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Red Hook

Brothers in bumpers: Friends and pinball wizards go all in on pinball museum in Red Hook

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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New York Family

52 Halloween Events and Activities for Families Around NYC

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BP Weekender: 6 things to do in Brooklyn Oct. 24-26

By Brooklyn Paper

Halloween Goes Car-Free: NYC’s Trick-or-Streets 2025 Brings Family Fun to Every Borough

New York Family

Halloween goes car-free: NYC’s Trick-or-Streets brings family fun to every borough

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Prospect Heights

Barclays Center unveils new fan spaces ahead of Brooklyn Nets season opener

By Olivia Seaman

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Bushwick

Making a splash: Meet Beau Stanton, the Red Hook resident painting eye-catching murals across the globe

By Claude Solnik

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Downtown

Din Tai Fung to bring 20,000 square-foot eatery to Downtown Brooklyn

By Olivia Seaman

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Grave tales: Inside Madame Morbid’s spooky, story-packed trolley tour

By Olivia Seaman

Things to Do with the Kids This Weekend in Brooklyn!

New York Family

Things to do this weekend with the kids in NYC

A Lesbian and Transgender Flag Hangs Above a Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson.

Gay City News

Gladys Wine & Books: A new space for Black queer femmes in Brooklyn

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Arts & Entertainment

Tricks and treats: Brooklyn’s best Halloween experiences for thrill-seekers and families

By Bridget Sawyer

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Bedford-Stuyvesant

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to open bar and bookstore at former Macon Hardware shop in Bed-Stuy

By Anna Bradley-Smith

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Gowanus

Artists open their doors to the public at Gowanus Open Studios, Oct. 18-19

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: A Very Brooklyn Fashion Show

Local designers shine at ‘A Very Brooklyn Fashion Show’ to support Red Hook artists

By Gabriele Holtermann

brooklyn mirage

Bankrupt, structurally unsafe Brooklyn Mirage files for demolition

By Kirstyn Brendlen

NY: Reposo y Recuerdo

Greenwood Heights

Green-Wood Cemetery marks Día de los Muertos with art installation by Laura Anderson Barbata

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Red Hook

Red Hook Open Studios forges ahead after fire

By Kirstyn Brendlen

dee dee bridgewater BRIC JazzFest

Arts & Entertainment

BRIC JazzFest to feature music legends and up-and-comers from around the globe, Oct. 17-18

By Jaeqwon Suarez

NY: A Night Against Censorship with George Takei

Books

George Takei speaks out against censorship at BPL Banned Books Week event

By Gabriele Holtermann

moe. Brooklyn Bowl

Jam band moe. to ‘Rock the Pink’ at Brooklyn Bowl for breast cancer

By Olivia Seaman

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