Park Slope Fifth Avenue Street Fair Returns Sunday

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Park Slope's Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District is bringing back its annual "Fabulous Fifth Avenue Street Fair" this weekend, with plenty of food, drinks and activities to keep the neighborhood entertained for the day.

The street fair takes place Sunday, from Sterling Street to 12th Street from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. — rain or shine. It features a host of vendors, live music and classes running along the major neighborhood thoroughfare.

"We do a lot of work to get our local shops and restaurants and bars to come out," Mark Caserta, the executive director of the Park Slope Fifth Avenue B.I.D., told Patch. "We wouldn’t really value the fair as something that’s outside business all coming in. It's the way we prefer it. It's different and unique and fun and a good way to spend the day."

A good chunk of the vendors will largely include local businesses from Community District 6, which encompasses Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus and Park Slope.

"We have generally about 45 percent of the vendors are from the neighborhood, either from the avenue or the nearby area," Caserta said. "That’s different from a lot of the street fairs you see in the city."

And fair-goers should be in for a nice day, when temperatures are expected to top out in the low 60s with sunshine and a slight breeze.

Here's a look at everything going on Sunday, courtesy of the Fifth Avenue B.I.D.:

Music

• 12 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. — BID Stage, near the Key Food Parking Lot: Brooklyn Music Factory, followed by a dance performance by Dancewave at 3 p.m., then 'Likho Duo'
• 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. — Wild, on the corner of Douglass Street: live singer performing pop hits.
• 12 p.m. — 200 Fifth Bar and Grill: 'Full Disclosure' band
• 12 p.m. — La Villa, on Garfield Street: 'Yesterday and Today' Beatles tribute band
• 12 p.m. — Smith Tavern on Ninth Street: band
• 2 p.m. — The Monro Pub, between 11th and 12th streets: ‘Urban Choir Project'
• 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Paprika Marching Band, from Sterling to 12th street.
• 3 p.m. — B.I.D. Table at 5th St: 7th Boro feat Joy Jones and Mark Caserta (BID Executive Director)
• All day — The Gate on Third Street: D.J.

Activities

• 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. — Spoke the Hub – Pop by Spoke the Hub’s booth on Fifth Ave between Union & President
• Get "inked" with STH Tattoo, sign up for a raffle and learn about STH’s summer Camp Gowanee for ALL ages!
• 12:30 p.m. CAMP GOWANEE: Art Explorers w/ Lori Jorgensen Make earth-friendly bird feeders
• 1 p.m. Mindy Toro & Dancers – New Dance
• 1:30 to 2 p.m. Dance Class w/ Doreen Miranda learn the STH hustle…2PM STH Hustle w/ STH, Fifth Avenue BID and everyBODY else…
• 2:30 p.m. STH students & staff performances:
  • STH Ballerinas
  • Clowning with the charming SaraBesque
  • STH Hip Hop Crew
• 3:30 to 4 p.m. Fit Dance Zumba Demo with Lisa Rochlin of fitdancebk.com
• 4:30 p.m. Body Reserve zumba class – Free – outside Associated near Union

Fitness

Image courtesy Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District