Downtown Brooklyn Car-Free Earth Day at Albee Square

Sat Apr 26, 2025
11:00am to 3:30pm ET
Age: All ages
Price: FREE
Location:
Albee Square
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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 West:

  • 11am-12pm | Join Wukkout! for a high-energy, Soca-based dance class designed to get your heart pumping and make you sweat! Experience the vibrant party vibes of a Caribbean carnival while enjoying an exhilarating aerobic workout
  • 11am-2pm | In partnership with 3×3 and DSNY, dispose of your e-waste in a free, convenient, and ethical way.
  • 12pm-3:30pm | 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
  • 1pm-3pm | 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!

 On Albee Square:

12pm-3:30pm

  • DJ Boogie will spin throughout the event with sets inspired by nature’s elements
  • Make art from reused materials with Materials for the Arts (MFTA), NYC’s premier creative reuse facility. Build mosaics and other art projects with old CDs and vinyl! 
  • Brooklyn Book Bodega will offer 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
  • Rejin Leys invites you to make recycled paper while creating awareness about our environment
  • Write poetry with Poets in the Park
  • Dave & Buster’s will be on had with their “Prize Drop” Plinko Game. Play to win fun prizes.

2:30pm-3:15pm

  • Trashaganza! by Bash the Trash weaves together fun interactive songs, cool science, and timely environmental messaging about plastic pollution and climate change
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