Brooklyn's Smith Street Revived Its Fair With the Neighbors & Makers Fair

Smith Street in Brooklyn held the Neighbors & Makers Fair on Saturday, October 17, from 10am to 6pm. It was organized by MOSS BKLYN, and the official listing described it as a way to bring new life to the Smith Street Fair.

The program centered on local makers and area businesses set up along the street, with a kid zone and music running through the day. The listing named Smith Street as the location rather than a specific block.

MOSS stands for Merchants of Smith St., as its banner on the group's website spells out. The group was active on the street for much of 2026 before the fair. Its member meetings, called MOSS Retailer Socials, ran from 6pm to 8pm at Verde on Smith (216 Smith St.) on April 14, at Bee's Knees (215 Smith Street) on June 16, and at Clover Club (210 Smith Street) on September 15. Each was open to all MOSS members.

The group also staged Smith Street Community Clean Up Days, from 10am to noon on April 19 and September 20. The September edition was held in partnership with the District 39 cleanup crew and the HOPE Program. Seen alongside those events, the fair gave shop owners and residents another occasion to share the street.

The next date on the MOSS calendar is the Smith Street Holiday Event on December 5, from 4pm to 6pm. It includes a tree lighting at 4pm at the corner of Bergen Street and Smith Street, with sips, snacks and carolers.

For Japanese readers in New York, the fair offered a look at how a Brooklyn commercial street organizes itself: a merchants' group that meets in its own bars and restaurants, cleans its own sidewalks with neighbors, and then opens the street to makers and families for a day.