History Events in Brooklyn

Check out happening history events all around Brooklyn, NY

Green-Wood After Hours

 Fri, 24 Apr at 07:00 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 25 to 32

WE Lime: Little Caribbean Night Market

 Thu, 14 May at 05:00 pm Washington Avenue & Empire Boulevard Free

Secrets in Stone

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 26

Magicians and Mediums Trolley Tour

 Sat, 23 May at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 32

Brooklyn’s Black Trailblazers

 Sat, 13 Jun at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery Free

Alfreda's Black Earth, The Boys & The Bees & The Learning Tree (1969)

 Thu, 18 Jun at 04:00 pm Prospect Park Boathouse Free

Moonlight Tour

 Mon, 29 Jun at 08:30 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 25 to 32

MoonFest

 Fri, 01 May at 06:00 pm The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

The Battle of Brooklyn 250: The Meaning of Freedom

 Sun, 23 Aug at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery Free

The Language of Flowers Walking Tour

 Sun, 07 Jun at 12:00 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 26

Lectures on Tap -"How To Build a Dictator:US Intervention in Latin America"

 Mon, 27 Apr at 06:30 pm Williamsburg USD 41

Grave Beginnings: Walking Green-Wood

 Sun, 03 May at 10:00 am The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

Grave Beginnings: Green-Wood by Trolley

 Sun, 17 May at 11:00 am The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

Pinkster Celebration in Prospect Park

 Sun, 17 May at 02:00 pm Lefferts Historic House Free

Martha Redbone: Freedom is in the Songs

 Fri, 15 May at 06:00 pm Weeksville Heritage Center Free

Celebrate Bed Stuy Festival 2026

 Thu, 30 Apr at 04:00 pm Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center Free

NYCxDESIGN Festival ~ New York Sign Museum Tour

 Fri, 15 May at 02:00 pm New York Sign Museum USD 43 to 53

Ghosts of Old Bensonhurst

 Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm Milestone Park USD 39

The Old Stone House Classic Baseball Game: Brooklyn Bridegrooms vs. FUMBL

 Sat, 02 May at 02:00 pm Old Stone House of Brooklyn USD 0 to 5

Native Trees, Plants & the Ways They Were Consumed by NY Indigenous Nations

 Fri, 01 May at 02:45 pm 1 Grand Army Plz Free

Gay Green-Wood Trolley Tour

 Sun, 07 Jun at 11:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery Free

Gay Green-Wood: Family Edition! Trolley Tour

 Sat, 20 Jun at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery Free

Juneteenth at Green-Wood

 Fri, 19 Jun at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery Free

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

 Mon, 18 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 39

Deborah Lutz presents This Dark Night

 Tue, 26 May at 07:00 pm Community Bookstore Free

SAVE THE DATE! CARNIVAL BUS TOUR

 Sat, 22 Aug at 03:00 pm Lefferts Historic House USD 20 to 34

Striking Likenesses Trolley Tour

 Sat, 11 Jul at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 32

Maryland 400 Remembrance Ceremony & Battle of Brooklyn Living History

 Sat, 22 Aug at 12:00 pm Old Stone House of Brooklyn Free

Birding at Green-Wood

 Sat, 02 May at 10:00 am Green-Wood Cemetery Free

History at Plymouth Church: Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

 Wed, 24 Jun at 07:00 pm Plymouth Church Free

Green-Wood on Wheels: Stroller-Friendly Tour

 Wed, 06 May at 10:30 am The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

SAVE THE DATE! CARNIVAL BUS TOUR-NIGHT CRAWL

 Fri, 28 Aug at 10:00 pm Lefferts Historic House USD 23 to 71

Subterranean Scandals: Brooklyn’s Secret Transit History [Self-Guided]

 Fri, 01 May at 09:00 am 68 Joralemon St Free

Last Saturdays: Open Classroom

 Sat, 30 May at 12:00 pm The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

Mama Joy's Abolitionist Walking Tour

 Sat, 09 May Abolitionist Place USD 25

Exhibit Opening: The Shirley Chisholm Way: Brooklyn's Blueprint for Change

 Thu, 14 May at 06:00 pm Lefferts Historic House Free

New York Sign Museum May 17th Tour 1:00pm

 Sun, 17 May at 01:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 30

Traveling the Yiddishland

 Thu, 14 May at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 34

Anticolonial High Tea

 Fri, 29 May at 06:30 pm Old Stone House of Brooklyn USD 29

LECTURE: Looks That K*ll: Dangerous Fashion w/ Natalie Medders

 Mon, 04 May at 06:00 pm The Twisted Spine Free

New York Sign Museum June 14th Tour 3:00pm

 Sun, 14 Jun at 03:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

Bike Tour - The Tale of Trash Transformation into Parkland

 Fri, 01 May at 03:30 pm Shirley Chisholm State Park Free

New York Sign Museum May 8th Tour

 Fri, 08 May at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 25

Deportation Inc.: Investigating the Business of Migrant Detention

 Thu, 07 May at 07:00 pm e-flux USD 20

New York Sign Museum May 3rd Tour 3:00pm

 Sun, 03 May at 03:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

Scent of Ritual: The History & Craft of Incense

 Sat, 09 May at 02:00 pm Naval Cemetery Landscape USD 55

Book Launch: Christopher M. Finan

 Tue, 19 May at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 22

New York Sign Museum May 15th Tour

 Fri, 15 May at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 25

Haiti Beyond the Headlines: Power, Memory & Cultural Legacy

 Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm 10 Lafayette Ave Free

Comics for the Revolution: Lianhuanhua in China 1949-1989

 Tue, 26 May at 06:30 pm Asia Art Archive in America Free

New York Sign Museum June 28th Tour 3:00pm

 Sun, 28 Jun at 03:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour

 Mon, 25 May at 11:00 am Grand Army Plaza USD 18 to 29

New York Sign Museum August 28th Tour

 Fri, 28 Aug at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum July 24th Tour

 Fri, 24 Jul at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum May 31st Tour 3:00pm

 Sun, 31 May at 03:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 30

New York Sign Museum July 3rd Tour

 Fri, 03 Jul at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum June 26th Tour

 Fri, 26 Jun at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

Jane's Walk 2026 with Trees New York: The Trees of The Evergreens Cemetery

 Sun, 03 May at 11:00 am The Evergreens Cemetery Free

Remembering the U.S. Colored Troops of Brooklyn

 Mon, 25 May at 02:00 pm Lefferts Historic House Free

RHBFF 2026: Hank’s Saloon

 Fri, 15 May at 07:30 pm Green Lung Studio USD 13 to 162

New York Sign Museum July 17th Tour

 Fri, 17 Jul at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

Brooklyn Chapter, NSDAR, Trivia Fundraiser

 Sun, 03 May at 12:00 pm Commonwealth USD 23

Flow in Her Power

 Sun, 17 May at 12:00 pm Flourish Event Space USD 23

New York Sign Museum August 14th Tour

 Fri, 14 Aug at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum August 21st Tour

 Fri, 21 Aug at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum August 23rd 1:00pm

 Sun, 23 Aug at 01:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

A Garden at the End of the World

 Fri, 01 May at 01:00 pm Msgr. McGolrick Park Free

Matty Litwack Presents: Peter the Great

 Wed, 29 Apr at 08:00 pm 362 Grand St USD 23

Willa in Williamsburg: Literary Garden Party at Santa Fe BK

 Sat, 02 May at 03:00 pm Santa Fe BK USD 23

Film Screening: WTO/99

 Tue, 05 May at 07:00 pm Interference Archive Free

Black Birders Week: Birding with New York Restoration Project

 Wed, 27 May at 09:00 am The Evergreens Cemetery Free

Trovata una Sega! Livorno, Modigliani, and the Legendary Prank

 Sun, 17 May at 07:00 pm The Rat NYC Free

New York Sign Museum July 26th 1:00pm

 Sun, 26 Jul at 01:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

New York Sign Museum May 29th Tour

 Fri, 29 May at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 25

New York Sign Museum July 12th 1:00pm

 Sun, 12 Jul at 01:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

New York Sign Museum August 9th Tour 3:00pm

 Sun, 09 Aug at 03:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

Farmhouse Family Day: Pinkster Celebration

 Sat, 16 May at 12:00 pm The Wyckoff House Museum Free

Canarsie History Walk

 Sat, 06 Jun at 12:00 pm 1425 Rockaway Pkwy Free

New York Sign Museum June 5th Tour

 Fri, 05 Jun at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

Written Women: Sei Shōnagon

 Mon, 18 May at 07:00 pm Cordelia Free

New York Sign Museum May 22nd Tour

 Fri, 22 May at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 25

A Day in the Life of a Gravedigger

 Wed, 17 Jun at 06:30 pm The Green-House at Green-Wood Free

New York Sign Museum June 12th Tour

 Fri, 12 Jun at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum June 19th Tour

 Fri, 19 Jun at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

Adventure: The Iron Mask | Brooklyn Heights

 Sat, 30 May at 03:00 pm McKinney Chapel at First Unitarian Brooklyn USD 0 to 39

New York Sign Museum July 31st Tour

 Fri, 31 Jul at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum August 7th Tour

 Fri, 07 Aug at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

New York Sign Museum July 10th Tour

 Fri, 10 Jul at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

Spilling Tea About the Revolution

 Sun, 16 Aug at 11:00 am Old Stone House of Brooklyn Free

Indian Country : Return To Quang Nam

 Thu, 27 Aug at 12:00 pm TBD

Fort Defiance 250 ☄️⚔️ at The Waterfront Museum

 Wed, 08 Apr at 04:00 pm Waterfront Museum USD 0 to 15

RHBFF 2026: My Father and Qaddafi

 Sun, 17 May at 10:00 am Strong Rope Brewery Red Hook USD 13 to 162

Radical Nonfiction Book Group

 Tue, 28 Apr Hollow Nickel Free

Handwriting the Constitution

 Mon, 03 Mar at 06:00 pm Old Stone House of Brooklyn Free