Williamsburg, Brooklyn is a young hipster, Puerto Rican, and Hasidic neighborhood.
Northern Williamsburg is hipsterlandia.
Southern Williamsburg is Puerto Rican and Hasidic.
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Winter Jazzfest 2026 is Rising With the Sound of Freedom
MANHATTAN The Bitter End, City Winery, Drom, Close Up, Le Poisson Rouge, Nublu, & Zinc Bar in Chelsea, Greenwich Village, and the Lower East Side
BROOKLYN Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn Bowl, Loove Annex, Musical Hall of Williamsburg, National Sawdust, Superior Ingredients, Union Pool in Williamsburg
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Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian Street Fair Famous for Dancing the Giglio Tower
SHRINE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 🇮🇹
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Italian Street Fair
The Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Shrine Church is an Italian religious festival and street fair in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, from Wednesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 21, 2024. The festival peaks around Giglio Sunday on July 14, and the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. 🇮🇹
Little Berlin
Williamsburg is sometimes called “Little Berlin.”
New York City’s contemporary art scene started in SoHo in the 1970s, moved to the East Village in the 1980s, crossed the East River to Williamsburg in the 1990s, before jumping to Berlin.
Los Sures
The Southside, south of Grand St, is a Puerto Rican and Dominican neighborhood. It’s changing like everywhere, but Los Sures still has a large Hispanic community.
Graham Ave between Grand and Broadway is the “Avenue of Puerto Rico.” Havemeyer St also has many Hispanic businesses. The Moore Street Market is also known as “La Marqueta de Williamsburg.” It’s a World War II era city market that is now mostly Hispanic.
Central markets are the center of commercial life in Hispanic towns around the world. They are like La Placita in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s a central market by day turns into a ring of restaurants and bars by night.
Los Sures is the home of Caribbean Social Club, known in the community as Toñitas, the last Puerto Rican social club in New York City. It’
Toñitas
244 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Williamsburg Music
- Brooklyn Bowl brooklynbowl.com
- Music Hall of Williamsburg
- National Sawdust
- Toñitas
Williamsburg Government
- Local government is Brooklyn Community Board #1 and the Brooklyn Borough President.
- City government is New York City Council’s 33rd and 34th Districts.
- Federal government is New York Congressional District #7.
Williamsburg Parks
- Domino Park
- Marsha P Johnson State Park
- McCarren Park
Williamsburg Shopping
Bedford Avenue north of Metropolitan is Williamsburg’s main shopping street. There is good vintage and hipster clothing.