History Events in Brooklyn

Check out happening history events all around Brooklyn, NY

WE Lime: Little Caribbean Night Market

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

Brooklyn’s Black Trailblazers

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

Green-Wood After Hours

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

Roots & Rhythms Pop-Up Concert

 Sun, 24 May at 03:00 pm Lefferts Historic House Free

Magicians and Mediums Trolley Tour

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

Drunk Black History with Brandon Collins

 Fri, 19 Jun at 11:30 pm The Bell House

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

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

The Language of Flowers Walking Tour

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

Moonlight Tour

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

NYC Queer Dance Through the Decades

 Thu, 18 Jun at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 58

The Battle of Brooklyn 250: The Meaning of Freedom

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

Grave Beginnings: Green-Wood by Trolley

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

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

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

Lectures on Tap - "When Protest Was Called a Disease: Race & Health Equity"

 Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm Prospect Park South USD 41

Free Canoeing on the Gowanus Canal

 Sat, 23 May at 01:00 pm Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse USD 0 to 135

Lectures on Tap-"Fermi's Paradox, Aliens, and the Drake Equation Explained"

 Mon, 25 May at 06:30 pm Bushwick USD 41

SAVE THE DATE! WE LIMIN CARNIVAL BUS TOUR EXPERIENCE - Day Crawl

 Sat, 29 Aug at 03:00 pm Lefferts Historic House USD 20 to 65

Haunted Bay Ridge — Revised!

 Sat, 06 Jun at 06:30 pm 29 83rd St USD 39

Pinkster Celebration in Prospect Park

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

Maryland 400 Remembrance Ceremony & Battle of Brooklyn Living History

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

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

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

Revolutionary Spirits

 Sat, 14 Mar at 03:30 pm The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 52

Candlelight Black History + Heritage Walk: Malcolm & Marcus

 Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm Jackie Robinson Park Playground Tennis Courts Free

PollinaTours of Green-Wood

 Sat, 30 May at 10:00 am The Green-Wood Cemetery USD 26

Deborah Lutz presents This Dark Night, with Heather Clark

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

Jack Boldly Declared: Let There Be Classics

 Sun, 12 Jul at 12:00 pm The Wyckoff House Museum Free

Gay Green-Wood Trolley Tour

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

Book Launch: Rachel Karp with Sarah Gabrielli

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:30 pm Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene USD 0 to 35

Juneteenth at Green-Wood

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

Striking Likenesses Trolley Tour

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

Coney Island Nostalgia Tour

 Sun, 03 May at 12:30 pm Parachute Jump USD 31 to 61

SAVE THE DATE! CARNIVAL BUS TOUR-NIGHT CRAWL

 Fri, 04 Sep at 09:00 pm Lefferts Historic House USD 20 to 93

Last Saturdays: Open Classroom

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

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

 Sun, 17 May at 01:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

BLACK AT BARNARD Benefit

 Sat, 30 May at 06:00 pm BEM | books & more USD 13 to 109

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

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

Black & Free: Pleasure Histories

 Thu, 04 Jun at 06:30 pm Weeksville Heritage Center Free

In-Store: Celebrate I Read You New York w/ Maria Sole Angeletti & Ben Sklar

 Tue, 02 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Smith USD 0 to 29

The Inheritance (2020), presented by Alfreda's Cinema & Sistas Place

 Fri, 29 May at 08:00 pm Sistas' Place USD 18

In-Store: Lorraine Boissoneault: Body Weather w/ Darcey Steinke

 Mon, 08 Jun at 07:00 pm Books Are Magic Montague USD 11 to 33

Ancestral Pathways: An Introduction to African Traditional Religions

 Thu, 28 May at 06:30 pm Adanne Bookshop USD 29 to 45

Book Launch: Christopher M. Finan with Lee Rowland

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

History Tours

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm 300 Kent Ave Free

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

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

Casey Sherman and THE KILLER AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AT B&N Atlantic Avenue

 Mon, 18 May at 06:30 pm Barnes & Noble - Atlantic Ave Free

Gay Green-Wood: Family Edition! Trolley Tour

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

Dear Lady Washington: An Anti-colonial Ceremony and Artists' Talk

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

Bike Tour: Fossil Fuel History of Newtown Creek

 Sun, 17 May at 10:00 am Manhattan Avenue Street End Park Free

Theremin: Music Beyond Touch

 Sat, 30 May at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 45

Battle of Brooklyn Walking Tour

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

AAPI Heritage Month Celebration

 Wed, 20 May at 03:30 pm 829 63rd St Free

Harlem Renaissance and Women's Cancer Awareness Tea

 Sat, 30 May at 01:00 pm 318 Rogers Ave USD 29

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

 Sun, 31 May at 03:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 30

New York Sign Museum June 26th Tour

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

Green Wood Cemetery - BWRC Walking Tour

 Fri, 22 May at 09:30 am Green Wood Cemetery Brooklyn Free

Walking Weeksville: A Black Heritage Neighborhood Walking Tour

 Fri, 22 May at 11:00 am 158 Buffalo Ave Free

New York Sign Museum July 3rd Tour

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

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

 Sun, 17 May at 04:00 pm The Rat NYC Free

Comics for the Revolution: Lianhuanhua in China 1949-1989

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

Black Birders Week: Birding with New York Restoration Project

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

New York Sign Museum May 29th Tour

 Fri, 29 May at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 25

Remembering the U.S. Colored Troops of Brooklyn

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

«Pinscreen» c Алексом Будовским

 Tue, 19 May at 07:30 pm Kvartira Books (formerly MyBiblioteka) USD 39

New York Sign Museum June 5th Tour

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

Canarsie History Walk

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

New York Sign Museum May 22nd Tour

 Fri, 22 May 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

Fort Defiance Park: Where Open Space and Climate Resilience Meets History

 Thu, 21 May at 06:00 pm Waterfront Museum Free

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 10th Tour

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

Que pasa, Cuba?!? Chaos, or Opportunity?

 Sun, 24 May at 12:30 pm Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Free

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 June 12th Tour

 Fri, 12 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

Ellen Levitt launches "Former Synagogues of the United States"

 Wed, 20 May at 06:30 pm Lofty Pigeon Books, Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA Free

Golf Griot -

 Fri, 29 May at 06:30 pm Brownsville Heritage House Inc Free

Spilling Tea About the Revolution

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

Boston Baked Beans Masterclass

 Sun, 17 May at 11:00 am Young Israel of Bedford-Bay Free

America 250 Reading Group

 Thu, 04 Jun at 07:00 pm North Garden at Old Stone House Free

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

Guided Sunset Paddle in Gowanus

 Thu, 14 May Gowanus Dredgers Bunker USD 0 to 29

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 July 26th 1:00pm

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

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

New York Sign Museum July 17th Tour

 Fri, 17 Jul at 02:00 pm 2465 Atlantic Ave USD 0 to 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 August 9th Tour 3:00pm

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

RHBFF 2026: My Father and Qaddafi

 Sun, 17 May at 10:00 am Strong Rope Brewery Red Hook USD 7 to 162

New York Sign Museum August 7th Tour

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

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

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