Bring Your Ex's Stuff to Sheep Meadow and Swap It With Strangers
A grassroots trade on Central Park's big lawn: carry over what an ex left behind, leave with someone else's, then warm up on Columbus Avenue.
🗺️ Sheep Meadow to Muffins Cafe
🧺 A lawn full of other people's leftovers
The EX-change is a grassroots swap posted on Partiful, not a park program. On Sunday, November 8 at 2 PM, people meet on Sheep Meadow with things an ex left behind and trade them with strangers. The rules are short: everyone is welcome, single, taken or in between, everything offered must be free, and only people who bring something take something. The host lists November 15 at 2 PM as the backup date if the lawn is too wet or rainy. RSVP on the Partiful page, where 137 people had marked going by Nov 3.
☕ Hot cider a short walk west
Muffins Cafe, a pint-sized counter with seating at 222 Columbus Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets, has served the Upper West Side since 1993. Its menu lists hot chocolate at $4.50 small or $6 large, seasonal hot cider at the same prices, and soup made daily from September through April at $7.50, with sales tax included. On Sundays the cafe closes at 6 PM, which leaves an hour or two to sit down after the swap and look over whatever you carried out of the park.
🚶 From the lawn to Columbus Avenue
Sheep Meadow sits on the park's west side between 66th and 69th Streets. The Conservancy opens it daily at 11 AM, conditions permitting, and closes it for winter, with no closing date posted as of Nov 3. It is a quiet zone with no restrooms. Muffins is about a 10 to 15 minute walk via Central Park West, and sunset is 4:44 PM on November 8, 4:38 PM on the 15th. Check Partiful for date changes before heading out. Official info: Partiful event page and centralparknyc.org alerts (checked Nov 3).
