Things To Do in NYC This Weekend

NYC X Design Events, 9th Avenue International Food Festival, Japan Parade, Womens Choice Rallies, Romanian Festival in Manhattan, Tastes of Brooklyn Flatbush, Bay Fest, Fabulous 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, Jazz Festival in Jamaica Queens, Albanian Street Fair / Bronx Week and Piazza Belmont in the Bronx & the Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt

May 14, 2022 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

Weather. Slight chance of 1/10 of an inch of rain after 7 pm Saturday and none on Sunday. Temperatures between 60 and the mid 70's all weekend. Winds at 5 mph. Humidity generally around 60%. So generally a pleasant weather weekend, except the bit of rain.

The photo at right was taken in Manhattan this week as about one hundred cyclists streamed down Broadway in Manhattan.

NYC Things To Do This Weekend NYC

Tuesday - Friday, May 10 - 20, 2022 - NYC X Design. This is at various venues at various times. It's all about the many facets of design - from workshops to exhibits to markets. Every day is chuck full of events - see www.nycxdesign.org for details. Many events are free.

Manhattan Things To Do This Weekend NYC

Tuesday - Friday, May 10 - 20, 2022 - NYC X Design. This is at various venues at various times. It's all about the many facets of design - from workshops to exhibits to markets. Every day is chuck full of events - see www.nycxdesign.org for details. Many events are free.

The photo at right was taken from Bar 54, a rooftop bar in Manhattan at sunset. The city is beginning to come alive again, after two years of subdued activity because of the pandemic.

Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm. 9th Avenue International Food Festival - Along 9th Ave between 42nd Street & 57th Street. Click here to view a map of the 9th Ave street fair in Manhattan. Midtown street fairs in NYC.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm - Stonewall Veterans Fair - Along Broadway between 14th Street & Waverly in the Village NYC. St fairs in Manhattan NYC.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 beginning 1 pm - Japan Parade followed by Street Fair - The parade begins at 1 pm at Central Park West at 81st Street and marches down to 68th Street where it ends. There's a Japan Parade Street Fair that runs from 1 pm - 4.30 pm along 69th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. Street fairs on the UWS in NYC.

On Sunday, May 15, 2022 beginnning at 10.45 am the Asian American Pacific Islanders Parade marches up 6th Avenue from 44th to 55th Streets.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 beginning at 2 pm - Womens Choice Rally - At Foley Square in Downtown Manhattan and also at Union Square Park [concurrently]. Free.

Sunday, May 15, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm - Romania Day Festival - Along Broadway between Liberty and Battery Place. Celebration of over a century of Romanian unification and culture. In 2018 the fair included 30 stands of Romanian businesses, restaurants and artists out of a total of 300 stands. Entertainment, food & shopping. Tribeca street fairs nyc.

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Brooklyn Things To Do This Weekend NYC

Tuesday - Friday, May 10 - 20, 2022 - NYC X Design. This is at various venues at various times. It's all about the many facets of design - from workshops to exhibits to markets. Every day is chuck full of events - see www.nycxdesign.org for details. Many events are free.

The photo at right was taken at a Metro North train station on Sunday night as New Yorkers awaited the train to return to the city after visiting their mothers for Mothers Day.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 11 am - 6 pm. Graham Avenue Fiesta Brooklyn. Along Graham Avenue from Broadway to Boerum in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Williamsburg street fairs / street festivals in Brooklyn.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 from 12 noon - 7 pm - Tastes of Brooklyn / Tastes of Flatbush Avenue - This event starts at Parkside Plaza at Ocean / Parkside Avenue in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The event features over a dozen participating local restaurants offering tastes of their cuisine. Tickets range from $35 - $100 on eventbrite or at the starting point noted above for a number of tastes. Most of the restaurants are located along Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues.

Saturday, May 14, 2022 beginning at 12 noon - Womens Choice Rally - At Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. Free.

Sunday, May 15, 2022 from 12 noon - 6 pm. Bayfest. At Emmons Avenue and East 27th Street in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Arts, crafts, amusement rides, bands, dance performances along the Brooklyn waterfront.

Sunday, May 15, 2022 from 11 am - 6 pm. Fabulous Fifth Avenue Street Fair. Along 5th Avenue between Sterling Place & 12th Street in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Brooklyn street fairs / St Fairs & festivals near the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Organized by the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID. There will be plenty of food offerings at the bars and restaurants along 5th, as well as live entertainment at many of the venues.

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 beginning at 1.30 pm - Norweigan Day Parade - The parade steps off at 80th Street and 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. The parade route after stepping off, is as follows: turns right at 75th Street [aka Bay Ridge Parkway], left on 5th Avenue, to 67th Street and then along the Park - ending between 6th and 7th Avenues where the reviewing stand is. Street fairs in Bay Ridge Brooklyn NYC.

Queens Things To Do This Weekend NYC

Tuesday - Friday, May 10 - 20, 2022 - NYC X Design. This is at various venues at various times. It's all about the many facets of design - from workshops to exhibits to markets. Every day is chuck full of events - see www.nycxdesign.org for details. Many events are free.

The photo at right was taken in Queens last week, when the beautifully vivid colors of nature gave us a wondrous - but short lived - Spring bloom color show.

Saturday & Sunday, May 14 & 15, 2022 from 12 noon - 6 pm _ Downtown Jamaica Jazz Festival in Queens. They have nearly a dozen performances scheduled each day at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Jazz festivals in Queens.

Sunday, May 15, 2022 from 10 am - 6 pm - Astoria 31st Street Spring Festival - Along 31st Street from Ditmars Blvd to 21st Avenue sponsored by the Astoria Restoration Association.

Thursday through Sunday, May 19 - 22, 2022 runs 5 pm - 11 pm Thursday & Friday, and 1 - 11 pm Saturday & ending at 10 pm Sunday - 45th Annual Greek Festival at St Demetrios Church on 31st Avenue and 30th Drive. Old fashioned town fair including traditional Greek food, good rides and prizes for the kids, and Greek cultural music and dance entertainment. Click here for St Demetrios street fair map. 718.728.1718.

Bronx Things To Do This Weekend NYC

Ending Sunday May 15, 2022 - Bronx Week - Multiple events at various locations in the Bronx. Details coming, but in the meantime see their website at www.bronxboropres.nyc.

Sunday May 15, 2022 from 12 noon - 6 pm - Street Co-Naming Ceremony & Fair - In honor of Gjergi Kastrioti Skenderbeu. At the corner of Crescent and Arthur Avenues in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx. The event include Albanian culture, food, entertainment and games. By the Albanian American Open Hand Assn.

BELMONT - May 2022 EVERY weekend from 6pm to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays, and 1pm to 9pm on Sundays - Piazza di Belmont - Outdoor dining on Arthur Avenue which will be closed to vehicular traffic from East 188th Street to Crescent Avenue during the above mentioned times.

Staten Island Things To Do This Weekend NYC

Sunday, May 15, 2022 from 10 am - 4 pm - The Great Staten Island Lighthouse Hunt. Begins at either the Staten Island Lighthouse in St. George or at the Conference House in Tottenville. The cost is $35 per carload or $15 per bicycle / motorcycle. Teams of three are recommended to drive, navigate and shoot photos.

Have a nice weekend.