World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah
Photograph: Courtesy CC/Flickr/tasayu
Photograph: Courtesy CC/Flickr/tasayu

Best Hanukkah events in NYC

It's time for the Festival of Lights, so have eight delicious and dancey nights at these Hanukkah events.

Rossilynne Skena Culgan
Contributor: Christina Izzo
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Only one night of holiday celebration? Please. Hanukkah (or Chanukah or even Hanukah) means you have more than a week to drink and celebrate at some of the best bars in NYC, boogie at one of the best events in December and party your face off. Speaking of your mug, you should also stuff your face with fried foods (or hit up some kosher restaurants).

Hanukkah 2024 starts at nightfall on December 25, 2024 and ends with nightfall on January 2, 2025. L’chaim!

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Two massive menorahs light up each year to celebrate Hanukkah in NYC, one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn.

Manhattan

Find the world's largest Hanukkah menorah in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza at 59th Street (across from the Plaza Hotel) for all eight days of the Festival of Lights.

The giant menorah will be lit after sunset every night of Hanukkah. Each day, a new candle will sparkle until all eight of them are lit on the last night of the holiday. 

Brooklyn

Those in Brooklyn can enjoy the borough's largest menorah, which will be set up in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, right outside Prospect Park.

In true Brooklyn style, this menorah lighting opens with an official Hanukkah kickoff concert at 4pm on Wednesday, December 25. Free latkes will be on offer, as will gifts for children, every night of the holiday. Here's the full lighting schedule.

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