Sep. 27, 2023 By Jada Camille The Third Avenue Festival, the fan-favorite street celebration in Bay Ridge, will celebrate 50 years in the neighborhood on Oct. 1. with its traditional massive 25-block bash full of music, games, and vendors. The yearly event hosted by Merchants of Third Avenue, a civic organization dedicated to boosting…
Sep. 25, 2023 By Gabriele Holtermann
Tropical storm Ophelia didn’t stop a few thousand pizza lovers from converging on Coney Island for Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy’s inaugural One Bite Pizza Festival at Maimonides Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, on Sept. 23.
Sep. 22, 2023 By Adam Daly
Brooklynites rejoice, the annual Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival will return for celebration of local artistic talent next weekend.
Sep. 21, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Fall is descending on Brooklyn, but that doesn’t mean the fun is over in Coney Island.
Sep. 20, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Pizza lovers will finally have the opportunity to joyously celebrate dozens of the city’s best pizzaiolos at the first-ever One Bite Pizza Festival, set to take place in Coney Island on Sept. 23.
Sep. 20, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
It’s the Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest, Charlie Brown!
Sep. 14, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Fall is right around the corner in Brooklyn, and so is one of the first celebrations of the season: Zum Schneider’s Munich in Brooklyn, billed as the city’s “premier” Oktoberfest celebration.
Sep. 13, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
The popular Coney Island Comedy Festival is back and better than ever for its fifth year. The festival, which is held at the Red Doors and Coney Island Brewery, will stretch over three days with a jam-packed lineup of local and traveling comics.
Sep. 11, 2023 By Jada Camille
Labor Day has passed, Brooklyn’s beach tourists have left, and as locals settle in to enjoy some peace and quiet once again, a Coney Island-based writing organization is highlighting local writers with a public poetry exhibit displayed all around the neighborhood.
Sep. 8, 2023 By Adam Daly
Twenty-two years on from the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that changed the face of New York City forever, Brooklynites across the borough are marking the solemn anniversary with various events over the coming days.