Only have 500 square feet? Need to get rid of some furniture? Donate to Housing Works Thrift Shops to feel good and get your furniture picked up for free. You can write it off on your taxes, they will pick it up, clean it, and refurbish it.

Win-win!

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Free Public Exhibit! The Exhibit will take guests through two centuries of the Seaport’s epic changes, which have affected New York City and entire region. Visitors will be able to view archival material that shows vintage streetscapes—with the same views as they appear today—and illustrates the continuities and change over time at the Seaport.

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Each week, the Museum offers hundreds of events and programs that are free with Museum admission including Holiday Family Programs and films. Suggested contribution for admission.

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Celebrate Christmas in Little Italy with Festive Street Lighting, Opening Weekend Concert and Tree Lighting, Live Nativity Performances and the Annual East Meets West Christmas Parade Highlight Holiday Celebration.

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Big Apple Chorus will provide 45-minute performances held at 6 and 7pm on Fridays and 3 and 4pm Saturdays and Sundays and special performances scheduled for 3 and 4 pm on Christmas Eve. Santa will make appearances at the Pier 17 Atrium, 3rd floor: 12 – 7 pm Thursdays & Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays at 1pm he reads a story. Guests can bring their own cameras for free photos with Santa.

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Check out Grand Central’s light show which runs every half hour on the half hour from 11am – 9pm, daily. While you’re there, stop at the MTA’s Transit Museum free Holiday train show which is located at the Shuttle Passage, next to the Station Master’s Office.

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Check out the fabulous house lights Dyker Heights. These people go all out and the competition makes them go crazier each year.

Stroll or drive between 11th Avenue to 13th Avenue and from 83rd to 86th Street. Be warned: parking is near impossible and the traffic is really slow. If you can, find a parking spot a bit away from the hubbub and walk to the lights. Subways: D/M trains to 18th Ave; R train to 86th Street.

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October-end through mid-January Bryant Park offers ice skating. General admission and lockers are free. Bring your skates to skip the nominal rental fee. Skate 8am-midnight. The Park also holds a quaint holiday market of outdoor shops of specialty gifts.

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The museum displays modern and contemporary art, lectures by artists and critics, performances and film screenings, classes for teens and adults, and daily tours of the galleries led by experienced docent.

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There is free Wi-Fi Internet all over NYC.

• NEW! Free Wifi around the Rockefeller Center area until July 2010 thanks to Syfy Network
• The CBS Corporation has announced that they will provide a wireless high-speed network in midtown Manhattan called the CBS Mobile Zone The zone will be from Times Square to Central Park South and from 6th through 8th Aves
• Downtown Alliance and the NY Gov Parks both have lists of Wi-Fi areas around town.
• Bryant Park and Union Square offer free Wi-Fi.
• View the coffee shops with free Wi-Fi.
• The NY Public Library also has free Wi-Fi.
• Brooklyn Museum offers free internet to visitors.
• ilovefreeWifi exhibits a list of hotels, restaurants, bookstores, and other businesses that offer free Wifi in Manhattan.
• Scroll down at Wififreespot.com to view the cafes, clubs, museums, and other locations that provide free Wifi.

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