Brooklyn Street Fairs & Festivals

I. Brooklyn Street Fair Dates & Maps 2023

September 23, 2023 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Street Fairs / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.

Brooklyn Street Fairs begin in April. We've compiled one of THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SCHEDULE of BROOKLYN street fairs including street fair TIMES & PHOTOS & maps, some street fair names & sponsors, and street fair maps to help you find your way around during the spring, summer and fall of 2023.

 

How This Brooklyn Street Fair Page is Organized

The Brooklyn street fairs and festivals on this page are organized

1) BY MONTH and

2) BY NEIGHBORHOOD.

So to look through all of the Brooklyn street fairs on a given weekend / month, and see where they are in each neighborhood.

 

*** Links to Street Fairs in All 5 Boros of NYC

Here are some links to Manhattan street fairs NYC, Queens street fairs NYC, Bronx street fairs NYC, Brooklyn street fairs NYC and Staten Island street fairs NYC. We'll add more as the summer progresses.

 

Brooklyn Street Fair Updates - 2023

The Brooklyn street fair dates that have been updated with 2023 designations reflect the current St Fair events.

ASTERISKED street fairs have NOT been UPDATED. The street fairs with prior year dates reflect the information regarding that fair in a prior year.

UNCONFIRMEDS. The 'UNCONFIRMEDS' represent street fairs held in a prior year, which we believe are returning, but which we have not yet confirmed details for 2023.

UPDATES. The asterisked street fairs of prior years and the UNCONFIRMEDS will be updated as new information comes in.

Also check our Brooklyn Events calendar and / or our Brooklyn Farmers Markets section for updates and other things to do.

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II. Directory of Street Fairs in Brooklyn NYC 2023

1. Brooklyn Street Fairs NYC

Brooklyn Street Fairs are located in and around the Brooklyn neighborhoods of sunset park, brighton beach, fort hamilton, brooklyn heights, prospect park, park slope, bayridge, greenpoint, williamsburg, flatbush, bushwick, bedford stuyvesant, crown heights and brownsville st fairs in brooklyn nyc.

Also Check Our Monthly - Brooklyn Events / Brooklyn Things To Do Calendar

Brooklyn Street Fairs, Festivals & Parades 2023

September 23, 2023 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Street Fairs / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.

The following are the Brooklyn Street fairs & festivals and Brooklyn parades and parades for the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2023. THIS IS AN ONGOING WORK IN PROGRESS which will be updated weekly / monthly throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall of 2023.

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I. Brooklyn Street Fairs 2023

St Fairs in the Bayridge, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Williamsburg, Prospect Heights, Flatbush Ditmas, Sunset Park, Brighton Beach, Fort Hamilton, Prospect Park, Bay Ridge, Greenpoint, Bushwick, Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights and Brownsville Neighborhoods of Brooklyn

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MARCH - Brooklyn Parades nyc

• PARK SLOPE _ Sunday, March 19, 2023 beginning at 12 noon, the Brooklyn Saint Patrick’s Parade kicks off at Prospect Park West and 15th St [assembly stretches to 9th St]. The parade marches to 7th Ave & Garfield Place, back to Prospect Park West & 15th Street where there's a celebration from 2 - 5 pm in Bartel-Pritchard Square at 14th Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. There's usually a St Patrick's Day Parade mass before the parade [9 am?] at Holy Name of Jesus Church at 245 Prospect Park West. St. Patrick's Day parades in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.

• BAY RIDGE _ Sunday, March 26, 2023 assembly begins at 12.30 pm and the Bay Ridge Brooklyn Saint Patrick’s Parade kicks off at 1 pm on 3rd Avenue at Marine Avenue and marches south to 67th Street in Bayridge.
  • Generally there's a pre-parade fundraiser. For example on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 there's a St Pat's Day Parade Dinner Dance beginning at 7 pm at the El Caribe at 5945 Strickland Avenue near 56th Drive in the Mill Basin neighobrhood of Brooklyn. Tickets $150. For details see www.brparade.com. Brooklyn St. Patrick's Day parades in the Bayridge neighborhood of BK NYC.

 

APRIL - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Brooklyn Food & Music Festivals nyc

• CONEY ISLAND _ Saturday, April 1, 2023 - Luna Park [amusement park] opens in Coney Island. The amusement park has a large variety of rides, and is located along the boardwalk where there are a number of fast food stands and other vendors. Street fairs and fun in Coney Island Brooklyn.

• BAY RIDGE _ Friday, April 14, 2023 begins at 10.30 am with the decoration of the epitaphios, followed by the unnailing service at 2.30 pm, and at 7 pm the Lamentation and carrying of the epitaphios around the neighborhood of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church at 8401 Ridge Blvd in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.holycrossbrooklyn.com/.

• PROSPECT HEIGHTS _ Sunday, April 16, 2023 from 10.30 am - 5.30 pm there's a Brooklyn Pop Up Market at the Brooklyn Museum. at 200 Eastern Parkway in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The market is described as follows, " ... one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans. This weekly event features more than twenty vendors offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods ...". For details see - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

• DOWNTOWN BK _ Sunday, April 16, 2023 - from 10 am - 6 pm - Court Street Brooklyn Fair - Along Court Street from Union Street to 9th Street. Street fairs in Brooklyn NYC.

• BOERUM HILL _ Saturday, April 22 & Sunday April 23, 2023 - from 11 am - 6 pm FAD Earth Day Pop Up Market at the Invisible Dog Art Center at 51 Bergen Street in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. About 50 sustainable artists, craftspeople, designers and local businesses offering handmade goods including jewelry, apparrel, tableware, skincare and artisanal goods. Brooklyn street fairs nyc.

 

 

MAY - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

• Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm. Church Avenue Street Fair & Festival. Along Church Avenue from Coney Island Avenue to Argyle Road in Flatbush. There will be performances, food & a kids carnival. Brooklyn street fairs in Flatbush. Organized by the Church Avenue BID / Meteor in the Flatbush / Kensington neighborhoods.

• NYC ALL 5 BOROS - Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 5, 6 & 7, 2023 - Janes Walk - Various art, culture, history and architectural tours throughout all five boros of NYC. Organized by the Municipal Art Society. Not a street fair so much as a streets tour. See https://www.mas.org/events/ for details.

• NYC ALL 5 BOROS - Sunday, May 7, 2023 first wave beginning at 7.30 am & officially over at 6 pm - 5 Boro Bike Ride. It starts between Canal Street and the Battery in Manhattan, depending on the cyclist wave folks are in. And it ends at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. Not a street fair but rather a major cycling event. For details see - https://www.bike.nyc

• WILLIAMSBURG _ Saturday, May 13, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm. Graham Avenue Fiesta Brooklyn. Along Graham Avenue from Broadway to Boerum in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Williamsburg street fairs / street festivals in Brooklyn.

• FORT GREENE _ Saturday through Sunday, May 13 - June 11, 2023 - Dance Africa Festival at BAM - At 30 Lafayette Avenue at Ashland Place - in the Peter Jay Sharp Building and Howard Gilman Opera House in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. It's a performance festival featuring African culture. Tickets start at $35 for adults and $22 for kids. For details see www.bam.org. This is NOT a street fair, but there is a bazaar day, but it is mostly musical, theatrical and cultural dance performances.

• Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, May 18 - 21, 2023 from 6 - 10 pm, 4 - 10 pm, 11 am 7 pm & 11 am - 6 pm respectively - The Other Art Fair. At the Agger Fish Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There will be performances and art installations, including artworks by 110 different artists. For details and $14 - $24 tickets see - https://www.theotherartfair.com . Art / street fairs in Brooklyn.

• Saturday & Sunday, May 20 & 21, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm, there's the FAD Market at the Invisible Dog Center at 51 Bergen Street in Boerum Hill. About 50 designers and creatives will show and sell their works consisting of home furnishings, tableware, apparel, jewelry, and other works. Street fairs in Boerum Hill Brooklyn.

• Saturday - Sunday, May 20 - 28, 2023 - The Atlantic Avenue Art Walk. A free, self-guided tour through Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Downtown Brooklyn. For details see their posting in our Brooklyn Events - Member Calendar - or visit the sponsor's website at - https://www.atlanticave.org/artwalk. Street fairs in Cobble Hill Brooklyn NYC.

• Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm, there's the Filipino Street Fair on 5th Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets in Park Slope. Filipino food, art and handicrafts will be featured. Brooklyn street fairs & festivals in Park Slope Brooklyn. https://www.instagram.com/p/CrO5dUQupKQ/

• SHEEPSHEAD BAY _ Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 12 noon - 6 pm. Bayfest. At Emmons Avenue and East 27th Street in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Arts, crafts, amusement rides, bands, dance performances along the Brooklyn waterfront. Free. For details see - http://bigbayfest.org/

• PARK SLOPE _ Sunday, May 21, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm. Fabulous Fifth Avenue Street Fair. Along 5th Avenue between Sterling Place & 12th Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Brooklyn street fairs / St Fairs & festivals near the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Organized by the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID. There will be plenty of food offerings at the bars and restaurants along 5th, as well as live entertainment at many of the venues. This is more of a food fair that typical street fair. For details see - https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com

• BAY RIDGE _ Sunday, May 21, 2023 beginning at 1.30 pm - Norweigan Day Parade - The parade steps off at 80th Street and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. The parade then turns right onto 75th Street [aka Bay Ridge Parkway], left onto 5th Avenue, to 67th Street and then along the Park - ending between 6th and 7th Avenues where the reviewing stand is. Street fairs in Bay Ridge Brooklyn NYC. For details see - https://17thofmayparadecommittee-brooklyn.org/

• DOWNTOWN BK _ Wednesday, May 24, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm. Fulton Mall / MetroTech Area Fair. Along Lawrence Street from Fulton to Willoughby Street. Street fairs in Brooklyn / st fairs bk.

• BAY RIDGE _ Monday, May 29, 2023 at 11 am - The 155th Brooklyn / Bay Ridge Memorial Day Parade steps off on 3rd Avenue and 78th Street in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. The parade proceeds down to Marine Avenue, up to 4th Avenue, then over to John Paul Jones Park for their memorial service which includes bag pipes, flag raising and wreath laying by Veteran Service Organizations. This is followed by a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps by the Veteran Corps of Artillery. For details see - https://www.brooklynmemorialdayparade.com/

• CARNARSIE _ Saturday, May 27, 2023 - Memorial Day Parade. Use link below to view Brooklyn Parades details.

• FORT HAMILTON _ Tuesday, May 23 - Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - Fleet Week. Use link below to view Brooklyn Parades & events details.
  • * Tuesday, May 24 - Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - Events at various times at various locations. Fleet Week. The 32nd (?) Fleet Week will begin with a parade of ships coming into NYC Harbor Wednesday morning May 25th. Fleet Week in NYC began in 1984, and has been held mostly continuously since then, with a few years of exceptions. This year more than 2,000 sailors are expected to participate. Brooklyn street fairs / festivals in Fort Hamilton. See www.militarynews.com.

 

The following events DID NOT RETURN in May 2023. Scroll down to June 2023.

• NOT IN 2023 * Saturday, May 14, 2022 beginning at 12 noon - Womens Choice Rally - At Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. Free.

• TEMPORARILY CLOSED _ * Sunday, May 1, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm - Greenpoint Terminal Market. At 2 Noble Street and the East River in Greenpoint Brooklyn NYC. An open air market with a wide mix of items for sale as well as food and drink. Oftentimes there's entertainment too. Street fairs in Brooklyn.

• SPRING MARKET DID NOT RETURN 2023 * Sunday, May 1, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm - Bat Haus Co-Working Space Spring Market. This is a new market of new things many of which I believe are locally made including clothing, accessories, bags, prints & upcycled apparel, also psychic, tarot card readings, reiki, yoga and pizza making.

• SPRING MARKET DID NOT RETURN 2023 * Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 12 noon - 10 pm - Spring Fest. Food, music and entertainment. At the LeFrak Center in Prospect Park.

 

 

JUNE - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

• Friday, June 2, 2023 from 4 - 8 pm - DUMBO DROP Block Party - Along Washington Street and at the Pearl Street Triangle and DUMBO Arch [Down Underneath the Manhattan Bridge O.] in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn. Food, music & entertainment [less shopping], as well as fundraiser for PS 307 and the Dock Street Middle School for STEAM Studies. At 6 pm the elephant drop and at 7 pm the other drop. Street fairs in Dumbo BK. For details see - https://dumbo.is

• Saturday, June 3, 2023 from 2 - 6 pm - Tastes of Brooklyn / Tastes of Park Slope - This event starts along 5th Avenue from 16th Street up to St. Marks Avenue in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The event features about two dozen participating local restaurants offering tastes of their cuisine. Tickets range from $35 - $100 for four and twelve tastes respectively. For tickets go to the starting point noted above. For details see - http://tastesofbrooklyn.com

• Sunday, June 4, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm _ Bayridge 5th Avenue Spring Festival. Along 5th Avenue from 69th to 85th Streets. Bay Ridge street fairs / street festivals Brooklyn. Food, shopping and entertainment. The organizer booth will be at 5th Avenue & 80th Street. Organized by the 5th Avenue Bay Ridge BID - www.bayridgebid.com.

• FORT GREENE _ Saturday through Sunday, May 13 - June 11, 2023 - Dance Africa Festival at BAM - At 30 Lafayette Avenue at Ashland Place - in the Peter Jay Sharp Building and Howard Gilman Opera House in the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. It's a performance festival featuring African culture. Tickets start at $35 for adults and $22 for kids. For details see www.bam.org. This is NOT a street fair, but there is a bazaar day, but it is mostly musical, theatrical and cultural dance performances.

• GREENPOINT / FORT GREENE _ Friday - Sunday, June 2 - 11, 2023 at various times - the Brooklyn Film Festival at various live location venues, as well as 24/7 online. Over 150 films will be presented. There will also be a full day of panels and talks at the Center for Fiction in Fort Greene on 15 Lafayette Street. The primary location for live viewing is at Windmill Studios on 300 Kingsland Avenue in in Greenpoint Brooklyn. For $15 / $12 tickets and details see - https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/

• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS _ Monday - Sunday, June 5 - 11, 2023. From 11 am - 9 pm daily. 45th Annual Greek Festival at the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral at 64 Schermerhorn Street between Court Street and Boerum Place. The event has rides, entertainment, food and shopping. Organized by the St Constantine & Helen Cathedral. For details see - https://stconstantinecathedral.org. Greek cultural festivals in Brooklyn Heights NYC.

• BENSONHURST _ Sunday, June 11, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm. 86th Street Festival in Bensonhurst. Along 86th Street between 19th Avenue and Bay Parkway in Bensonhurst. Includes flea market style shopping, food and rides. Brooklyn Street Fairs & Festivals in Bensonhurst. Organized by Southwest Brooklyn Parks Task Force and 62nd Precinct Council.

• Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, June 9, 10 & 11 and 16, 17 & 18, 2023 - the Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Festival at the Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church at 1724 Avenue P in Brooklyn NYC. Music, dancing, Greek food & culture. Greek festivals in the Midwood / Homecrest neighborhoods of Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/threehierarchsfestival/

• PARK SLOPE _ Saturday, June 10, 2023 from 12 noon - 6 pm _ Annual Brooklyn Pride Festival. The festival takes place along 5th Avenue between Union and 9th Street in Prospect Park / Park Slope. The Pride Festival includes food, shopping and entertainment. This is followed by a twilight parade [see below for parade details]. Brooklyn parades in Prospect Park / Park Slope. For details see - https://brooklynpride.org

• PARK SLOPE _ Saturday, June 10, 2023 from 7.30 pm - 10 pm _ Annual Brooklyn Pride Parade. The parade begins at Lincoln Place, marching along 5th Avenue and ending at 9th street. LGBTQ parades in Prospect Park / Park Slope Brooklyn NYC. For details see - https://brooklynpride.org

• GOWANUS / PARK SLOPE _ Saturday, June 10, 2023 from 2 - 6 pm - Tastes of Brooklyn / Tastes of Gowanus - This event includes many of the restaurants between 3rd and 5th Avenues and from 9th Street to a bit north of Union Street in the Gowanus / Park Slope neighborhoods of Brooklyn. The event features about two dozen participating local restaurants offering tastes of their cuisine. Tickets range from $35 - $100 for four and twelve tastes respectively. For tickets and details see - http://tastesofbrooklyn.com

• SUNSET PARK _ Sunday, June 11, 2023 - parade begins at 5 pm / festival runs from 6 - 9 pm _ Annual Sunset Park Puerto Rican Day Parade & Festival. The parade begins at 5 pm along 5th Avenue at 59th Street and marches up to 43rd Street, where the Sunset Park Puerto Rican Day festival begins at 6 pm in Sunset Park. There will be a couple of bands, including at least one salsa band as well as food for sale via trucks. Parades in the Sunset Park neighborhood of BK.

• BUSHWICK _ Sunday, June 11, 2023 line up begins at 1 pm & parade begins at 3 pm - Bushwick Knickerbocker Puerto Rican Day Parade. Begins at Woodbine Street & Knickerbocker Avenue near the Bushwick Playground and marches east ending near Trinity Cemetery. The parade ends around 4 pm. Puerto Rican Day Parades in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.

• Sunday, June 18, 2023 from 10 am / 12 noon - 6 pm. 7th Heaven Festival / Brooklyn Street Fair. Along 7th Avenue between Flatbush and 16th Street. A Fathers' Day street fair with arts, crafts, food, music, antiques, shopping and a classic car show. Park Slope street fairs in Brooklyn. Organized by parkslopechamber.com w/ clrvw.

• Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 1- 5 pm. Coney Island Mermaid Parade. It begins assembly at 10 am and then at 1 pm begins marching east along Surf Avenue at West 21st Street, marches eastward to West 10th Street, where it turns south toward the Boardwalk. At the Boardwalk it heads east and ends at the Pier. Brooklyn parades in the Coney Island neighborhood Brooklyn NYC. For details see - https://www.coneyisland.com

• On Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 12 noon - 6 pm, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is hosting a celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month at Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza at 209 Joralemon Street (enter through Court St. and Remsen St.). There will be dance, music, poetry, arts, crafts and food trucks featuring Afro-Caribbean cuisine.

• Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 12 noon to 6 pm. 46th Annual Midwood Mardi Gras. Along Avenue M between Coney Island and Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn. The fair includes food, rides, shopping, an FDNY fire safety experience and a Jewish organ performance from 1 - 4 pm. Organized by Midwood Merchants Assn [www.middev.org] & Meteor Festivals. Brooklyn street fairs in the Midwood neighborhood NYC.

• Sunday, June 25, 2023 from 10 am to 6 pm. Sunday Funday aka Smith Street Fair. Along Smith Street from Union to Bergen Street in Carroll Gardens. Live music and entertainment, arts, crafts and food. Brooklyn Street Fairs in Carroll Gardens near Cobble Hill & Boerum Hill. Organized by the South Brooklyn Local Development Corp / clrvw.

• CONEY ISLAND _ RECURRING _ Friday, June 30, 2023 beginning at dusk [about 9.15 pm] - Coney Island Weekly Friday Night Fireworks along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at West 12th Street on Coney Island in Brooklyn. The Coney Island fireworks are always held off the beach, generally in the area of the Steeplechase tower in Steeplechase Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn. This event is held every Friday until Labor Day Weekend.

CANCELLATIONS / DISCONTINUANCES / OR NEEDED MORE TIME TO RESEARCH.

• * Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 12 noon - 7 pm - Tastes of Brooklyn / Tastes of Flatbush Avenue - This event starts at Parkside Plaza at Ocean / Parkside Avenue in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The event features over a dozen participating local restaurants offering tastes of their cuisine. Tickets range from $35 - $100 on eventbrite or at the starting point noted above for a number of tastes. Most of the restaurants are located along Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues.

• * Sunday, June 12, 2022 from 12 noon - 3 pm . A Taste of the Neighborhood. At the Hendrick I. Lott House, 1940 East 36th Street in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. It's an all-you-can-eat out of food trucks event. Tickets $30 at www.lotthouse.org [ignore the closed sign] and then / or go to their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lotthouse/.

• * Saturday, June 18 & 19 and 25 & 26, 2022 - Gowanus Art Festival - Arts Gowanus ArtWalk on Atlantic Avenue. "... return the weekend of June 18th for two weekends until June 26th. The 1.5-mile self-guided ArtWalk through Brooklyn neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, and Cobble Hill ... includes the works of local artists - paintings, photography, drawings, sculpture and large installations. Over 100 artists will display their works. Also food along the way.

• * Saturday, June 25, 2022 from 12 noon - 6 pm - Tastes of Brooklyn / Tastes of Crown Heights - This event is found generally along Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue between Linden and Atlantic Avenues in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The event features over a dozen participating local restaurants offering tastes of their cuisine. Tickets range from $35 - $100 for four and twelve tastes respectively. Tickets are available on eventbrite or at the starting point noted above.

• * HOSTING A PLAY THIS JUNE 2022 _ Monday, June 10, 2019 beginning at 5.30 pm [VIP] & 6.30 pm [general] to 9 pm at the Brooklyn Cider House - At 1100 Flushing Avenue in the Bushwick neigbhorhood of Brooklyn. Food and drink from between 30 and 40 Bushwick bars, restaurants and beverage makers. Admission General $55 / 60 or VIP $85 / $100 at www.thebushwickstarr.org.

• 2021 - THERE'S AN ART INSTALLATION AT THE MERCURY STORE [207 STARR ST BK?] FROM JULY 15 - AUGUST 1.

• * THIS WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR MID JUNE - BUT IS NOW ABSENT - I WILL UPDATE THE REST OF THIS WHEN THE INFO BECOMES AVAILABLE _ Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 2 - 6 pm - A Taste of Gowanus Food & Drink Crawl. This is the first year of this event which will enable participants to self guide / visit up to a couple of dozen local bars and restaurants - mostly along 3rd Avenue between 12th and Union streets in the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn BK. It costs $20 for 4 tastes and $50 for 11 tastes. Tickets are available to www.tastesofbrooklyn.com. Brooklyn St Fairs in the Gowanus neighborhood.

 

 

July Street Fairs in Brooklyn NYC 2023

• FORT GREENE _ Saturday thru Tuesday, July 1 - 4, 2023 from 10 am - 9 pm - The 52nd International African Arts Festival - At Commodore Barry Park at Flushing & Park Avenues & Navy Street [North Elliot Place] in the Fort Greene Neighborhood of Brooklyn. This fair includes food, shopping and there are also daily musical / dance performances. Admission with $10 donation. Street fairs in Fort Greene BK. https://iaafestival.org/

• CONEY ISLAND _ Tuesday, July 4, 2023 from 11 am - 1 pm - Nathan's Hotdog Eating Contest - At the corner of Stillwell and Surf. Contestants show many hotdogs they can eat in ten minutes. In 2021 - For the men, Joey Chestnut ate 76 hotdogs in ten minutes, and for the women, Michelle Lesco ate just shy of 31 hot dogs in ten minutes.

• For Brooklyn July 4th fireworks events, celebrations and a parade on Staten Island - click & look for 6/28/22 fireworks story on the front page.

• WILLIAMSBURG _ Wednesday thru Sunday, July 5 - 16, 2023 - Times vary but oftentimes begin in the afternoon & run into the night. The Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast / The Giglio Festival began in 1903. Havemeyer at 8th Street. A DAILY Italian festival with food, music, dance, entertainment and kiddie rides, as well as the cultural hoisting of the Giglio. Organized by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. For daily event details see www.olmcfeast.com Williamsburg Street Fairs / St Festivals in Brooklyn.

• CONEY ISLAND _ RECURRING _ Friday, June 30, 2023 beginning at dusk [about 9.15 pm] - Coney Island Weekly Friday Night Fireworks along the Riegelmann Boardwalk at West 12th Street on Coney Island in Brooklyn. The Coney Island fireworks are always held off the beach, generally in the area of the Steeplechase tower in Steeplechase Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn. This event is held every Friday until Labor Day Weekend.

• RIDGEWOOD _ Sunday, July 23, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm - Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District BID & Glendale Kiwanis Street Fair - Along Myrtle Ave between Forest Avenue and Fresh Pond Rd. The East Coast Car Association will also be at the Ridgewood St Fair with vintage autos on display. For details see the Myrtle Avenue BID at - https://ridgewood-ny.com

• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS _ Saturday, July 29, 2023 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Health Jox Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park at 150 Furman Street [between Pineapple and Clark Streets]. They describe the event as follows, " ... Attendees will enjoy a healthy day of Basketball clinics & games hosted by the Brooklyn Net-Work; Pickle Ball clinics & games and AirOdart clinic & games; board games cool attractions for the kids; workout with celebrity trainer Jerry Joseph. Attendees can bring their lunch but will also be provided with light healthy snacks, drinks and unlimited water...". Free. You can rsvp at - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthjox-festival-2023-tickets-538131073527

• FLATBUSH _ Sunday, July 30, 2023 from 12 noon - 6 pm . Flatbush Avenue BID Festival & Street Fair. Along Flatbush Avenue between Parkside and Cortelyou Road. A street fair with Caribbean influence including food, music, rides, dance and shopping. St Fairs in Prospect Lefferts Garden & Flatbush in Brooklyn. Organized by the Flatbush Avenue BID & Meteor Festivals.

THE FOLLOWING ARE 2022 OR PRIOR EVENTS WE DIDN'T FIND IN 2023. SCROLL DOWN TO AUGUST 2023

• DOWNTOWN _ Friday, July 15, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm. Fulton Mall / MetroTech Summer Fair. Along Lawrence Street from Fulton to Willoughby Street. Street fairs in Brooklyn / st fairs bk.

• EAST FLATBUSH - Saturday, July 23, 2022 from 4 - 8 pm - Haitian Vodou Song and Dance Celebration with Fanmi Asòtò. At the Wyckoff House Museum at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. From 4 - 6 pm there are History, Talks and Workshops and from 6 - 8 pm there's a ceremony. They describe the event as follows, " ... participate in the rich traditions of Haitian culture and Haitian Vodou. Together we’ll honor our spirits and our ancestors, praise the Earth, and rejoice in song and dance. Join us as we explore the history of Vodou and the Haitian diaspora through artist’s talks, dance, song, and food. This year, Festival Minokan will be focusing on the sacred site of Seremoni Nanchon Nago ...". Free, but you're encouraged to rsvp at www.wyckoffmuseum.org.

• RIDGEWOOD _ Sunday, July 24, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm - Myrtle Avenue Street Festival. Along Myrtle Avenue between Fresh Pond Road and Forest Avenue.

• ONGOING _ PROSPECT PARK _ Friday, June 24 - August 6, 2022 on various days / beginning at various times - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. BRIC stands for Brooklyn Information and Culture and was founded in 1979 to revitalize Brooklyn through arts and culture. The festival runs from June 24 - August 6, 2022. FREE. At the Prospect Park Bandshell at 62 West Drive in Brooklyn. This is NOT a street fair but rather free cultural events compliments of the BRIC organization - Brooklyn Information & Culture. For details see www.bricartsmedia.org.

• BEDFORD / STUYVESANT _ Saturday, July 30, 2022 from 12 - 6 pm - STooPS BedStuy Art Crawl. An block party celebrating local culture including art, poetry, music and crafts, including for kids. At the Garden of Hope at 392 Hancock Street in Brooklyn.

• CANARSIE _ Saturday, July 30, 2022 from 2 - 6 pm - Empressive Fest. A vegan food tasting and presentation in Carnarsie Park at 89th Street.

• I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR 2022 _ Tuesday, July 13, 2021 from 12 noon - 8 pm. Smith Street Bastille Day 'Frenchship'. At 128 Smith Street at Bar Tabak at the corner of Dean St. They're hosting some musical entertainment on the eve of Bastille Day. Usually they get a permit on Smith Street between Bergen & Pacific Streets and host a big [17th in 2019] annual celebration of French culture & cuisine, which includes a Petanque Tournament on about a dozen makeshift courts [wooden balls thrown kind of similar to bowling]. Boerum Hill street fairs / Carroll Gardens St Fairs in Brooklyn. Organized by Bar Tabak at www.bartabacny.com.

• THIS FESTIVAL WENT VIRTUAL 2022 _ Thursdays thru Sundays, July 22 - 31, 2021 at various times. Vision Film Festival 25. There will be indoor performances at 159 Pioneer Works in Brooklyn on 7/22 & 23 and 7/29 & 7/30, and outdoor performances 7/24, 7/25 & 7/31 at 114 Norfolk Street in Manhattan. This is NOT street fair per se, but rather a film and performance festival. www.artsforart.org

• MOVED TO NOVEMBER 2022 _ Thursday thru Sunday, July 22 - 25, 2021 - from 12 noon - 10 pm, 10 am - 8 pm and 10 am - 6 pm respectively - The Other Art Fair - At the Brooklyn Expo Center at 72 Noble Street in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is an art fair not a street fair per se in Brooklyn. Tickets $15 / $18 at www.theotherartfair.com.

• AWAITING REPLY 2023 _ * I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR 2022 _ Saturday, July 24, 2021 from 2 - 8 pm. Global Ubuntu Festival [I believe in 2019 it was called Sankofa Culture & Arts Festival]. At the Commodore Perry Park at 15 North Elliot Place on Flushing Avenue in the Fort Greene Neighborhood of Brooklyn. This festival celebrates the food, art, music and culture of the African diaspora. Free.

 

 

August Street Fairs Brooklyn NYC 2023

Brooklyn Street Fairs Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Flatbush, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown BK, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Prospect Park, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Gowanus, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Coney Island, BedStuy, Fort Greene St Fairs NYC

• Thursdays & Fridays, August 3, 4, 2023 - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. BRIC stands for Brooklyn Information and Culture and was founded in 1979 to revitalize Brooklyn through arts and culture. The festival runs from June 17 - August 27, 2023. Free. At the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park at 62 West Drive in Brooklyn. For details see www.bricartsmedia.org.
  • Thursday, August 3, 2023 beginning at 6 pm - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival featuring Jorge Drexler | Cimafunk | Julieta Rada. FREE.
  • Friday, August 4, 2023 beginning at 6.30 pm - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival featuring Indigo De Souza | Vundabar. FREE.

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• Saturday, August 5, 2023 beginning at 1 pm - Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop - Black Girls Rock at the Brooklyn Academy of Music at 30 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn. The event is described as follows, " ... legendary DJ, author, and producer Beverly Bond will present a live conversation at the renowned Brooklyn Academy of Music, featuring rapper Rapsody, actress and DJ Dede Lovelace, and newcomer Kenya Vaun. This timely discussion explores the role of women in the future of hip
  hop and the contributions of women in all facets of the culture — from the broad spectrum of emcees and performers to the DJs, storytellers, dancers, cultural content creators, and executive shot callers...". FREE. To rsvp copy this link into your browser bar - Hip Hop 50th Anniversary Brooklyn.

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• Thursdays & Fridays, August 10, 11, 2023 - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. BRIC stands for Brooklyn Information and Culture and was founded in 1979 to revitalize Brooklyn through arts and culture. The festival runs from June 17 - August 27, 2023. Free. At the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park at 62 West Drive in Brooklyn. For details see www.bricartsmedia.org.
  • Thursday, August 10, 2023 beginning at 6 pm - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Benefit Concert featuring The Revivalists and Band of Horses with The Heavy Heavy.  They describe the performance as follows, " ... Eight-piece rock 'n' roll collective The Revivalists are renowned for their live prowess, soulful alt-rock anthems, and distinct mix of many of the classic styles of American music. Band of Horses fashions gorgeously ragged epics with high-flying vocals and eccentric enunciation. The Heavy Heavy are a 5 piece retro inspired rock band, making the music the sixties forgot - with bombastic soul and peaceful goals...". Paid event - see Contact info below to rsvp.
  • Friday, August 11, 2023 beginning at 6 pm - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival - BRIC Celebrates Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary Weekend featuring Digable Planets, Kari Faux, and Brown Sugar.  FREE.

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• East Williamsburg _ Saturday, August 12, 2023 from 1 pm - 6 pm. 4th Annual Brooklyn Rum Festival. At the Brooklyn Monarch at 23 Meadows Stret in the Bushwick / East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Sample 50 rums from the Caribbean Islands as well as food, entertainment and dancing. Street fairs in BK. Tickets $66 - $90 for 21 + and no tickets sold at door - see eventbrite. For details see - https://www.bkrumfest.com/.

• Coney Island _ Saturday, August 12, 2023 from 12 noon to 4 pm - the Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest begins on the Beach at West 12th Street in Coney Island in Brooklyn. It's the 30th year. For details see - https://gogreenbk.org/event/31st-annual-sand-sculpting-competition-coney-island/ The old site was https://seasideparkconeyisland.com/coney-island/events. FREE.

• Saturday & Sunday, August 19 & 20, 2023 from 11 am - 5 pm _ Renegade Craft Fair returns to Brooklyn at the Greenpoint Terminal at 2 Noble Street in Greenpoint Brooklyn. The fair offers an elecletic mix of arts, crafts and other items.

• Sunday, August 20, 2023 begins at 12.30 pm _ Pakistani Independence Day Parade & Festival. They march along Coney Island Avenue beginning at Foster / Newkirk ending at Avenue H. There's an after party & cultural celebration at Coney Island Avenue at Independence Street until 7 pm. Parades, festivals and cultural celebrations in Brooklyn NYC. Contact - https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynMela/

• Sunday, August 20, 2023 from 12 noon - 5 pm - One Crown Heights Neighborhood Festival. In Brower Park at Park Place and Kingston Avenue in the Shirley Chisholm Circle in Brooklyn. It's a neighborhood get together with multiple booths and speakers focusing on community betterment. There's a bit of entertainment as well. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/OneCrownHeights/

• Bensonhurst _ Thursday - Sunday, August 17 - August 27, 2023 from about 6 - 10 pm and probably starts earlier on the weekends - The 41st [?] Annual Feast of Santa Rosalia - Along 18th Avenue from 68th to 75th Streets in Bensonhurst. Italian food, music, rides and shopping and live entertainment. Processions at 2 pm on both Sundays at 18th Avenue and 72nd Street. Organized by FIAO Brooklyn. Brooklyn street fairs in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of BK. https://www.facebook.com/groups/138536509512623/

• Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 7 am - 1 pm _ Brooklyn Summer Streets. Along Eastern Parkway between Grand Army Plaza and Buffalo Avenue will be closed to cars and open to pedestrians and non-motorized cyclcists. There's likely to be various sorts of impromptu entertainment.

• Greenpoint _ Saturday & Sunday, August 26 & 27, 2023 from 12 noon - 10 pm - There's an Afro Punk Fest [aka Afro Punk Brooklyn - The Circus of Soul] at the Greenpoint Terminal Market in Brooklyn at 1 Oak Street / aka the Skyline Drive in. Tickets run about $150 and may be purchased at https://afropunk.com/festival/brooklyn/

• Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 12 noon - 7 pm - 24th Street Festival - Along 24th Street from 4th to 5th Avenues (249 24th Street outdoors). Two salsa bands, food, crafts, a Domino Tournament and kids entertainment. Brooklyn street fairs in Greenwood Heights BK. FREE.

• Greenwood / Sunset Park _ Sunday, August 27, 2023 from 11 am - 3 pm - The Battle of Brooklyn - Revolutionary War Commemoration - 500 West 25th Street at 5th Avenue in the Greenwood Cemetery. There are events that cover George Washington, the Dutch settlers and the Revoluationary War. The events are free with a suggested donation of $5 for the cemetery. This is an historic festival in the Greenwood Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Space is limited so it's recommended that you rsvp [recommended donation $5] at https://www.green-wood.com/calendar/list/?tribe-bar-date=2022-08-26

• Brighton Beach / Coney Island _ Sunday, August 27, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm. 46th Annual Brighton Jubilee. Along Brighton Beach Avenue from Corbin Place to Coney Island Avenue [has bathrooms] turning down toward the beach. There's live entertainment stages at Brighton 11th Street & at 14th Street, as well as food, shopping and kiddie rides. By the Brighton Neighborhood Assn. Brooklyn street fairs / Brooklyn St Festivals in Brighton Beach & Manhattan Beach. FREE. For details see - http://brightonbeach.com/jubilee-festival.html

 

 

 

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• One of the biggest events of the Labor Day Weekend in Brooklyn is the West Indian American Day Parade and Carnival. While there are events related to the parade going on all weekend, the parade begins at 11 am on Monday September 4th starting near the Children's Zoo in Prospect Park which is just south of the Grand Army Plaza near the Brooklyn Museum. The parade then marches south through Prospect Park along Flatbush Avenue. At the Flatbush exit from the Park, the parade turns onto Empire Blvd and heads east to Nostrand, and then turns south ending at Midwood. Almost every site I saw seemed to get this wrong except the NYPD and the Organizers' site. The event runs from 10 am - 6 pm and you'll also find food stalls and shopping along along Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
• There are related events all weekend including some festivities that begin at 6 am. For details see - https://wiadcacarnival.org or their FB page at - https://www.facebook.com/Jouvertcity.

• Sunday, September 10, 2023 from 11 am - 6 pm. Sunset Park Street Festival. Along 5th Avenue between 44th & 59th Streets. Brooklyn street fairs in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.

• Thursday - Sunday, September 7 - 10, 2023 beginning at 6.30 pm daily, except Sunday when it begins at 3 pm and generally ends around 9 - 10 pm - The Fresh Pond Road Festival - Along Fresh Pond Road between Woodbine and Menahan Street. This is a big real Italian themed fair with great food, rides for kids and plenty of shopping. Organized by the Ridgewood Social Club. Brooklyn St fairs in Ridgewood organized by the Federazione Italo-Americana di Brooklyn and Queens. For details see the Ridgewood Social Club - https://www.facebook.com/p/Federazione-Italo-Americana-of-Brooklyn-and-Queens-100083057994083/ or the Myrtle Avenue BID - https://ridgewood-ny.com

• Park Slope _ Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 11 am - 9 pm. Annual Great Irish Fair. This is preceded by a mass at 9 am. NOTE NEW LOCATION - At the Holy Name of Jesus Parish at 245 Prospect Park West in Park Slope. Unique Brooklyn fair with an Irish flavor which includes Irish music, dance, food and shopping from more than 15 vendors. Organized by the Irish American Building Society. For details and $25 tickets see - https://www.iabsny.org/

• Saturday, September 16, 2023 from 11 am to 4 pm there's a Brooklyn Fall Fair & from 6.30 pm to 9 pm there's a Film Fest. At the Bedford District Health Office Parking Lot at 485 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn. Free.

 

 

 

THIS WEEK / WEEKEND 9.22.23

• Friday, September 22, 2023 from 4 to 9 pm, there's Oktoberfest at the Fort Hamilton Army Base in Brooklyn. You must pre-register and it costs $8 for civilians. For details see - https://hamilton.armymwr.com

• Copy & paste this link for an update on things to do for the Fall Arts Season on Governor's Island. https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 22, 23 & 24, 2023 at various times, Greek Orthodox Fair at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church at 8401 Ridge Blvd in Bay Ridge. Greek food, music, rides and entertainment. Proceeds to benefit the church. For details see - https://www.holycrossbrooklyn.com/

• Starting Sunday, September 23, 2023 - Brooklyn Book Festival. For details see - https://brooklynbookfestival.org.

 

 

ALWAYS A WORK IN PROCESS. 9.22.23.

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SUMMER THEATER. CLICK here to view Free Summer Theater Plays Brooklyn BK NYC.

FREE PUBLIC SWIMMING POOLS. CLICK here to view free public swimming pools in Brooklyn NYC

PARADES / FESTIVALS. CLICK this link to view a FULL SCHEDULE OF ALL of the Brooklyn Parades & large cultural events in NYC.

SUMMER CONCERTS. CLICK this link for a mostly done, mostly free summer concerts in Brooklyn page. We'll finish adding the BRICS concerts this weekend. And we'll update it throughout the summer as new information comes in.

JULY 4TH FIREWORKS. CLICK this link to view a full schedule of all of the Brooklyn 4th of July fireworks 2023 & Coney Island July 4th fireworks 2023 BK NYC.

CLICK this link to view a schedule of all of the Memorial Day Parades in NYC - all 5 boroughs that we know about.

CLICK here for related weekend things to do in Brooklyn NYC.

 

 

 

• 2023 _ COMING 10/15/23 DETAILS TO FOLLOW _ * Sunday, September 18, 2022 from 11 am - 6 pm. Flatbush Frolic. Food, music, arts, rides and local shopping. Along Cortelyou Road between Ocean and Coney Island Avenues. Flatbush Ditmas Park. Brooklyn street fairs in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. https://fdconline.org

• * Discontinued _ NYC _ September 2022 _ Century Bike Tour. This was a bike tour that contained numerous bike rides through all five boroughs in the city, with one reaching 100 miles. The proceeds went to Transportation Alternatives, but it was discontinued after the 2019 ride. For details see - https://www.transalt.org/

 

 

 

 

WE UPDATE WEEKLY

Asterisked events have NOT been updated to 2023. Note Dates / Years to be sure.

EVENTS BELOW WILL BE UPDATED AS WE GO THROUGH THE SEASON

 

 

 

WE UPDATE WEEKLY.

WHAT'S BELOW IS FROM LAST & PRIOR YEARS. NEEDS UPDATING.

 

• * August 11 - 14, 2022 - Hip Hop Film Festival - This Moved to Brooklyn from Harlem - The annual Hip Hop film festival in Harlem. Tickets run from free to $20 and some go up at www.hiphopfilmfestival.org.

• 2023 WEBSITE NOT WORKING _ CHECKING _ I Didn't Find Anything for 2022 & Don't see Anything for 2023 _ Sunday, August 29, 2021 beginning at 1 pm - The Brooklyn Dominican Day Parade - Marches along Graham Avenue between Debevoise and Broadway in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. There will be a Brooklyn street festival following the parade at Graham Avenue at Broadway from about 3 pm - 5 pm. https://brooklyndominicanparade.org.

• * Not Returning in 2022 _ August 18 - September 30, 2021 - Cow Parade - At various sites in all five boroughs. The cows will be auctioned September 1 - 30, 2021. Hours and locations vary. Proceeds to to God's Love We Deliver which provides meals for the poor - www.glwd.org. For details see - https://www.glwd.org/donate/events/cowparade-2021/meet-the-cows/

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• * Sunday, August 8, 2021 from 7 - 10 pm. Coney Island Beach Party. At 21st Street and the Boardwalk which is a couple blocks west [toward Manhattan] of Maimonides Park where the roller coasters are. Not a Coney Island neighborhood street fair, but music all day by D.J. Frankie Paradise. NOT Free as tickets range from $83 - $183.

• * Friday, August 13, 2021 from 5 pm - 10 pm - Bay Ridge Weekend Walk. Along 3rd Avenue between 68th and 83rd Streets in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. This is a promotional commercial street event, where cars are not allowed, organized by the Bay Ridge 5th Avenue BID. Street fairs in Bayridge in BK.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2022 - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

• * DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RETURNING 2022, DITTO 2021 _ NOTE YEAR _ Saturday, September 14, 2019 from 10 am - 6 pm. Southwest Brooklyn Fall Festival. Along Columbia Street between Union & DeGraw Street, and along Union Street between Hicks and Columbia Street. Brooklyn street fairs in the x neighborhood of Brooklyn.

• * DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RETURNING 2022, DITTO 2021 _ NOTE YEAR _ Saturday, September 14, 2019 from 12 noon - 9 pm. Gowanus Block Party. Along 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Brooklyn street fairs in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.

• * DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RETURNING 2021 _ NOTE YEAR _ Sunday, September 22, 2019 from 11.30 am - 5.30 pm. 5th Avenue Family Oktoberfest. Along Hanson Place between South Portland Avenue and Fulton Street. Brooklyn street fairs in the x neighborhood of Brooklyn.

 

• * Friday, September 27, 2019 from 4 pm - 10 pm. Dumbo Day. Along Water Street between Adams and Main Streets.

• * Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 11.30 am - 11.30 pm. It's the BEEB. Along Grand Street between Havemeyer Street and Marcy Avenue.

 

 

 

OCTOBER Street Fairs in Brooklyn 2022

 

• * Downtown Brooklyn _ Friday & Saturday , September 30 - October 1 2022 from 4pm - 8 pm and 11 am - 8 pm respectively - Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival. In the Plaza at 300 Ashland Place at the corner of Lafayette and Flatbush. This event will feature live music, dance, talks and theater. There might be some shopping, but that doesn't appear to be the focus. Downtown Brooklyn street fairs / festivals nyc. www.dbartsfestival.org/

• * Boerum Hill _ Sunday, October 2, 2022 from 12 noon - 6 pm - the Atlantic Antic. Along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Avenue [near Flatbush Avenue] to the East River in Boerum Hill. This Brooklyn Street Fair is billed as the largest and oldest street festival in Brooklyn and has ethnic food, live entertainment and shopping. In the past they had approximately 500 food, drink and shopping vendors along with 11 stages of live entertainment. For details see - https://www.atlanticave.org/
  • SEE UPDATE ABOVE _ Sunday, October 3, 2021 from 12 noon - 6 pm. 46th Annual Atlantic Antic Festival / Boerum Place North. Along Atlantic Avenue between 4th Avenue and the waterfront [historically it also stretched along Hicks Street and Boerum Place between Atlantic Avenue and State Street]. Approximately 500 food, drink and shopping vendors along with 11 stages of live entertainment. Brooklyn street fairs in Boerum Hill. It's billed as the oldest and largest street festival in Brooklyn.

• * Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick _ Friday, September 30 - Sunday October 9, 2022 on the weekends [including Thursdays] only from 5 - 10 pm on Thursdays and Fridays, two seatings on Saturday from 12 noon - 4.45 pm and from 5.15 - 10 pm; and on Sunday from 12 noon - 8 pm - Zum Schneider Fest. This is a traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest which heretofore had been held in Manhattan along the East River at 23rd Street. This year the tent is being erected near the 3 Dollar Bill at 260 Meserole Street in Brooklyn. Tickets start at $13 / $53 / $129 and on up for groups. For details see https://nyc.zumschneider.com/

• * Bensonhurst _ Saturday, October 8, 2022 parade begins at 12 pm - Annual Columbus Day Parade. Begins at 61st Street and 18th Avenue [aka Cristoforo Columbo Blvd] down to 86th Street following a 10.15 am Mass at St. Athanasius Church at 2154 61st Street in Bensonhurst / Mapleton. The parade ends at 18th Avenue / 86th Street / Benson Avenue where a street fair / festival follows the parade and runs until 6 pm along Benson Avenue between 18th Avenue and 19th Street. Brooklyn street fairs in Bensonhurst. www.fiaobrooklyn.org

• * Crown Heights _ Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 10.30 am - 7 pm. Panamanian Pre-Independence Day Parade & Festival. Begins at Bergen Street, heading down Franklin Avenue. Turns west at President Street and heads north along Classon Avenue ending at Eastern Parkway by the Brooklyn Museum. The street fair is along Classon between President Street and the Eastern Parkway. Parades in Brooklyn. www.panamanianparade.org

• * Williamsburg _ Monday, October 10, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm. Williamsburg BK Fair. Along Bedford Avenue from 7th Street to Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC.

• * Bay Ridge _ Saturday, October 15, 2022 from 6.30 - 9.30 pm - Bay Ridge Catholic Oktoberfest. At Meletia Hall at St Anselm School at 365 83rd Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The event includes light fare, beer, music and raffles. Tickets are $25 adults / $10 kids.

• * Downtown _ Sunday, October 30, 2022 from 11 am - 6 pm. Court Street Spectacular. Along Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon Street. Downtown Brooklyn street fairs.

* MYRTLE AVE MONSTER MASH 10/31/22 - ALSO ADD TO QUEENS

• 10/21/22 _ Click this link for Brooklyn Halloween parties & events - Brooklyn Halloween Parties and Events NYC.

• SPECIAL NOTICE - Update of Brooklyn Holiday Markets coming soon.

 

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• * Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 2 am - Daylight Savings Time. This may be the last year where we will 'fall back' by moving our clocks back one hour starting at 2 am Sunday or before going to bed Saturday night.

• * Sunday, November 6, 2022 from 8 am - 5 pm - The NYC Marathon runners begin congregating at Fort Wadsworth at the foot of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge on Staten Island beginning at 7 am. The Professional Wheelchairs take off at 8 am, the Handcyclists at 8.22 am, the Professional Women at 8.40 am, and the Professional Men at 9.05 am, with the last wave at 11.40 am. Staten Island is the starting poinit, while Brooklyn is the first leg, the Queens segment of the course is around the midpoint before heading into Manhattan, then north to the Bronx over the Willis Avenue Bridge, where they do a U turn by heading west over the Madison Avenue Bridge before turning south into Manhattan and Central Park. Use the link to the front page below to view a map of the Marathon course for 2022.
  • So you can do some math to figure out when to greet them in your borough. The fastest men complete the race in a bit more than two hours, while the average is 4.40 [hours.minutes]. The midpoint is in Queens. The biggest wave of runners travel through Queens around 11 am, so you can figure out the rest. The weather is expected to be pleasant. Enjoy.

 

• * Saturday, November 12, 2022 - Renegade Craft Fair. Details coming next Friday 11/11/22.

 

 

• 10/21/22 _ See front page for other events - Also check our front page forAlso check our front page for Brooklyn parades, street fairs and other events each Friday.

• November 2022 - Click here for Brooklyn Holiday Markets and Brooklyn Holiday Events which will be updated by mid November and end of November respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

TBD'S

 

• Saturday, October 26, 2019 from 10 am - 6 pm. NIA Halloween Festival. Along 11th Avenue between 66th & 67th Streets.

• [LIKELY BUT UNCONFIRMED] Wednesday, October 31, 2018 from x - y pm. Halloween Day Parade & Costume Contest. Along 7th Avenue between Flatbush and 16th Street. A Halloween Day parade and street fair with food, music and shopping. Park Slope street fairs in Brooklyn. Organized by ShopSeventh.com.

• * DON'T SEE ANYTHING FOR 2022 _ Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 10 am - 6 pm. Bed Stuy Alive 2021. In 2019 it was along Fulton Street between Brooklyn & New York Avenues. See their website for the location this year and tell me if you can figure out where it is - www.bed-stuyalive.org/

 

 

MORE UPDATES COMING NEXT WEEK

Only Asterisked have been updated to 2022.

EVENTS BELOW ARE OLD / OUTDATED

 

• Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 12 noon - 4.30 pm - Blocktoberfest. At the Brooklyn Navy Yard at 141 Flushing Avenue in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tickets $10 - $75 at eventbrite. CoVid protocols are in effect.

• Sunday, October 3, 2021 from 10 am - 6 pm. 3rd Avenue Festival. Along 3rd Avenue between 69th / Bayridge Street and 94th Street. Rides, food, drink, games and shopping. Street fairs in Bayridge BK.

• Thursday, October 7, 2021 from 10 am - 6 pm. Fulton Mall / Metro Tech Area Fair. Along Willoughby Street between Jay and Pearl Streets. St fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.

• Monday, October 11, 2021 from 10 am - 6 pm. Williamsburg BK Fair. Along Bedford Avenue between 7th Street and Metropolitan Avenue. Brooklyn street fairs in Williamsburg.

• Monday, October 14, 2019 from 10 am - 6 pm. North Brooklyn Development Corp Pop Up Fare. Along Bedford Avenue between North 3rd and North 12th Streets.

• Friday - Sunday, October 15 - 31, 2021 - Fine Art Print Fair - The fair has gone virtual this year 2021. You may view the exhibitors' works at https://www.fineartprintfair.org/

• Wednesday - Friday, October 16 - 18, 2019 from 10 am - 8 pm. Deluxe Carnival. Along Taylor Street between Lee & Bedford Avenues.

• Sunday, October 17, 2021 from 11.30 am - 5.30 pm - Brooklyn Museum Pop Up Market. At the Brooklyn Museum Plaza along Eastern Parkway in front of the museum not far from Washington Avenue. The market includes offerings by twenty local artisans / vendors offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods. Masks are required.

• BK _ Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 10 am - 6 pm - Fulton Mall / Metro Tech Fall Fair - On Gallatin Place from Fulton Street to Livingston - St fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.

• Saturdays & Sundays, April thru October 2018 from 11 am - 6 pm - Smorgasburg. On Saturdays it's held in Williamsburg at Bushwick Inlet Park at Kent & North 8th Street [head toward East River] and on Sundays it's held in Prospect Park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue [head inside the park toward the ponds]. Brooklyn street fairs in Prospect Park & Williamsburg street fairs in Brooklyn. It hosts between 50 - 100 food vendors and it's organized by a private company.

• NY Festival of Song

• Fridge Art Fair

 

• CLICK here for Brooklyn Halloween parties & events.

 

• DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE RETURNING IN 2021 _ Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 2 pm - 6 pm. Taste of Franklin Avenue. Along Franklin Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Atlantic Avenue. Brooklyn street fairs in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn BK. Tickets of $20 are good for 4 tastes to choose from nearly 40 vendors.

• APPEARS TO BE ON HIATUS IN 2021 _ Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 1 - 4 pm. Smith Street Soup Festival. Along Smith Street between Bergen & Union Streets in Carroll Gardens. Taste five soups from local restaurants [$7] or twelve soups [$15]. Tickets sold at corners of Smith and Union / Butler / Bergen streets. Brooklyn street fairs in Carroll Gardens.

 

 

 

NOVEMBER - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

• Friday, November 5, 2021 from 10 am - 6 pm. Fulton Mall / MetroTech Area Fair. On Albee Square West from Fulton to Willoughby Street. Street fairs in Brooklyn / st fairs bk.

 

DECEMBER - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

• * Wednesday, December 21, 2017 from 4 pm - 9 pm. Flatbush Holiday Party. At M&T Bank at 354 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush. Music and treats. Organized by the North Flatbush BID. Flatbush street fairs & festivals in Brooklyn nyc.

• * TBD December 2018 from x - y pm. Snowflake Festival and Holiday Lights. Along 7th Avenue between Flatbush and 16th Street. A Holiday event and street fair with food, music and shopping. Park Slope street fairs in Brooklyn. Organized by ShopSeventh.com.

• * December 2018 - Click here for Brooklyn Holiday Markets and here for Brooklyn Farmers Markets.

 

 

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