South & Western Brooklyn Neighborhoods BK NYC
May 27, 2026 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods / Brooklyn BLVD.
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August 2025 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods & History / Brooklyn Arts & Culture NYC / Brooklyn News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.
Thursday - Sunday, August 14 - 24, 2025 from about 6 - 10 pm and probably starts earlier on the weekends - Celebration of the 51st 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. The procession begins at 2 pm on the last Sunday [8/24] at 18th Avenue and 72nd Street. Organized by FIAO Brooklyn. Brooklyn street fairs in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of BK. For details call Angelo 718.909.3598 or Renato 917.558.2902.
The photo at right was taken at the Santa Rosalia festival in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn in a prior year. The festival returns this week / weekend. See details above.
Brooklyn Neighborhoods News Briefs
June 2025 / Brooklyn Neighborhoods & History / Brooklyn Arts & Culture NYC / Brooklyn News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Brooklyn BLVD NYC.
Friday - Sunday, May 30 to June 8, 2025 at various times - the Brooklyn Film Festival - at three live location venues including Windmill Studios at 300 Kingsland Avenue, the Wythe Hotel at 80 Wythe Avenue, and the Round Table Brewery at 245 South First, as well as online. There will be 145 films presented in 42 programs, spanning six categories including Feature, Documentary, Short Documentary and Narrative, Experimental and Animation. Last year [2024] there WAS also a full day of panels and talks but I don't see anything like that for 2025. The primary location for live viewing is at Windmill Studios on 300 Kingsland Avenue [and the other two locations noted above] in Greenpoint Brooklyn. For $15 / $12 tickets and details see - https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/
The photo above or at right was taken at the Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parade in Sunset Park / Bay Ridge last year [2024]. The parade returns this weekend.
