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Sunday Dec. 14, 2025

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Boerum Hill]

51 Bergen StreetBoerum Hill

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Cobble Hill]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

St. PaulCobble Hill

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11 am – 3 pm

Bklyn Holiday-Topia at City Point

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

City Point BKLYNDowntown Brooklyn

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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4 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope

5 – 7 pm

Menorah Lighting Ceremony at Kings Plaza

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Kings Plaza Shopping Center

Monday Dec. 15

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

6 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope

Tuesday Dec. 16

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

6 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope

December Author Graphic

7 – 9 pm

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City

8 – 10 pm

Queer Trivia Extravaganza @ Good Judy

Free
LGBTQ+

good judySouth Slope

Wednesday Dec. 17

Holiday music

10:15 – 10:45 am

Holiday Music with P.S.203 Chorus at Kings Plaza

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Kings Plaza Shopping Center

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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Noon – 2 pm

Farmers’ Market

Neighborhood Care Crown HeightsCrown Heights

6 – 9 pm

New York Real Estate Mixer

550 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

6 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope

Thursday Dec. 18

Brooklyn Prospect Park Stroller Walk

10 am

Prospect Park Stroller Walk

Ages: 2 and under
Community
Family
Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center

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11 am – 6 pm

FAD Market: Holiday Pop-up [Dumbo]

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Empire StoresDumbo

11 am – 6 pm

Poetics of the Photographic: Language of Resistance

Art
Free

Clive Davis Gallery

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

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1 – 5 pm

FREE HIV & STI TESTING

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Largest Menorah picture with partial crowd

6 pm

Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah Lighting

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Brooklyn’s Largest MenorahPark Slope

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7 – 8 pm

That 80s Improv Challenge: HOLIDAY & PUNK ROCK EDITION

Comedy
Free

Young Ethel’sPark Slope

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