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Saturday Oct. 18, 2025

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Menagerie: A Tribute to Animals Through Coney Island’s History and Beyond

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  • Free
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8 am – 3 pm

Maria Hernandez Farmers Market

  • Community
  • Food & Drink
Maria Hernandez ParkBushwick
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8 – 9 am

Brooklyn Bridge parkrun

  • Free
  • Outdoors
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 1
11 am – 3 pm

Farmhouse Family Day: Putting the Farm to Sleep

  • Ages: 12 and under
  • Attractions
  • Family
  • Free
Wyckoff House MuseumEast Flatbush
Brooklyn Harvest Festival 2024
11 am – 3 pm

Harvest Festival

  • Ages: All
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  • Free
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6
Harvest Festival
11 am – 3 pm

Harvest Festival

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Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 Liberty Lawn
FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery
Noon – 6 pm

FAD Market at Brooklyn Brewery

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Brooklyn BreweryWilliamsburg
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Noon – 6 pm

Six Foot Platform: MIKE DURKIN | MENDING QUILT

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  • Free
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Noon – 3 pm

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Sheepshead Bay Library

  • Free
  • Games
Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BaySheepshead Bay
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Noon – 4 pm

Van Alen Fall Fest 2025

  • Ages: 5 and up
  • Art
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Van Alen InstituteGowanus
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Noon – 6 pm

Join Dare2Draw at Arts Gowanus Open Studios – Oct. 18 & 19! (12-6PM)

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Dare2Draw Studios @540 President St, Gowanus540 President Street, Gowanus
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4 – 5 pm

Festival of Lights: Diwali

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Carmine Carro Community Center in Marine ParkMarine Park
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