Get Out! A Weekend at the Park

As the weather becomes cooler and the leaves begin to change, there's no better place to spend time than in the park. Here are bunch of things going on that will get you there:

• Join cyclists from the neighborhood Friday at 7 p.m. for the weekly Ditmas Rides. The purpose is purely for a fun, relaxing group ride through Ditmas Park's streets and there is no planned route; it's decided upon before each ride. Those interested should gather in front of the Cortelyou Library. To be added to the emailing list, click here.

• Bring your compostable food waste to the Flatbush Reformed Church Community Garden at 11 a.m. on Saturday, where Sustainable Flatbush will add them to their compost bins. The compost site is located behind the church, on East 21st Street between Kenmore Terrace and Church Avenue. For more information about the composting site and what you can compost, visit the Sustainable Flatbush website.

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• The Friends of Cortelyou Library will hold a children's book sale at the Cortelyou Library on Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

• The annual Popcorn multifamily yard sale is Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Argyle and Albemarle Roads. Families will be selling donated items at a low rate.

• Birdwatchers of all ages and experience can meet at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park every Saturday at 12 p.m. to get a crash-course on how to spot our feathered friends. Learn where in the Park to look, what to look and listen for, and which kinds of approximately 250 bird species you might see at different times of the year.

•  Saturday and Sunday from 12-5 p.m. will be a tag sale on East 19 St. between Foster Ave. and Glenwood Rd. Gently used baby clothes, furs, pottery, trays, glassware, hammered aluminum, luggage, golf bag, watches, and much more will be sold.

• Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. kids participate in engaging arts and crafts that combine outdoor nature play at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park. This is appropriate for kids of all ages, and it's free.

• Take a look at how life was lived in 1820's Brooklyn by touring the second floor of the Lefferts Historic House. The floor has rooms set up with furniture and other artifacts of the period, so visitors can get a glimpse of the past, when the area was a Dutch farming village. Tours are given every half hour beginning at 1 p.m.