This is my second year as a shareholder residing in Forest Hills and I absolutely love the street…read morefairs especially on Austin Street. There is usually a good amount of local vendors participating in these type of events. The weather was kinda on the cold side this year around, but that didn't stop the queen's residents from coming out with the family to explore. My favorite part is to bargain with the artists to mutually agree on reasonable deals.

The weather made the event pleasant this year. I wish the food was a little better priced. Overall…read moreit was a nice day out with the family.

I love the vibe. The music the food was awesome I am back today to enjoy the music....read more

If you really want to know the whole story, it's all laid out on their website but reading a bunch…read moreof bullet points on a screen about some big neighborhood spectacle is about the most depressing thing you can do, so I'll explain. ​Basically, the Giglio Feast is a historic 12-day Italian-American festival that happens every July at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It's been going on since 1887 when immigrants brought it over from Nola, Italy, to honor Saint Paulinus commemorating when he returned from captivity after sacrificing himself for his people and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. That part actually sounds pretty decent, if you want to know the truth, but the way spectators in attendance make a huge circus out of it just drives me crazy. Then participants are amazing. ​The main event is this thing called the "Dancing of the Giglio," where they take a giant 70-foot tower made of wood and steel weighing four whole tons and covered in lilies, angels, and religious figures and hoist it up. They've got a live brass band and a singer literally sitting right on top of the timber frame while roughly 120 guys lift, spin, and "dance" this enormous four-ton thing down North 8th Street on their bare shoulders. ​Guys in matching outfits blowing saxophones and yelling on the platform, and crowds of people crammed together in the street taking photos and cheering. There's even a statue of a saint perched at the very top against the blue sky, looking down at all these phonies sweating and carrying on in the heat. It's supposed to be this grand, sacred tradition, but looking at a hundred guys breaking their backs to carry a four-ton tower with a band riding on it just makes you feel sort of tired and thirsty. It really does.

They're clueless . They cancel, then postpone, no notice to ticket buyers, and can't seem to issue…read morerefunds! That's called fraud!

The company cancelled the event in May 2025 and did not refund until September 2025 after multiple…read moreemails and escalations. Apparently, this is a scam and the owner does not have the funds to deliver the event.

This year was the 100th year celebration Feast of San Gennaro!!!…read moreA feast that I anticipate coming at the end of summer. This is definitely not a festival you want to attend if you're watching your figure! The Italian food is next level! This year I had baked, stuffed clams from Umberto's! They were absolutely delicious, loved the fresh lemon that came along with the clams. Definitely check out their restaurant! Never was a clam person until tasting baked, stuffed clam. Not sure what they were stuffed with, had a couple of glasses of Pinot, memory was foggy! Ended up with several cannoli's, and my adorable friend bought a cronut, not sure from where. We shared so we could kind of watch our greediness! After over eating, over drinking, plain over indulgence, we crawled up Houston, and found our way to Spring St in SoHo to a no name, watering hole that does not have a name for me to Yelp.

Been here a few years over the past 10!…read more Positives + ability to try different things if you come in a group as the fair stretches 5+ blocks + try $13 Lucy's sausage and peppers on hero! Reasonable and solid. Not too salty or oily! + best to try as a 1 time thing! Not as fun after a while with the crowds and prices Negatives - There is a lot more AI slop posters this year unfortunately - prices are super high for some items (ie: $9 arepa con queso, $20 per pound for torrone (italian nougat), $10 for 3 small meatballs) - floors are super dirty and gets crowded on weekends - some places have stale items so its hard to determine which are the better ones - many of the stalls have similar items

I went to see Goodfellas today and noticed how excellent the sound is…read more This is by far one of the finest cultural events you can attend in the city while your safety is assured. The staff is always very cooperative and willing to assist.

We came in tonight for the advance screening of a new Apple TV+ series The Mosquito Coast…read more Unexpectedly, we liked the film and definitely worth following the next coming episodes. I signed up right away to the drive-in site for future events notification. We are familiar in the area so getting to the drive-in is not a hassle at all. There are friendly staff members who guided the movie goers for effective parking and pleasurable viewing. The movie theater location is in the New York Hall of Science parking lot and the screen is fronting a good view of Terrace on the Park. The adaptable comfort zone is clean, convenient and follows Covid protocol. Luckily, we received a complimentary snack box courtesy of Apple TV+. The film is a free event too. Let's support the cause of this drive -in theater. It gives pleasure two ways.

This year's event was held at the LeFrak Center in Prospect Park. As in prior years, this year's…read moreWine and Food Experience was a good party, but the line to enter took far longer than I remember it ever being at other locations. There were multiple lines, with no clear communication about which line was which. We found that a lot of the delay might've been avoidable had someone bothered to sort ticket envelopes by alphabetical order!! Still... once we were in, we had a wonderful, chill time. Event organizers hadn't oversold the event to an unbearable degree, despite what the gummed up front door works had led us to fear. Some wine tastings -- the most notable from the Bordeaux region -- were excellent. My personal favorite was the Haut-Medoc Cru Bourgeois, Chateau du Raux 2015, from a very, very good vintage. The wine was balanced, medium-bodied, not as tannic as one might expect given the vintage and age, with notes of what my aging, non-professional tastebuds registered as dark stone fruits (cherry and plum). It was easy-drinking even without a food pairing. There were also far less established / high-brow wineries present, and a few interesting, more obscure producers of mead and gin. Food was similarly varied in quality. By far the best bite we had was the bossam with roasted pork belly from Jungsik, one of our favorite NYC restaurants. These were wrapped in a lightly pickled round of daikon radish, almost improbably large in diameter and so thinly sliced you could read the New York Times through it. The delicately sweet and sour wrap was generously filled with tender pork belly, just rich enough and not overly fatty, with a bit of scallion and I think cucumber. The bossam was finished with some sort of creamy, orange-colored sauce (sriracha mayonnaise?), which I would ordinarily found cloying and excessive, since that beautiful pork and daikon ought to've had the spotlight to themselves. The sauce did add a really lovely, rich mouthfeel to the dish, though. The Calvet Brut, Cremant de Bourdeaux NV wine pairing was well thought out. When we tasted the wine on its own, we found it enjoyable, but slightly non-descript. I know we usually think of wine as elevating food, but I think in this case, the sweet, acidic and creamy elements in the bossam made this wine so very much more interesting. We also loved the offerings from Van Da: (1) banh beo, tender, steamed rice cakes with minced shrimp, scallion oil and sweet fish sauce, served over (2) an already generously filled, almost overflowing bowl of goi ga, free range chicken salad with fennel, cabbage, rau ram, and ginger fish sauce, garnished with a bit of fried shrimp cracker. The combination of textures and flavors was such a great party in our mouths. The rau ram added such a lovely, bright flavor and woke up any tastebuds sluggish from wine tasting. These chefs clearly cooked their hearts out. Other honorable mentions: - Our old WV favorite, Otto, was there, with its long-time menu standard, octopus and potato salad -- good as always. (Babbo was also there, though its salmon crudo with farro was just ok... oddly soupy.) - Agern was there with smørrebrød, an extremely hearty bite (actually more like 10 bites) made with good beef tartare spread on a thin slice of traditional hard rye bread. There was also a big, beautiful loaf of fresh, dark bread with good butter. Chef Gunnar Gíslason was there in the flesh, serving, despite being kind of a big deal and a dad. His presence speaks volumes for his professional dedication. - A caterer I'd never heard of called Lady Lexis Sweets served up a beautifully made, homey okra stew (not a gumbo b/c it wasn't roux-based), slightly smokey, nicely textured, and just a surprisingly complex dark horse of a dish. I'd seek these ladies out again. - I'm not much of a dessert person, but my husband gave the panna cotta from EN Brasserie rave reviews. We popped our heads briefly into two of the three cooking demonstrations (with Chefs Alex Guarnashelli and Antonin Porowski, sadly missing Chef Sugan Sarkar). These were sort of entertaining, but had nominal educational value. Great event. Crowd was a nice mix of ages, races, genders. Looking forward to next year!

I had a good time. Although I thought there would be more food stations, I was enjoying my time…read morewith good music, food and great vibes. I'm looking forward to next years event.

Purposely chosen as my 1,000th YELP review because this event is just that awesome!…read more My friends and I have been coming here for about 4 years. Each year the event gets bigger and better but still maintains that fun sense of community. The only disappointment was that they didn't have the carousel this year! It could be because people have fallen off of it in drunken stupors (I don't know anyone who would've done something like that... ahemhusband...) but still- losing the carousel does take away from the event and subtracts one star. We usually buy the general admission tickets and can usually find a seat for all 6 of us. Since we are mostly all vegetarians, we enjoy the big pretzels more than the rest of the food offerings. Those big ole beers at $18 each go down way too easy. This might be why the carousel is no longer available to ride. That's a shame but maybe a safer thing. This has become one of the highlights of our year and will be for some time. Too many awesome things to note in one review- just go check it out!

4 stars for the giant pretzel 2 stars for the room…read moretemperature bratwursts 1 star for the hot mess that was the front entrance area Myself and 3 friends stopped by around 6:30pm on a Friday. We were general admission, so the Security Guard told us to wait in the GA line and we waited behind 4-5 parties of VIP guests and 1 guy who was buying like ... 10 beer glasses and that alone took about 15 minutes. When we got the desk, the cashier/host told us that GA could just walk in and self-service order from the individual stands. So basically we waited roughly 20 minutes just to be told that we could just walk in. We ordered food, which came out pretty quickly - and we soon figured out why. The bratwursts were room temperature - one of them was downright cold. The saving grace was the giant pretzel, which really hit the spot. If you're really interested in bratwursts and German beers, there are TONS of better places.

This is a free haunted house sponsored by NYPD. It's my second year going…read more We get there early as the lines can get pretty long. Characters walk by for photo ops and entertainment while you wait in line. NYPD staff is so fun and friendly. The house is for ages 12 and older, they allow younger ages at the parent's discretion. It so well done with jump scares in almost every room. It feels like a safe outing. Hours this year are 5pm to 11pm from Friday to Sunday. They let you in in small groups so you don't feel rushed. At the end, they sell Halloween themed souvenirs with NYPD and Fort Totten on them. I bought a Tshirt to support such an awesome event which is FREE to the community. We loved it and appreciated it!

This is great, free haunted house put up by NYPD. This is…read moremy 2nd time going. Even year it's such a good time. Highly recommended! Get there early the lines can get pretty long.