Check out workshops, programs and classes by Yard-based businesses.
Soleil Riviera's Bougie BBQ
September 5, 2026
3 PM – 10 PM
Building 77, Back Lot
Prices vary
A European-inspired summer day party bringing coastline summer energy to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with signature street food, live DJs, photo installations, F&B, and more.
Pioneers in Hand Papermaking: 50 Years of Innovation at Dieu Donné
September 16, 2026
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Building 88, Suite 602
FREE (No reservation required)
This year, Dieu Donné celebrates its 50th Anniversary, marking five decades of pioneering work in hand papermaking. Founded in 1976, the nonprofit has collaborated with more than 1,000 artists and remains a leading institution supporting artistic innovation through residencies, fellowships, studio collaborations, and education. Explore the organization’s newest exhibition and get a behind-the-scenes tour with its curators Susan Gosin and Cynthia Nourse Thompson.
Bloom Into the School Year
September 20, 2026
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Building 92, 4th Floor
FREE
An uplifting afternoon of community, connection, and impact. Together, we’ll pack menstrual hygiene kits for NYC public school students experiencing period poverty, while learning about the importance of menstrual equity. Each reusable kit includes essential period products, bilingual educational resources,
and a words of affirmation card. Come pack, connect, and help us make sure every student can start the school year feeling prepared, confident, and supported.
New Climate Futures
September 24, 2026
11:00 AM – 7:30 PM
Newlab, Building 101
$35-$75
Register now for New Climate Futures, the largest event of New York Climate Week, where entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders from around the world come together with the shared mission to commercialize the critical technologies required for real-world climate outcomes. Hosted at Newlab’s Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters, the heart of critical technology startups in New York City, the event features showcases and conversations focused on opening more pathways for adoption for critical technologies that our planet urgently needs.
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.
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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