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Martin Luther King Jr Concert Series
Monday Nights at 7:30PM — FREE!
ALL DONE FOR 2011! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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Here Is The 2011 Wingate Schedule: | |
July 11th
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Maze featuring Frankie Beverly | |
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July 18th
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Annual Gospel Night
Mary Mary & Ricky Dillard and New G
MARY MARY (rained out on July 18th) will appear
as guests with QUEEN LATIFAH on August 15th!
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July 25th |
Charlie Wilson
AND Eric Benét |
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August 8th |
Men of Soul, starring
Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, & Freddie Jackson |
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August 15th
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Queen Latifah &
Mary Mary
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August
22nd
2011
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Annual Caribbean Night — Last Show of 2011!
Beres Hammond
Shaggy
and The King of Calypso
The Mighty Sparrow
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August 15th: Queen Latifah
Hosted by Borough President Marty Markowitz, this Free Monday Night concert series is in its 29th season!
Get There Early! Lines to get in are usually very long and slow-moving.
Updates:
Performers are subject to change without notice.
RAIN:
If there is rain in the forecast, check to be sure the show is still on before you head out to Wingate! Listen for announcements on WBLS 107.5 FM. You can also try the concert hotline on 718-222-0600.
PROHIBITED: - NO cameras,
- audio and/or video recording,
- alcohol,
- pets,
- glass bottles (plastic has been OK in the past), or
- smoking.
You can bring
folding chairs; seating is limited.
All persons and packages are subject to search before entry (and yes, they do). | | 
Mary Mary rescheduled to appear with
Queen Latifah on August 15th!
July 25th: Charlie Wilson
July 25th: Eric Benét |
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| DIRECTIONS
The MLK Concert Series takes place at Wingate Field on Brooklyn Avenue between Rutland Road and Winthrop Street in the Crown Heights / Wingate neighborhood. | |
Map of Martin Luther King Concert Series, Wingate Field
| Directions to the Martin Luther King Jr Concert Series at Wingate Field | The lines to get into these concerts are notoriously LONG and SLOW. So Get There Early!
  By Subway:
2 or 5 trains to Winthrop Street. Walk 2 blocks East.
The train runs
rush hour only, service ends at 8:45pm.
To return to an east-side line after the concert, take the
train to Franklin Avenue/Eastern Parkway (3 stops) and change there to the  train). You can also get the B48,
B49, or B71 bus at Franklin Avenue.
There is a major subway hub at Atlantic Avenue,
you can take the
train there after the concert (7 stops)
and change to the
trains, or change to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) for service to Far Rockaway, Babylon, Long Beach, West Hempstead, and the Montauk branch.
The Franklin Avenue Shuttle (3 stops away on the 2 train) will get you to the 
or  train.
Important tip for tourists: the Franklin Avenue Shuttle is NOT the same Shuttle you get at Times Square!
Travel Time: on the train it will take you 35 to 40 minutes to get to Winthrop Street from Times Square in Manhattan.
Your wait in line at the gate will usually be much longer... |
By Car:
From Manhattan: Manhattan bridge to Flatbush Avenue. Drive 3 miles down Flatbush Avenue, to Rutland Road. Turn left on Rutland Road, continue on Rutland to Brooklyn Avenue. The park and field are on the right.
From Long Island and South Brooklyn: Belt Parkway to Exit 6N. Flatbush Avenue North. Take Flatbush Avenue 5 miles to Rutland Road. Right turn on Rutland. Continue on Rutland to Brooklyn Avenue. The park and field are on your right.
Parking: It's awful. There is a privately operated parking lot available at Kings County Hospital on Winthrop Street between Albany and Brooklyn Avenues. On-street parking fills up fast. Mass transit is a better option.
For your GPS unit:
Use the address
600 Kingston Avenue Brooklyn NY 11203
latitude: 40.65867 longitude: -73.94384
Here is a full street map of Brooklyn.
By Bus:
B12 to New York Avenue or B44 to Winthrop Street.
Closest Hotel:
Howard Johnson Hotel Brooklyn
599 Utica Ave
(Cross street is Winthrop Street -
about a half mile from the concert venue)
Telephone: (718) 774-0018
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August 8th: Men of Soul
with Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson & Freddie Jackson |
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2007-2009 Season Appearances:
The following artists
appeared at Wingate Park
in 2007, 2008, & 2009:
Patti LaBelle
Erykah Badu
John Legend
MC Hammer
Lauryn Hill
Boyz II Men
Doug E. Fresh
Jill Scott
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Keyshia Cole
Anita Baker
Lyfe Jennings
Machel Montano
Jazmine Sullivan
Robin Thicke
Ruben Studdard
The Mighty Sparrow |
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2010 Season Appearances:
Toni Braxton
Musiq Soulchild
Chrisette Michele
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
Salt-N-Pepa
Naughty By Nature
Slick Rick
Busta Rhymes
BeBe & CeCe Winans
Fred Hammond
Sean Paul
Aretha Franklin was scheduled for 2010 but was forced to cancel due to an injury.
She played Coney Island in 2011.
Beres Hammond last played Wingate in 2008.
John Legend played
at the Seaside Concert Series in 2010, and played Wingate with Estelle in 2008 (that was billed as a "Mystery Show". Rumors flew around the internet that summer that the
mystery guest was going to be Prince, but no such luck).
| Did You Know... Wingate is named after George Wood Wingate (1840-1928), a Union general in the Civil War who
is best known as co-founder of the National Rifle Association.
Before George Wingate High School was built in 1954,
this part of Brooklyn was known as Pig Town, because of all the small-animal farms in the area. The park was
previously known as Hawthorne Field and George Wingate High School Park.
Wingate is in the Flatbush area of
Brooklyn, to the north of East Flatbush, east of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, and just south of Crown Heights.
And it's "Wingate" not "Windgate" or "Wyngate". | | |
Creative-Commons licensed photo credits: Charlie Wilson photo by Raymond Boyd others provided by the artists, except as noted. |
