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On New Year’s Eve, you can welcome 2020 while watching fi reworks explode over Prospect Park! Andrew Gardner
The best things to do in Brooklyn this winter!
DECEMBER
Survival of the Slowest
Brooklyn Children’s Museum 145 Brooklyn
Ave. between St. Mark’s Avenue and Prospect
Place in Crown Heights, (718) 735–4400. www.
brooklynkids.org. Through Feb. 2. Open
Tue, Wed, Fri, 10 am–5 pm; Thu, 10 am–6 pm;
Sat–Sun, 10 am–7 pm. $13.
An exhibit of slow-moving creatures
who have turned their lack of get-upand
go into a virtue, including a sloth,
turtles, hedgehogs, and snakes.
Ice Skating in Prospect Park
LeFrak Center at Lakeside (171 E. Drive
in Prospect Park, enter on Ocean Avenue
between Parkside Avenue and Lincoln Road,
www.prospectpark.org). Open Mon, 9 am–5
pm; Tue–Thu, 9 am–7 pm; Fri, 9 am–9 pm;
Sat, noon–9 pm; Sun, noon–5 pm. $7.50
weekdays, $11 weekends and holidays (skate
rental $8).
Strap on some skates and glide across the ice
in Prospect Park’s indoor and outdoor rinks,
for as long as the weather remains cool.
Menorah Lighting Ceremony
Grand Army Plaza (Flatbush Avenue at
Eastern Parkway in Park Slope). Dec. 22 at 6
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pm. Free.
On the fi rst night of Hanukkah, catch the
fi rst of eight lighting ceremonies at the
world’s largest menorah, which will feature
music and potato pancakes for all.
New Year’s Eve Fireworks
Grand Army Plaza (Flatbush Avenue at
Eastern Parkway, www.prospectpark.org).
Dec. 31; 10:30 pm–12:30 am. Free.
Brooklyn welcomes 2020 with a bang
and a huge fi reworks show at the
stroke of midnight, at an event hosted
by Borough President Adams. Head
down early for hot chocolate and live
entertainment.
New Year’s Eve Lightshow
Steeplechase Plaza (on the Boardwalk
between W. 16th and W. 19th streets in Coney
Island, www.brooklyn-usa.org). Dec. 31; 9
pm–midnight. Free.
Dress warmly and cruise down to
Coney, where live bands will play music
on the Boardwalk and the Parachute
Jump will light up at midnight,
followed by a fi reworks display.
JANUARY
Coney Island Polar Bear Club
New Year’s Day Swim
Coney Island beach (Boardwalk at Stillwell
Avenue in Coney Island, www.polarbearclub.
org). Jan. 1 at 1 pm. $25 suggested donation.
Start the new year off with a splash by
jumping into the freezing waters of the
Atlantic Ocean with other hordes of
other brave swimmers.
Cellino and Barnes
Bell House 149 Seventh St. between Second
and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–
6510, www.thebellhouseny.com. Jan. 4 at at
5:30 pm. $15 ($12 in advance).
Two comedians have created an hourlong
show inspired by the break-up
of the injury attorneys with the
ubiquitous jingle.
Winter Zoo Wonderland
Prospect Park Zoo 450 Flatbush Ave.
between Empire Boulevard and Eastern
Parkway in Crown Heights, (718) 399–7339,
prospectparkzoo.com. Jan. 4–26; Sat–Sun, 11
am–3 pm. $10 (kids $7).
Every weekend in January you can
explore Prospect Park Zoo’s wintery
outdoor trail and discover how animals
have adapted to survive in the cold.
Judge John Hodgman
Murmrr Theatre (17 Eastern Pkwy. between
Grand Army Plaza and Underhill Avenue,
www.murmrr.co m). Jan. 13 at 8 pm. $30.
The author, comic actor, and PC
dispenses justice and resolves thorny
disputes in this live edition of his
podcast, accompanied by musical guest
Juliana Hatfi eld.
Gangstagrass
Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan
Ave. between Havemeyer and N. Fourth
streets in Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696,
bk.knittingfactory.com. Jan. 17 at 8 pm. $18.
The local artist blends bluegrass and
gangsta rap to create a unique sound.
Winter JazzFest Marathon
Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N.
Sixth St. between Wythe and Kent
avenues in Williamsburg, www.
musichallofwilliamsburg.com). Jan. 17, 7
pm–1:15 am. $35.
National Sawdust (80 N. Sixth St. at
Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, www.
nationalsawdust.org). 10 pm–1 am.
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