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Brooklyn Street Fairs And Festivals In September

Pamela Wong

Sep 8, 2017 — 3 min read

atlantic-antic — Photo via Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation

September offers lots of opportunities to get out and enjoy the cooler temperatures, your community, and neighborhood.

Here’s a list of upcoming street fairs and festivals with associated street closures (when applicable). Enjoy!

Saturday, September 9

Pig Island
Erie Basin Park, Red Hook
11:30am-4pm

Saturday, September 16
Southwest Brooklyn Fall Festival
On Columbia Street from Degraw Street to Union Street and on Union Street from Columbia Street to Hicks Street, Carroll Gardens/Columbia Waterfront/Red Hook
12pm to 5pm

Eat Greene
South Portland Ave between Fulton & Lafayette, Fort Greene
12pm-7pm
The Greene Grape in partnership with FAB Fulton and Interboro NYC proudly announce Brooklyn’s first EAT GREENE street fair! This will be a day of food education, neighborhood collaboration, and of course some great feasting and libations!

Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day
MetroTech Commons, Downtown Brooklyn
10am-4pm

36th Annual Great Irish Fair
Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk, 3052 W 21st Street, Coney Island
10am-8pm

Sunday, September 17

2017 Brooklyn Book Festival image, illustrated by Adrian Tomine and designed by Rodrigo Corral

Brooklyn Book Festival Day
Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Downtown Brooklyn
10am-6pm

Sunset Park 5th Avenue BID Street Festival
5 Avenue Between 44th Street & 59th Street, Sunset Park
11am-6pm

42nd Annual Flatbush Frolic
Cortelyou Road between Coney Island Avenue & Ocean Avenue, Flatbush
11am to 6pm

Myrtle Avenue Fall Street Festival
Myrtle Avenue between Wyckoff Avenue & Fresh Pond Road, Bushwick
12pm-6pm

Taste of Williamsburg/Greenpoint
East River State Park, Kent Avenue, Williamsburg
1pm-5pm

Saturday, September 23
6th Annual Breukelen Country Fair
Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, 5816 Clarendon Road, East Flatbush
Free and open to the public (tickets required for some activities)
1pm-5pm

Sunday, September 24
43rd Annual Atlantic Antic Festival
Brooklyn’s oldest and biggest street fest takes place on Atlantic Avenue between 4th Avenue & Hicks Street, Boerum Hill/Cobble Hill/Brooklyn Heights
12pm to 6pm

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