The other day I noticed that there was some great Christmas lights action on 7th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues and on 9th Street between 5th and 3rd Avenues. So you don’t have to go far from Park Slope to see festive electricity.

Carroll Gardens is also a great place to see extravagant front yard and house decorations.

A Child Grows in Brooklyn has the list of where to see it all in Dyker Heights, Bay Ridge and elsewhere. Here’s an excerpt:

If you hear the words “Brooklyn” and “Christmas lights’ in the same sentence, chances are the person is talking about the Dyker Heights holiday lights. The famous holiday tradition has been on national news, TLC and featured in a dedicated PBS documentary. While this is the “grand slam” of holiday lights in Brooklyn, there are a couple of serious competitors that shouldn’t be missed either!