The 4th Ave Yarn Bomb is a fun, socially-distanced activity to celebrate art and community on 4th Ave in Park Slope and Gowanus. Join in the fun with this weekly (weather permitting) Meet Up in the North Garden at the Old Stone House (picnic garden on 3rd Street). You can also participate from home and […]

Did you know Gowanus was the beginning of America's Independence?  Paddle with the Dredgers and ask for planners to provide a barrier free shoreline access similar to Dutch Canals!  Learn the History of Gowanus while enjoying a sunset voyage of Gowanus Bay and lower Canal. Please note, this activity is NOT at the 2nd St. Boathouse. Weather (wind, waves or evidence of […]

Concrete Timbre presents Working through the Waves, a program of new music and poetry composed for violin, piano, and saxophone. The past couple of years have not been easy for anybody. We kept working through the waves of covid, waves of sadness, waves of hope, and even waves of heat! Working through the Waves is […]

Concrete Timbre presents Working through the Waves, a program of new music and poetry composed for violin, piano, and saxophone. The past couple of years have not been easy for anybody. We kept working through the waves of covid, waves of sadness, waves of hope, and even waves of heat! Working through the Waves is […]

Temple of Acacia is dedicated to the spiritual practices of West Africa that have been and continue to be suppressed in the U.S. cultural zeitgeist. The Acacia tree is native to many regions of Africa, and became the primary icon representing the diverse tribal nations from which people of the African diaspora in the Americas […]

Join local historian Professor William J. Parry for a neighborhood tour to see the sites of the Battle of Brooklyn! Meet at Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, NW corner. The walk ends at the Old Stone House & Washington Park. $12 per person, get your ticket here. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes […]

Remembering those who were held and the many who died as prisoners of war in British occupied New York during the Revolutionary War. Coordinated by the Society of Old Brooklynites, American Merchant Marine Association, and Navy Armed Guard. Attend at the Prison Ships Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn Call (718) 768-3195 for more […]

Join historian Barnet Schecter, author of The Battle for New York, and Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman, for this annual trolley tour of Green-Wood’s Revolutionary War-related sites. On August 27, 1776, Green-Wood was a battlefield—and much of the largest battle of the war was fought across its grounds. This tour is very popular and sells out […]

Learn multiple dye-making methods for Japanese indigo and giant marigolds, cultivated in Washington Park by local artist, Iviva Olenick in collaboration with Director of Gardens, Sam Lewis. All materials provided. Sponsored in part by a Greater New York Arts Development Fund grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn […]

Presented at the Old Stone House & Washington Park in partnership with the Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland and the Michael A. Rawley American Legion Post. Including reenactor regiments from the Battle of Brooklyn, battle strategies and daily life during the Revolutionary War.

Watch a short play written by snarky British loyalists in 1776 to mock the American defeat in the first and largest battle of the War for Independence. Was the Revolution a scam? Were the Founding Fathers idiots? The anonymous author of The Battle of Brooklyn, A Farce of Two Acts thought so! Come down to the Lawn […]

Join local artist, educator, and guide Rich Garr for this bicycling tour commemorating the 246th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn. This tour explores important sites from the borough’s Revolutionary past beginning at Grand Army Plaza and ending in Brooklyn Heights overlooking New York Harbor. The tour is anticipated to take 3 hours. Please make […]

The Battle of Brooklyn, fought in 1776 on land that is now a part of Green-Wood Cemetery, was the first battle of the American Revolution to occur after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Join our friends at Green-Wood for a family-friendly afternoon to honor those who fought in the battle and learn more […]