These Are the Best Holiday Events in Brooklyn

Holiday events in Brooklyn

Find upcoming events in your neighborhood

From dazzling Christmas lights to friendly Shabbat dinners to local caroling, find holiday events

Post an Event

Thursday Nov. 27, 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical Garden

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

© Nadav Havakook

11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

Winter-Village_Bryant-Park_2024-12-19_Colin-Miller_137_908deb

Noon – 8 pm

Holiday Shops at Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Ages: All
Family
Free
Holiday

Bryant Park 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018

Noon – 6 pm

Holidays on Atlantic Avenue

aMZMUfms

2 – 7 pm

Thanksgiving Dinner at R.AIRE

R.AIRE at The Hampton MaidHampton Bays

Interior

2 – 4 pm

New York Bateaux Thanksgiving Day Premier Lunch Cruise

Pier 61 Chelsea Piers

Thanksgiving Buffet

2:30 – 5 pm

New York Thanksgiving Day Dinner Cruise

Pier 61 Chelsea Piers

5 – 10 pm

Magic of Lights

Jones Beach State ParkWantagh

Friday Nov. 28

bxf-calendar-Disney-Tim-Burton’s-The-Nightmare-Before-Christmas-Light-Trail-photo-Avery-Brunkus-2025-09

Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical Garden

RCCS Dress Rehearsal

Various

Christmas Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes

Radio City Music Hall

Santa_GreenBackground_2000x693

Various

Photos with Santa at Kings Plaza

Kings Plaza Shopping Center

Santa_GreenBackground_2000x693

Various

Photos With Santa at Queens Center

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

All day

Santa Photo Experience

The Westchester

Santa Visit Event Souvenir Photograph

Various

Santa Claus visit at Tanger Outlets Riverhead

Tanger Outlets RiverheadRiverhead

Various

Santa Photos

Walt Whitman Shops

Various

Santa Photo Experience

Roosevelt FieldGarden City

Long Island LuminoCity

Various

LuminoCity: Fantasy Winter Fairyland

Eisenhower ParkEast Meadow

Julie Larsen Maher_8490_Holiday Lights_BZ_11 16 20

Various

Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights

NY-FamilyEvent-2025

Various

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Interactive Holiday Show

Ages: 8 and under
Family
Holiday
Theater

Manhattan Movement & Arts CenterUpper West Side

lif-calendar-Holiday-Spectacular-On-Ice-2025-11

Various

Holiday Spectacular On Ice

The Gateway PACSC

Various

Santa Photos at The Mall at Bay Plaza

The Mall at Bay Plaza

Various

Photos with Santa

The Shops at Atlas Park

Various

Lumina

Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard

Various

Santa at Ridge Hill

Ridge HillYonkers

2023FD81_417_RT_HR_FD-RGB-Edit-v3-people (1)

All day

Shine Bright at Hudson Yards Presented by Wells Fargo

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards

Winter-Village_Bryant-Park_2024-12-19_Colin-Miller_133_(1)-900×601

8 am – 10 pm

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park

10 am – 6 pm

Holiday Train Show

New York Botanical Garden

Lightscape 2025

10 am – 6 pm

Lightscape

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Round Pond Autumn late afternoon

10 am – noon

Annual Walk it Off Walk with Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt

Free
Holiday

Long Pond Greenbelt Nature CenterSag Harbor

DSC08742_1080x1080_Thank-FULL_Square_Nov25

10 am – 5 pm

Thank-FULL for You

Ages: All
Art
Family
Holiday

Children’s Museum of Manhattan

10:30 am

Harry Connick, Jr.’s The Happy Elf

The Argyle Theatre at Babylon Village

+ Export Events

More from Around NYC

units

Housing lottery underway for 101 units in Rego Park residential complex, rent starts at $545

Protesters outside synagogue

New York leaders blast ‘vile’ antisemitic rhetoric during protest outside Manhattan synagogue

The State Education Building lit up in commemoration of Transgender Day of Remembrance.

New York State lights up landmarks for Transgender Day of Remembrance

NY: Turkey Giveaway

‘A blessing’: Brooklyn lifts up food-insecure families with Thanksgiving giveaways