
Lift Off: A Waterfront Kite Festival

May 11, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park
John Street & Jay Street
Brooklyn, NY
Suggested Ages: All
FREE
Watch your kite soar above the Manhattan skyline while learning about the science of flight through kite-flying and experiments. Build parachutes and test them in wind tunnels with The Brooklyn Robot Foundry, sample the air’s environment and see what inhabits the air we breathe with Genspace, check out robotic air propellers and learn about air circulation with Nory, design and create your own rocket with Private Picassos, use a variety of textiles to make colorful hand kites with SPARK by Brooklyn Children’s Museum and enjoy more STEAM actvities. Kites available for purchase or bring your own.