Bryant Park is for professionals. (Scott Lynch/Gothamist)
During the summertime months, parks and other outdoor spaces around the city transform in to open air screening rooms. Various outdoor movie series' offer up a variety of options—everything from depictions of Paris to summer classics like Dirty Dancing. They're free, though some require a little more aggression for a butt-sized plot of grass (looking at you, Bryant Park), so make sure you get there early.
Below, we've put together a list of screenings in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Manhattan, which we'll be updating as more schedules are announced.
MOVIES WITH A VIEW
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1, Free
July 7: Singing in the Rain
July 14: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
July 21: Purple Rain
July 28: It Happened One Night
August 4: American Graffiti
August 11: Selma
August 18: A League of Their Own
August 25: This evening's movie will be chosen by the masses; options have not yet been announced
CENTRAL PARK FILM FESTIVAL
Between Sheep Meadow and 72nd Street Cross Drive
August 25: Fame
August 26: The Blues Brothers
August 27: Airplane
August 28: Raging Bull
August 29: Superman II
FILMS ON THE GREEN
Central Park, Cedar Hill
June 7: Breathless and The Red Balloon
Washington Square Park
June 10: The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
June 17: Air of Paris
Transmitter Park
June 24: Subway
July 1: The 400 Blows
Riverside Park, Pier 1
July 8: April and the Extraordinary World
July 15: Un Flic
Tompkins Square Park
July 22: Cleo From 5 to 7
July 29: Boyfriends and Girlfriends
Columbia University
September 8: Girlhood
COCHERN PARK
John Golden Parking Lot (in John Golden Park)
May 20: Rocky
35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway (in Crocheron Park)
July 28: Julius Ceasar
August 25: As You Like It
CITY PARKS FOUNDATION
East Elmhurst Playground
May 13: Chicago
May 20: Rasta: A Soul's Journey
Corona Golf Playground
May 26: Mad Hot Ballroom
June 2:Jazz on a Summer's Day
Brookeville Park
May 27: Dirty Dancing
June 3: Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
Saratoga Park
June 13: Afripedia
June 20: In My Father's House
Betsy Head Park
June 26: Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess
SummerStage, Central Park
June 29: A Ballerina's Tale/Jeremy McQueen's The Black Iris Project
St. Mary's Park
July 15: We Like It Like That
Clove Lakes Park
August 3: Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
East River Park
August 10: Black February
RANDALL'S ISLAND PARK
Touchdown of the 103rd Street Footbridge
June 12: Jurassic World
July 10: Selena
July 31: The Goonies
August 28: Inside Out
Randall's Island Connector
June 26: Remember the Titans
August 14: The Good Dinosaur
FMCP MOVIE NIGHT
111th Street Parking Lot in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
July 5: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
BRYANT PARK
42nd Street and 5th Avenue
June 20th: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
June 27th: East of Eden
July 4th: Top Gun
July 11th: The Palm Beach Story
July 18th: The Omen
July 25th: Three Days of the Condor
August 1st: Harvey
August 8th: High Plains Drifter
August 15th: The Big Chill
August 22nd: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
PROSPECT PARK
Bandshell
June 25: Norm of the North
June 29: Annie Hall
HUDSON RIVER FLICKS
At Hudson River Park's Pier 46 (Charles Street and the Hudson River in Greenwich Village
August 5: Penguins of Madagascar
At Pier 1, West 70th Street
July 6: The Walk
July 13: Basquiat
July 20: Arthur
July 27: Dog Day Afternoon
August 3: The Royal Tenenbaums
August 10: Audience vote! Mary and Max vs. Carol vs. The Warriors. Vote on Facebook!
August 17: Aunte Mame
INTREPID SEA, AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
Pier 86, West 46th Street and 12th Avenue
May 27th: Top Gun
July 7th: Star Trek (2009)
July 14th: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
July 21st: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
July 29th: Galaxy Quest
August 5th: Iron Giant
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
Pier 1, 334 Furman Street
July 7th: Singing in the Rain
July 14th: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
July 21st: Purple Rain
July 28th: It Happened One Night
August 4th: American Graffiti
August 11th: Selma
August 18th: A League of Their Own
August 25th: This evening's movie will be chosen by the masses—options have not yet been announced
HIGHLAND PARK
Elton Street and Jamaica Avenue in Highland Park, Queens
July 25: The Incredibles
SUMMERSCREEN
McCarren Park, N. 12th St. between Bedford Ave. and Berry St., Williamsburg
Wednesday nights July - August
July 6: Scream
July 13: Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
July 20: The Fast and Furious
July 27: 10 Things I Hate About You
August 3: The Royal Tenenbaums
August 10: audience pick (Almost Famous, Fifth Element, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Snakes on a Plane, Superbad or You Got Served. Vote!)
HABANA OUTPOST
757 Fulton St., Fort Greene
Sunday nights May - October
May 1: The Warriors (1979)
May 8: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
May 15: Game of Death (1978)
May 22: West Side Story (1985)
May 29: Coming to America (1988)
June 5: Weird Science (1985)
June 12: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953)
June 19: Flashdance (1953)
June 26: Trading Places (1983)
July 3: Rocky (1976)
July 10: Wayne's World (1992)
July 17: Road House (1989)
July 24: Saturday Night Fever (1977)
July 31: Jaws II (1978)
August 7: Risky Business (1983)
August 14: Viva Las Vegas (1964)
August 21: The Last Dragon (1985)
August 28: House Party (1990)
September 4: The Karate Kid (1984)
September 11: ¡Three Amigos! (1986)
September 18: Bulworth (1998)
September 25: New Jack City (1991)
October 2: Bloodsport (1988)
October 9: Shaft (1971)
October 16: Cobra (1986)
October 23: Ghostbusters (1984)
October 30: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
TABLE 87
473 3rd Ave., between 10th and 11th St., Gowanus
Wednesday nights May - September
May 4: Jaws (Table 87)
May 11: Toy Story
May 18: Batman: The Dark Knight
May 25: Purple Rain
June 1: Pretty Woman
June 8: The Mask
June 15: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
June 22: Gremlins
June 29: Star Wars
July 6: The Lion King
July 13: Ghostbusters
July 20: Goonies
July 27: Mighty Ducks
August 3: Air Force One
August 10: Terminator 2
August 17: Space Jam
August 24: Rocky
August 31: Armageddon
September 7: audience pick (TBD)
NARROWS BOTANICAL GARDENS
Shore Road between Bay Ridge Avenue and 72nd Street, Bay Ridge
select Friday nights July - September
June 24: Night at the Museum
July 8: Grease
July 29: Rear Window
August 26: Despicable Me
September 9: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
NYC PARKS' CLASSIC FILM SERIES
Target Community Garden:
933 Bedford Ave., Bed-Stuy
August 10: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
August 17: Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Jane Bailey Memorial Garden:
327-329 Green Ave., Bed-Stuy
August 24: Buck and the Preacher (1974)
August 31: Paris Blues (1961)
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Community Garden
117-15 - 117-09 165th Street, Queens
July 5: Ghostbusters 2
Sherman Creek Park
Intersection of 10th Ave., Dyckman St. Harlem River Drive, Inwood
July 12: Inside Out
August 9: Fly Away Home
103rd Street Community Garden
105 East 103rd Street, East Harlem
July 26: Sleeping Beauty
August 30: The Incredibles
Baisley Pond Park
Baisley Blvd (btwn. 156 Street and Lakeview Lane), Queens
August 2: Kung Fu Panda 3
Bathgate Community Garden
1818 Bathgate Avenue, Bronx, NY
July 19: The Book of Life
August 6: The Land Before Time
Westervelt Community Garden
143 Westervelt Ave., St. George Staten Island
August 23: An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Morris Jumel Mansion (learn more about the home here)
65 Jumel Terrace, Washington Heights
June 16: Labyrinth
July 21: Princess Bridge
August 18: Moulin Rouge!
CLINTON PLAYGROUND
Clinton Playground, the Bronx
May 6: 42
MAURICE PARK
In France Principe Park, Queens
May 6: Minions
GEORGE U. HARVEY PARK HOCKEY RINK
20th Avenue and Whitestone Expressway, Queens
May 7: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
