The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Friends of East River State Park have teamed up and are pleased to announce a family-fun movie series located at East River State Park this summer season.  The free movies will range from popular Universal and Disney animated features, such as “Brave”, “Despicable Me 2”, “Finding Nemo” and the highly acclaimed “Frozen”, to classics including the famous romance “Casablanca”, “Groundhog Day” starring the always funny Bill Murray, and Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory”.  Also included in this list is this year’s Academy Award winning sci-fi thriller “Gravity”, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

Admission:  FREE

Where:  East River State Park; 90 Kent Ave at North 8^th St. Williamsburg, Brooklyn

When:  Tuesday nights from 7pm-10:30pm, July 8^th to August 26^th

Start Time:  Feature films start at sunset, seating begins at 7pm

What’s Playing:

July 8^th:  “Brave” by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, PG

July 15^th:  “Casablanca” by Michael Curtiz, PG

July 22^nd:  “Groundhog Day” by Harold Ramis, PG

July 29^th:  “Gravity” by Alfonso Cuarón, PG-13

August 5^th:  “Paths of Glory” by Stanley Kubrick, NR

August 12^th:  “Despicable Me 2” by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, PG

August 19^th:  “Finding Nemo” by Andrew Stanton, G

August 26^th:  “Frozen” by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, PG

East River State Park Summer Nights; Movies in the Park is a public entertainment program presented by NYS Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and Friends of East River State Park.

Friends of East River State Park (FERSP) is a volunteer grassroots organization and community advocacy group in North Brooklyn.  Its mission is to support East River State Park by promoting enhancement and stewardship for the park to benefit the community.  The organization aims to provide funds, arrange volunteer work, sponsor local events, raise attention to environmental awareness and collaborate with NYS Parks to continually improve the park and its amenities. 

East River State Park Summer Nights is also sponsored by Greenpoint Landing, Elaine and Norm Brodsky, Smorgasburg, Biba of Williamsburg, Zyweic, Anella, Yuval Vidal Real Estate Broker, Town Square, Taxi Club Management and Williamsburg Dental Arts.

Call the Park Hotline at (718)782-2731 for updates and weather related cancellations or contact via e-mail at Friends.eastriverstatepark@aol.com.

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation maintains and operates 180 state parks and 35 historic sites.  For more information on any of these areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.