Brooklyn Street Fairs & Festivals 2025

I. Brooklyn Street Fair Dates & Maps 2025

July 4, 2025 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Street Fairs / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.

While generally Brooklyn Street Fairs begin in April, this year we're going year round by including the winter months. We're starting by identifying some of the year round markets, which while not exactly street fairs, contain some of the elements of the street fair experience including an eclectic offering of merchandise and food items. And we'll add in other markets as we become aware of them.

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 WINTER [NEW], spring, summer and fall of 2025.

 

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.

 

****** Link to Brooklyn Parades / Cultural Festivals on this Site

CLICK here to view our page of Brooklyn parades and cultural festivals in NYC.

 

Brooklyn Street Fair Updates 2025

The Brooklyn street fair dates that have been updated with 2025 designations, reflect the current Street 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 some or all of the details for 2025.

UPDATES. The 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.

• Click here for Brooklyn street fairs NYC.

II. Directory of Street Fairs in Brooklyn NYC 2025

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 which is updated weekly.

Brooklyn Street Fairs, Festivals & Parades 2025

July 4, 2025 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn Street Fairs / Brooklyn Blvd NYC.

The following are the Brooklyn Street fairs & festivals and Brooklyn parades and cultural events for the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall of 2025. THIS IS ALWAYS AN ONGOING WORK IN PROGRESS which will be updated weekly / monthly throughout 2025.

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I. Brooklyn Street Fairs 2025

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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January 2025 Brooklyn Street Fairs & Brooklyn Food & Music Festivals nyc

• * January 10 - 28, 2024 at various times - Under the Radar Festival at BRIC. At BRIC Arts Media at 647 Fulton Street in Fort Greene / Downtown Brooklyn. Tickets range in price from $31 - $68 [more or less]. For details and tickets see - https://utrfest.org/schedule/ or https://bricartsmedia.org.

• January 17, 18, 19 & 20, 2025 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

• * January 14, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Three Kings Parade in Brooklyn. The parade begins at Meeker Avenue, travels along Graham Avenue to Flushing Avenue and Broadway in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Gifts will be given to children for as long as supplies last. For details see - FB - https://www.facebook.com/ThreeKingsDayParade/

 

February 2025 Street Fairs Brooklyn NYC

• Sunday, February 2, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Bensonhurst Chinese New Year Parade - in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn. The parade starts at 65th Street and marches up to 83rd Street along 18th Avenue. Organized by the Chinese American Social Services. For details see their FB page at - https://www.facebook.com/casscenter

• Sunday, February 9, 2025 from 11.30 am to 2.30 pm - Brooklyn Chinese American Association Chinese New Year Parade. The parade begins at 60th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park in Brooklyn NYC. Free. For details see - https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/lunar-new-year-parade-in-brooklyn-sunset-park/

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• Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 11 am to 9 pm - Ramadan Celebration & Bazaar - at the Muslim American Society at 1933 Bath Avenue in the Bath Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC. There are six different programs scheduled separately during the day, while the bazaar runs the entire time. For details see - https://www.masnewyork.org/centers/

 

 

March 2025 - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Brooklyn Food & Music Festivals nyc

• Saturday, March 1, 2025 from 11 pm to 4 am - Brooklyn Reggae Fest - at the Brooklyn Paramount at 385 Flatbush Avenue Extension [at DeKalb & Flatbush] in Downtown Brooklyn. For $30 - $981 tickets and details see - https://www.brooklynparamount.com.

• Sunday, March 16, 2025 beginning at 1 pm - 50th Annual Brooklyn Saint Patrick's Parade. At 10.30 am there's a church service at Holy Name of Jesus Church at 245 Prospect Park West. The St. Patrick's Day parade assembly begins at Bartel-Pritchard Square at 14th Street [assembly stretches to 9th St] at the southwest corner of Prospect Park in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. At 1 pm there's a dedication to the 911 firefighter. At 1.30 pm the parade kicks off at Prospect Park West and 15th St and then marches to 7th Avenue. It turns right onto 7th Avenue & marches to Garfield Place, where it turns right again heading back to Prospect Park West, where it turns right again & circles back to 15th Street where there's a celebration / after party from 2 - 5 pm at Holy Name of Jesus Church at 245 Prospect Park West. For details see their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/p/Brooklyn-St-Patricks-Parade-100067529770947/ because as of this post their website was out of date - https://brooklynstpatricksparade.org/

• WEEKLY SEASONAL _ Saturday & Sunday, March 15 & 16, 2025 from 10 am to 5 pm - Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo / Downtown Brooklyn reopens. - at 80 Pearl Street between Water and Plymouth in the Dumbo neighborhood. Street fairs in Brooklyn NYC. For details see - https://brooklynflea.com

• Sunday, March 23, 2025 beginning at 1 pm - 30th Annual Bay Ridge Brooklyn Saint Patrick's Parade. The parade kicks off on 3rd and Marine Avenues and marches north along 3rd Avenue to 67th Street, turning west and ending in Owl's Head Park in Bayridge. The grandstand is at 77th Street. For details see - https://www.brparade.com or FB - https://www.facebook.com/brparade. St Pats Day parades in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
  • Generally there's a pre-parade fundraiser held in February. Patrick's Day parades in the Bayridge neighborhood of BK NYC.

• Friday, March 28, 2025 from 4 pm to 10 pm - DeKalb Market Hall - indoor market at DeKalb Market Hall at 445 Albee Square in the Downtown neighborhood of Brooklyn. Outdoors. For details see - https://www.brooklynpop-up.com

• Saturday, March 29, 2025 from 9 am to 4 pm - Fort Greene Park Artisans Bazaar - at Fort Greene Park along De Kalb between Washington Park Avenue and South Portland Street [by the farmers market] in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. Outdoors. For details see - https://www.brooklynpop-up.com

• Saturdays & Sundays [and a few select weekdays], March 29 - April 1, 2025 from 11 am to 8 pm - Luna Park is open in Coney Island. _ ALL BUT OPENING DATE UNCONFIRMED _ On Friday, April 18, 2025 the park opens daily from 11 am to 8 pm. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com.

 

 

 

WE REMOVED APRIL - JUNE 2025 TO MAKE SPACE FOR JULY - SEPTEMBER 2025

 

 

 

July Street Fairs in Brooklyn NYC 2025

• Coney Island _ Friday, July 4, 2025 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.

• Click for Brooklyn July 4th fireworks events, celebrations and a parade .

• Fort Greene _ Friday thru Sunday, July 4 - 6, 2025 from 10 am - 9 pm Daily - The 54th International African Arts Festival - At Commodore Barry Park at Navy Street [North Elliot Place] and Flushing & Park Avenues in the Fort Greene Neighborhood of Brooklyn. This fair includes food, shopping and there are also daily musical / dance performances. Admission with $5 - $10 suggested donation at the gate. Street fairs in Fort Greene BK. https://iaafestival.org/

• Coney Island _ Fridays, June 20 - September 5, 2025 _ Weekly _ The Coney Island Weekly Friday Night Fireworks - see parades and festivals page or use link above for fireworks.

 

 

WE UPDATE WEEKLY. ASTERISKED EVENTS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED. Pay Attention to Dates / Years.

 

 

 

• * RECURRING _ Monday, June 24, 2024 / May 27, 2024 / April 29, 2024 from 4 pm to 10 pm - Brooklyn Night Market - at Industry City along and at 220 36th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Sunset Park Brooklyn. It's a food market featuring 65 vendors and a wide variety of cuisines. Food festivals in Brooklyn. Every last Monday of the month thru October.

• * RECURRING _ Saturdays & Sundays, Beginning April 6 & 7 thru October 26 & 27, 2024 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. These run weekends through October 2024. For details see - https://www.smorgasburg.com

• * RECURRING _ Prospect Heights _ Sundays, April 14 thru November 17, 2024 from 10.30 am - 5.30 pm - 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/

• * RECURRING _ Coney Island _ Friday Nights, June, July August, 2024 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.

 

 

• * Williamsburg _ Wednesday thru Sunday, July 10 - 21, 2024 - Times vary but oftentimes begin in the afternoon & run into the night - The Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast / The Giglio Festival. This tradition began in 1887 and continues at Havemeyer at North 9th Street in Williamsburg. 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 copy & paste - https://www.olmcfeast.com. For daily event details copy & paste www.olmcfeast.com. Williamsburg Street Fairs / St Festivals in Brooklyn.

• Use the July 4th link above to find 4th of July holiday related activities in Brooklyn and use the links at the bottom of the page to find things going on in the other boroughs.

• * Williamsburg _ Wednesday thru Sunday, July 10 - 21, 2024 - Times vary but oftentimes begin in the afternoon & run into the night - The Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast / The Giglio Festival. This tradition began in 1887 and continues at Havemeyer at North 9th Street in Williamsburg. 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 copy & paste - https://www.olmcfeast.com. For daily event details copy & paste www.olmcfeast.com. Williamsburg Street Fairs / St Festivals in Brooklyn.

• * NYC _ Saturday, July 13, 2024 - City of Water Day - Events all around NYC. For details, copy & paste - https://www.cityofwaterday.org

• * East Flatbush - Saturday, July 13, 2024 from 4 to 8 pm - Festival Minokan _ Ann Tounnen & Nan Matris. At the Wyckoff House Museum at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. From 4 - 6 pm there are history talks, song and dance and from 6 - 8 pm there's a ceremony. In the past they have described the event as follows, " ... participate in the rich traditions of Haitian culture ... 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 ...". Free, but you're encouraged to rsvp at www.wyckoffmuseum.org.

• * Flastbush _ Sunday, July 14, 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm. Flatbush Avenue BID Festival & Street Fair. Along Flatbush Avenue between Parkside Avenue 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.

• * Boerum Hill / Carroll Gardens _ Sunday, July 14, 2024 from 10 am to 3 pm. Smith Street Bastille Day. At Levant on Smith at 223 Smith Street. They're hosting French brunch on the morning / early afternoon of Bastille Day. Boerum Hill street fairs / Carroll Gardens St Fairs in Brooklyn. Posted by https://www.lofficielusa.com/travel-living/how-to-celebrate-bastille-day-in-nyc-french-bakeries-new-york-city-hotels-events

• * Downtown Brooklyn _ Thursday, July 18, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - Fulton Mall / MetroTech Summer Fair. Along Lawrence Street from Fulton to Willoughby Street. Street fairs in Brooklyn / st fairs bk.

• * Williamsburg _ Wednesday thru Sunday, July 10 - 21, 2024 - Times vary but oftentimes begin in the afternoon & run into the night - The Annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast / The Giglio Festival. This tradition began in 1887 and continues at Havemeyer at North 9th Street in Williamsburg. 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 copy & paste - https://www.olmcfeast.com. For daily event details copy & paste www.olmcfeast.com. Williamsburg Street Fairs / St Festivals in Brooklyn.

• * Bedford Stuyvesant _ Sunday, July 21, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm - One Crown Heights Festival. Along St. Marks Avenue between Brooklyn & Kingston Avenues in Crown Heights Brooklyn. This is not so much a street fair as it is a community gathering. It includes music, entertainment, basketball, community issues discussions and a puppet show. For details see - https://www.instagram.com/bklyn_fam/p/C8SVKmrOI3i/?img_index=1

• * Brooklyn Heights _ Saturday, July 27, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Health Jox Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park at 150 Furman Street [between Pineapple and Clark Streets]. Last year they described 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-2024-tickets-747499861207 or see https://brooklynbridgepark.org

• * Bedford Stuyvesant _ Saturday, July 27, 2024 from 1 to 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. For details and to rsvp - https://www.stoopsbedstuy.org or FB - https://www.facebook.com/stoopsbedstuy

• * Prospect Park _ Saturday, Tuesday & Friday, July 27, 30 & August 2, 2024 beginning at 6.30 & 6 pm (2x) respectively - BRIC Arts Media Summer Concerts - at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park Brooklyn. Free. For details see - https://bricartsmedia.org/celebrate-brooklyn/

A lot of programs that ran during this week in prior years have moved to different months, possibly where they were or where they wanted to be, prepandemic.

• * MOVED TO OCTOBER 17 - 20, 2024 _ https://www.theotherartfair.com/brooklyn/
• 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.

 

 

August Street Fairs Brooklyn NYC 2024

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

 

• * Ridgewood _ Sunday, August 4, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Myrtle Avenue BID & Glendale Kiwanis Street Fair - Along Myrtle Avenue between Fresh Pond Road and Forest Avenue. 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

• * Canarsie _ Sunday, August 11, 2024 from 12 to 8 pm - BANKRA Caribbean Culture Festival - at the Canarsie Ascend Charter School at 9719 Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn. Braata Productions describes the event as follows, " ... multidisciplinary Caribbean Culture Festival ... this year focusing on Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, and Haiti ... ". Includes shopping, entertainment and food. Free, but donations welcome. For details see - https://www.braataproductions.org/upcomingevents

• * Bensonhurst _ Thursday - Sunday, August 15 - 25, 2024 from about 6 - 10 pm and probably starts earlier on the weekends - Celebration of the 50th Annual Feast of Santa Rosalia - Along 18th Avenue [aka Cristoforo Colombo Blvd] from 68th to 75th Streets in Bensonhurst. Italian food, music, rides, shopping two stages of live entertainment and a canoli eating contest. In the past but unconfirmed for 2024, processions began 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. For details see - FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/138536509512623/ of INST - https://www.instagram.com/feastofsantarosalia.official/?hl=en

• * East Williamsburg _ Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 1 pm to 6 pm - 5th Annual Brooklyn Rum Festival - At 230 Bogart Street in the 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. For details see - https://www.bkrumfest.com/ SOLD OUT.

• * West Midwood _ Sunday, August 18, 2024 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 until 7 pm. Parades, festivals and cultural celebrations in West Midwood Brooklyn NYC. Contact - https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynMela | https://www.urdunewsus.com

• * Bensonhurst _ Thursday - Sunday, August 15 - 25, 2024 from about 6 - 10 pm and probably starts earlier on the weekends - Celebration of the 50th Annual Feast of Santa Rosalia - Along 18th Avenue [aka Cristoforo Colombo Blvd] from 68th to 75th Streets in Bensonhurst. Italian food, music, rides, shopping two stages of live entertainment and a canoli eating contest. In the past but unconfirmed for 2024, processions began 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. For details see - FB - https://www.facebook.com/groups/138536509512623/ of INST - https://www.instagram.com/feastofsantarosalia.official/?hl=en

• * Crown Heights Brooklyn _ Saturday, August 24, 2024 from 7 am to 3 pm - Summer Streets - There will be street closures to autos and trucks along Eastern Parkway between Grand Army Plaza and Buffalo Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details, copy & paste - https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml

• * Prospect Park _ Friday & Saturday, August 23 & 24, 2024 beginning at 12 noon to 10 pm -  BRIC Arts Media Summer Concerts - AFROPUNK BLKTOPIA at Celebrate Brooklyn at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park.  Use the 9th Street entrance at 141 Prospect Park West. This year the AfroPunk BlkTopia and BRIC Arts Media are collaborating on the show. For details and $122 - $175 two-day tickets see - https://bricartsmedia.org or https://afropunk.com/festival/brooklyn/

  • BRIC stands for Brooklyn Information and Culture and was founded in 1979 to revitalize Brooklyn through arts and culture. The festival runs from June 8 - August 24, 2024. Free. At the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park at 62 West Drive in Brooklyn. For details see https://bricartsmedia.org/celebrate-brooklyn/

• * Greenwood Heights / Sunset Park _ Sunday, August 25, 2024 from 11 am* - 3 pm - The Battle of Brooklyn - Revolutionary War Commemoration - at 500 West 25th Street at 5th Avenue in the Greenwood Cemetery. * There's a trolley tour that begins at 10 am. 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/event/the-battle-of-brooklyn-commemoration-and-family-day/

• * Brighton Beach / Coney Island _ Sunday, August 25, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - 47th 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. Organized by the Brighton Neighborhood Assn. Brooklyn street fairs / Brooklyn St Festivals in the Brighton Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn. Free. For details see - http://brightonbeach.com/jubilee-festival.html

• * MOVED TO DECEMBER 2024 _ 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.

• * Williamsburg _ They didn't do any in 2022, 2023 and there won't be one in 2024, but they're currently in the process of planning a comeback in 2025.
  • 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.

• * RECURRING _ Coney Island _ Friday Nights, June, July August, 2024 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.

SKIP PAST THESE AUGUST EVENTS WHICH ARE OLD TO SEE REMAINING 2024 AUGUST & BEYOND EVENTS_

• * MOVED TO JULY 21, 2024 _ 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/

• * COULDN'T FIND IT THIS YEAR [2024] _ 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 or https://www.allianceforconeyisland.org/events-1/29th-annual-sand-sculpting-competition. FREE.

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• * THIS WAS AN OTO ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT _ 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 - https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cuSXRzYWxsYmxhY2ttdXNpY3ByZXNlbnRzLmNvbT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9uYW1lPSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMDgwMi44MDU3NTE0MSJ9.RLpU86gQtyJIm9lYEIU8ZNEO-spXcQrvOpAOma5eOXE/s/2931772413/br/223616500112-l

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• 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.

• 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.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2024 - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

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

• * Greenwood Heights _ Saturday, August 31, 2024 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. For details see - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-24th-street-festival-tickets-986193650757 or call Hector at 347.645.5656

• * Crown Heights _ All Weekend [see below**] / Monday, September 2, 2024 beginning at 10 am - 57th Annual West Indian American Day Parade and Carnival. There are events related to the parade going on all weekend [see below]. The parade begins at 11 am on Labor Day, Monday September 2nd 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 they 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.
• Click here to read a brief report we did on the WIADC West Indian American Day Parade / Jouvert in Brooklyn last year.
• ** There are multiple events over the weekend. On Friday night from 8 pm to 3 am there's Socafest which is live music and some drinks for $75 / $ 150 at the Brooklyn Museum. On Saturday beginning at 7 pm there's a steelpan competition that costs $50, also at the Brooklyn Museum. On Sunday at 3 pm there's an outdoor concert for $70 at the Brooklyn Museum. On Monday, beginning at 6 am, J'ouvert [French for 'day break'] begins in Grand Army Plaza, followed by the parade gathering at 10 am and stepping off at 11 am. For details see - https://wiadcacarnival.org or their FB page at - https://www.facebook.com/Jouvertcity.

• * Ridgewood _ Thursday - Sunday, September 5 - 8, 2024 beginning at 6.30 pm daily, except Sunday when it begins at 3 pm and generally ends between 9.30 and 11 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

• Sunday, September 8, 2024 from 10 am to 3.30 pm - Bus Festival - in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details to follow - https://www.nytransitmuseum.org/busfestival/

• * Dumbo _ Friday & Saturday, September 13 & 14, 2024 from 6 pm to 10 pm & from 5 pm to 10 pm respectively - Americana Music Festival. Under the Dumbo Arch. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/DUMBOBID/ or https://dumbo.is/

• * Park Slope _ Saturday, September 14, 2024 from 10 am to past 6.15 pm - 43rd Annual Great Irish Fair. This is preceded by a mass at 9 am. New Location as of 2023. 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 $20 tickets see - https://www.iabsny.org/ or FB https://www.facebook.com/tgifnyc/

• * Governor's Island _ September 14, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Open Art Studios. Free but Rsvp. For details see - https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events

• * Fort Hamilton _ Friday, September 20, 2024 from 4 to 9 pm - 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

• * Bay Ridge _ Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 20, 21 & 22, 2024 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/

• * Governor's Island _ Summer Saturdays & Sundays, September 21 & 22 and October 19 & 20, 2024 from 11 am - 5 pm, there's the FAD Market near the Carreau Club on Governor's Island. About 40 designers, artists and creatives will show and sell their works consisting of hand­craft­ed jew­el­ry, art, appar­el, bath and body care, table­ware, home fur­nish­ings, arti­sanal pack­aged food and other works. Street fairs on Governor's Island in Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events/fad-market-2

• * Governor's Island _ September 21 - 29, 2024 - Climate Week. Various programs - see website. For details see - https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events

• * Sunset Park _ Sunday, September 22, 2024 from 11 am - 6 pm. Sunset Park BID 5th Avenue Street Festival. Along 5th Avenue between 44th & 59th Streets. Brooklyn street fairs in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details see - https://sunsetparkbid.org/events/2024-annual-street-festival/

• * Flatbush / Ditmas Park _ Sunday, September 22, 2024 from 10 am - 6 pm. Flatbush Frolic. Music and entertainment, along with over 100 vendors selling food, arts & crafts, rides in support of local shopping. Along Cortelyou Road between Ocean and Coney Island Avenues. Flatbush Ditmas Park. Brooklyn street fairs in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details see - https://fdconline.org
• * Bushwick _ Sunday, September 22, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - House of Yes Block Party - at 2 Wyckoff

• * Downtown Brooklyn _ Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - Fulton Mall / MetroTech Area Fair. Along Lawrence Street from Fulton to Willoughby Street. Street fairs in Brooklyn / st fairs bk.

• * Downtown Brooklyn _ Friday & Saturday, September 27 & 28, 2024 from 5 pm to 8.15 pm & 12 noon to 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. For details see - https://www.dbartsfestival.org/ or https://www.downtownbrooklyn.com

• * East Williamsburg _ Friday, September 27 to Sunday October 6, 2024 [excluding Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday] - Zum Schneider Fest - in a tent adjacent to the 3 Dollar Bill bar and restaurant at 260 Meserole Street in Brooklyn. The times are generally from 5 - 10 pm, except Sunday 12 noon - 8 pm, and on Saturday there are two seatings from 12 noon - 4.45 pm and from 5.15 - 10 pm. This is a traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest which for years had been held in Manhattan along the East River at 23rd Street, but moved to Brooklyn in 2022. Tickets start at $15 and on up for groups, food and drinks. For details see https://nyc.zumschneider.com/

• * Downtown Brooklyn _ Saturday & Sunday, September 28 & 29, 2024 - Brooklyn Book Festival. Saturday, from 10 am to 4 pm there's Childrens Day at the Brooklyn Commons. Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm Literary Festival at Brooklyn Borough Hall. For details see - https://brooklynbookfestival.org

• * Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm there's a Brooklyn Fall Fair. At the Bedford District Health Office Parking Lot at 485 Throop Avenue in Brooklyn. Health screenings, farmers markets, arts & crafts sales. Free.

• * Boerum Hill _ Sunday, September 29, 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm - the Atlantic Antic. Along Atlantic Avenue from 4th Avenue in Boerum Hill, to Hicks Street in Cobble Hill & Brooklyn Heights. 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

• * 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/

 

 

OCTOBER Street Fairs in Brooklyn 2024

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

• * Downtown _ Sunday, October 27, 2024 from 11 am - 6 pm. Court Street Spectacular. Along Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon Street. Downtown Brooklyn street fairs. meteor.

• * East Williamsburg _ Friday, September 27 to Sunday October 6, 2024 [excluding Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday] - Zum Schneider Fest - in a tent adjacent to the 3 Dollar Bill bar and restaurant at 260 Meserole Street in Brooklyn. The times are generally from 5 - 10 pm, except Sunday 12 noon - 8 pm, and on Saturday there are two seatings from 12 noon - 4.45 pm and from 5.15 - 10 pm. This is a traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest which for years had been held in Manhattan along the East River at 23rd Street, but moved to Brooklyn in 2022. Tickets start at $15 and on up for groups, food and drinks. For details see https://nyc.zumschneider.com/

• ** October 9, 2024 beginning from 6 to 10 pm - Brooklyn Black Tie Ball. At Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights. Proceeds go to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. For details and $1,500 & up tickets see - https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/

• ** Thursday, October 10 - Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at various times and at five locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn - New Fest NY LGBTQ Film Festival. The five locations are: SVA Theatre, the LGBTQ Community Center in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Nitehawk Cinema in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They also include a virtual option. For details and $17 tickets and up for festival passes see - https://newfest.org/

• * Crown Heights _ Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 10.30 am to 7 pm - 29th Annual Panamanian Parade & Festival. The event opens with a ceremony at 10.30 am at Bergen Street and and Franklin Avenue. The parade begins at 12 noon starting at Bergen and heading down Franklin Avenue, turning west at President and then heading north along Classon Avenue. The parade ends in Dr. Ronald McNair Park which is the triangle park next to the Brooklyn Museum at Classon and Eastern Parkway. The parade is followed by a festival with dance, music, food and shopping in the park along Classon between President and Eastern Parkway. For details see - www.panamanianparade.org. Parades in Brooklyn.

• * Bensonhurst _ Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 11.15 am to 6 pm - Annual Columbus Day Parade & Festival. The event starts with a 11.15 am Mass at St. Athanasius Church at Bay Parkway & [2154] 61st Street in Bensonhurst. The parade begins at 1 pm at 61st Street and 18th Avenue [aka Cristoforo Columbo Blvd] and ends at 18th and Benson Avenues where a street fair / festival runs along Benson Avenue between 18th Avenue and 19th Street [near the Il Centro Community Center] following the parade until early evening. Brooklyn street fairs in Bensonhurst. Parades in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of BK. For details see - https://fiaobrooklyn.org

• * Williamsburg _ Monday, October 14, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - Williamsburg Street Fair - along Bedford Avenue from North 7th Street to Metropolitan Avenue. Street fairs in Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC.

• * Fort Greene _ Thursday, Friday & Saturday, October 17, 18 & 19, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - 10th Annual BRIC Jazz Festival at BRIC Arts Media at 647 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Last year they described the Jazz Fest as follows, "... the ninth annual BRIC Jazzfest ... This acclaimed marathon Jazz festival, which is one of BRIC’s premiere performing arts programs, will take place across three days and two stages ... JazzFest is a widely-known Jazz music festival that brings together legendary figures, groundbreaking artists and newcomers from across the genre ...". There are three performances on each of two stages each night. For details and $59 and up tickets see - https://bricartsmedia.org.

• * Brooklyn Mostly _ Thursday - Sunday, October 17 - 20, 2024, Times vary but generally in the evening between 6 pm - 11 pm - NYC Wine & Food Festival. This used to be a Manhattan-centric event, but this year they're mostly in Brooklyn. Locations, types of events and ticket prices vary. Talks by restaurateurs and culinary artists, food demonstrations and samplings & chow downs. Admissions vary from $75 on up. For details and tickets see - https://nycwff.org

• * Bay Ridge _ Friday, October 18, 2024 from 7.30 - 9.30 pm - Bay Ridge Catholic Oktoberfest. In the court yard 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 [these are 2023 prices / unconfirmed for 2024]. For details see - https://bayridgecatholic.org

• * NYC _ Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 18, 19 & 20, 2024 - Open House NY - at various times and at 270 locations in all five boroughs. An opportunity to tour many of NYC's historic and cultural destinations for free. For details see - https://ohny.org

• MISSED - IT WAS 10.19.24 _ Thursday, October 12, 2023 - Sunday, October 15, 2023 from 5 to 10 pm Thurs, from 5.30 to 10.30 pm Fri, from 3 to 10.30 pm Sat, and from 2 to 9 pm Sunday - Fall Carnival at St. Anshelm Catholic Church at 4th Avenue and 82nd Street. Rides, games, food and drinks. Street fairs and festivals in Bay Ridge Brooklyn. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/p/St-Anselm-RC-Church-Bay-Ridge-100063595865909/

• * Gowanus _ Saturday & Sunday, October 19 & 20, 2024 from 12 noon to 6 pm - Gowanus Open Studios in the Gowanus neighborhood in Brooklyn. Stroll through the Gowanus neighborhood, stopping at artists studios along the way on Saturday and Sunday. For further details and a list and map of the over 300 artists participating in this weekend long events see - https://gowanusarts.org/.

• * Sunday, October 20, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm - 4th Annual Brooklyn Festival of Arts & Music at the Audubon Center near the Prospect Park Boathouse on East Drive in Prospect Park Brooklyn. They describe the event as follows, " ... celebration of Latinx and Afro-Latinx voices: Haitian, Afro-Dominican, Colombian, Afro-Colombian, Garifuna, Afro-Panamanian, Mexican, and Guatemalan ... puppet theater, music, dance, dance workshops, spoken word, craft stations, a collaborative public art project, children’s author visits, and a panel discussion. Culturally aligned food from Brooklyn eateries will be available for purchase, including vegan and kosher options ...". Free.

• * Friday, October 25, 2024 from 1 to 8 pm - Anime Food Festival  - at 26 Bridge [Name] at 26 Bridge [Location] in Dumbo Brooklyn. The festival is described as follows, " ... Upstairs NYC hosts a one-of-a-kind event featuring anime-inspired cuisine and the best of Japanese pop culture ...". Drinks and nibbles cost extra. For details and $20 / $25 tickets, see - https://www.japanculture-nyc.com OR https://www.instagram.com/upstairsatnyc/ OR https://www.japanculture-nyc.com/blog/experience-anime-inspired-cuisine

• * Downtown _ Sunday, October 27, 2024 from 11 am to 6 pm - Court Street Spectacular - along Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon. Street fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.

• * Industry City _ Monday, October 28, 2024 from 4 to 10 pm - Brooklyn Night Market. At Industry City at 36th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.
  • * RECURRING _ Monday, September 30 / August 26, 2024 / July 29, 2024 / June 24, 2024 / May 27, 2024 / April 29, 2024 from 4 pm to 10 pm - Brooklyn Night Market - at Industry City along and at 220 36th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues in Sunset Park Brooklyn. It's a food market featuring 65 vendors and a wide variety of cuisines. Food festivals in Brooklyn. Every last Monday of the month thru October.

• * RECURRING _ Saturdays & Sundays, Beginning April 6 & 7 thru October 26 & 27, 2024 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. These run weekends through October 2024. For details see - https://www.smorgasburg.com

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• Crown Heights _ Saturday, October 28, 2023 beginning at 11 am - 1st Annual Brooklyn Veterans Day Parade. Steps off at Rogers Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights. Organized by the Veterans Action Group Buffalo Soldiers of America. A resource fair will follow the parade at the Central Brooklyn Public Library.

• Downtown _ Tuesday, October 31, 2023 from 4 to 6 pm - The Myrtle Avenue Monster Mash. Along Myrtle Avenue between Flatbush and Classon. Treats, games, dancing and music. Kids 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Costumes suggested but not required. They will be hosting a 'Thriller' dance off.

SKIP PAST THESE OCTOBER EVENTS, WHICH ARE OLD, TO SEE REMAINING 2024 NOVEMBER & BEYOND EVENTS_

• Williamsburg _ Monday, October 9, 2023 from 10 am - 6 pm. Williamsburg BK Fair. Along Bedford Avenue from 7th Street to Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC.

• 2024 doesn't appear to be returning _ Williamsburg _ Sunday, October 1, 2023 from 12 noon to 7 pm [including assembly and after party] - the Avenue of Puerto Rico Parade. The parade assembly / line up begins at 12 noon. The parade kicks off at 2 pm under the BQE at Meeker and Graham Avenue [on Google Maps] which is also called the Avenue of Puerto Rico. The parade will march along Graham / Avenue of Puerto Rico down to Flushing Avenue. From 3.30 pm to about 7 pm there will be an after party.

 

 

 

NOVEMBER - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades NYC 2024

• LATE ADDITION _ * Crown Heights / Bed Stuy / Brownsville _ Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 11 am to 3 pm - Brooklyn Crown Heights Bedford Stuyvesant Brownsville Veterans Day Parade - beginning at Fulton Street and Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn. They tell us that this, " ... event filled with patriotic pride, marching bands, colorful floats, and inspirational speeches. Bring your family and friends to celebrate the brave men and women who have served our country ...". For details see - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-crown-heights-bed-stuy-brownsville-salute-to-veterans-parade-tickets-1023064853517

• * Downtown BK _ Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from 10 am - 6 pm. Fulton Mall / Metro Tech Area Fair. Along Lawrence from Fulton to Willoughby Street. St fairs in Downtown Brooklyn NYC.

• * NYC _ Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 2 am - Daylight Savings Time Ends. This is where we will 'fall back' by moving our clocks back one hour starting at 2 am Sunday, or before going to bed Saturday night.

• * NYC _ Sunday, November 3, 2024 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 hours and 40 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.

• * Prospect Park _ Sunday, November 3rd, 2024 from 3 to 6 pm - Diwali Celebration - at the Boathouse in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Enter at Ocean Avenue and Lincoln Road in E. Flatbush / Crown Heights. A celebration of Indian culture, organized by the Prospect Park Alliance. Not a street fair, but rather a cultural festival. Free, but rsvp at - https://www.prospectpark.org/event/diwali-in-prospect-park/

• * Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 8 to 10, 2024 at various times - Brooklyn Folk Music Festival - at the Jalopy Theater at 315 Columbia Street, as well as St. Anns & the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. For details and tickets ranging from $27 [kids] to $145 for a full festival pass see - https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ or https://www.jalopytheatre.org

• * RECURRING _ Prospect Heights _ Sundays, April 14 thru November 17, 2024 from 10.30 am - 5.30 pm - 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/

 

 

This Weekend Beginning 11.23.24 & the Following Weekdays

• * RECURRING _ DUMBO _ Saturdays & Sundays, November 16 - December 22, 2024 is open from 8 am to 5 pm - Brooklyn Flea - Underneath the Dumbo Arch at 80 Pearl Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC. For details see - https://brooklynflea.com

• * RECURRING _ Williamsburg _ Saturdays & Sundays, November & December 2024 from 11 am to 6 pm - Artists & Fleas - at 70 North 7th Street in Williamsburg. North Brooklyn.

 

• * Saturday & Sunday, November 23 & 24, 2024 from 10 am - 4 pm - Danish Seamen's Church holiday market at Danish Seamen's Church at 102 Willow in Brooklyn. Holiday market many things Scandinavian, with Danish food and wine. North Brooklyn. https://www.facebook.com/100064668432644/photos/949352443897028/?_rdr

• * RECURRING _ Coney Island _ November 23 to January 7, 2025 - Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays [except Thanksgiving & Xmas] and Weekdays between 12/25 - 1/1/2025 - 2nd Annual Frost Fest - at Luna Park on Coney Island. This event includes a holiday market. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com/

 

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Only asterisked events have been updated to 2024. Watch Dates / Years.

• More updates coming next week, but they will largely be posted on the holiday events and holiday markets pages, which you can find via the search function on this site, or by using the links posted on the front page each Friday by borough, or using the links on this page. In January, the activity on this page will begin picking back up again.

 

• * RECURRING _ Greenpoint _ Friday, November 29 to December 15, 2024 at various times - Flip Circus in Brooklyn. At the main field in McCarren Park on the south side of the park. For details and tickets ranging from $30 for kids to $60 / $65 for adults, see - https://www.flipcircus.com

• * 2024 FAD Markets are in December this year _ Saturday & Sunday, November 4 & 5, 2023 from 11 am to 6 pm - FAD Holiday Market at Empire Stores at 55 Water Street in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn.

• * Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 2024 in Brooklyn at Zero Space at 337-345 Butler & December 13 & 14, 2024 in Manhattan at Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th Street from 11 am to 5 pm - Renegade Craft Fair. Holiday markets in Brooklyn and Manhattan NYC.

• * MOVED TO OCTOBER 25, 2024 _ Friday, Saturay & Sunday, November 17, 18 & 19, 2023 from 4 to 7 pm - Taste of Miyagi Fair. Taste the sake & cuisine of Miyagi at Kuraichi at 267 36th Street in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. Free admission. For details see - https://www.japanculture-nyc.com.

 

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CLICK here for related things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC in our monthly weekend and weekday events calendar [updated weekly], and also click the header at the top of the page to go to the Front Page where on Thursdays or Fridays we post weekend events.

 

WE UPDATE WEEKLY

Asterisked events HAVE been updated to 2024. Pay attention to the dates / years.

ALWAYS A WORK IN PROCESS. FRI 11.23.24. USE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR OTHER WEEKEND ACTIVITIES IN BROOKLYN.

 

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 here for related things to do this weekend in Brooklyn NYC in our monthly weekend and weekday events calendar [updated weekly], and also click the header at the top of the page to go to the Front Page where on Thursdays or Fridays we post weekend events.

 

SPECIAL NOTICE - Bk Holiday Markets - Update of Brooklyn Holiday Markets & shopping NYCnow updating weekly beginning 11/1/23.

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UPCOMING I - NEXT WEEK

See holiday markets link above. We'll be updating over the next week or so and then weekly.

• SPECIAL NOTICE - Bk Holiday Events - Update of Brooklyn Holiday events & things to do NYC coming Monday 11/27/23.

• SPECIAL NOTICE - Bk Holiday Markets - Update of Brooklyn Holiday Markets & shopping NYCnow updating weekly beginning 11/1/23.

 

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Holiday Markets / Holiday Events / Thanksgiving Food Shopping / NYE Parties

• SPECIAL NOTICE Bk Thanksgiving Dinners & Food Shopping - Update of Brooklyn Thanksgiving Dinners & gourmet food shopping NYC coming Monday 11/20/23.

• SPECIAL NOTICE Bk NYE Parties - Update of Brooklyn New Years Eve parties & events NYC coming Monday 11/20/23.

 

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

 

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

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.

 

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

 

 

SCROLL UP A BIT - THESE ARE OLD / THEY NEED UPDATING - OLD - PLEASE IGNORE

 

 

NOVEMBER 2022 - Brooklyn Street Fairs & Parades nyc

Links to Brooklyn Holiday Markets

• * 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/

• * 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

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• 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.

 

 

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• 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/

 

 

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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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