The focus of this year’s Atlantic Antic
street festival – Sunday, Sept. 25, from 10 am to 6 pm – is food,
so bring your appetite for the trek along Atlantic Avenue between
Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue.
"The avenue currently hosts some of the city’s most promising
new restaurants, making it a contender for top restaurant row
in Brooklyn, yet it still retains many of the Arabic restaurants
and shops that have become a staple for generations of New Yorkers,"
said Ian Kelley, president of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development
Corporation, which produces the event.
In addition to sampling the culinary diversity of Brooklyn Heights,
Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill, fest-goers can enjoy live entertainment
at five stages that will feature more than 30 acts. The Ponys
(pictured) will take the Rock ’n’ Soul Stage (organized by the
Magnetic Field bar, between Henry and Hicks streets) at 3:30
pm, while other performers will appear outside Pete’s Waterfront
Ale House, where they’ll have a German-style beer garden (at
Clinton Street), the American-Arabic Stage (at Court Street),
the Last Exit Hoe Down Stage (at Clinton Street) and the Downtown
Atlantic and Musician’s General Store stage (at Hoyt Street).
There’s also lots for kids to enjoy, including pony rides from
the Black Cowboys and carnival rides.
The festival will be held rain or shine. For more information,
call (718) 875-8993 or visit the Web site www.atlanticave.org.
