Smorgasburg runs April through October: Saturdays at the Williamsburg waterfront on Kent Avenue and Sundays on Breeze Hill in Prospect Park, 11:00 to 18:00.
NYC Hot Sauce Expo
A late-April weekend at Industry City in Sunset Park (25 and 26 April in 2026) with free tastings from about 50 hot sauce makers, spicy food vendors and craft beer.
Greek Festival in Park Slope
Kimisis Theotokou church on 18th Street runs a May weekend of Greek food and pastries (1 to 3 May in 2026) with live music on Friday and Saturday.
Asparagus, ramps and rhubarb
Spring in the Northeast brings the first asparagus, then ramps, fiddlehead ferns and rhubarb, which are gone fast. The Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket runs Saturdays from 08:00 to 16:00.
Nathan's Famous holds its hot dog eating contest on 4 July at Surf and Stillwell avenues in Coney Island; in 2026 the women's contest began at 11:00 and the men's at 12:30, and you can order your own hot dog at the flagship restaurant.
Giglio feast in Williamsburg
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel feast fills the streets around the shrine church for 12 days in mid-July (8 to 19 July in 2026), with Italian food vendors and the dancing of the Giglio.
Feast of Santa Rosalia
Bensonhurst's 18th Avenue hosts the feast for about 11 days in late August (20 to 30 August in 2026), with Italian sweets and a cannoli eating contest held on 24 August in 2026.
Berries, corn and tomatoes
June and early July bring berries, mid-July brings corn and eggplant, and tomatoes run from late July through August, some varieties into late September.
The Labor Day parade down Eastern Parkway ends Carnival Week (3 to 7 September in 2026); stands sell oxtail with pelau, jerk from iron smokers, bake and shark, and curry shrimp.
Atlantic Antic
A Sunday in late September or early October closes Atlantic Avenue from Hicks Street to Fourth Avenue for a street fair of food, music and shopping (4 October in 2026, 12:00 to 18:00).
Creole Food Fest
One Saturday in early October (3 October in 2026) brings chefs of the African diaspora to Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park for tastings of Haitian, Barbadian and other Creole cooking.
Apples, squash and brassicas
Fall is the season for apples, pears and winter squash, and for broccoli rabe, cauliflower, cabbage and kale, which turn sweeter after a frost. Smorgasburg runs through October.
Grand Army Plaza (Saturday), Borough Hall (Tuesday and Saturday), Fort Greene (Saturday) and McCarren Park (Saturday) run all year.
Pączki before Lent
In the days before Lent, Greenpoint bakeries bake pączki for Fat Tuesday, also called Pączki Day in Polish communities; Syrena Bakery on Norman Avenue sells paczek, a Polish donut, and Charlotte Patisserie bakes a variety.
White borscht in the cold months
Karczma on Greenpoint Avenue serves white borscht in bread bowls and sausages with cabbage, and its old-fashioned dark-wood tavern room is especially cozy in the colder months.
Lunar New Year in Sunset Park
Sunset Park, home to Brooklyn's Chinatown along 8th Avenue, hosts a popular Chinese New Year celebration; Chuan Tian Xia, a Sichuan Bib Gourmand, is on 7th Avenue nearby.
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