Explore Brooklyn’s Gowanus, 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 Gowanus.
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 Gowanus.
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Gotham Archery gets you shooting during your introductory class, with most of the session devoted to practice and a game. You begin with instruction in form and handling, then put that instruction to work with repeated attempts at the target. Equipment is included, so you can try the activity without assembling your own kit.
Bouldering Project gives you short climbing problems to work through, trying different sequences of holds as you go. Farther south from the archery range, this gym occupies the former Daily News Garage, renovated in 2023.
You’ll find L Train Vintage’s Gowanus shop under the name No Relation Vintage on Sackett Street, south of the climbing gym. Clothing racks fill a warehouse interior, but the first room doesn’t reveal the whole shop: continue through and it opens into another section.
The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club brings neighbors to the canal through paddling, environmental education and the arts. At its 2nd Street boathouse, west of the Sackett Street shop, you can encounter the industrial waterway through the work of people invested in its revival. Canoeing is seasonal and offered through scheduled programs, including free walk-up paddling on selected dates.
Comedians, storytellers, podcast hosts and musicians all appear on The Bell House calendar, so the particular performer matters when you plan your evening. South of the boathouse, the venue brings those programs into a renovated 1920s warehouse. Its history includes Ask Me Another and Two Dope Queens, part of a longstanding connection to comedy and spoken-word performance.
Find upcoming street fairs, performances and other unique events in Gowanus.
4 things worth doing in the next 7 days · Friday, October 16th – Thursday, October 22nd
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
 D. Tiffany, Flørist / Gi Gi & adobeprincess / Very J | Fri, Oct 16 | 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USAGowanus · Brooklyn | 11pm–4amTicketed |
 This Week at PR: Listening Parties and Live Music | Fri, Oct 16 | 233 Butler St, GowanusGowanus · Brooklyn | Not posted yetSee post |
No events listed for Saturday, October 17 yet.
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
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 The Atrium: Soul Summit All Day Long | Sun, Oct 18 | 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USAGowanus · Brooklyn | 4pm–10pmTicketed |
No events listed for Monday, October 19 yet.
No events listed for Tuesday, October 20 yet.
| Event | Date | Where | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
 Karaoke with Amethyst Valentino | Wed, Oct 21 | Lowlands Bar, GowanusGowanus · Brooklyn | Wednesdays 8:30pmPrice not listed |
No events listed for Thursday, October 22 yet.
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Clarissa Bitar’s vinyl listening party opens a program of release shows, live performances and DJ sets.
🚇 Bergen St (F G) · 7 min walk
🍴 Eat nearby · 3 places, closest 5 min walk
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Hear D. Tiffany’s bass-heavy breaks and Flørist’s deep house, with Gi Gi and adobeprincess playing back-to-back in The Atrium.
🚇 Bergen St (F G) · 7 min walk
🍴 Eat nearby · 3 places, closest 2 min walk
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Soul Summit comes to the Atrium at Public Records for a club event.
🚇 Bergen St (F G) · 7 min walk
🍴 Eat nearby · 4 places, closest 4 min walk
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Take a turn singing at Lowlands' recurring karaoke night with Amethyst Valentino.
🚇 Prospect Av (R) · 4 min walk
🍴 Eat nearby · 4 places, closest 3 min walk
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A Brooklyn venue running a nightly schedule of stand-up, live podcast tapings, improv and storytelling — The Moth StorySLAM, a stand-up showcase, Josh & Aaron Do Improv, Kaiju Big Battel and touring comedians.
4.5★ from 2,078 Google reviews
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Browse two rooms of shelves and large tables of face-up books, where literary fiction sits next to graphic novels and translated work gets the same table space as bestsellers.
4.8★ from 1,117 Google reviews
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A bike shop stocking models for both casual and experienced riders, plus accessories.
4.7★ from 823 Google reviews
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You start with an Intro Class, where an instructor covers safety and technique and gets you shooting on the line — it's the required first step before you can book a lane on your own.
4.9★ from 761 Google reviews
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An immersive art space built around light, with interactive installations you move through rather than just look at.
4.3★ from 724 Google reviews
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A 36,000-square-foot climbing gym on three floors with over 300 top rope, lead climbing and bouldering problems, plus a dual 10m speed-climbing wall and a "Board Room" of climbing training boards.
4.6★ from 667 Google reviews
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The gym is in the former Daily News Garage building and holds over 6,000 square feet of climbing terrain, with dedicated youth and family climbing areas set aside from the main walls.
4.1★ from 483 Google reviews
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A vintage clothing store on Sackett Street in Gowanus, in a warehouse space that looks small from the front and opens into a much larger room behind.
4.3★ from 311 Google reviews
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A dance studio in Gowanus offering private lessons and small group classes in partner dancing.
4.9★ from 204 Google reviews
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A glassblowing studio that also works in neon.
4.8★ from 171 Google reviews
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A Court Street record shop in Carroll Gardens that also serves coffee.
4.6★ from 161 Google reviews
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An indoor pickleball club in a warehouse in Gowanus with five courts plus a dink court under 23-foot ceilings.
4.8★ from 142 Google reviews
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Chinese cooking classes taught by Ye Ye, run both in person and virtually.
5★ from 74 Google reviews
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A small Fort Greene studio where you either paint a pre-made piece, make a pinch pot by hand, or throw on the wheel.
5★ from 69 Google reviews
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This is a Park Slope sewing and craft studio where children work on sewing machines to make clothes, accessories, plushies and jewellery they can actually wear.
5★ from 54 Google reviews
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4.7★ from 32 Google reviews
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The Dredgers run free walk-up paddling from their 2nd Street boathouse, where you launch a canoe and paddle the Gowanus Canal yourself — sessions run on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings.
4.8★ from 26 Google reviews
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Shuffleboard gives your group a shared court and a lesson; pickleball offers several ways to play.
One arts facility has a café for coffee and lunch; the other combines food with music and listening spaces.
A moving canal bridge and a former transit power station show two distinct pieces of Gowanus’s industrial history.
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