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Wednesday Sep. 17, 2025

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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3 pm

Double Dutch Dreamz: Wednesday Wonders

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

Abolitionist Place

September

7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City

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9 – 10:30 pm

What’s The Worst That Could Happen? A Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

HalyardsGowanus

Thursday Sep. 18

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBed-Stuy

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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King David Rampersad, Jr: paintings on wood, plastic, and metal

6 – 8 pm

Trinidad and Tobago: King David Solo Exhibition

Free

Ivy’s ProjectsBed Stuy

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7 – 9 pm

That 80s Improv Challenge: EXERCISE VIDEOS AND BAD SITCOM INTROS EDITION

Comedy
Free

Young Ethel’sPark Slope

8 pm

Movie Nights on the Overlook

Ages: All
Family
Film
Free

Central Park Wollman Rink

Daniela Mora close up

8 – 10 pm

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingGowanus

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9:30 – 11:30 pm

Superstar Open Set

Pink MetalBushwick

Friday Sep. 19

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBed-Stuy

FAD Market Empire Stores

11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Fall Pop-up [Dumbo]

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Noon – 7 pm

Glossier Brooklyn Pop-Up: Cloud Paint Plush Blush

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Free

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

2 – 4:45 pm

Fishing Frenzy Fridays

Ages: All
Family
Free

Shirley Chisholm State Park Penn Pier

Exhibition Sept 19-24, 2025 Opening Sept 19, 2025, 6-9 pm Performance Sept 19, 7 pm By Appointment Only Sept 20-24, 2025

6 – 9 pm

When Lullabies Become Walls

Bartlett Street Garage (former Pfizer Building Garage)Williamsburg

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7 – 9 pm

Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreWIlliamsburg

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7:30 – 9:30 pm

Ocean Beach Chamber of Commerce Summer Movie Series

Free

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOcean Beqch – Fire Island

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7:30 – 10 pm

“She Ate” Drag Dinner at Branded Saloon

Art
Comedy

Branded SaloonProspect Heights

Saturday Sep. 20

All day

Long Island History Hunt

Ages: 5 and up
Family
Free
History & Culture

Sportime Pickleball YorktownOyster Bay

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBed-Stuy

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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick

BKBF Misty Copland

10 am – 4 pm

Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day

Brooklyn Borough HallDowntown Brooklyn

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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

Washington Street in DumboDumbo

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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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