Downtown Brooklyn Car-Free Earth Day at Albee Square

Sat Apr 20, 2024
11:00am to 3:00pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: FREE
Location:
Albee Square

Earth-friendly fun is guaranteed at Albee Square Plaza and Albee Square West, which is closed to traffic all day. Bring your bikes, roller skates, and beach chairs to enjoy a car-free street.

On Albee Square:

  • Trashaganza! by Bash the Trash weaves together fun interactive songs, cool science, and timely environmental messaging about plastic pollution and climate change.
  • DJ Boogie spins throughout the event with sets inspired by nature’s elements
  • Make art from reused materials with Materials for the Arts (MFTA). Build mosaics and other art projects with old CDs and vinyl!
  • Brooklyn Book Bodega offers free, environmentally themed books as part of their mission to increase the number of 100+ book homes for kids 0-18 in NYC.
  • Learn to hand sew and knit plastic fashionable items, repurpose your t-shirt with Black Girls Sew.
  • Pulp Mobile invites you to make recycled paper while creating awareness about our environment.
  • Write poetry with Poets in the Park

On Albee Square West:

  • Dance your way to fitness with Brooklyn’s beloved Natarsha McQueen and her ever popular Zumba class.
  • Learn to ride a bike with Bike New York! Bike New York teaches kids 5 – 14 how to ride safely along Albee Square West (which is closed to traffic for the day), while parents and guardians cheer them on!*
  • Test a CLIP Bike, meet its team, and win CLIP goodies.
  • Learn all about composting with BK ROT and also take home some of Brooklyn’s finest compost for growing vegetables, herbs and also for jump starting soil remediation

*Registration required.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.