Top 20 July family events in Brooklyn

Brooklyn families have lots to look forward to as the summer kicks off with a range of joyful July events from July 4th celebrations to movie nights, festivals, and community celebrations. Happy July!

1. Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Competition + July 4th Fireworks Spectacular

Friday, July 4 | 11am competition, 9:45pm fireworks | FREE | Coney Island

Didn't nab a public viewing ticket for the Macy's fireworks at Brooklyn Bridge? Head to Coney Island! Watch the world’s top competitive eaters during their ten minutes of glory. It all goes down on the Fourth of July at the corner of Surf and Stillwell. Between the beach, Aquarium, Luna Park, and Deno's Wonder Wheel, there are so many ways to spend the day in Coney Island. Visitors can view the fireworks anywhere on the Boardwalk from West 10th Street to West 23rd Street to see the show around 9:45pm!

Check out our July 4th Guide for more!

2. Play in the Square at Domino Park

Select Sundays starting July 6 10:30am-1:15pm | FREE | Williamsburg

Play in the Square returns to Domino Square featuring family-friendly activities and performances through October. Twice monthly, bring the family to Domino Square for a fun-filled Sunday morning, featuring programming by local, talented children's performers and educators. This month features programs on July 6th and 20th: 10:30am Musical Theatre with Bubbly B’s and 12:30pm Rockin’ Sing-alongs with Ari the Sing-along Guy.

3. Free Family-Friendly Outdoor Movie Screenings

Ready the picnic basket, it's time for outdoor movie season! All movies start around dusk. Our picks:

Monday, July 7: Inside Out 2 at Maimonides Park in Coney Island | PG
Friday, July 11: Inside Out 2 at Transmitter Park in Greenpoint | PG
Wednesday, July 16: The Wiz at Coffey Park in Red Hook | G
Saturday, July 26: The Wiz at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park | G
Thursday, July 31: Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Coney Island Beach | PG-13

Check out our Brooklyn Outdoor Movie Guide for more!

4. Carroll Gardens Pop-Up Library Opening Celebration

Tuesday, July 8 | 1pm | FREE | Carroll Gardens

Yes it's true! Carroll Gardens Pop Up Library will open on Tuesday, July 8 at 1 pm! Located at 250 Baltic St, they will offer holds pickup, returns, browsing, and library cards. Popup hours are: Monday 1-5, Tuesday 1-5, Thursday 3-7, Friday 10-2, Closed Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday. See you there! The space will be available until the new branch reopens in summer 2026.

5. OLMC Feast and Giglio Carnival

Wednesday, July 9–Sunday, July 20 | Monday-Friday 6-11pm, Saturday 4pm-12am, Sunday 12pm-11pm | FREE entry | Williamsburg

Since 1887, the Italian American community has been celebrating their faith, culture, and family traditions on the streets of Williamsburg. Each July, the streets are filled with revelers from near and far to take part in a centuries old tradition known as the Dancing of the Giglio. The streets surrounding the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel are transformed into a vibrant festival with rides, games, food vendors, and daily entertainment. Special events:

Wednesday, July 9 7pm: Opening Night Mass & Procession
Thursday, July 10 6:30-8pm: Children's Giglio Lift
Sunday, July 13: Giglio Sunday including 11am mass, 1:30pm first lift
Tuesday, July 15 6:30-8pm: Children's Giglio Lift
Thursday, July 17 7:30pm: Night Lift of the Giglio
Sunday, July 20 2pm: Old Timer's Giglio Sunday
Wednesday, July 16 3pm: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mass and Procession
Nightly concerts around 7pm

6. Free Friends' Fest at Jackie Robinson Playground

Fridays starting July 11 | 5-7pm | Bed-Stuy

The Friends of Jackie Robinson Park Playground (FOJRPP) presents Free Friends’ Fest, a mini-festival produced by Bailey’s Cafe, PMMDC and 197 Patchen. They will bring art activities, performances, and fresh produce to the park to engage more residents and promote the Park as a hub for community gatherings and creative expression. Coming up on July 11, line dance with Kendra J. Ross and double dutch with Elite Brooklyn Jumpers.

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7. Summer Saturdays for Families at Atlantic Terminal Mall

Saturday, July 12 | 11am-1pm | FREE | Ages 0-12 | Downtown Brooklyn

Join Brooklyn Bridge Parents and Atlantic Terminal Mall for Summer Saturdays with free water play, kids' activities, giveaways, and more fun for ages 0 - 12 on July 12 (and again on September 14) on the Atlantic Terminal Mall Plaza. Come out to play, cool off, and make friends!

8. City of Water Day Brooklyn Programs

Saturday, July 12 | Program times vary 9am-5pm | FREE | City-wide including Brooklyn

Now in its 18th year, City of Water Day, is a free region-wide day organized by the Waterfront Alliance, the NY-NJ Harbor and Estuary Program, and other great partners to raise awareness about the dangers we all face from sea level rise and climate change, and to advocate for a climate resilient New York and New Jersey harbor. Brooklyn program locations include Brooklyn Bridge Park, Transmitter Park, Gowanus, Valentino Park, Waterfront Museum, Marine Park, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and more. Find City of Water Day events and details:

9. Fort Greene Jazz Festival

Saturday, July 12 | 3-7pm | FREE | Fort Greene Park

Get ready to listen to soulful sounds at the park! The Fort Greene Park Jazz Festival began in July 2010, when musician Eric Frazier realized his long-standing dream to have a jazz festival in his own neighborhood park. It provides live jazz entertainment for families, neighborhoods, communities, and New Yorkers each year.

10. Family Sports Day at Glenwood Playground

Saturday, June 12 | 3-5pm | FREE | East Flatbush

Join NYC Parks to develop your sports skills with their coaches. Bring the whole family to this delightful afternoon of various sports games! All individuals are welcome to join in activities as a fun way to bring the community together and enjoy the value of teamwork and sportsmanship.

11. Silent Disco Party at Herbert Von King Park

Saturday, June 12 | 4-7pm | FREE | Bed-Stuy

This summer, grab a set of wireless headphones and groove to your own beat at this fun dance party! Tune in to the channel of your choice and enjoy amazing music curated to a specific genre. All ages are welcome to this FREE event! I.D. is required to participate, and those 17 and under must have an adult present.

12. Boogie Baby: A Dance Club for Families at Moxy Rooftop

~~Sunday, July 13~~ Postponed to August 24! | 3-6pm | $25, free for ages 0-2 | All ages | Williamsburg

Boogie Baby NYC presents a dance party for families! We grew up vibing to our parents’ music, now it’s time for our kids to feel that groove too. Come shake it with us and boogie oogie oogie! Get ready for music, fun, and good vibes! For the grown-ups: Full bar and tasty food menu. For the kids: Free snacks and drinks, Arts & crafts, Fun activities.

13. Second Sundays at Pioneer Works

Sunday, July 13 | 12-6pm | FREE | Red Hook

Since 2013, Pioneer Works has hosted Second Sundays, a free monthly open house. Highlighting their programs, artists-in-residence, and Red Hook community members, Second Sundays features open studios, exhibitions, workshops, live music, and food—with programming across all three floors and in their garden. Upcoming programs include an Unconventional Comic Club with Umber Majeed, Solar Gazing with the Amateur Astronomers, Close Up World of Fungi with the NY Mycological Society, and Ragini Festival programs.

14. Flatbush Avenue Street Fair

Sunday, July 13 | 12-6pm | FREE entry | Flatbush

The Flatbush Avenue Street Fair will take place on Flatbush Avenue from Parkside Ave to Cortelyou Road. Join them for plentiful fun, rides, shopping, food, and giveaways!

15. 52nd Annual Summer Stroll on 3rd

Fridays starting July 18 | 6-10pm | FREE | Bay Ridge

The Merchants of Third Avenue Civic Improvement Association will once again be hosting Summer Stroll on 3rd featuring food, spirits, entertainment, and local merchants! The avenue will be closed off to street traffic from 68th Street to 82nd Street to Marine Avenue as the avenue is transformed into an open street summer evening extravaganza!

16. New York Transit Museum Nostalgia Ride to Coney Island

Saturday, July 19 | 10am-5pm | $60 adult, $40 child (ages 0-17) | Upper East Side to Coney Island

Join New York Transit Museum for their ever-popular, boardwalk-bound Coney Island Nostalgia Ride! Leaving from 96th Street-Second Avenue station in Manhattan, the New York Transit Museum will take their 1930s R-1/9 train vintage cars for a two-hour jaunt to Coney Island. Once they arrive at their seaside destination, you can brave the rides at Luna Park, check out the action on the legendary boardwalk, or nosh on one of Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs. Visit the Transit Museum's special exhibit Five Cents to Dreamland: A Trip to Coney Island on display at the Coney Island Museum or enjoy additional rides before heading out. Stay at the beach and make your own way home or join the Transit Museum for a return trip leaving Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue at 4pm and traveling to 96th Street-Second Avenue where the trip will end.

17. LOL Podcast at Kings Theatre

Saturday, July 19 | 3:30pm | $36 | Ages 16+ | Flatbush

Join the LOL Podcast live in Brooklyn! Experience the show like never before with interactive games, hilarious moments, and topics you will only hear in person. Get ready for an unforgettable evening with Cash, Kate, Harper, Maverick and Kenzie filled with laughter and plenty of surprises. Don’t miss out on the fun and excitement—be part of the live audience and make memories that will last a lifetime!

18. STooPS Bed-Stuy Summer Festival

Saturday, July 26 | 1-7pm | FREE | Bed-Stuy

Prepare for a day filled with captivating performances and dynamic artistic expressions, spanning generations and disciplines, right on the iconic stoops of our neighborhood. Join us for an immersive experience that honors our roots and ignites our future. STooPS partners with the 200 Decatur St. Stuyvesant Ave. Block Association, St. Philip’s Episcopal Church & Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church to bring you this classic yet unique Summer Festival, including a Block Party and Art Crawls.

19. Kingsland Wildflowers Festival

Saturday, July 26 | 2-7pm | FREE | Greenpoint

Join the partners at Kingsland Wildflowers for a fun, free, family-friendly summer event with hands-on activities, art, plants, entertainment, and more: Explore their rooftop wildflower meadows, experience art installations, performances and live music, learn about native wildlife and ecology, including Newtown Creek, engage with participating community and environmental organizations, buy native plant species, enjoy food and drinks with friends and family.

20. 8th Annual HealthJox Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Saturday, July 26 | 11:30-4:30pm | FREE | Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 Basketball Courts

Get ready for a day of fun and fitness! HealthJox will be hosting workout sessions and health workshops for all ages. Past events have featured basketball games, airodart, pickleball, zumba, kids' games, face painting, balloon twisting, free snacks and drinks. Fun for the whole family!