Check out workshops, programs and classes by Yard-based businesses.
Be Held – Be Seen, Inspired and Deeply Connected
Saturdays: July 25, August 8, August 22, 2026
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
$150+
Building 92
BE HELD is an intentional community experience where Black and Latina women gather to feel seen, inspired, and deeply connected. Rooted in softness, growth, ambition, and healing, it offers space to pause, reflect, and reconnect—without the pressure of navigating life transitions alone. Through meaningful conversations, panels, activations, and intentional connection, BE HELD fosters authenticity, centers community, and brings together diverse voices for honest dialogue across personal and professional journeys
Brooklyn Tequila Fest
Saturday, August 8
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Building 77
Prices Vary – Use code BKNY for 40% off
Explore the world of tequila at the Brooklyn Tequila Fest, featuring over 100 varieties of tequila, mezcal, craft spirits, cocktails, and more. Enjoy unlimited tastings while learning from industry experts, and discover new favorites alongside vodka, gin, whiskey, and local brews. Whether you’re a tequila connoisseur or simply looking for a fun and flavorful experience, this rain-or-shine event offers something for everyone.
Skin2Skin NYC Summer Day Party
Saturday, August 15
Building 77
3:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Prices Vary
Join Skin2Skin NYC for its annual Summer Day Party in Brooklyn, a vibrant outdoor celebration featuring great music, energy, and community. Tier 2 tickets are available, with elevated cabana and bottle service packages offered for those looking to enhance their experience. Gather your friends and enjoy one of Brooklyn’s signature summer events.
Public Art Along Flushing Avenue
June 4–November 1, 2026
BUILD THE FUTURE
By Peter Miller
The installation spans 350 feet along the fence line in front of Building 3 between Clermont Avenue and Adelphi Street. Hand-woven strips of colored aluminum form a dynamic three-dimensional composition in which yellow, green, orange, and blue shift with the viewer’s movement, evoking transformation, growth, and momentum. Viewed from a distance, the phrase BROOKLYN > BUILD THE FUTURE emerges.
BROOKLYN: LAYERED LENSES
By Tanvi Shaha & Joris Van Helmond
Through layered imagery of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Prospect Park, and Coney Island, the work on view at Building 92 explores Brooklyn’s interconnected systems of production, commons, and spectacle. Colored vinyl and clear acrylic create shifting interactions of light, color, and perspective, inviting viewers to consider connections across distinct places, communities, and ways of seeing. This installation was made possible through a partnership with Pratt Institute.
BROOKLYN BECOMES
By McKinney Secondary School of the Arts Students
Students from McKinney Secondary School of the Arts were invited to envision Brooklyn’s future with boldness, curiosity, and imagination. 19 selected works are on view between N. Oxford St and N. Portland Ave. Organized around five thematic areas – Journeys, Pathways & Discovery; The Power of Community & Connections; Vibrancy, Culture & Diversity; Proactive Policymaking for a Better Future; and Hi-Tech & Imagined Futures – the installation presents a collective portrait of Brooklyn through the perspectives of emerging young artists.
Shaping a Living
February 27 – August 15, 2026
Building 92, Yard Work Gallery, Ground Floor
Every business begins with a personal story built upon skills that are influenced by family and culture, self-taught practices and exploration, and formal training and schooling. Shaping a Living explores the personal and entrepreneurial journeys of Yard-based businesses and how they have shaped the objects they create.
Through these stories, each maker’s work reflects their ongoing growth as innovators and business owners. Visitors are invited to look beyond each finished object to further consider the knowledge, labor, and problem-solving behind it, and to support these local creators through available direct purchasing opportunities.
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present & Future
Building 92
Historic Marine Commandant’s Residence
Hours: Tuesdays- Sundays, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
For tour schedule, click here.
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present, and Future is a permanent exhibition at Building 92 that tells the story of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from 1801, when it was founded as one of the nation’s first federal shipyards, through to the site’s use today as an active industrial and innovation hub that is home to hundreds of businesses. The exhibition is located across three floors inside the former residence of the Marine Commandant, an adaptively reused building that was originally constructed in 1858. Inside the exhibition, visitors will get an extensive history of the site through detailed wall text and a variety of artifacts and objects that span across centuries.
The exhibition is the first exhibition to tell the Yard’s story and was originally installed in 2011 with great community support from both organizations and neighborhood residents alike. Ultimately, the exhibition aims to introduce contemporary audiences to the generations of people who worked, transformed, lived, and shaped the Yard over time, and who continue to build upon the storied history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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