Things to Do With Kids in Brooklyn

Things to do with kids in Brooklyn

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Saturday May 17, 2025

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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10:30 – 11:15 am

K–5 Poetry Workshop

Church of the IncarnationBoreum Hill

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10:30 am – noon

Tour of Building A at the MADE Bush Terminal Campus

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

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Kite Festival

11 am – 3 pm

Kite Festival

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge Park

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 5 pm

PS 295 Touch A Truck

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Community
Family

PS 295Park Slope

Noon – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Pinkster Celebration

Ages: All
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumEast Flatbush

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

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Noon – 4 pm

Living Well, Living Strong! Free Health Fest and Fun Beats! (Community Board 2 Health Fair)

Ages: 5 and up
Beauty
Dance
Family

Fort Greene ParkFort Greene (Myrtle Ave & St Edwards Street)

1:30 pm

17th of May Parade

Ages: All
Family
Festivals
Free

17th of May Parade

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2 – 3 pm

Show Up, Kids! Interactive Family Comedy

Ages: 3 – 8
Comedy
Family

The RATDUMBO

Sunday May 18

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge Park

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10 am – noon

Party on Wheels

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

New York Transit MuseumDowntown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

10 am – 1 pm

Wonderful Warblers Nature Exploration

Ages: All
Environment
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

11 am – 2 pm

Lil’ Brunch Club

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: NYCxDESIGN

Ages: All
Art
Family
Free

St. PaulCobble Hill

MVP

11 am – 3 pm

The MVP’s Disco Ball!

Ages: 8 and under
Family

Friends of FirefightersRedhook

Brooklyn Rock and Roll Playhouse

Noon – 1 pm

The Rock and Roll Playhouse plays the Music of Bruce Springsteen

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Music

Brooklyn BowlWilliamsburg

Noon – 6 pm

Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront

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3 – 4 pm

Much Ado About Nothing Performance

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Open Houses
Theater

First Unitarian Church of BrooklynBrooklyn Heights

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6 – 7 pm

Child’s Play NY Presents: Hamlet

Ages: 5 – 12
Family
Theater

First Unitarian Congregational Society in BrooklynBrooklyn Heights

Tuesday May 20

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge Park

11 am – 12:30 pm

Tot Time Tuesdays

Ages: 4 and under
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park (Hendrix Creek Patio)

Wednesday May 21

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

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4 – 9 pm

2025 Asian Heritage Celebration & NIGHT MARKET

Ages: 3 and up
Comedy
Community
Family

Industry City Courtyard 1/2Sunset Park

Thursday May 22

Brooklyn AAPI Month with BCM

3 – 3:45 pm

AAPI Month with BCM

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumCrown Heights

Friday May 23

All day

DanceAfrica Festival 2025

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Academy of Music

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building

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10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Spring First Discoveries

Ages: 4 and under
Family

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Saturday May 24

All day

DanceAfrica Festival 2025

Ages: All
Art
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Academy of Music

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All day

DanceAfrica at BAM

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building

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