Brooklyn

1. Saturday Oct 3, 5:15 PM Walk the Brooklyn Bridge from the City Hall end — 1.3 miles from the Manhattan entrance to Dumbo, about 30 unhurried minutes, free. Gotham Park, this week's Move of the Week, sits under the same bridge's approach: spend the afternoon at the Mid-Autumn Festival, skip the 5 PM parade, and this walk joins the two plans.
2. 6:00 PM The Creole Food Festival's after-hours session, Brooklyn Bridge Park's Dumbo waterfront — Saturday only, $77 each for unlimited tastings. The day runs 3 to 8 PM in two sessions: 3 to 6 (the family session) and 6 to 8 (after-hours). You want the second. Listings split between Emily Warren Roebling Plaza and Pier 3; your ticket names the spot. Book on the festival's own site.
3. 6:33 PM Sunset, on the right side of the river this time — Sunset is about 6:33. The Dumbo waterfront faces west across the East River, and in early October the sun sets west-southwest, behind the Lower Manhattan skyline in front of you. The first 33 minutes of your session get the last of the light: the one real view in this edition.
4. 8:00 PM Session ends; the F at York Street — The session closes at 8. York Street on the F is about a 10-minute walk inland. Or take the bridge back, the same 1.3 miles, if neither of you is done talking.

Why it lands: Unlimited tastings at a fixed price turn a festival into a shared tasting menu: each of you orders the thing the other wouldn't, at no extra cost. The bridge gives the evening a slow first half-hour, and the 6 PM session is timed for the light.

Weather backup: The 3 to 6 PM family session is the same price and site if 6 PM doesn't work. No rain policy posted; check creolefoodfestival.com Saturday morning.

1. Sunday Oct 4, 1:00 PM The StoopFest hub, Lorimer Street between Nassau and Norman Avenues — Free, 1 to 5 PM, all ages, and the festival's first year: food and drink from local businesses, a jazz quartet, live-band karaoke, a neighborhood quest, a community mural and a photobooth. The organizers say come early because the free food runs out, so 1 PM is the time, not a suggestion. A second hub is listed at Bedford Slip; stick to Lorimer.
2. 5:00 PM The closing party at the McCarren Parkhouse — Free, 5 to 7 PM. McCarren Park begins at Nassau Avenue, the south end of the Lorimer hub, so it's a few minutes' walk. Follow the festival's signage to the right door.
3. 7:00 PM Party ends; the G at Nassau Avenue — Sunset is about 6:31, so the party's last half-hour runs after the light goes. McCarren is flat and ringed by buildings: you get the dusk, not a sunset view. The G at Nassau Avenue, at Manhattan Avenue, is about three blocks east along Nassau.

Why it lands: Live-band karaoke and a neighborhood quest give you two something to do besides talk, which helps at 1 PM on a Sunday, and the two-part schedule tells you when to move. Six free hours, no bill to split.

Weather backup: No rain policy posted; check the Eventbrite page Sunday morning. If Sunday doesn't work, the same corner of Greenpoint has the NYC Coffee Festival on Saturday at The Post BK (in the radar), ticketed by session.