The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is literally moving the music down the street: a parade leaves its Park Slope brownstone at 58 Seventh Avenue for its new campus on Grand Army Plaza. The One Prospect Park West expansion is built to more than double how many New Yorkers the nonprofit reaches and adds a Music Therapy Institute. If you live nearby or have a kid with an instrument, this is the weekend’s most joyful neighborhood send-off.
What to expect
Expect a festive procession of musicians and community members gathering outside the Seventh Avenue brownstone, then marching through Park Slope toward Grand Army Plaza. The route is short — just a few blocks — and the celebration culminates at the new campus at One Prospect Park West, where the community is invited to mark the opening.
Good to know
- Take the B or Q to 7 Av or the 2/3 to Grand Army Plaza — both are a short walk from the route
- BKCM describes it as an open community celebration, so neighbors and families can join in
- The route is only a few blocks, so it's easy with strollers and little kids
- Arrive at the Seventh Avenue brownstone for the start if you want to march rather than watch
- Pair it with a walk into Prospect Park or the Grand Army Plaza area afterward
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Common questions
Where does the parade start and end?
It begins at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music's brownstone at 58 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope and ends at its new campus at One Prospect Park West on Grand Army Plaza.
Can anyone join?
Yes — the Conservatory frames it as a community celebration of the new campus opening, open to the public.
What is the new campus for?
The Grand Army Plaza expansion adds space for music education and houses BKCM's new Music Therapy Institute, with the goal of more than doubling the number of New Yorkers the school reaches.
