The best things to do in Brooklyn over Labor Day weekend 2026 (Sep 5–7) — hand-curated and refreshed weekly.
9 picks · checked Sep 2
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynLast chance: the Brooklyn Museum's bicentennial survey of 200 years of collecting — with KAWS, Duke Riley and Tourmaline — closes Sunday after an extended run.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynLast chance: the Brooklyn Museum's bicentennial survey of 200 years of collecting — with KAWS, Duke Riley and Tourmaline — closes Sunday after an extended run.
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.
Agger Fish Building, 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, 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.
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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.
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.
Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, BrooklynProspect Park Alliance and the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute trace how Brooklyn's own congresswoman broke Washington open — free.
Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, BrooklynProspect Park Alliance and the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute trace how Brooklyn's own congresswoman broke Washington open — free.
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.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynJoe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Rubin's Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room now lives at the Brooklyn Museum, a dense, incense-scented room of sculpture and painting.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynJoe Mabel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Rubin's Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room now lives at the Brooklyn Museum, a dense, incense-scented room of sculpture and painting.
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