Myrtle Avenue Holiday Guide

Fri, Dec 1st, 2023

There’s no place better to celebrate the holiday season then here in Fort Greene & Clinton Hill on Myrtle Avenue. Here’s your guide on where to find the best gifts at local shops, enjoy free holiday events with family and neighbors, reward yourself with FREE hot chocolate, find the best backdrops for your holiday pics, and how to give back for the season!

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Gift Guide
Holiday Events
Free Hot Cocoa
Holiday Windows
Toy Drive

Read the Holiday Guide

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The 2023 Myrtle Ave Holiday Guide was mailed to neighbors across Fort Greene & Clinton Hill. If you haven’t received your copy in the mail just yet, look for one at a Myrtle Ave shop or at the Fort Greene Tree Lighting on Sunday, Dec 10.

Shop Local For the Holidays

The best gifts are the ones found at local shops. If you need some help on your search, visit the 2023 Myrtle Holiday Gift Guide for great finds from the neighborhood’s locally-owned shops.

Free Holiday Events

Find full event listings and details in the Myrtle Avenue Events Calendar.

  • Fort Greene Tree Lighting: the 9th annual lighting will be on Sunday, December 10, 4-5pm at Myrtle Ave & St. Edwards in Fort Greene Park. Come by free hot cocoa, write your letter to Santa, live holiday music, and lighting of the tree! We will also be accepting new, unwrapped toys for our annual toy drive benefiting families with kids of all ages living in NYCHA’s Ingersoll and Whitman Houses.
  • Menorah Lighting & Outdoor Chanukah Celebration: Come celebrate on Sunday, December 10, 5:30-6:30pm, with Chabad of Clinton Hill & Pratt Institute, and enjoy music, donuts (sufganiyot), dreidels, latkes and fun for the entire family on the Myrtle Plaza (at Myrtle & Steuben). 5:30pm – 8′ Menorah chiseled out of ice with music; 6:00pm – Grand Menorah Menorah Lighting.

TB Coffee House

Shop Local, Get FREE Cocoa ☕️ !

Now through 12/24, you can earn a FREE cup of hot chocolate by simply spending $25 or more in-store at Jill Lindsey, Green in BKLYN, & Indulge Kitchen Supplies. You’ll then receive a ticket redeemable at the shops below. It’s really that simple.

  • 📍Green in BKLYN – 432 Myrtle / $25 or more
  • 📍Indulge Kitchen Supplies – 469 Myrtle / $25 or more
  • 📍Jill Lindsey – 370 Myrtle / $25 or more, Redeem for ☕️
  • 📍Peck’s – 455a Myrtle / Redeem for ☕️
  • 📍TB Coffee House – 578 Myrtle / Redeem for ☕️

Myrtle Ave Toy Drive

2023 Myrtle Avenue Toy Donation

The annual Myrtle Avenue Toy Drive serves families with kids of all ages living in NYCHA’s Ingersoll and Whitman Houses. Donate new, unwrapped toys between November 25 – December 14 at these businesses and the Fort Greene Tree Lighting on Sunday, December 3!

  • 🪁 21 Tara – 388 Myrtle
  • Apple Bank – 418 Myrtle
  • 🪀 DC Optics – 390 Myrtle
  • Corkscrew – 489 Myrtle
  • 📚Green in BKLYN – 432 Myrtle
  • Hair &Co. Salon – 487 Myrtle
  • 🏈 Just Because Salon – 141 Carlton
  • Mint Heights – 368 Myrtle
  • 🧩Putnam’s – 419 Myrtle
  • [salon] 718 – 456 Myrtle
  • 🥁TB Coffee – 578 Myrtle
  • Tipsy – 584 Myrtle

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