Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, September 11, 2026, and Yom Kippur ends after dark on Monday, September 21. New York City public schools are closed on Yom Kippurm, for day camps click here. The first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, which means the shofar is not sounded that day.…
Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: Brooklyn marked 25 years since 9/11 with gatherings across the borough and along the waterfront; Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill surprised crowds at the People’s runway, Central Library opened its 4,700-square-foot Teen Center, the biggest in the system; the Cit…
Join Brooklyn Bridge Parents and Atlantic Terminal Mall for a free, family-friendly morning outdoors on the Atlantic Terminal Mall Plaza! On Saturday, August 29, from 11 AM to 1 PM, we are teaming up for the final installment of our event series, Summer Saturdays for Families. Kick off the upcomin…
Join Brooklyn Bridge Parents and the 5th Avenue BID for the 2nd annual FAMChella on Fifth on Saturday, September 19th, from 3 to 6 pm with dozens of free kids’ activities, music, and more! We will have a high-energy family dance party, bouncy house, Coachella-inspired crafts, glitter tattoos, LEGO…
Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: Brooklyn marked 25 years since 9/11 with gatherings across the borough and along the waterfront; Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill surprised crowds at the People’s runway, Central Library opened its 4,700-square-foot Teen Center, the biggest in the system; the Cit…
A herd of 50 life-size buffalo puppets is coming to Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO! On Saturday, September 19 from 2 to 4.30 pm, Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi will march from Abolitionist Place to Brooklyn Bridge Park, with live music, poetry and tribal ceremonies at ever…
Join Brooklyn Bridge Parents and the 5th Avenue BID for the 2nd annual FAMChella on Fifth on Saturday, September 19th, from 3 to 6 pm with dozens of free kids’ activities, music, and more! We will have a high-energy family dance party, bouncy house, Coachella-inspired crafts, glitter tattoos, LEGO…
The Rockaways’ landmark Jacob Riis Park bathhouse — built in 1932 and largely shuttered since the early 1970s — opened its doors again in mid-August as Rockaway Ocean Club, after an $88 million restoration. For the many Brooklyn families who spend summer weekends at Riis, the “People’s Beach” now…
It is back-to-school week for Brooklyn families and the weekend is looking busy: a free dance class for toddlers at City Point, BRIC’s back-to-school family day, the African Film Festival on Governors Island, and our own Back to School Party in Brooklyn Heights on Sunday. Plus, Rosh Hashanah begin…
Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: The City banned AI for students through eighth grade, and announced it in Brooklyn; $43 million moved to keep 3-K and pre-K programs open; Carnival weekend filled the Brooklyn Museum grounds; the protected bike corridor from Sunset Park to DUMBO was finally…
Brooklyn is about to become the manga capital of the East Coast. Art of Manga, the first major exhibition in the Americas to treat Japanese comics as the art form they are, opens at the Brooklyn Museum on October 3 and runs through January 31, 2027.
August was a rather slow month in terms of new amenities for families in Brooklyn, however here are the new openings: A fourth Treasure Trunk Theatre studio in the South Slope, a free equipment-lending activity center on Governors Island, a full-size Lidl on Grand Street in Williamsburg, a brand-n…
Join Brooklyn Bridge Parents for our annual Back to School Party during Open Streets on Montague on Sunday, September 13, from 1 to 4 pm with dozens of free kids’ activities, performances, and more! We will have an obstacle course, arts & crafts, lawn games, building activities, martial arts demos…
Tweens and teens have a full calendar this September: the city’s outdoor pools stay open for one more week, a brass-band festival at Industry City and a free all-ages Americana festival under the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo, Charli xcx and Phoebe Bridgers at Barclays Center, a herd of life-size buff…
September is the month Brooklyn takes to the streets. It opens with our own car-free back-to-school party on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights and closes with the Atlantic Antic in Boerum Hill, the borough’s biggest street festival. In between, families can look forward to a $2-slice pizza party…
The Riolo Properties Team at Compass has released its monthly report on the property market in District 13 and District 15—your inside look at how Brooklyn real estate is moving this month!
The Rockaways’ landmark Jacob Riis Park bathhouse — built in 1932 and largely shuttered since the early 1970s — opened its doors again in mid-August as Rockaway Ocean Club, after an $88 million restoration. For the many Brooklyn families who spend summer weekends at Riis, the “People’s Beach” now…
Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: The City banned AI for students through eighth grade, and announced it in Brooklyn; $43 million moved to keep 3-K and pre-K programs open; Carnival weekend filled the Brooklyn Museum grounds; the protected bike corridor from Sunset Park to DUMBO was finally…
August was a rather slow month in terms of new amenities for families in Brooklyn, however here are the new openings: A fourth Treasure Trunk Theatre studio in the South Slope, a free equipment-lending activity center on Governors Island, a full-size Lidl on Grand Street in Williamsburg, a brand-n…
The Riolo Properties Team at Compass has released its monthly report on the property market in District 13 and District 15—your inside look at how Brooklyn real estate is moving this month!
