{"id":352126,"date":"2026-09-21T03:12:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352126\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T03:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T03:12:58","slug":"free-kid-friendly-events-this-week-in-brooklyn-9-21-9-27-brooklyn-bridge-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352126\/","title":{"rendered":"Free kid-friendly events this week in Brooklyn (9\/21-9\/27) | Brooklyn Bridge Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Families can catch Brooklyn Book Festival Children\u2019s Day at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the switch-on of the new lights at the McCarren Park tennis courts in Williamsburg, a free tech and textiles drop-off in Dumbo, a harbor science festival and free kayaking at Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Friends of Greenpoint Library book sale in Greenpoint, the Upcycle tag sale on car-free Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, Pop-Up Audubon and the last Moli\u00e8re performances in Prospect Park and more! Public schools are closed Monday, September 21 for Yom Kippur, and the Prospect Park Audubon Center is running free programming all day. Be sure not to miss the Atlantic Antic on Sunday \u2014 Brooklyn Bridge Parents\u2019 guide to the street fair with kids<\/a> has the details.<\/p>\n

ALL WEEK<\/p>\n

Free stroller walks<\/a> | All week, borough-wide<\/p>\n

Every week | Mornings, days vary | Prospect Park, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park and more | Free | Babies and toddlers in strollers
Brooklyn\u2019s free stroller groups walk every week of the year: Mommy & Me walks Sundays at 10am in Prospect Park, Stroller Mami Walk Mondays at 10am in a rotating neighborhood, the Cobble Hill Walking Club on weekday mornings at Cobble Hill Park, Prospect Park Stroller Walks Thursdays at 10am from the Audubon Center and parkrun Saturdays at 8am in Brooklyn Bridge Park. There are dads\u2019 stroll and run clubs too \u2014 the full roundup is in our guide.<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend events<\/a> | Borough-wide<\/p>\n

Sunday through Monday, September 20\u201328 | Times vary | Venues across all five boroughs and online | Almost all free | All ages, event by event
The week of readings, workshops and panels that runs either side of the festival weekend. Check each listing \u2014 the organizers say Bookends are overwhelmingly free, but a handful are ticketed.<\/p>\n

Fall Plant Giveaway at the Native Nursery<\/a> | Greenpoint<\/p>\n

Through October 30 | 10am\u20132pm daily, until 5pm on Fridays | Native Nursery at Under the K Bridge Park, 465 Scott Avenue | Free | All ages
Take home free native plants for the stoop, the yard or the windowsill from the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance nursery.<\/p>\n

The Shirley Chisholm Way exhibit at Lefferts Historic House<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Wednesday through Sunday | 12\u20135pm | Lefferts Historic House, 452 Flatbush Avenue | Free | School-age kids
An indoor history exhibit on the Brooklyn congresswoman, good for a rainy afternoon.<\/p>\n

Moli\u00e8re in the Park: Don Juan<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Final performances Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, September 22, 23 and 25 at 7pm, and Sunday, September 27 at 2pm and 3pm | LeFrak Center at Lakeside | Free, RSVP required | Teens and up \u2014 mature themes
The closing week of free outdoor Moli\u00e8re at Lakeside.<\/p>\n

MONDAY \u2014 NO SCHOOL FOR YOM KIPPUR<\/p>\n

Yom Kippur school holiday programming at the Prospect Park Audubon Center<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Monday, September 21 | Nature Around Us 10am\u20133pm; Fall Leaf Discovery 2\u20133pm | Prospect Park Audubon Center, 101 East Drive | Free | All ages
Seasonal discovery stations, pond samples and water-quality testing all day, then a citizen-science walk that leaves the Audubon Center promptly at 2pm. Lefferts Historic House keeps its ReImagine Lefferts open hours the same day, 12\u20135pm, also free. The Carousel runs 12\u20135pm but is $3 a ride. Looking for somewhere to park the day? Our day camps for when public schools are closed<\/a> guide lists the options.<\/p>\n

Babies and Books and Toddler Time at Adams Street Library<\/a> | Dumbo<\/p>\n

Monday, September 21 | 10:30am lapsit for babies who are not yet crawling; 11:15am Toddler Time for crawling and walking toddlers | Adams Street Library, 9 Adams Street | Free, registration required | Babies and toddlers
Two back-to-back sessions for the littlest readers at the Dumbo branch. The two groups are kept separate \u2014 register for the right one.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s My Park Day<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Monday, September 21 | 10am\u201312pm | Prospect Park | Free, registration required | Big kids, teens and grown-ups
A morning clean-up with Prospect Park Alliance, and an easy way to fill a school holiday.<\/p>\n

Dungeons & Dragons for teens at Greenpoint Library<\/a> | Greenpoint<\/p>\n

Monday, September 21 | 4\u20135:30pm | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue, Eco Lab | Free | Teens 13 and up
A weekly table run by a teen volunteer.<\/p>\n

TUESDAY<\/p>\n

Game On! at Park Slope Library<\/a> | Park Slope<\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 22 | 3\u20133:45pm | Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue | Free | School-age kids
Drop-in board, card and tabletop games after school.<\/p>\n

LEGO Robotics at Park Slope Library<\/a> | Park Slope<\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 22 | 4\u20135pm | Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue, Auditorium | Free | School-age kids
Building and robotics, this season on an animal theme.<\/p>\n

WEDNESDAY<\/p>\n

Light Up McCarren switch-on celebration<\/a> | Williamsburg and Greenpoint<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 23 | 6\u20139:30pm, opening ceremony 6\u20137pm | McCarren Park tennis courts | Free, RSVP requested | All ages early on
Two years of fundraising by local players and neighbors put lights on seven McCarren courts, and this is the night they go on. An open-play session follows at 7pm on a separate RSVP, and that part is for people who already play.<\/p>\n

\"Light<\/p>\n

Dumbo Tech + Textiles Cleanse<\/a> | Dumbo<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 23 | 10am\u20132pm | Dumbo Archway Plaza | Free | An errand with kids rather than an activity
The Dumbo BID and the Lower East Side Ecology Center take working and broken electronics \u2014 computers, monitors, phones, printers, TVs, consoles, cables, lead-acid batteries \u2014 plus clean, dry clothing, shoes, bags, towels, curtains and bedding. No VHS, CDs or DVDs, no ordinary batteries, no household appliances. Data security is guaranteed and tax-deduction forms are on site. Bringing seven or more full-size items? Come in the first three hours.<\/p>\n

\"Dumbo<\/p>\n

Stargazing at Brooklyn Bridge Park<\/a> | Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 23 | 8\u201310pm | Pier 1, northern promenade corner along the water | Free | Big kids and up, weather permitting
The last session of the season with the Amateur Astronomers Association and their telescopes. It was pushed from September 16 by cloud, so it may move again.<\/p>\n

Babies & Books and Toddler Storytime at Park Slope Library<\/a> | Park Slope<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30am for birth to 18 months; 11:15am for 18 months to 3 years | Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue | Free, registration required | Babies and toddlers
Stories, songs and rhymes, split by age.<\/p>\n

Carroll Gardens Library storytimes at St. Paul\u2019s Episcopal Church<\/a> | Carroll Gardens<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 23 | 10:30am Toddler Time; 11:15am Babies & Books | St. Paul\u2019s Episcopal Church, enter through the gate on Carroll Street | Free | Babies and toddlers
The branch is closed for renovation, so storytime has moved up the block. There is a stroller valet at the gate.<\/p>\n

THURSDAY<\/p>\n

Prospect Park Stroller Walk<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 24 | 10\u201311am | Meets at the Audubon Center, 101 East Drive | Free, RSVP | Babies and toddlers in strollers
An hour of walking and company for parents and caregivers, running through October.<\/p>\n

Babies & Books at Brooklyn Heights Library<\/a> | Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 24 | 10:30am and 11:15am sessions | Brooklyn Heights Library, 286 Cadman Plaza West, Craft Room | Free, registration required | Ages 0\u201318 months
Stories and songs in the Craft Room, two sittings.<\/p>\n

Prospect Park Fall Migration Walks<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 24 | 7:30am\u201312pm | Prospect Park | Free | Patient big kids and teens
The Brooklyn Bird Club leads the walk through the autumn migration season. Bring binoculars if you have them.<\/p>\n

FRIDAY<\/p>\n

Aqua Cosmos: The Hudson Canyon projected on the Brooklyn Bridge<\/a> | Dumbo<\/p>\n

Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26 | 7\u201310pm | Best viewed from Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park | Free | All ages
Anita Glesta\u2019s immersive artwork about the undersea canyon off New York Harbor, projected onto the bridge for two nights only.<\/p>\n

Nature Exploration: Tree Appreciation Month<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Friday, September 25, 10am\u20133pm; Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27, 10am\u20131pm | Prospect Park Audubon Center, 101 East Drive | Free | Best for ages 4 to 10
Drop-in leaf crafts and nature-detective sketchbooks at the Audubon Center.<\/p>\n

SATURDAY<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Book Festival Children\u2019s Day<\/a> | Downtown Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26 | 10am\u20134pm | Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street | Free | Toddlers through tweens
A full day of readings, workshops, performances, book signings and art projects. This year\u2019s line-up includes R.J. Palacio of Wonder, Bess Kalb of the Buffalo Fluffalo books, poet Mahogany L. Browne, Jorge Aguirre and Adam Gidwitz, plus dozens more.<\/p>\n

Hudson Canyon to NY Harbor Festival<\/a> | Dumbo<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26 | 11am\u20133pm | Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park | Free | All ages
A science festival from the Wildlife Conservation Society\u2019s New York Aquarium about the undersea canyon off the harbor \u2014 and the daytime half of that evening\u2019s projection on the bridge.<\/p>\n

Free public kayaking at Brooklyn Bridge Park<\/a> | Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26 | 10am\u20133pm, 20-minute slots | Pier 2, meet at the north entrance by the floating dock | Free, advance registration strongly recommended | Under 18s must have an adult with them
Life vests, equipment and instruction are all provided, and first-time paddlers are welcome. Book through the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse; walk-up spots are occasional and not guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Storytime with Jillian Tamaki at Books Are Magic<\/a> | Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26 | 11am\u201312pm | Books Are Magic, 122 Montague Street | Free, no ticket listed | Picture-book age
The Caldecott Honor illustrator reads Young Cat, Old Cat, her embroidered and appliqu\u00e9d book about a girl and her cat growing up together.<\/p>\n

Storytime with Ruth Behar and Gabriel Frye-Behar at Books Are Magic<\/a> | Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26 | 12\u20131pm | Books Are Magic, 122 Montague Street | Free, no ticket listed | Picture-book age
Picadillo for Paulina, about a girl keeping a promise to go vegetarian without giving up her family\u2019s Cuban cooking.<\/p>\n

Friends of Greenpoint Library Fall Book Sale<\/a> | Greenpoint<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26, 12\u20134pm and Sunday, September 27, 1:30\u20134pm | Greenpoint Library, 107 Norman Avenue | Free to browse | All ages
The branch\u2019s annual fall sale. Note that Greenpoint\u2019s Wednesday toddler storytimes and Saturday Family StoryTime are cancelled this week while staff set up for it.<\/p>\n

University Open Air<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27 | 10am\u20132pm | Prospect Park Audubon Center | Free, RSVP | All ages
Open-air classes from Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance.<\/p>\n

Pop-Up Audubon<\/a> | Prospect Park<\/p>\n

Saturday and Sunday, September 26 and 27 | 12\u20134pm | Concert Grove Pavilion and Nethermead Arches | Free | All ages
Two stations: one on supporting migratory birds in autumn at the Concert Grove Pavilion, one on what lives underfoot at the Nethermead Arches.<\/p>\n

Jazz in the Garden at the Amazing Garden<\/a> | Carroll Gardens<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 26 | 5\u20136pm | Amazing Garden, Carroll Gardens | Free | All ages
The Willie Martinez Trio play a community-garden set, courtesy of Carroll Gardens Library. Bring a picnic blanket.
SUNDAY<\/p>\n

Atlantic Antic street fair<\/a> | Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 27 | Daytime, along Atlantic Avenue | Free | All ages
Brooklyn\u2019s biggest street fair, with a kids\u2019 zone, live music and a mile of food stalls. Our guide has the stroller routes, the bathrooms and where to find the quiet corners<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Book Festival Day and Literary Marketplace<\/a> | Downtown Brooklyn<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 27 | 10am\u20136pm | Brooklyn Borough Hall and surrounding venues, including Columbus Park and the Center for Brooklyn History | Free | Teens and grown-ups, with the marketplace fine for everyone
Eight indoor and outdoor stages and a marketplace of publishers and booksellers. Marlon James, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Tracy K. Smith and Douglas Stuart are among the names announced.<\/p>\n

Upcycle: Community Tag Sale at Montague Open Streets<\/a> | Brooklyn Heights<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 27 | Tag sale 12\u20134pm; street car-free 10am\u20137pm | Montague Street between Clinton and Hicks | Free | All ages
Forty Brooklyn Heights households clearing out secondhand kids\u2019 clothes, books, toys, housewares and d\u00e9cor. No early shoppers, and seller spots are full \u2014 waitlist only, no walk-ups. Free the same afternoon on the same two blocks: walking tours of Brooklyn Heights with McNeil Tours at 1pm and 3pm, meeting outside Khaosan Thai at 128 Montague Street and bookable in advance; Art for Kids with Miss Piera outside Le Meraviglie at 108 Montague, 12\u20135pm, with an adult staying alongside; and giant street chess, oversized lawn games and sidewalk chalk. It clashes with the Atlantic Antic, so pick one or do both slowly.<\/p>\n

Greenmarket and Intro to Capoeira at Domino Park<\/a> | Williamsburg<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 27 | Greenmarket through November 22; capoeira Sundays through October 25 | Domino Park and Domino Square, River Street | Free | Beginners and families
GrowNYC\u2019s Sunday market for produce, flowers and plants, and a beginner-friendly Afro-Brazilian martial arts class on the same afternoon.<\/p>\n

Garden Club at McGolrick Park<\/a> | Greenpoint<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 27 | 10am\u201312pm | Meet at the pavilion in the center of McGolrick Park | Free, sign up | Big kids and grown-ups
Two hours of volunteering in North Brooklyn\u2019s oldest park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Families can catch Brooklyn Book Festival Children\u2019s Day at Brooklyn Borough Hall, the switch-on of the new lights…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-352126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}