Queer Speed Dating 'World Tour' Includes 3 Beloved Bed-Stuy Spots

BED-STUY, NY — A California bar is bringing its queer speed dating to Brooklyn this summer, hitting three beloved Bed-Stuy spots on a "world tour" of flirting and chatting.

Friends and Family, a bar in Oakland, California, took "speed dating on the road" starting this week with its first stop on the tour: Los Angeles.

The speed dating events will reach New York City in early June, first hitting the James Beard Foundation at Pier 57.

"Queer bars have historically been spaces to find and create community, but those spaces are dwindling, and it's increasingly harder to put yourself out there," Friends and Family said on its website.

On June 11, lovers will meet up at Oddly Enough on Jefferson and Tompkins avenues for speed dating between 2 and 5 p.m. and a bar takeover after.

Nostrand Avenue's newest hot spot Ursula will host speed dating between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. on the June 12.

The Brooklyn wing of the tour will close on June 14 at Winona's on Flushing Avenue between Throop and Tompkins Avenues with a bar takeover from 6 to 9 p.m.

The "world tour" of dating will benefit the Transgender Law Center, a nonprofit organization working to secure equal rights nationally regardless of "gender identity or expression," according to its website.

It's cosponsored by Fords Gin and Chambord Liqueur.

Not single? Don't worry — Friends and Family said its intention is not just to help Brooklynites find love.

"This party has come about because we wanted to create space for cute, flirty, friendly and even flingy, intentional connections; all with someone you may never have crossed paths with," Friends and Family said on its website.

"You don’t need to be single to mingle."