Brooklyn-based indie faves The National will take the stage tonight at Radio City Music Hall to a sold-out crowd in support of their new album, High Violet. For the Love of Brooklyn has an extra pair of tickets to the show and is itching to give them away to one lucky reader.
Leave a comment on this post and tell us: what’s your favorite thing to do in Brooklyn during the summertime? Is it seeing free shows at Prospect Park? Biking to the shore and enjoying Coney Island? Rocking out to sweaty shows at Union Pool or strolling the streets of Ditmas Park?
The winner will be selected and emailed at 4pm. You must be able to pick up the tickets in DUMBO before 7pm or meet up at Radio City by 7:45pm.
Good luck!
* PRIZE: Two tickets to see The National TONIGHT (6/16, 8pm) at Radio City Music Hall.
* TO ENTER: Comment on this post and tell us your favorite thing to do in Brooklyn in the summertime!
* GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 16th at 4pm EST
* HOW IT WORKS: One entry per e-mail address permitted.
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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Brokelyn and Natalie K. Reinert, Jill Harrison. Jill Harrison said: @theskint @brooklynvegan Giving away 2 tickets to see @The_National sold-out show tonight at Radio City! :) http://bk.ly/sm4 [...]
roopa
1 year ago
Walking down to Red Hook and eating Steve’s Key Lime Pie Swingles on the pier overlooking the Statue of Liberty.
elise
1 year ago
Bike rides in Prospect Park
Lulu
1 year ago
fort greene park.
Matt
1 year ago
Woodford Reserve and various takeout on a blanket in Prospect Park, or pretty much any part of Coney Island (especially on psychedelics!)
briggs
1 year ago
rooftop bbqs / reading at prospect park
Iain
1 year ago
For the love of brooklyn I love to see free shows at east river park w/ jay z and beyonce!
Dorothy
1 year ago
plant a garden on the fire escape
lisa huang
1 year ago
Bike rides and scrabble at the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Alfie
1 year ago
Free outdoor shows, road trips and fooooooooood
tricia
1 year ago
Drinks at Spuyten Duyvil
Sonya G
1 year ago
italian ices and sitting in a park reading
Jessica Lokaj
1 year ago
I love spending an afternoon at PS 1 or getting sweaty at the Brooklyn Yard (RIP).
Dana
1 year ago
rooftop barbecues
Michael
1 year ago
watch dorothy’s fire escape garden grow. oh, and picnics in east river park.
Jen
1 year ago
Grilling in my bf’s garden!! & watching my sunflowers grow to my height!!
marg
1 year ago
playing skee-ball at coney island
Taylor
1 year ago
Drinks at Radegast
Emily
1 year ago
Celebrate Brooklyn concerts and Movies with a View!
Lee
1 year ago
Coney Island!
Victor Franco
1 year ago
Strolling through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens
brookes
1 year ago
drink beer out of little paper cups with friends at the nethermead in prospect park
Kris
1 year ago
Drinking cold beers on hot days
sue
1 year ago
Eating breakfast at Country Boy food truck in Red Hook, washing it down fresh watermelon juice, stopping off at Red Hook Lobster for Lobstah Rolls for a mid morning snack, and then dumplings at the Good Fork for lunch. Driving to Fairway to see the lower Manhattan skyline. Stopping off for Key Lime Pie at Steve’s Authentic. Blue Bottle for coffee in Williamsburg.
Heather
1 year ago
Williamsburg Pool Parties/Street Fairs/Picnics at Prospect Park/So Much More!!
Jonjon
1 year ago
BBQ in my garden, which I made at my house, while looking at a mural on my wall by street artist Maxx Moses.
sarasaurusraaar
1 year ago
sneaking wine onto the great lawn in prospect park with a group of good friends whilst playing wiffle ball!
Andy
1 year ago
Siren Music Festival– drinking beer on the boardwalk, eating an Original Nathan’s, shooting the freak, yelling out “WARRIORS– COME OUT TO PLAY-AYYY” and watching indie rock shows all day long.
Lauren
1 year ago
walking across the Williamsburg bridge
walker
1 year ago
bike rides to red hook!
Lisa
1 year ago
Hang out on my friend’s patio in Park Slope, drink sangria, eat homemade treats, and play with her super-friendly pup.
Jeff
1 year ago
bike rides that lead to cold beers on back patios and whole pigs heads at fatty cue.
Rosa
1 year ago
running back and forth between friends’ shows and eating kebabs in between each trip. god i love kebabs.
Lisa
1 year ago
rooftop popsicle eating!
Kirsty
1 year ago
Going for a morning run in Greenpoint that ends at East River Park.
Paul Schmidt
1 year ago
Watching kickball in McCarren Park on Sundays!
Elizabeth
1 year ago
Russian delights on Brighton Beach boardwalk. Hello summer!
izmesteffy
1 year ago
Going to Rock-Rock-Rock Rockaway Beach! Rocking out to free shows around the city! Watching movies on the pier! I LOVE summer in the city :)
jeanie
1 year ago
walking down the cobble streets and seeing the lovely townhouses over in Brooklyn Heights
Stephanie
1 year ago
Coney Island Banya followed by dinner at The Farm on Adderley.
Tami
1 year ago
Riding my bike in Prospect Park, free outdoor concerts (Williamsburg Pool Parties and Celebrate Brooklyn) and strolling around Brooklyn Heights.
Nicole
1 year ago
Reading on my roof on a weekend afternoon listening to the sounds of Bushwick, catching some shows at the Siren Music Festival, or seeing the Coney Island Circus Sideshow with visiting friends
Alyssa
1 year ago
swimming in the barge pool!
tim q
1 year ago
biking to coney island for the mermaid parade! Insane costume, Cute kids and beautiful (half dressed) women!
How can you go wrong?
Ivy
1 year ago
Going the park at the end of Grand St in Williamsburg then walking to get margaritas at Vera Cruz while sitting in their back yard.
Lauren rose
1 year ago
Pick up some lunch at the Brooklyn flea then wander around fort greene stoop sales until late afternon when you stop for drinks at a beer garden (hot bird is my new fav) in prospect heights.
Dana S
1 year ago
Getting off work in Tribeca and walking all the way home across the Williamsburg bridge ON THE CORRECT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE!
Shah
1 year ago
BBQ in my backyard, sipping on chilled Lambrusco…circling Prospect Park on my bike, trying to avoid the masses. OUTDOOR CONCERTS!
Delphine F
1 year ago
Get a take-out Chicken Biscuit from Pies N’ Thighs and eat it at the East River State Park waterfront on a beautiful day. Don’t forget to wear sunscreen!
Miguel
1 year ago
My favorite thing to do in Brooklyn in Summer, is to live in Brooklyn..
And so it is in Winter, Spring and fall.
Always Brooklyn!!