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Saturday Sep. 20, 2025

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10 am – noon

Grand Opening Event- NY Preschool & Kids Club

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Family
Free

NY Preschool and Kids ClubPark Slope

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10 am – 7 pm

Glossier Brooklyn Pop-Up: Cloud Paint Plush Blush

Beauty
Free

Glossier Williamsburg, 77 N 6th street, Brooklyn, NY 11249

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Soil Studies

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumEast Flatbush

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11 am – 6 pm

World Rhythm Festival at Amboy Garden

Amboy GardenBrownsville

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Noon – 6 pm

Six Foot Platform: MIKAELA PERRY | DUMBO DREAMS

Art
Free

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1 – 6 pm

Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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1 – 6 pm

Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions

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Prithi Salt Marsh Lecture 09-2025 (2)

1:30 – 3 pm

Searching for Social Justice

Salt Marsh Nature Center

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2 – 4 pm

Community Science Seining

Ages: All
Caribbean
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 4 Beach

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8 – 10 pm

Albi – Live in Brooklyn @ Freddy’s Bar

Free
Music

Freddy’s Bar & BackroomSouth Park Slope

Sunday Sep. 21

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge Park

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

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10 am – 3:30 pm

Bus Festival

Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park

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10 am – 7 pm

Glossier Brooklyn Pop-Up: Cloud Paint Plush Blush

Beauty
Free

Glossier Williamsburg, 77 N 6th street, Brooklyn, NY 11249

10 am – 6 pm

Flatbush Frolic

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FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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Noon – 6 pm

FAD Market at Open Streets on Montague

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Brooklyn Get Together Gowanus

Noon – 5 pm

Get Together Gowanus

Threes BrewingGowanus

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1 – 6 pm

Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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1 – 6 pm

Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

WAN – Climate Week

1 – 2 pm

WE ARE NATURE: Climate Week — Entanglement Migratory Bird Science Panel

Free
Talks

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3 – 4 pm

NBF Presents: Friendship that Inspires

Brooklyn Borough HallBrooklyn Heights

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5 – 6:30 pm

The Crackalackin’ Concert of Classical Music

Free

Cara-Mia Poster 2 (3)

7 – 9:30 pm

Cara Mia Comedy at Mon Cheri Ridgewood

Comedy
Free

Mon Cheri Restaurant

Monday Sep. 22

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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11 am – 1:30 pm

DOG DAY AFTERNOON – Movie Screening and Discussion

Film
Free

Kings Bay Public LibrarySheepshead Bay

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6 – 9 pm

The Brooklyn Cumbia Festival

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Tuesday Sep. 23

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Various

Waterfront Walks

Ages: All
Family
Free
Tours

Brooklyn Bridge Park

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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