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Mission

Brooklyn Community Pride Center advances lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer liberation by celebrating, commemorating, and convening LGBTQ+ Brooklyn through socially conscious and culturally responsive programs, partnerships, and advocacy.

Value Proposition

Brooklyn Community Pride Center is the borough’s premier destination for programs and resources serving our diverse and expansive LGBTQ+ community. Inspired by movements for racial, gender, and economic justice, we create affirming spaces for our community to gather, learn, celebrate, heal, socialize, play, and organize.

Vision

We envision a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) people, with our intersecting identities, can thrive and express ourselves freely.

Incorporated in 2008 and granted 501(c)(3) status in 2009, Brooklyn Community Pride Center is going places!

Core Values

 

Inclusion:

Like the color spectrum, there are too many beautiful hues in between the primary or the binary. No matter how many letters we add to LGBTQ+, some groups will be unintentionally forgotten. Which is why we have adopted the symbol above to represent and include everyone on the spectrum of sexual orientation and gender identity.

People First:

It can be tempting to focus on technology or other distractions at home and work. We value face-to-face interactions whenever possible. We aim to serve visitors new and old with enthusiasm and effectiveness.

Safety:

Ours are sacred spaces that enable all members of our community, including allies, to be themselves. We stand-up for each other, seek to understand perspectives that are new, and encourage others to be brave in the face of adversity.

Respect:

Life can be challenging for all of us. All the more reason to take a deep breath, pause, and think before speaking to ensure that our words honor diverse opinions and backgrounds.

Transparency:

Information is important at all levels from donors to organizational decision-makers. That’s why we'll our independent audits, IRS 990s, and other documents available for review to anyone who asks.

Upcoming Events

  • Trans & Gender Non Conforming Adult Support Group
    Trans & Gender Non Conforming Adult Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Mar 28
    Zoom
    Mar 28, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Zoom
    Mar 28, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Zoom
    Peer led support group for transgender and gender non conforming folks 18+. As much as we love allies, this group is for TGNC folks only.
  • LGBTQ+ Fiber-Craft Hangouts
    LGBTQ+ Fiber-Craft Hangouts
    Multiple Dates
    Thu, Mar 28
    Zoom
    Mar 28, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Zoom
    Mar 28, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Zoom
    Calling all LGBTQ+ knitters, crocheters, embroiderers, and other fiber-crafters for our monthly meetup group to connect, and to work on our respective projects.
  • Queer(ing) Art History
    Queer(ing) Art History
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Mar 29
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Mar 29, 2024, 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Mar 29, 2024, 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    From Central Park’s Bethesda Foundation to Harlem’s prohibition-era drag balls, New York City is rich with the work of queer artists from the 19th century to now.
  • T4T Basketball Open Gym
    T4T Basketball Open Gym
    Fri, Mar 29
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Mar 29, 2024, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Mar 29, 2024, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Join us for the HEAT program's T4T Pickup game! Open to all Trans and Nonbinary folks, this event is entirely free, and attendees can join the game or spectate.
  • Sun, Mar 31
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Mar 31, 2024, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Mar 31, 2024, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    The annual Brooklyn G.H.O.S.T. Project Wig and Clothing Drive is an event to uplift and bring awareness to Trans Day of Visibility (to show the world we are here to stay) this event is geared towards the transgender community.
  • Multiple Dates
    Wed, Apr 03
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy
    Apr 03, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy, 1360 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Apr 03, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy, 1360 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    This CoDA meeting is a group for LGBTQ+ people to come together around our shared desire for healthy and loving relationships.
  • Multiple Dates
    Fri, Apr 05
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 05, 2024, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Apr 05, 2024, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    CAMBA’s Brooklyn Outreach and Prevention [BOP] Programs will be partnering with Project STAY to offer rapid HIV/STI testing at Brooklyn Community Pride Center every other Friday.
  • First Fridays TGNC Swim Night
    First Fridays TGNC Swim Night
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Apr 05
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 05, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Apr 05, 2024, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Join us for our monthly TGNC Swim Night!
  • Sex Worker Support Group
    Sex Worker Support Group
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Apr 10
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 10, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Apr 10, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    SWSG (Sex Worker Support Group) aims to create a safe, confidential space for queer sex worker’s of all industries and identities to connect with each other and discuss the intricacies of sex work, the intersectionalities of being a queer sex worker.
  • Wed, Apr 10
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 10, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Apr 10, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Join Stonewall Village NYC for their first Intergenerational Open Mic of the year, where LGBTQ+ folks of all ages can come and enjoy an open mic space with our Stonewall Village NYC community members!
  • Sat, Apr 13
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 13, 2024, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Apr 13, 2024, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    POZitively Resilient! is Audre Lorde Project's annual evening of cultural work and healing in honor of community organizers with HIV/AIDS, and ALP's roots in organizing at the height of the AIDS crisis in NYC.
  • Mon, Apr 15
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy
    Apr 15, 2024, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy, 1360 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Apr 15, 2024, 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy, 1360 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Queer Craft Club is a bring-your-own-craft meetup group for queer and trans folks in and around NYC.
  • Kalamkari Workshop
    Kalamkari Workshop
    Mon, Apr 15
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 15, 2024, 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Apr 15, 2024, 5:45 PM – 7:45 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Kalamkari –the storytelling textile art of South India. Join us for a hands-on live workshop demonstrating the Kalamkari textile craft and a simultaneous critical discussion of its history.
  • Thu, Apr 25
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 25, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:45 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Apr 25, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:45 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Working toward prison abolition!
  • Fri, Apr 26
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    Apr 26, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Apr 26, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    CAMBA's Brooklyn YAS (Youth Against Substance Misuse) Coalition presents their 3rd Annual LGBTQIA+ Youth and Young Adult Art Showcase, displaying the pieces from our art contest!
  • Multiple Dates
    Mon, May 06
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy
    May 06, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy, 1360 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    May 06, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Bed-Stuy, 1360 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
    Come write with us! Want to start writing poetry but don't know how? Want to share your work in a stress-free environment? Love writing but haven't in years?
  • Multiple Dates
    Tue, May 07
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    May 07, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    May 07, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    Come learn martial arts with us! This class is open to all levels of experience, all body types, and all genders.
  • Sat, May 18
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights
    May 18, 2024, 12:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    May 18, 2024, 12:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Brooklyn Pride Center - Crown Heights, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225, USA
    It's here! Year 2 of Brooklyn YAS Coalition's Transgender Euphoria Makeup Expo!

Locations and Hours

Bed-Stuy

at Restoration Plaza

1360 Fulton Avenue

(Entrance on New York Ave.)

Brooklyn, NY 11216

Monday-Thursday: 12pm - 8pm

Additional hours for special events as announced

Crown Heights

at Major R. Owens Community Center

1561 Bedford Avenue

Suite Ground A

Brooklyn, NY 11225

Monday - Thursday: 10am - 8pm

Friday: 10am - 5pm

Additional hours for special events as announced

Get in Touch

1561 Bedford Ave.

Suite Ground A

Brooklyn, NY 11225

347-889-7719

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