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Visit caribBEING House for Target First Saturday at Brooklyn Museum.

This Saturday, August 4th between 5pm and 10pm, Brooklyn Museum is holding it’s monthly Target First Saturday event. This month it’s featuring a mobile art center from local Brooklyn creative hub, caribBEING. Described on the museum’s site as “Caribbean voices through art and activations”, it’s sure to be a lovely cultural experience! Read more below. […]

Visit Ship Amistad at PortSide New York Today!

Today until 5pm, with an hour long break between 1pm and 2pm, you can tour the Amistad for free at Pier 11 of the Atlantic Basin in Red Hook. The ship will be docked alongside PortSide New York’s Mary A. Whalen, which will also be available to tour presenting African American Maritime Heritage programming. This […]

Brooklyn Cyclones Events.

One of our all-time favorite summer activities is heading over to MCU Park in Coney Island to see a Brooklyn Cyclones game. It’s affordable and so much fun as they have tons of entertainment during and between innings. Really it’s the best place to take young kids who may not sit through a more expensive […]

Brooklyn Neighborhood Festival at The Bell House Saturday.

We haven’t covered an event happening at The Bell House in a while, though it is one of our favorite Brooklyn venues. Here is one that sounds like it’s going to be both fun and delicious! The Brooklyn Spread is a fundraiser supporting BKYSC, Brooklyn Youth Sports Club. Read more below and buy tickets here! […]

The Fence Photo Exhibit in Dumbo.

The Fence is part of Photoville, an outdoor photography exhibit, and is running in several different cities. Brooklyn is one of them and tomorrow you can view this wall of photography and learn more about what you are viewing during a special Brooklyn Bridge Park walking tour! Read more below! Join United Photo Industries (UPI) […]

Open Studios and Karaoke in Dumbo Today

For those who have the week off but opted for a staycation rather than going away for the 4th of July holiday we’ve got a fun and unique event for you to check out today. Dumbo is always a lovely place to stroll around. There’s Brooklyn Bridge Park, Jacques Torres chocolates and tons of galleries. […]

Good News for Kensington Stables.

A couple of years ago we learned that Kensington Stables had declared bankruptcy and the building was on the market. Residents of this area near Prospect Park were upset to hear this news. Not only were these stables a historic part of the community but they added charm to this section of Brooklyn. It’s so […]

Open House Tips for Buyers

We have shared our thoughts and ideas in the past for sellers staging their homes for an open house (see our blog post 5 Tips on Staging Your Home) but now we’d like to talk about the other side of this process, attending an open house. For first-time home buyers especially this may be a bit […]

Father’s Day Music Event at Urban Meadow.

Does your dad or husband enjoy rock steady and/or ska? If so we’ve got the perfect Father’s Day activity for you! Urban Meadow is hosting a performance featuring Audra Rox Steady and Skalopy from 4pm-6pm. Events at this open community garden in the Columbia Waterfront district are always fun and unique. It’s a gorgeous space […]

Morbid Anatomy Pop-Up!

Ok, so this may be old news but we are just learning about it so we figured we would spread it around since many of you may be hearing this for the first time also. Morbid Anatomy, which started on Union Street in Gowanus and moved to a larger space nearby on 3rd Avenue only […]