Lunar New Year Events in Bay Ridge or Nearby in Brooklyn 2024
Lunar New Year is Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
1) New Years Festival at Seth Low – IS 96’s Auditorium at 99 Avenue P at 3:00 pm.
2) Need new friends? NYC Asians are having a meetup at 6:45 to 8:45 pm at Park Asia Restaurant at 6521 – 8th Avenue (RSVP here)
Sunday, January 26, 2025
1) Red Bowl Restaurant at 8518 – 3rd is Celebrating the Year of the Snake at 2:00 pm. Make a reservation for lunch and see the lion dance performed by the Brooklyn Lion’s Club 718-307-2828.
2) Lunar New Year Event at the Brooklyn Museum. You have to pay the museum entrance free, but there is free art-making activities, a performance and a museum-wide bingo game. (Reserve a spot here)
12:45pm – 1:45pm Museum-wide Bingo Game
1:45pm – 2:45pm Paper Snake Art Making
2:45pm – 3:15pm Dancing of the Lion Performance
3:15pm – 4:00pm Meet the performers
3) Lunar New Year Event at Ikea at 1 Beard Street in Redhook, Brooklyn 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Free. (Register here) The first 200 families will receive a red envelope special. Photo station and scavenger hunt. Good treats!
4) AsiaNY Lunar New Year Show at 8:00 – 10:00 pm.
Monday, January 27, 2025
1) Council Representative Susan Zhuang invited everyone to this free Lunar New Year event at 5:00 at City Hall in Manhattan. RSVP by Thursday, January 23, at council.nyc.gov/events or by calling the her office at 718-307-7151.
Thursday, January 30, 2025
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum has interactive storytelling, bilingual activities, crafts, and a special meet-and-greet with Michele Wong McSween, author of Gordon & Li Li at 2:00 pm. (Register here)
Friday, January 31, 2025
1) Lunar New Year Celebration at Atlantic Terminal Mall from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. (Info here)
February 1, 2025
1) Brooklyn Children’s Museum Lunar New Year Celebration from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. (Tickets $15 each here) There will be live music, dance, kung fu and calligraphy workshops, as well as lion dance parades. **Families with special needs NYC Council Representative Susan Zhuang has free family passes. For more information, contact the District 43 office at 718-307-7151 or email District43@council.nyc.gov.
2) Lunar New Year Calligraphy at Dyker Library at 8202 – 13th Avenue. Free. Class from 12:00 – 1:00 pm (Info) And 1:00 – 2:00 pm. (Info)
3) Lunar New Year Celebration at City Point at 445 Albee Square West. Looks nice for small children (see pics here)
4) Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Lunar New Year Celebration at 58 – 7th Avenue from 2:00 – 4:00 pm. $15.00 – $25.00 (Register here) Enjoy live music, festive snacks, lion dancers, crafts, mini lessons from the Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, and more.
5) The Museum of Chinese America is having a Lunar New Year Family Festival at 215 Centre Street in Manhattan from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm OR 2:00 – 5:00 pm. $7.18 a ticket (Get tickets)
Sunday, February 9, 2025
1) On February 9th from 12:00 – 4:00 pm, The Brooklyn School of Inquiry will have a Lunar New Year Festival at 50 Avenue P in Brooklyn. Adults are free. $10 per child. Lion dance, arts, games and cultural activities.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
1) On February 12th at 4:00 pm, Il Centro at 8711 – 18th Avenue will have a Lunar New Year Celebration. Only 100 people can attend. Last years event looked very nice. (Here’s photos from 2023) The link should be here or you can call 718-259-2828 and ask them to help you register for the free event.
Sunday, February 16, 2025
***THE BIGGEST EVENT*** The Lunar New Year Parade in Manhattan’s Chinatown at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. (Info here)
The parade route starts at Mott & Canal to Chatham Square to East Broadway towards the Manhattan Bridge, ending at Eldridge and Forsyth Streets near Grand Street near Sara D. Roosevelt Park, in Manhattan.
Did not find the flyer for these events yet:
1) Chinese American Social Services (CASS) Center Lunar New Year Parade on 18th Avenue and 66th Street (Photos from last year)
2) Sunset Park’s Lunar New Year Parade – 8th Avenue and 50th Street 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
Some dates from the lion dance group are here: https://www.instagram.com/ny.chinesefreemasons/p/DEXiZMvOQIh/
Desserts by Cathy – Almond cookies available for pre-order for Lunar New Year! 1 dozen cookies for $20 in a festive box. Box will vary. Pre-order by January 22nd . All orders available for delivery week of January 27 and after.
Hugs,
marlene
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