The Brooklyn Cultural District

Brooklyn
Cultural
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DISCOVER THE EPICENTER OF Brooklyn’s Arts + Culture

Arts and culture has been a defining focus for Downtown Brooklyn for more than a century. Building upon the rich history of the area’s existing institutions, the City and State of New York have invested over $100 million to support world-class cultural venues, public spaces, and streetscape improvements.

These institutions represent a wide array of artistic and cultural expression, from the storied Brooklyn Academy of Music and the modern BRIC Arts Media Center, to the emergent Irondale Center, and the cutting-edge Issue Project Room.

Explore the Brooklyn Cultural District

651 Arts 651 ARTS presents live dance, music, and theater events in venues throughout Brooklyn, and maintains a robust educational program. 3.5 of 5 $$$ L10 Arts & Cultural Center, 4th Floor
(718) 636-4181 Leisure Arts + Culture
A.R.T./NY South Oxford Space A.R.T./New York is the service and advocacy organization for the nation’s largest, most artistically influential and culturally diverse theater community: Off Broadway. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 138 South Oxford Street
(718) 398-3078 Leisure Arts + Culture
BAM KBH The permanent home for BAM’s extensive archives, featuring an intimate black box theater designed to host experimental programming. 3.5 of 5 $$$ L10 Arts & Cultural Center
(718) 636-4100 Leisure Arts + Culture Entertainment
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building The Peter Jay Sharp Building houses the BAM Rose Cinemas, the Howard Gilman Opera House, and The Adam Space/BAMcafé. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 30 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 636-4100 Leisure Arts + Culture
BAM Richard B. Fisher Building The BAM Richard B. Fisher Building – houses the Fishman Space, BAM Fisher HIllman Studio, BAM Fisher Rooftop Terrace and Stutz Gardens, and Leavitt Workshop. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 321 Ashland Place
(718) 636-4100 Leisure Arts + Culture
Barclays Center Barclays Center serves as the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and can accommodate up to 19,000 visitors for musical performances. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 620 Atlantic Avenue
(917) 618-6700 Leisure Arts + Culture Entertainment Sports + Fitness
BRIC BRIC provides a platform for the development of new works in theater, dance, music, and multi-disciplinary performance. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 647 Fulton Street
(718) 683-5600 Leisure Arts + Culture
Brooklyn Ballet At the heart of Brooklyn Ballet’s mission is the creation of new ballets that challenge conventions and defy expectations. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 160 Schermerhorn Street
(718) 246-0146 Leisure Arts + Culture
Brooklyn Music School The Brooklyn Music School is a community school for the performing arts, founded in 1912 as the Brooklyn Music School Settlement. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 126 Saint Felix Street
(718) 638-5660 Schools K-12
Brooklyn Paramount 60 years since its last curtain call, this palace of entertainment returns as a multi-genre sensory spectacle of state-of-the-art sound. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 385 Flatbush Avenue Extension
(718) 281-5850 Leisure Arts + Culture Entertainment
Brooklyn Renaissance Art Downtown Brooklyn art lounge, studio, and gallery. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 66 Willoughby Street
Leisure Arts + Culture
Clive Davis Gallery The Clive Davis Gallery, located in The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU | Tisch, pays tribute to the career and accomplishments of recording industry legend, Clive Davis. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 370 Jay Street
(212) 992-8400 Leisure Arts + Culture
Haiti Cultural Exchange Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) was founded in 2009 by seven Haitian women with the aim to create a permanent presence for Haitian Arts & Culture in our city. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 35 Lafayette Avenue
(347) 565-4429 Leisure Arts + Culture
Harvey Theater at BAM Strong The Harvey Theater at BAM Strong, originally the Majestic Theater, was renamed in 1999 in honor of former BAM president Harvey Lichtenstein. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 651 Fulton Street
(718) 636-4100 Leisure Arts + Culture Entertainment Film + Theater
Irondale Center The Irondale Ensemble Project has a rich 25-year history of producing and teaching experimental theater. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 85 South Oxford Street
(718) 488-9233 Leisure Arts + Culture
ISSUE Project Room ISSUE Project Room is a pioneering performance center, presenting projects by both emerging and established experimental artists. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 22 Boerum Place
(718) 330-0313 Leisure Arts + Culture
L10 Arts and Cultural Center L10 anchors the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District as a dynamic hub for collaboration, learning, and creativity. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 10 Lafayette Avenue
Leisure Arts + Culture
Loading Dock Theatre Experience original plays that explore the extremes in human behavior, 3.5 of 5 $$$ 170 Tillary Street
(646) 355-7518 Leisure Entertainment Film + Theater
Mark Morris Dance Center The Mark Morris Dance Center, founded in 2001, is the home of the world-renowned Mark Morris Dance Group, and the hub of dance and music education in Brooklyn. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 3 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 624-8400 Leisure Arts + Culture
MoCADA Gallery + Café MoCADA uses the visual arts as a point of departure for exploring new artistic production across a variety of disciplines. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 10 Lafayette Ave. 2nd Floor
(718) 230-0492 x700 Leisure Arts + Culture
New York Transit Museum The New York Transit Museum is the largest museum in the United States devoted to urban public transportation history, and one of the premier institutions of its kind in the world. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 99 Schermerhorn Street
(718) 694-1600 Leisure Arts + Culture
Roulette Roulette is a major New York City venue for contemporary music and intermedia art. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 509 Atlantic Avenue
(917) 267-0363 Leisure Arts + Culture
Smack Mellon Smack Mellon presents solo and group exhibitions in their singular 6,000-square-foot gallery space. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 92 Plymouth Street
(718) 834-8761 Leisure Arts + Culture
St. Ann’s Warehouse For 34 years, St. Ann’s Warehouse has commissioned, produced, and presented a unique and eclectic body of innovative theater and concert presentations that meet at the intersection of theater and rock and roll. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 45 Water Street
(718) 254-8779 Leisure Arts + Culture
The Center for Brooklyn History The Center for Brooklyn History is a nationally recognized urban history center dedicated to preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn’s extraordinary 400-year history. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 128 Pierrepont Street
(718) 222-4111 Leisure Arts + Culture
The Center for Fiction The Center for Fiction welcomes readers and writers of all ages and from all walks of life. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 15 Lafayette Avenue
(212) 755-6710 Shop Leisure Arts + Culture Books
The Mark O’Donnell Theater @ The Actors Fund Arts Center The Actors Fund Arts Center is a state-of-the-art black box performance venue and rehearsal space located in the lobby level of The Schermerhorn. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 160 Schermerhorn Street
(718) 640-1841 Leisure Arts + Culture Entertainment Film + Theater
Theatre for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theatre for a New Audience is a leading Off-Broadway company dedicated to Shakespeare and classic drama 3.5 of 5 $$$ 262 Ashland Pl, Brooklyn, NY
(212) 229-2819 Leisure Arts + Culture Entertainment Film + Theater
UrbanGlass UrbanGlass is a leading resource for both aspiring and established artists wishing to create with glass. 3.5 of 5 $$$ 647 Fulton Street
(718) 625-3685 Shop Gifts Jewelry

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Upcoming Programming

Today 4/29 7:30pm – 9:30pm

Hamlet

Harvey Theater at BAM Strong 651 Fulton St

Today 4/29 8:00pm – 9:40pm

Moby Dick

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Ave

Today 4/29 8:00pm – 10:00pm

Bang on a Can Presenting Long Play Festival – goat (jp)

Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue

4/30/2026 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Mizik Ayiti! Residency Spring Series | Twoubadou Lakay

Haiti Cultural Exchange 35 Lafayette Ave

4/30/2026 6:30pm – 8:00pm

CBH Talk | Confronting Climate Change Part 1: Understanding Deniers

Center for Brooklyn History 128 Pierrepont Street

4/30/2026 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Practicing Brooklyn NOW: Working Locally in a Global City

Library for Arts & Culture 10 Lafayette Avenue, Second Floor

4/30/2026 7:00pm – 9:00pm

The Center for Fiction Presents Tom Perrotta on Ghost Town with Teddy Wayne

The Center for Fiction 15 Lafayette Avenue

4/30/2026 8:00pm – 10:00pm

DAVE – The Boy Who Played the Harp Tour

Brooklyn Paramount 385 Flatbush Ave. Extension

4/30/2026 8:00pm – 10:00pm

Bang on a Can Presenting Long Play Festival – Suzanne Bocanegra Rerememberer

Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave

5/1/2026 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered

Center for Brooklyn History 128 Pierrepont Street

5/1/2026 6:00pm – 8:00pm

First Novel Friday: Liar’s Dice, Abundance, and Odessa

The Center for Fiction 15 Lafayette Avenue

5/1/2026 7:00pm – 10:30pm

Bang on a Can Presenting Long Play Festival at Roulette

Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave

5/2/2026 12:00pm – 11:30pm

Bang on a Can: Long Play Festival at Roulette

Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave

5/2/2026 2:00pm – 10:00pm

Bang on a Can: Long Play Festival at TFANA

Theatre for a New Audience 262 Ashland Place

5/3/2026 2:30pm – 11:30pm

Bang on a Can: Long Play Festival at Roulette

Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave

5/3/2026 4:30pm – 5:30pm

An Evening with Guitarist Tomas Rodriguez: Album Release Concert in Brooklyn

South Oxford Space 138 South Oxford Street

5/9/2026 9:00pm – 5/10/2026 2:00am

BRIC House Party presents, Good Sh*t Everywhere!

BRIC House 647 Fulton Street

5/14/2026 7:30pm – 9:15pm

Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Avenue

5/16/2026 7:30pm – 8:40pm

The Post Office

BAM Fisher 321 Ashland Pl

5/30/2026 1:00pm – 3:50pm

The Met in HD: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

BAM Rose Cinemas 30 Lafayette Ave

6/9/2026 6:00pm – 8:00pm

The Brooklyn Poetry Slam

The Plaza at 300 Ashland Flatbush Ave + Lafayette Ave

6/20/2026 12:00pm – 8:00pm

We Outside! A BK Juneteenth Vol. IV

The Plaza at 300 Ashland Place

6/26/2026 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Friday Night Dance with Public Service!

The Plaza at 300 Ashland Flatbush Ave + Lafayette Ave