Parkside Empire street festival in PLG, July 26

I must have just missed you, @whynot_31. I walked through there around the same time. (I got a kick out of being able to walk in the middle of Flatbush Avenue without being run over.)

There was a bunch of stuff to do for kids, like rock climbing (inflatable rock wall), a ride, a bounce house.

There were cops on just about every corner along the route, so hopefully the neighborhood was reassured that nothing untoward was going to pop off. (I also two mounted cops by Lincoln Road around 5:15 pm.)

It's the inaugural block party/street fair. Hopefully it has time to grow. (I've seen a poster in Brooklyn Greenery that there will be a Beekman Place block party on August 1.)

At least the good news is that there was plenty of space to maneuver the route (as opposed to at the Atlantic Antic).