Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 31st August 2026

New restaurants, bars, bakeries, cafes and supermarkets that opened & closed in our neighborhoods in August ’26 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s food scene never really pauses. August opened with Apapachó, a Mexican restaurant on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope; Lucky Creamery’s Asian-inspired scoops in Greenpoint; Liba, a kosher Mediterranean dining room at The William Vale in Williamsburg; and Frenzie, a sourdough pizza and wine bar on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. The month ended just as busily: Lidl opened its fifth Brooklyn supermarket in Williamsburg and Thai favorite Ugly Baby returned to Williamsburg.
Apapachó opened...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 31st August 2026

Free kid-friendly events this week in Brooklyn (8/31-9/7) | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

It is the last full week before school, and Carnival weekend on top of it! Families can check out the Junior Carnival costume parade in Crown Heights, Islands in the Park with Smorgasburg and a steel pan band in Prospect Park, three nights of free Trolls films on the lawns in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Sunset Park, back-to-school chalk runs in Canarsie and Marine Park, outdoor storytimes in Fort Greene Park and Cadman Plaza, and more!
One service note before you plan: the Brooklyn Children’s M...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 30th August 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: August 24–30, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: The BQE is getting a $4 billion, 10-year rebuild, three Brighton Beach teenagers died in a crash on the Belt Parkway; Spike Lee brought his Michael Jackson block party back to Fort Greene Park; more than a thousand 3-K and pre-K programs headed into September without their city money; the mayor broke ground on a $36 million rebuild of the Eastern Parkway Library; Landmarks votes Tuesday on 61 apartments inside the Hotel Bossert; a Carroll Gardens coffee sh...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 28th August 2026

Brooklyn summer camps still running until school starts | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn public schools go back on Thursday, September 10, 2026, and Labor Day falls on Monday, September 7. That leaves a full camp week from Monday, August 31 to Friday, September 4, and two loose days on Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9.
These are the camps from our Summer Camp Guide 2026 that are still running in that window. Dates, hours and prices below were checked against each camp’s own registration page. Several are in their final week of the season, and a few are alread...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 23rd August 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: August 17–23, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: The Battle of Brooklyn turned 250 on the Long Meadow; NYC Ferry discounts opened to middle schoolers; a 17-year-old was killed in East New York; City Hall sued the Council over paraprofessional bonuses; a Park Slope lottery opened 63 below-market apartments and an Egyptian restaurant opened in Bay Ridge. Read on for the latest!
The Prospect Park Alliance, the Old Stone House and the Brigade of the American Revolution marked the 250th anniversary of the lar...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 15th August 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: August 10–16, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of last week: The New York Transit Museum and MTA have announced the 2026 Bus Festival for September, thousands of free Broadway tickets went up for high schoolers with a Monday deadline; Cardi B filmed a music video in Sunset Park; the Council made outdoor dining year-round and Brooklyn asking rents climbed again while family-sized apartments got scarcer. Read on for the latest!

The city announced Thursday that it will cover the weekly co-pay that about 22,000 low-in...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 13th August 2026

Fall sports sign-ups are open in Brooklyn: soccer, tennis, flag football, swimming, dance and gymnastics | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Fall registration is open across Brooklyn, and for several programs it closes sooner than parents expect. Our Brooklyn 101 guides to soccer, tennis, flag football, swimming, dance and ballet, and gymnastics have all been updated for the fall season. Each one lists programs by neighborhood, with ages, costs, session dates, contact details and a direct sign-up link, so you can compare what is near you before you commit.

Our soccer guide runs to more than 30 programs, from toddler classes to trave...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 12th August 2026

Back to School 101 for Brooklyn families 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Back-to-school season is almost here, and we have rounded up everything Brooklyn families need to start the year off right: the 2026–27 school calendar, immunization deadlines, after-school guides, our annual Back to School events, and the school news worth knowing before day one.

The first day of school for all 3K–12 New York City public school students is Thursday, September 10, 2026 — a late start, since Labor Day lands late this year. The last day is Monday, June 28, 2027. The full calendar...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 10th August 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: August 3–9, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: the city closed nearly every beach to swimming; Pete Davidson turned up for dinner in Brooklyn; the first free 2-K offers went out; state test scores for public schools landed with a warning attached; Brooklyn had its quietest month on record for homicides; the MTA promised open-stroller space on every city bus; MUJI signed a lease at the Alloy Block; and a Crown Heights block was crowned the greenest in the borough. Read on for the latest!

Swimming was...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 8th August 2026

New York State test results 2026 for public schools released | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

New York City Public Schools released citywide results for this year’s state tests on Friday, August 7. Across grades 3 to 8, reading proficiency fell 6 percentage points to 50.3%, while math held steady at 57%. Individual student results are being released to families on Monday.
In Brooklyn, 53.4% of students met or exceeded the standards in English Language Arts, down from 60% last year. Math edged up to 61.8% from 61.4%. Brooklyn remains above the citywide average in both subjects.
Below is o...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 2nd August 2026

New restaurants, bars, bakeries, cafes and supermarkets that opened & closed in our neighborhoods in July ’26 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

July was a full month at the table: Red Hook Focacceria started baking long-fermented focaccia on Van Brunt Street, Badshah Social brought chef-driven Indian street food to Park Slope, Yuan Is Here made its Brooklyn debut with Taiwanese night-market cooking in Downtown Brooklyn, and Greenpoint got lobster rolls and Vietnamese-Japanese pizza in the same few weeks. Still to come: sourdough bagels from Caputo Bagels in Park Slope in September, Chad Robertson’s Altbau bakery in Williamsburg, and Lid...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 2nd August 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: July 27 – August 2, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: Spike Lee and BAM announced a new Brooklyn festival for November; the Nets and Liberty’s owners announced their divorce; two giant bears took up permanent residence on the Gowanus Canal; rip currents and bacteria advisories complicated a hot weekend at the beach; City Hall put a 30% discount on the city’s future grocery stores; the city loosened its preschool curriculum mandate; Lidl set a date in Williamsburg; and a 1,500-home complex with a new public sc...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 31st July 2026

Free Outdoor Concerts and Dance Parties in Brooklyn this summer 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s 2026 summer scene is packed with free outdoor concerts and community dance parties. Major highlights include Prospect Park’s BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! festival and the throwback Freedom Party in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Williamsburg’s Domino Square offers bi-weekly “Salsa by the Water” with beginner lessons, while Dumbo brings bluegrass to the Archway for the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival. For neighborhood block parties, locals can hit the legendary Soul Summit festival in Fort Greene...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 25th July 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: July 20–26, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: Brooklyn places 23 neighborhoods in the city’s top 50: Shakira turned Barclays Center into a two-night World Cup victory lap; Olivia Rodrigo’s new romance came with a Clinton Hill backstory; storm runoff put the city’s beaches under a no-swim advisory; Borough Hall’s subway station went step-free after two years; New York Magazine put day-care giant Bright Horizons under a harsh light; an 18-year-old was shot resisting a robbery on a Crown Heights platform...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 19th July 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: July 13–19, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: Ariana Grande made Barclays history; World Cup Final watch parties popped up across Brooklyn; Red Hook Pool finally reopened; heat wave, Canadian wildfires and thunderstorms challenged outdoor summer fun; a teenager was injured in a Bed-Stuy shooting; police made an arrest in the moped chain-snatching spree; a Brooklyn Heights townhouse set the year’s price record; Riverside tenants demanded repairs; Sichuan dim sum favorite Breeze signed on at The Ashland...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 19th July 2026

Affordable housing lotteries in Downtown Brooklyn, Gowanus, Red Hook & beyond | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Housing lotteries are now open for new developments in Downtown Brooklyn, Gowanus, Red Hook and Crown Heights, with one-bedrooms and two- and three-bedroom apartments available for eligible families. See all open housing lotteries across the five boroughs here!

Apartments: 5 one-bedroom apartments & 10 two-bedroom apartments
Amenities: Swimming pool, spa, gym, children’s playroom, dog park, coworking space, rooftop terrace, washers and dryers in-unit, and more
Monthly rent: $2,199 – $2,616
Elig...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 22nd June 2026

Free outdoor movies in Brooklyn this summer 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Outdoor movies are back in Brooklyn this summer at parks, plazas, and public spaces across the borough. This year’s most family-friendly outdoor movie screenings feature a variety of animated favorites, including Fantastic Mr. Fox, How to Train Your Dragon, Despicable Me 4, The Lego Movie, Zootopia, and multiple SpongeBob films. For a night out with older kids, mark your calendars for the action-packed thriller Die Hard, the sports comedy Bend It Like Beckham, Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee – a...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 5th June 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: June 1–7, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: parents fight pay-to-play playgrounds; Court Street redesign hits Carroll Gardens; Whole Foods coming to Cobble Hill and Bushwick; parks vs. parking, round two; Mamdani launches free 2-K; Greek Festival packs Schermerhorn Street; Knicks Finals watch parties mapped and will Spike Lee throw a championship party in Brooklyn?; men in manholes baffle Brooklyn; NYPD hunts B62 bus suspect; Bar Susanne, Socceria, and Grimm Tavern arrive; Brooklyn Heights’ last Wal...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 30th May 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: May 25–31, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: the Park Slope Food Co-op votes two-to-one to boycott Israeli products, ending a debate that began in 2009; the DOE confirms a fresh wave of 3K seats at PS 110 and Kuei Luck Early Childhood Center in Greenpoint, with more on the way in Boerum Hill; Mayor Mamdani unveils a $22 billion “Block by Block” housing plan in Gowanus; the City Council Land Use Committee takes up the 1,150-unit Monitor Point project on the Greenpoint waterfront; the ninth annual DUMB...

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 23rd May 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: May 18–24, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: the long-vacant Pre-K and 3-K center at Columbia and Van Brunt finally gets a September open date after years of community pushback; Mamdani picks south of Prospect Park for his first Brooklyn rezoning; judges’ parking holds up a $21M Columbus Park redesign at Borough Hall and more

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 16th May 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: May 11–17, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: Mayor Mamdani brings World Cup energy to NYC schoolyards with Soccer Streets; the Macy’s 4th of July fireworks return to the Brooklyn Bridge, Council Member Restler pushes for mitigation on Boerum Hill jail construction; Pre-K offers land while BoCoCa families come up short and more

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 11th May 2026

Best family-friendly bagel places in Brooklyn | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Bagels are a Brooklyn breakfast institution. A poppy seed in the park, an everything sandwich after the school drop-off, a sesame stacked with cream cheese so generous it falls out the sides — this borough takes its bagels personally.

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 10th May 2026

Prospect’s New Downtown Brooklyn High School Opens This Fall | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Prospect High School — a tuition-free public charter open to families across District 13 and the borough — moves into its new Downtown Brooklyn campus at 181 Livingston Street (the Wheeler Building) this fall.

Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family • 9th May 2026

The Week in Brooklyn: May 4–10, 2026 | Brooklyn Bridge Parents - News, Events and Family Services

Brooklyn’s biggest stories of the week: a new Bergen Street bike boulevard rises; last call for free city-worker child care; Dinosaur Bar-B-Que serves its final brisket on Union Street after 15 years; Show Brooklyn Some Love Fest’s Mother’s Day Flower Bar and Moms Who Move Bklyn celebrating Brooklyn’s moms; BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn’s full 2026 lineup and Bay Ridge’s front-row seat to Sail4th 250; Casa Tua’s Cucina food hall heading to One Hanson Place, new Williamsburg permits, and a record-setti...