New Years Eve Is Coming|Brooklyn Events Happening This Weekend

BROOKLYN, NY — Nothing really important is happening this weekend and there really isn't any special occasion to celebrate. Oh, wait, right. Not quite. It's New Years Eve, one of the biggest party nights of the year. My bad.

Here's what to do if you're not quite up to watching the big Times Square ball drop with a million billion other people or drinking in Brooklyn until dawn, but you still want to have a good time. Remember not to be stupid, kids. In the words of the immortal Bette Davis...

Inside Brooklyn Academy of Music's 100-Year-Old Opera House & Theaters

Neighborhood: Fort Greene
What: Check out some of the oldest performing arts buildings in the country in guided tour.
Where: BAM Peter J. Sharpe building at 30 Lafayette Ave.
When: 12 p.m. Friday

Risky Business Pantless Party

Neighborhood: Bushwick
What: The title tells you everything you need to know.
Where: Bogart House at 230 Bogart St.
When: 10 p.m. Saturday to 4:30 a.m. Sunday

All About Eve With A Champagne Toast

Neighborhood: Williamsburg
What: Watch this old Hollywood classic with some of the silver screen's greatest - Thelma Ritter, anyone? - with fancy cocktails.
Where: Videology at 308 Bedford Ave.
When: 5 p.m. Sunday

BackFat Variety's Year In Review

Neighborhood: Carroll Gardens
What: Give the finger to 2017 with comedians from Fusion, Laughs on FOX, and McSweeneys who will provide their takes on "the worst year ever."
Where: 61 Local at 61 Bergen St.
When: 7:30 p.m. Sunday

The Champagne Riot

Neighborhood: Bushwick
What: Check out this vintage party with classic jazz, burlesque and vaudeville. There will be feathers. So many feathers.
Where: Guadalupe Inn at 1 Knickerbocker Ave.
When: 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Sunday

New Year's Eve: Y2K

Neighborhood: Bushwick
What: Party like it's no longer 1999. This House of Yes celebration will showcase all those things you miss about the old millennium.
Where: House of Yes at 2 Wyckoff Ave.
When: 9 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday

Cityfox's 26-Hour New Year's Eve

Neighborhood: East Williamsburg
What: It's gonna be a marathon of a party, almost literally, with a 26-hour lineup of music and dancing.
Where: Avant Gardner at 140 Stewart Ave.
When: 10 p.m. Sunday to 12:15 a.m. Tuesday

The Awesome Aughts New Year's Eve Party

Neighborhood: Bushwick
What: Come enjoy songs like these: “Independent Women,” “Bye Bye Bye,” “Oops I Did It Again,” “Since U Been Gone,” “Big Pimpin,” “Crazy in Love” and “It Wasn’t Me.”
Where: Union Hall at 702 Union St.
When: 10 p.m. Sunday

New Year's Eve Fireworks

Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
What: Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams and the Prospect Park Alliance host a whole mess of fireworks and Brooklynites.
Where: Grand Army Plaza on Flatbush Avenue
When: 10:30 p.m. Sunday

Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge

Neighborhood: Coney Island
What: Race into the freezing ocean, then race out of the freezing ocean into the Coney Island Brewing Company & Steeplechase Beer Garden. Quickly. Do it quickly.
Where: Stillwell Avenue Boardwalk
When: 1 p.m. Monday

Photo courtesy of Noel Hefele/Prospect Park Alliance