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Downtown Brooklyn

Openings, events, places, and local updates from Downtown Brooklyn.

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Bring a Career Question to Brooklyn’s Energy SummitNews Brooklyn Bike Lanes: How to Read the Network Before You RideNews Where Brooklyn Is Gathering for the 25th Anniversary of September 11News How government works in Downtown BrooklynNews A practical Downtown Brooklyn transportation guideNews How to understand housing in Downtown BrooklynNews

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Restaurants & cafés

Junior's Restaurant & Bakery — Brooklynrestaurant · Diner, bakery, and cheesecake restaurant The Center for Fictioncultural center · Literary nonprofit, bookstore, cafe and member library Yaya Tea Downtown Brooklyncafe · Bubble tea and onigiri

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Upcoming events

BRIC Fall 2026 Exhibitions Preview & ReceptionOct 8 Brooklyn Energy Careers Summit 2026Oct 14 Open House New York Weekend 2026Oct 16 BRIC JazzFest 2026Oct 16

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Neighborhood guides

NYC Resistor Is the Downtown Brooklyn Workshop for People Who Want to Make SomethingThings to Do Choose a Brooklyn Commute That Still Works on a Bad DayReal Estate Renting in Brooklyn: Build the File Before the SearchReal Estate Plan a Brooklyn Day for Open House New York WeekendEvents Use The Center for Fiction Three Different WaysCulture Enter St. James Cathedral Basilica as a GuestCulture

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Downtown Brooklyn stories

A Brooklyn maker workshop with electronics tools, laptops, safety glasses, fabric and laser-cut project pieces on workbenches.

NYC Resistor Is the Downtown Brooklyn Workshop for People Who Want to Make Something

Conceptual Brooklyn commute scene with subway stairs, a bus, bicycles and a ferry in the distance

Choose a Brooklyn Commute That Still Works on a Bad Day

Hands reviewing blank rental papers, a calculator, keys and an apartment floor plan on a table

Renting in Brooklyn: Build the File Before the Search

Original editorial scene of a guided group entering a historic Brooklyn industrial building during an architecture weekend

Plan a Brooklyn Day for Open House New York Weekend

Original editorial scene of readers browsing and writing in a sunlit Brooklyn literary center with a bookstore and cafe

Use The Center for Fiction Three Different Ways

Original editorial scene of congregants and a guest entering a historic Brooklyn cathedral for worship

Enter St. James Cathedral Basilica as a Guest

Original editorial scene of a shopper assembling a gift from ceramics, pantry goods and art by local makers

Buy Brooklyn Merchandise With a Maker in Mind

Original editorial illustration of Brooklyn job seekers networking with clean-energy training and employment organizations

Bring a Career Question to Brooklyn’s Energy Summit

Original editorial illustration of a diverse congregation and choir in a grand Brooklyn worship space

Hear Brooklyn Tabernacle as a Congregation, Not a Concert

Original editorial scene of visitors viewing photography, collage and installations at an evening Brooklyn gallery reception

Use BRIC’s Fall Exhibition Preview as a First Look

Original editorial image of a first-time vinyl shopper getting listening-station help in a curated record store

Finer Sounds Makes Record Shopping Less Intimidating

Jazz ensemble performing as an audience listens and dances inside a Downtown Brooklyn arts venue

Pick the Right Night at BRIC JazzFest 2026

Readers browsing book stalls and listening to outdoor author panels near Brooklyn Borough Hall

How to Plan Brooklyn Book Festival Week 2026

Original editorial image of dancers and musicians performing for an audience in an intimate Downtown Brooklyn black-box theater

How to See a Show at 651 ARTS’ New Brooklyn Home

Jazz trio playing outdoors for a lunchtime audience beside Brooklyn Borough Hall

A Tuesday Lunch Break With Jazz at Brooklyn Borough Hall

Several cyclists using a protected bike lane connecting a brownstone block with Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Bike Lanes: How to Read the Network Before You Ride

Dancers warming at a barre in a bright Downtown Brooklyn studio beside a small performance stage

Brooklyn Ballet Puts Classes and Performance Under One Roof

Brooklyn residents gathering quietly with candles and small flags at a waterfront memorial at dusk

Where Brooklyn Is Gathering for the 25th Anniversary of September 11