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The Brooklyn equivalent of the Manhattan Summerstage! This festival organized by BRIC (Brooklyn Information & Culture) lasts all summer and offers a varied program of music, dance and theatre. Each week is devoted to a theme and includes pop, jazz, gospel, classical, Latin, African, Caribbean and Latin music, as well as modern, ethnic and classical dance. Finally, the Kings County Shakespeare Company presents, for a week, several pieces by the Stratford master. Although admission is free, a donation of US$3 is strongly recommended.

Every summer during the months of July and August, film screenings are organized at McCarren Park. Brooklyn requires, they are often dormant movies, have been made but cults, which are proposed. Movies generally unknown to the French but famous in the United States. So if you are fans of This and Confused, Wet Hot American Summer; and Ferris Bueller, this festival is for you.

Think of taking a cushion or a beach towel because two hours on tar, it can hurt!

Since 1916, Nathan's Famous, Coney Island's hot dog king, has been holding a giant hot dog eating contest on National Day. The record is held by a certain Joey "jaws" Chestnut, who in 2021 managed to swallow no less than 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes! In fact, it's the world record. In the women's category, New Yorker Miki Sudo won in 2020 after swallowing 48 hot dogs. Unique and kitschy!