Community Corner

Glenwood Road Will Be Car-Free From Nostrand to Flatbush This Saturday

The city's Weekend Walks program comes to the Flatbush neighborhood on Aug. 6.

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — Glenwood Road will be closed to traffic between Flatbush and Nostrand avenues near Brooklyn College this Saturday, Aug. 8, as part of the city's summertime Weekend Walks initiative.

Each Weekend Walks event is hosted by a different community group in a different part of the city.

The one in Flatbush on Saturday will be hosted by the Flatbush Nostrand Business Improvement District (BID), which has curated a lineup of live bands, DJs, artists and other performers to do their thing on Glenwood Road all afternoon. (FYI, they're calling the whole thing "Jam Fest," not Weekend Walks.)

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"We're so excited for Jam Fest this Saturday!" the BID wrote on Facebook earlier this week. "Come out and join us for the best music, art, culture, crafts and entertainment that Flatbush and Brooklyn have to offer!"

Saturday's event will last from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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In case you miss it — or get really into it! — here are the other Weekend Walks events coming up in Brooklyn:

North Slope Summer Strolls (Park Slope)

Cortelyou Comes Alive (Ditmas Park)

Sunset Park Chinatown Weekend Walk

  • 8th Ave from 55th St to 60th St
  • 8/21
  • 10 am - 3 pm
  • Hosted by The Brooklyn Alliance

Midwood Summer Stroll

  • Avenue M and Elm Ave from E 13th St/15th St to E 15th St/Ave M
  • 8/21
  • 5 pm - 9 pm
  • Hosted by Midwood Development Corporation

Back To School Play Street (Crown Heights)

  • Kingston Ave from Lincoln Pl. to St John's Pl.
  • 8/27
  • 12 pm - 6 pm
  • Hosted by Crown Heights Community Mediation Center

Borough Park Weekend Walk

  • 16th Avenue from 42nd St to 45th St
  • 8/28
  • 10 am - 3 pm
  • Hosted by The Brooklyn Alliance

Southside Connex (Williamsburg)

  • Havemeyer St from Grand St to South 4th St
  • 9/10
  • 1 pm - 6 pm
  • Hosted by El Puente

Summer Space (Brooklyn Heights)

  • Montague St from Clinton St to Henry St
  • 9/18
  • 12 pm - 5 pm
  • Hosted by Montague St Business Improvement

North Flatbush Fall Fest (Prospect Heights)

  • St Marks Pl from 6th Ave to Flatbush and St Marks to Flatbush
  • 10/8, 10/15
  • 12 pm - 4 pm
  • Hosted by North Flatbush BID

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