Weekend Events

Fundraiser for Bushwick Inlet Park
In 2005, Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents were promised a twenty eight acre waterfront park stretching from North 9th Street to the Bushwick Inlet. Five years later much of that waterfront is still not accessible. The Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and their friends at Neighbors Allied for Good Growth decided to drink some good beer and eat delicious bratwursts to fundraise for the Bushwick Inlet Park. All 21 and over are welcome! Saturday, May 8. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 43 Franklin Street, The Diamond Bar.

5th Annual Spring Fling
Join the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, in partnership with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, for the 5th Annual Spring Fling celebration in Brooklyn Bridge Park — this year on the newly-opened Pier 1. This Mother’s Day event will feature musical guest AudraRox playing a rocking set for kids and adults. Children’s book author and illustrator Betsy Lewin, will read from “Click, Clack, Moo,” and offer a drawing demo. Come and enjoy! There will be much, much more! Sunday, May 9. 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Free. Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

The Brooklyn Flea
The Flea is located not only at the former bank at One Hanson, but also at the Fort Greene market. On Saturdays, the market will be located at the Fort Greene location and on Sundays you can find the market at One Hanson which is located at the clocktower Art Deco building at Flatbush Ave., across from the Target mall. The Flea features 100 vendors and a great mix of vintage, antiques, jewelry, and food. Saturday & Sunday, May 8 & 9. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 176 Lafayette Avenue and 1 Hanson Place, Skylight One Hanson.

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PS11’s 3rd Annual Silent Auction
Participants will be partying with DJ Dhundee, engaging in a tasting by Gnarly Vines, and enjoying refreshments by Brooklyn Brewery. All auction proceeds will go towards PS11’s After School Enrichment Workshops which brings magnificent programs that continue throughout the school year such as: drama, dance, piano (with Mr. Oleg of Piano School of NYC), violin (with Bravissimmo Music Tutoring), chess (w/ Mr. Wright of Learning Through Chess), mad science (with Mr. Chad of Mad Science of Brooklyn), soccer (with Super Soccer Stars), and many, many more awesome classes and programs. You can purchase your tickets via the link above. Friday, May 7. 6:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. $10 for auction only. $30 for tastings and auction. 85 South Oxford Street, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church.

“Eurotrash”: Opening Reception
See featuring artists, DOLK and M-CITY at Brooklynite Gallery this Saturday. Reclusive, Norwegian stencil artist DOLK, emerges from the shadows to showcase a new collection of cutting imagery. Often monochromatic with one precisely placed color, DOLK crafts strangely beautiful story-lines into his work. M-CITY, Poland’s most prolific artist working in the public space, erects yet another large scale mural on any number of continents. Using his graphic brand of stencil artillery that includes images of smoke-stack factories, cogs and gears, and repetitive city blocks. All are welcome to attend. Saturday, May 8. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Free. 334 Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklynite Gallery.

Spring Carnival
Brooklyn’s P.S. 39 is having its first ever Spring Carnival on May 8, (rain date May 15). Coinciding with the annual pre-Mother’s day Plant Sale, the Carnival will be open to the community, and features: pony rides, a bouncy house, live bluegrass music, games, face – painting, delicious food, crafts, and fantastic raffle prizes. Come celebrate spring and join on in with the festivities! Saturday, May 8. Plant Sale 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Spring Carnival 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Free. 417 Sixth Avenue, P.S. 39.

Greencycle Swap
Need to find a way to recycle….well everything that you have? Town Square has partnered up with their neighbors throughout Greenpoint and Williamsburg so that you can reduce, reuse, and recycle gently used & working clothes, shoes, toys, books, & cell phones! You can also recycle your computers (working and non-working), electronics (working only please), and now with the help of Recycle-A-Bicycle, working bicycles too! Donate and take whatever you can carry! Saturday, May 8. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. $5 donation. 120 Jackson Street, School Settlement.

SPRING WORK DAYS!
Please join in as the Poplar Street Community Gardeners plant / transplant and repair garden paths to ready the garden for summer — or just stop by to say hello and look around! Volunteers needed. Tools and refreshments provided. For more information, contact poplargarden@gmail.com. Rain dates are on May 9 and May 16. Saturday, May 8 and May 15. 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free. NW Corner of Hicks and Poplar Streets.

Free Electronics Recycling
Bring your old, unwanted or broken electronics to PS 107 for responsible recycling, and keep those toxic items out of the landfill! The only items NOT accepted are household appliances like TVs, microwave overs, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. Enter the $1 raffle and win a new Apple Mighty Mouse or Mac OS 10.6 “Snow Leopard,” courtesy of The Mac Support Store! Saturday, May 8. 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free. 1301 8th Avenue, P.S. 107.

Green-Wood’s Great Women
Join Ruth Edebohls on Mother’s Day to celebrate some of the most colorful and influential women of the 19th and early 20th century who are buried here. Matilda Tone, wife of the Irish patriot, pioneering doctors Susan McKinney- Steward and Mary Jacobi, abolitionist Abigail Gibbons, and actresses Laura Keene and Kate Claxton rest here along with the more notorious Lola Montez and Elizabeth Tilton. Participants will also enjoy the visual delights of Green-Wood, its trees and ponds and its sculpture and buildings by the leading artists and architects of their time, all in a setting of remarkable springtime beauty. Sunday, May 9. 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Members: $5. Non-members: $10. Meet inside the cemetery gates at the Gothic Arches, Green-Wood Cemetery.

Canarsie Pier RFEI Meeting
Last month a RFEI was issued for parties interested in redeveloping the former restaurant space on the Canarsie Pier. There are open house sessions Friday and Saturday at 11 am; RSVPs are required. For more information call 718-855-8018 or click here.