Explore Brooklyn’s Dumbo, from neighborhood favorites to unique curated events. Start with the best-known things to do, then check out "What's happening" for upcoming limited events in Dumbo.
These special events are sourced from the web and social media, then carefully curated based on cool and unique events you might enjoy doing in Dumbo.
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Sellers bring vintage pieces, handmade goods and one-of-a-kind objects to Brooklyn Flea on Saturdays and Sundays. You can browse antiques and design alongside work made by contemporary makers, with the DUMBO Archway giving the market its distinctive setting.
Teachers at Creatively Wild Art Studio work with adults, teens and children in separate classes, so you can make art yourself or find a program for a younger artist. A single class gives you an individual session; a semester offers an ongoing course.
Jane Walentas restored the horses at Jane's Carousel with details as small as beveled bridle mirrors and faceted jewels. You can see those embellishments on a 1922 carousel with 48 carved horses and two chariots arranged in three rows. A ride puts you among the painted figures, while Jean Nouvel’s glass pavilion keeps the East River waterfront in view around them.
If you’re out with children, the Main Street area of Brooklyn Bridge Park pairs a nautical playground with room to spend time beside the river. You can settle on the elevated lawn, visit Pebble Beach or take in the bridges from the waterfront. This is the Dumbo portion of the park, close to the carousel and Empire Fulton Ferry, so the outdoor stops connect without making the park’s farther piers part of your outing.
Your team’s communication and coordination drive the games at Beat The Bomb Brooklyn, where you suit up in hazmat gear and tackle five interactive game rooms. The mission builds toward disarming a paint, foam or slime bomb; failure can end with the team getting blasted.
Find upcoming street fairs, performances and other unique events in Dumbo.
4 things worth doing in the next 7 days · Friday, October 16th – Thursday, October 22nd
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| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 Brooklyn Bridge Park's Harvest Festival | Sat, Oct 17 | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Bridge ParkDumbo · Brooklyn | 11:00 am |
 Concerts at the Boathouse | Sat, Oct 17 | Bargemusic, DumboDumbo · Brooklyn | Not posted yet |
 Harlem Chamber Players: Turina, Dvorak, D'Rivera | Sat, Oct 17 | Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, Pier 5Brooklyn Bridge Park Greenway, Brooklyn Heights, BroDumbo · Brooklyn | 2pm |
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concerts at the Boathouse | Sun, Oct 18 | Bargemusic, DumboDumbo · Brooklyn | Not posted yet |
 Walk along the East River: Learn about History, Architecture, & Ecology | Sun, Oct 18 | 8 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, 11201Dumbo · Brooklyn | 10:30am |
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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s annual fall festival combines live music with crafts, face-painting and a mini pumpkin patch.
🚇 Clark St (2 3) · 6 min walk
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The Harlem Chamber Players bring you a string-quartet program featuring music by Turina, Dvořák and Paquito D’Rivera.
🚇 Clark St (2 3) · 7 min walk
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You can hear chamber ensembles, solo pianists and Beethoven sonatas with conversation in Bargemusic’s Boathouse series.
🚇 Clark St (2 3) · 7 min walk
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Park docents lead you on a waterfront walk exploring how Brooklyn Bridge Park came to life.
🚇 High St (A C) · 6 min walk
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This is a waterfront park spread across piers, each with something different: playgrounds, soccer at Pier 2, volleyball courts at Pier 6, the Pier 5 Picnic Peninsula, and Fulton Ferry Landing.
4.8★ from 43,138 Google reviews
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Your group puts on hazmat suits and works through five game rooms, one of which is a laser maze, trying to disarm a bomb before the hour runs out — and if you fail, the bomb goes off and covers you in paint, foam or slime, which you pick in advance.
5★ from 16,098 Google reviews
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This is a spot on Washington Street where the brick warehouse walls frame the Manhattan Bridge, with the Empire State Building visible inside the span — you walk to it, take the photograph and move on.
4.8★ from 8,965 Google reviews
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A raised esplanade running from Remsen Street to Orange Street, built over the BQE and opened in 1950, where the activity is strolling and looking out.
4.8★ from 7,042 Google reviews
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A carousel ride in Brooklyn Bridge Park; the visit is the ride itself, so it works as a short stop rather than an afternoon.
4.7★ from 3,470 Google reviews
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A waterfront park with playgrounds, gardens, public art and piers you can walk between, plus basketball, biking, birding, fishing, kayaking, pickleball, ping pong, roller skating, soccer and volleyball.
4.8★ from 2,623 Google reviews
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A weekend market set up under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, where you browse vintage finds, handmade goods and secondhand odds and ends.
4.1★ from 2,159 Google reviews
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A nonprofit cat cafe where you visit adoptable cats, all rescued from the streets of New York City.
4.5★ from 1,334 Google reviews
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There are three separate locations: laser tag and mini bowling in a two-level factory basement in DUMBO, indoor paintball on a two-level arena in Williamsburg, and an Adventure Park with a ropes course, several rock climbing walls and a roller skating rink.
4.6★ from 1,146 Google reviews
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Public roller skating at Brooklyn Bridge Park, running Saturdays and Sundays with themed sessions mixed in — a Rubber Duck Skate Party is on the current calendar.
4.3★ from 614 Google reviews
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This is a farmers market at Court and Montague Streets that has been running since 1983.
4.5★ from 413 Google reviews
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This is the Othmer Library, a research reading room on the second floor at 128 Pierrepont Street where you look through Brooklyn books, photographs, oral histories and map collections.
4.6★ from 410 Google reviews
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A wide set of granite steps on Pier 1 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, facing New York Harbor — you sit on the stones and watch the water and the skyline.
4.8★ from 352 Google reviews
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A raised viewing point looking out over the Manhattan skyline, with the Statue of Liberty also visible.
4.9★ from 253 Google reviews
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You pick from a library of over 1,000 board and card games and play at tables that seat 2 to 8, so a family can sit down together with one game for the afternoon.
4.6★ from 245 Google reviews
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This is a working commuter boat you ride as a trip in itself, with routes running to Astoria, the Rockaways, Soundview, Governors Island and Coney Island.
4.2★ from 242 Google reviews
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A rental shop a short walk from the Brooklyn Bridge, hiring city bikes, e-bikes and cargo bikes for riding the bridge, Downtown Manhattan and the surrounding neighbourhoods.
5★ from 240 Google reviews
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The rebuilt Brooklyn Heights branch has dedicated areas for children and for teens, plus a main hall of books with seating and a reading circle.
4.4★ from 221 Google reviews
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You charter a private 46-foot yacht with a captain and go out into New York Harbor.
4.9★ from 187 Google reviews
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4.6★ from 170 Google reviews
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An art studio in Dumbo running group classes split by age: toddlers 2-4, kids 4-8, teens 9-17, and adults.
4.9★ from 137 Google reviews
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4.9★ from 136 Google reviews
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Pier 1 is 9.5 acres of open waterfront at the north end of Brooklyn Bridge Park, with three large lawns, a playground at the northern edge, and tree-lined pathways down to the water.
4.9★ from 127 Google reviews
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Five acres of open-air courts and play space under a roof structure on the waterfront.
4.8★ from 118 Google reviews
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Chamber music concerts at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse at Pier 5, where the wood-panelled hall has floor-to-ceiling views of the river and lower Manhattan.
4.7★ from 117 Google reviews
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4.9★ from 69 Google reviews
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Free kayaking in the protected embayment between Piers 1 and 2, with 20-minute paddles and the Manhattan skyline in front of you.
4.6★ from 65 Google reviews
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4.9★ from 54 Google reviews
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A shop rather than an activity: you browse racks of vinyl and curated vintage clothing, including a Japanese vintage selection.
4.3★ from 49 Google reviews
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Candlelight runs classical and pop-tribute concerts by candlelight at churches and halls around the city.
5★ from 43 Google reviews
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5★ from 23 Google reviews
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Near the water, you can choose among several food counters or sit down for pizza on Old Fulton Street.
On Plymouth Street, you can visit an artist-run gallery focused on women artists or explore Smack Mellon’s exhibitions with free admission.
Near Adams Street, look upward for a rooftop sculpture and toward Prospect Street for a two-wall mural.
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