW YORK, NY —Memorial Day is Monday, May 27. For many it means an extra day off of work for family barbecues, outdoor celebrations and enjoying parades.

But for all of us, Memorial Day is set aside to honor the memories of those who lost their lives serving our country in the armed forces.

New York City is jam packed with events for the Memorial Day Weekend.

Here are some of Patch's favorites:

Manhattan:

Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Day Observance: Monday, May 27, (Riverside Drive & 89th St)

The Freedom Party NYC: Friday, May 24, Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street)

The Annual Free Memorial Day Concert: New York Philharmonic: Monday, May 27, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Avenue)

KRYTERIA Boat Party NYC: Sunday, May 26, (Pier 15, 78 South St)

Memorial Day at the Museum: Saturday, May 25 - Monday, May 27, Children's Museum of Manhattan (212 W 83 St)

Brooklyn:

Brooklyn's 152nd Memorial Day Parade: Monday, May 27, (Begins on 3rd Avenue & 78th St.)

Memorial Day Comedy Show: Monday, May 27, Amarachi (189 Bridge St)

YES Memorial Day Party: Monday, May 27, House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Avenue)

Memorial Day Concert at Green-Wood Cemetery: Monday, May 27, (500 25th Street at 5th Avenue)

152nd Kings County Memorial Day Parade: Monday, May 27, John Paul Jones Park (Shore Parkway 101st Street)

Queens:

Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade: Monday, May 27, (Begins on Jayson Avenue and Northern Boulevard)

Kayaking & Canoeing: Memorial Day Paddle: Monday, May 27, Socrates Sculpture Park (32-02 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City)

Broadway Astoria Memorial Day Fair: Monday, May 27, (Crescent Street to 42nd Street)

Little Neck/Douglaston Memorial Day Parade: Monday, May 27, (Begins at Saint Anastasia Church on 45-14 245th St, Douglaston corner Northern Blvd.)

Sunnyside Gardens Park Annual Memorial Day Fair: Saturday, May 25, (48-21 39th Avenue)

The Bronx:

The New York Yankees vs. San Diego Padres Memorial Day Game: Monday, May 27, Yankee Stadium (1 E 161st St)

It's My Park at West Farms Soldiers Cemetery: Monday, May 27, (East 180th Street and Bryant Avenue)

Staten Island:

Staten Island's Memorial Day Parade: Sunday, May 26, (Begins from the intersection of Forest Avenue and Hart Boulevard)

Memorial Day Flag Run: Monday, May 27, Cloves Lake Park (1150 Clove Rd)