The best things to do in Brooklyn the weekend of Sep 25–27, 2026 — hand-curated and refreshed weekly.
10 picks · checked Sep 1
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Agger Fish Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Navy Yard, BrooklynGorillaz's 25th-anniversary immersive exhibition takes over the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Agger Fish Building for September — the band's only East Coast stop.
Agger Fish Building, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Navy Yard, BrooklynGorillaz's 25th-anniversary immersive exhibition takes over the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Agger Fish Building for September — the band's only East Coast stop.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynMore than 140 Iris van Herpen haute couture pieces fill the Brooklyn Museum, shown beside scientific artifacts and natural-history specimens.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynMore than 140 Iris van Herpen haute couture pieces fill the Brooklyn Museum, shown beside scientific artifacts and natural-history specimens.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights, BrooklynBBG rebuilds the winning stoops of the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest, plus portraits of the neighbours who planted them.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Crown Heights, BrooklynBBG rebuilds the winning stoops of the Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest, plus portraits of the neighbours who planted them.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, BrooklynTuomas A. Laitinen wraps you in 8K footage of sleeping octopuses, with blown-glass sculptures in water tanks arranged by an ikebana master.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, BrooklynTuomas A. Laitinen wraps you in 8K footage of sleeping octopuses, with blown-glass sculptures in water tanks arranged by an ikebana master.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Heights, BrooklynMultisensory installations by the Art x Environment Fellows sit among the plantings at Brooklyn Botanic Garden through late October.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Heights, BrooklynMultisensory installations by the Art x Environment Fellows sit among the plantings at Brooklyn Botanic Garden through late October.
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Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe artist and Gran Fury co-founder brings his protest-poster lineage into the Brooklyn Museum for a run stretching into spring.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe artist and Gran Fury co-founder brings his protest-poster lineage into the Brooklyn Museum for a run stretching into spring.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, BrooklynFinnegan Shannon and collaborators build a show around access and interdependence inside Red Hook's three-storey former ironworks.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, BrooklynFinnegan Shannon and collaborators build a show around access and interdependence inside Red Hook's three-storey former ironworks.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, BrooklynLaJune McMillian turns research on phytoplankton and bioluminescence into a floor-to-ceiling interactive video world you walk into.
Pioneer Works, Red Hook, BrooklynLaJune McMillian turns research on phytoplankton and bioluminescence into a floor-to-ceiling interactive video world you walk into.
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook, BrooklynPioneer Works' fall shows pair LaJuné McMillian's bioluminescent ocean-research installation with Finnegan Shannon's artwork-delivering conveyor belt.
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook, BrooklynPioneer Works' fall shows pair LaJuné McMillian's bioluminescent ocean-research installation with Finnegan Shannon's artwork-delivering conveyor belt.
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