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Here are all the free outdoor summer movie series in Brooklyn

Pop quiz hotshot: where is this movie playing?
Pop quiz hotshot: where is this movie playing?

Holy moly, there sure are a lot of outdoor movies this summer. So many that you might have trouble keeping track of whether you’re supposed to be going to Coney Island or Red Hook, before realizing you should really be Fort Greene. So to help you keep track of it all, we’ve put everything from SummerScreen to Red Hook Flicks into a handy list so you’re never confused again. About where the movies are playing, we don’t know why you keep getting dumped either.

EAST RIVER PARK
East River Park, Williamsburg

June 24Despicable Me
July 1: Life of Pi
July 8: Hugo
July 15: The Artist
July 22: Up
July 29: Skyfall

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK SYFY MOVIES WITH A VIEW
Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Heights

True love lasts through other people punching you
True love lasts through other people punching you

July 11: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
July 18: Enter the Dragon
July 25: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
August 1: 8 Mile
August 8: Roman Holiday
August 15: Rocky
August 22: Vertigo
August 29 (public vote):  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Good Will Hunting or Lost in Translation

MCCARREN PARK SUMMERSCREEN
McCarren Park, N. 12th Street, between Bedford Avenue and Berry, Williamsburg

July 10Can’t Hardly Wait,
July 17: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,
July 24: The Craft,
July 31: The Goonies,
August 7: Speed
August 14: Foolishly given over to an audience choice

RED HOOK FLICKS
Valentino Pier (Cofeey Street and Ferris Street), Red Hook

July 9: Stand By Me
July 16: Kung Fu Panda
July 23: Shaft (2000)
July 30: Strictly Ballroom
August 6: Akeelah and the Bee
August 13: The Thing
August 20: Caddyshack
August 27: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead

HABANA OUTPOST
757 Fulton Street, Fort Greene

June 23: White Men Can’t Jump
June 30: The Outsiders

See this happen, if you haven't. Or if you have
See this happen, if you haven’t. Or if you have

July 7: Say Anything
July 14: School Daze
July 21: Can’t Buy Me Love
July 31See No Evil, Hear No Evil

August 4: Pretty in Pink
August 11: Stand By Me
August 18: Grease
August 25: Fame

September 1: Goonies
September 8: Down By Law
September 15: Saturday Night Fever
September 22: Hairspray
September 29: Back to the Future

October 6: Shaft
October 13: Blade Runner
October 20: Mad Max
October 27: Edward Scissorhands

CONEY ISLAND FLICKS ON THE BEACH
West 10th Street, Coney Island

Hawkeye (who lives in Brooklyn according to recent comics) will be in Coney Island, avenging
Hawkeye (who lives in Brooklyn according to recent comics) will be in Coney Island, avenging

July 1Little Fugitive, 60th Anniversary
July 8Bending Steel, in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival
July 15The Hunger Games
July 22Wreck it Ralph
July 29Men in Black III
August 5The Avengers
August 12Fame
August 19: To Be Announced!

CANAL BAR
Canal Bar (270 3rd Avenue), Gowanus

June 23: The Goonies
June 30: Pulp Fiction
July 7: Dazed and Confused
July 14: Mean Girls
July 21: Wet Hot American Summer
July 28: American Pie
August 4: The Warriors
August 11: The Big Lebowski
August 18: Clueless
August 25: Zombieland
September 1: Animal House
September 8: Caddyshack
September 15: Hot Rod
September 22: The Breakfast Club
September 29: Jurassic Park
October 6: Rocky Horror Picture Show

NARROWS BOTANICAL GARDEN
Shore Road and 71st Street, Bay Ridge

July 12: Mr. Popper’s Penguins
July 26: Gaslight
August 16: Ice Age
August 23: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
September 6: The Time Machine

And if you want to leave Brooklyn for some reason, our pals at the skint have an exhaustive list of free outdoor movies in every other borough.

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