Downtown Brooklyn

Training Series with CKO Kickboxing
2026-07-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2026-07-10 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
This high-energy, boxing-inspired workout blends cardio kickboxing drills, shadow boxing, and full-body conditioning. Open to all levels, with no experience required.

Make It in Brooklyn: Renewable Energy Pitch Contest
2026-07-16 18:00 - 20:00
Get your tickets to the Make It in Brooklyn Renewable Energy Pitch Contest and join us at W.C. Art and IPRC to learn about the future of clean energy.
Renewable energy technologies are transforming how we power our buildings, move people and goods, modernize infrastructure, and build a more resilient and sustainable economy. Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s Make It in Brooklyn Renewable Energy Pitch Contest brings together innovative startups, founders, investors, and industry professionals to spotlight the technologies shaping the next generation of energy systems.
Selected founders will pitch to a panel of expert judges, who will evaluate each presentation based on criteria such as innovation, feasibility, market potential, and impact. The winning startup will compete for up to $10,000 in funding and commercialization support to help accelerate their path to market.
The prize includes:
A $5,000 unrestricted cash award from Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.
Up to an additional $5,000 in milestone-based commercialization support through National Grid’s Clean Tech Incubation Program for eligible expenses including prototype development and testing, patent and legal filing expenses, market research, commercialization activities, and pilot implementation support.
Finalists:
Accord Power – Develops and deploys solar energy, battery storage, EV charging, and microgrid solutions that help businesses and communities transition to clean, reliable power.
Etherion Fuels – Produces next-generation renewable fuels from agricultural waste and plant-based feedstocks, creating lower-carbon alternatives for transportation.
Novara Tech – Develops advanced materials recycling technology that recovers critical minerals from battery waste through a low-temperature process that reduces energy use and emissions.
Luxergy – Is developing a modular heat engine that converts clean heat from sources such as geothermal, nuclear, concentrated solar, and thermal storage into affordable, dispatchable electricity.
UrbanEx develops an AI-powered platform that helps utility-scale solar developers identify project risks early, accelerating the development of renewable energy projects.
Our panel of judges includes:
Joe Silver, NineDot Energy
Isabelle Branco-Lo, NYSERDA
Austin Evarts, Urban Future Labs
Matt Pfeiffer, Vycarb
Emcee:
Farès Kammourieh, Newlab
Your $5 ticket includes a refreshing drink and the opportunity to meet founders, investors, and industry leaders working at the forefront of renewable energy innovation.
Register to attend.
About Make It in Brooklyn
Make It in Brooklyn is Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s innovation platform supporting startups through pitch competitions, ecosystem-building initiatives, and direct entrepreneurial support programs. Through year-round programming, Make It in Brooklyn connects founders with capital, mentors, customers, and the resources needed to grow and scale their businesses.

Curator Talk: 50 Years of Stories
2026-07-16 18:00 - 19:30
The New York Transit Museum: 50 Years of Stories is a special anniversary exhibition bringing together unique artifacts and unexpected moments in transit history. Join Curator Jodi Shapiro and Content and Research Manager Polly Desjarlais for a conversation on exhibition highlights and hear behind-the-scenes insights into how these stories connect the past, present, and future of New York City transit.

CITY PICKLE AT ATLANTIC TERMINAL
2026-07-16 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-15 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-14 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-13 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-12 09:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-11 09:00 - 19:00, 2026-07-10 12:00 - 20:00, 2026-07-09 12:00 - 20:00 and 5 more dates
Pickleball Has Arrived at Atlantic Terminal this summer! Join CityPickle for open play, clinics, lessons, and community events on professional courts located on the Atlantic Terminal Plaza. Whether you’re a seasoned player or trying the sport for the first time, grab a paddle, rally with friends, and discover Brooklyn’s newest outdoor activity destination.
Advance reservations are highly encouraged, as court availability is limited and sessions may fill quickly.
Hours of Operation
Monday–Friday: 12 PM–8 PM
Saturday–Sunday: 9 AM–7 PM

Sound + Fury Trivia Nights
2026-07-15 19:00 - 21:30, 2026-07-08 19:00 - 21:30
Wednesday night is Trivia Night at Sound + Fury, where you can pit your trivia skills against others and compete for prizes. Craft beer and great food are, of course, all part of the evening’s festivities!

Sculpt Series with Nike Trainer Taina Manigat
2026-07-14 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-07-07 17:00 - 18:00
Led by Nike trainer Taina Manigat, this sculpt-focused class uses resistance bands, bodyweight training, and strength-based conditioning to build tone, stability, and endurance. Open to all fitness levels.

Abolition Commemoration Day
2026-07-13 13:00 - 15:00
Join the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in celebration of the 6th Annual Abolition Commemoration Day, recognizing the abolition of slavery in New York State and reflecting on the resilience, courage, and contributions of those who fought for freedom. Guest speakers include Marc H. Morial, National Urban League President & CEO, and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.
In the event or rain, the event will be held at the nearby Oratory Church of St. Boniface, 100 Duffield Street.

Record Swap
2026-07-12 19:00 - 23:30
Step into the crate-digging spirit with DJ KC for a community Record Swap built on a simple idea: give a record, get a record. Participate in the Record Swap and be entered to win a gift certificate from a favorite record store in Brooklyn and other prizes. It’s all about sharing music, discovering something new, and connecting with fellow vinyl lovers.

Build your Own Subway Car in Movers and Makers: Family Tour and Workshop
2026-07-12 14:00 - 15:30
Build Your Own Subway Car — a special hands-on workshop with QuietGround Learning
After touring the New York Transit Museum’s collection of historic and modern subway cars, families head to the workshop to build their own wooden model train inspired by what they’ve just seen. Working with real materials and real tools (wood, screws and screwdrivers, some light hammering, and paint), each participant designs and constructs a car of their own, drawing on details from the collection. The resulting trains will be compatible with Brio wooden train tracks.
Quietground Learning designs hands-on enrichment centered on craftsmanship, focus, and fair play — structured, screen-free making that welcomes every learner, including neurodiverse students and those with sensory sensitivities.

Dungeons & Drafthouse @ House of Wax - Raiders on the Red Water
2026-07-12 12:00 - 16:00
Perfect for first time players and D&D veterans alike, join us each month for new one shot adventures led by professional Dungeon Masters.
Live your own adventure with our tabletop RPG series, Dungeons & Drafthouse!
Brought to you by our friends at Dungeon In A Box, our one shot adventures are perfect for both first-time players and seasoned D&D veterans alike. Hosted by professional Dungeon Masters from some of the most trusted names in the RPG world, you can expect expert-level guidance throughout the campaign. Grab a group of friends, or make new ones, while creating unique adventures and making new memories!
July Adventure: Raiders on the Red Water
Facing despicable sea raiders and their newfound powers, will your party triumph over the kidnappers or will they too find their end at the bottom of a watery grave?
Your ticket includes a one shot adventure that takes about four hours to complete, as well as pre-generated Dungeons & Drafthouse character sheets and a set of dice for all players to make play as easy and fair as possible.
No need to bring anything with you, unless you’ve got some awesome dice you want to show off!

Brooklyn Borough Hall Quarter Finals Watch Party
2026-07-11 15:00 - 21:00
Presented by the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, this World Cup Quarter Final watch event will feature a live match screening, community resource tabling, family-friendly activities, and a youth soccer clinic.

Doors open at 3:00pm
Games begin at 5:00pm

To sign up for updates, click here.

Webb Crawford: Spiriting Off
2026-07-10 20:00 - 22:00
ISSUE Project Room celebrates the 20th Anniversary of its Artists-In-Residence (AIR) program throughout 2026 with performances by current residents and returning alumni. This anniversary season highlights AIRs whose work reflects the ongoing evolution of a much broader community of experimental artists who have helped shape ISSUE for over twenty years.
Friday, July 10th at 8pm, ISSUE presents Spiriting Off, a new solo work by 2026 Artist-In-Residence and luthier Webb Crawford for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo. Within the chordophone family of instruments—as defined by the Hornbostel–Sachs system—disparate forms are defined by the characteristic of having strings. Driven by unbalanced force, strings displace air or create disturbance in an electromagnetic field. Transducers render changes in air pressure as signal. Mass and acceleration work against restoring force, and vibration passes in opposing waves along the length of a string until inertia drives it back to stillness.
In Spiriting Off, these physical principles become a framework for Crawford’s performance as they move fluidly between instruments. Crawford notes, “Playing multiple instruments, or ‘doubling’, is a crucial aspect of musicianship: the transplantation of gestures and phrasing onto new intervals, shapes, timbres, and tonalities.”
Webb Crawford is a guitarist, banjoist, improviser and instrument-builder whose work considers relationships between maker, instrument, and player, traditional design conventions, and established performance practices. As a luthier, Crawford focuses on modern reconstructions of historical stringed instruments, recontextualizations of those instruments within experimental music, and the exchange dynamics of multi-player sound objects. In 2017, they worked with MASS MoCA to restore instruments built by composer and luthier Gunnar Schonbeck, and later created replicas of Schonbeck’s “triangular cellos” for Bennington College. Crawford has led and participated in instrument-building workshops at The Cooper Union, Connecticut College, the Bennington Museum, and Carnegie Hall (with Bash the Trash), and has worked for ten years as a guitar repair technician.

Summer Sunset Salsa + Planted Market
2026-07-09 18:00 - 21:00
This monthly market, held alongside the Sunset Salsa series, is a vegan-focused market featuring 20+ local vendors offering plant-based dishes, desserts, and specialty products in a vibrant outdoor marketplace setting.

SUMMER SUNSET SALSA SERIES
2026-07-09 18:00 - 21:00
Join Nieves Latin Dance Studio for salsa night on the plaza. The first hour will feature an all-levels instructional lesson, followed by two hours of open social dancing where participants can practice, freestyle, and enjoy the music.

Leveling the Field: Film Preview + Conversation
2026-07-08 18:30 - 21:00
Join football pioneers Clyde Best and Ade Coker for an evening of conversation, storytelling, and film excerpts from Transforming the Beautiful Game: The Clyde Best Story, presented by The Black Soccer Coaches Community in collaboration with MoCADA.
Through clips woven throughout the program, Clyde and Ade will reflect on their groundbreaking journeys from Bermuda and Nigeria to English football during a transformative era. Together, they helped break racial barriers in the sport while paving the way for future generations of players in England, Europe, and the United States.
