Brooklyn Magazine

There’s nothing like summer in Brooklyn. After the extended winter we endured, everyone’s ready for their time in the sun. But with a city so vast, it’s hard to keep track of all that’s going on, or even where to start. Don’t fret, ’cause we did the heavy lifting and compiled the best activities to occupy your time from now until the unofficial end of summer Labor Day.

It’s 1 a.m., and we’re in East Williamsburg for Pacha New York’s opening party. Outside, the streets are pure bedlam for the NBA finals. Inside, Keinemusik’s Rampa is behind the decks playing back-to-back with the English duo Prospa, aka Harvey Blumler and Guiorgi “Gosha” Smith. As we enter, a polished team of door staff and security guards greet us at the front. They confiscate my gum, noting it isn’t allowed inside. I accept the consequences.

We’re now five years into Juneteenth being a national holiday, and somehow you-know-who still hasn’t taken it away despite his endless War on Woke. So we’ve got plenty of Juneteenth-themed events for you on this holiday weekend. But that’s far from everything on the list. Comedy, dance, film, even new interpretations of “America the Beautiful”: If you can imagine it, we’ve got it. Check it all out in this week’s Weekend Guide.

With Juneteenth approaching, we tapped Emily Anadu, builder, marketer, and founder of The Lay Out, a Brooklyn-based community platform dedicated to centering Black joy through Black expression, cooperative economics, and social impact, to compile a list of events as BKMAG’s first guest editor. Her picks for the weekend are below. Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but in Brooklyn, it is also a celebration of how we gather: through food, music, family, history, play, culture, and community.

Iguazu is located at 9226 Fourth Avenue, at the corner of 93rd Street, and is open on Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 11:00 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 10:00 p.m. There’s almost nothing Brazilians and Argentinians won’t compete over. Soccer, most famously, but also food, like whether empanadas should be baked (Argentina) or fried (Brazil), or the best vehicle for eating a bunch of cheese (fugazzeta vs.

Scenes from Bushwick, where the celebration took center stage on Sunday By early afternoon, Knickerbocker Avenue had already surrendered to the sound of salsa, car horns, and conversations drifting from one block to the next. Folding chairs lined the sidewalks, storefronts disappeared behind oversized Puerto Rican flags, and families claimed every inch of shade as Bushwick gathered for its annual Puerto Rican Day Parade. The procession moved slowly, but the neighborhood never stood still.

Keeping up with the culinary action in Brooklyn is almost futile. Even with our help, there aren’t nearly enough meals or minutes in the day to hit them all, which is why we’ve been trying something new these last few weeks, sending some suggested destinations directly to your inbox, so you always know where to eat, no matter which corner of Kings County you might be exploring.

When I arrive at Secret Futebol Club’s multipurpose studio in East Williamsburg, I’m greeted warmly by Ricardo Carlota and Austin Costeira. The two moved Secret, an agency they co-founded, into the sun-drenched space in December 2025 and transformed the former warehouse into their “play” area. A portable DJ setup sits in the near-left corner, and two couches are stationed in the middle of the room, a TV hanging in front.

With this year’s  FIFA World Cup set to begin, Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced a collection of three New York City-inspired jerseys produced for the tournament, which will played in part in New Jersey. “Jerseys represent more than just the team you support,” Mamdani told GQ.

A man darts around the Roxy Cinema clutching a phone with a photo of an eight-inch penis. The penis has a frightening leftward curve that rockets out like a toucan beak. Some gasp, others giggle; one person looks away, blushing. All we know about this genital organ is that it belongs to a man trying to find love on the kink-curious app Feeld. Tonight, he’s on the receiving end of Fishin 4 Luv.