{"id":358937,"date":"2026-09-28T16:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358937\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T16:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:44:12","slug":"bay-ridges-fifth-avenue-goes-car-free-for-family-friendly-famchella-on-sept-19-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358937\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Ridge\u2019s Fifth Avenue goes car-free for family-friendly FAMCHELLA on Sept. 19 \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-Sep-19-2026-4-50-13-PM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"FAMCHELLA\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Bay Ridge families filled a car-free stretch of Fifth Avenue for the second annual FAMCHELLA, a free street fair featuring magic, crafts, games and community resources.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynpaper.com\/category\/neighborhoods\/bay-ridge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Ridge<\/a> families took over more than 10 blocks of Fifth Avenue on Sept. 19, swapping traffic for magic, crafts, games and plenty of kid-friendly fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Bridge Parents and the 5th Avenue BID hosted the second annual FAMCHELLA, a free family-friendly street fair inspired by the energy and flair of Coachella. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., the car-free stretch of Fifth Avenue between 68th and 81st streets transformed into a neighborhood festival packed with activities for children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kids could try their hand at arts and crafts, games and LEGO play, while other attractions included balloon twisting, glitter tattoos and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon also featured a magic show from 4 to 4:30 p.m. on Fifth Avenue between 76th and 77th streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-249373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-Sep-19-2026-4-42-14-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\"  \/>The event was held by the Bay Ridge 5th Avenue BID as part of their series of fall programming.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n<p>For Elizabeth Lovejoy, executive director of the 5th Avenue BID, the event was about more than simply giving families something to do on a Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFAMCHELLA is all about bringing our community together, and we were proud to partner with Brooklyn Bridge Parents to create family-friendly activations that gave kids plenty of opportunities to play, explore, and have fun.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-249375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Photo-Sep-19-2026-3-42-41-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\"  \/>The event also provided essential school supplies in partnership with the Bay Ridge Community Development Center.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n<p>She also spoke of the BID\u2019s partnership with the Bay Ridge Community Development Center (BRCDC),\u00a0 provide families with essential school supplies and jackets during the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese partnerships are what make events like FAMCHELLA truly special; they allow us to not only celebrate our neighborhood but also support the families and children who make our community so vibrant,\u201d Lovejoy added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following FAMCHELLA, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayridgebid.com\/event-details\/fall-festivities-on-fifth-2026-10-03-12-00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BID<\/a> will host a Coffee Crawl on Oct. 3 and the annual Halloween Fest on Oct. 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bay Ridge families filled a car-free stretch of Fifth Avenue for the second annual FAMCHELLA, a free street&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[133590,7727,32486,98,2025,2184,4619,133591,4683,68640,45893,610,267,102553,9,24,12,63,134,136,135,904],"class_list":["post-358937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-5th-avenue-bid","tag-bay-ridge","tag-borough","tag-brooklyn","tag-community-news","tag-development","tag-events","tag-famchella","tag-family","tag-kc","tag-kings-county","tag-local","tag-local-news","tag-nbz","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358937","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=358937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}