Theater
St. Ann's Warehouse
A nondescript building on the corner of Water and Dock Streets, St. Ann's Warehouse delivers consistently impressive avant garde theater.
The Brick
A former garage, The Brick is home to cutting-edge independent theater, The New York Clown Theater Festival, and an annual themed festival each year past themes included the Moral Values Festival and the $ellout Festival.
Concerts
Bargemusic
A truly hidden gem. This barge, moored permanently just under the Brooklyn Bridge, has chamber music fare every week with cheese, wine, plush seating, a fireplace, and gentle rocking to assist in your peaceful slumber. It also has a dynamite view of the lower Manhattan skyline.
There are also many concerts at churches and synagogues for example in Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope, as well as at colleges such as Brooklyn College and New York Technical College. Check the listings in newspapers like the New York Press and Village Voice, which also have websites.
Celebrate Brooklyn During the summer season Prospect Park hosts the Celebrate Brooklyn concert campaign every weekend in the Bandshell area of the park. Concerts vary from artists like Bob Dylan, to Norah Jones and even attract younger audiences to shows performed by electronica bands like MGMT.
BAM Rose Cinemas
A good cinema in an old opera hall. Films shown are in between art house and mainstream. Several subways nearby.
See the Districts articles for more listings.
Brooklyn Cyclones
New York Mets single-A minor league team, which plays in Coney Island right next to the Boardwalk. They were established to fill the void of Brooklyn's old Major League Baseball team the Dodgers, who left for Los Angeles after the 1957 season.