Outdoor Things to Do in Brooklyn This Weekend

Oct 9–12 · 56 picks hand‑checked by Stumblday against organizer pages · 3 free in the top 10 · updated Oct 8

The 10 best outdoor things to do in Brooklyn this weekend (Oct 9–12)

  1. Indigenous Peoples' Day School Holiday in Prospect Park — Mon, Oct 12, 10am–5pm · Prospect Park
  2. Smorgasburg Prospect Park — Sundays Apr 12 – Oct 25 · Free · Prospect Park
  3. Brooklyn FC Women vs. Dallas Trinity FC: Got Pink? Night — Saturday, October 10, 4:00 PM · Coney Island
  4. Spooktober! At Prospect Park Zoo — Saturdays & Sundays Oct 3–31; 10am–5:30pm · $3–$12 · Prospect Park
  5. Block by Block: Celebrating 30 Years of Community Greening — On view May 23 – October 25 · Crown Heights
  6. Smorgasburg Williamsburg — Saturdays · Williamsburg
  7. October Weekday Nature Exploration — Fri, Oct 23 10:00am · Free · Brooklyn
  8. Persephone: A Garden Between Worlds — Oct 3–4 and Oct 10–11 · Ticket tiers from about $34 · Greenpoint
  9. New York African Restaurant Week Festival — Oct 9–11, 12–7pm daily · Free · Bedford-Stuyvesant
  10. Empire Skate of Mind Rooftop Roller Rink — Sep 26–Apr 11, 2027; weekends 10am–5pm · Museum admission $15 · Crown Heights

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Fall Fest at Atlantic Terminal: Urban Pumpkin PatchAtlantic Terminal Mall Plaza, Fort Greene / Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Saturday · Oct 10, 2026, 11am–2pm (rain date Oct 11, 2026)Free

Fall Fest at Atlantic Terminal: Urban Pumpkin Patch

Fort Greene / Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn

An urban pumpkin patch, haunted trucks and a DJ take over Atlantic Terminal's plaza and a car-free Fort Greene Place — costumes encouraged.

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About this list

Stumblday's 56 hand-checked picks for Oct 9–12: parks, waterfronts, and open-air events across Brooklyn this weekend.

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When is "this weekend"?

This list covers the weekend of Oct 9–12, 2026, and it refreshes automatically every week.

How is this list put together?

Stumblday curates and re-ranks NYC events each week from official venue and city sources — so you get a short, vetted shortlist instead of an endless calendar.

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