Brooklyn Poets cultivates literary community and craft through a wide range of educational programs and events accessible to all, both in-person at their location in Brooklyn Heights and online. Their space is open to the public five days per week and includes a small bookstore, community space, and a variety of free and paid programming. Their poetry workshops, taught by award-winning poets, range from one-hour drop-ins to three-hour intensives to multi-week workshops to their yearlong mentorship program.
Brooklyn Poets hosts a variety of events, including their reading series, book launches, monthly Friday Night Open open mics, and their popular Yawp series—a monthly poetry workshop and open mic held on the second Monday of every month from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.