The Brooklyn Paper

Dumbo Drop 2026: Thousands of toy elephants rain down as beloved fundraiser returns

For a few minutes on Friday evening, one of Brooklyn’s most photographed streets became the landing zone for thousands of tiny elephants floating from the sky. Crowds packed Washington Street on May ...
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‘Dumbo Drop’ returns to Brooklyn with thousands of toy elephants filling the sky

It wasn’t birds or planes filling the sky over Washington Street in Dumbo Friday evening, it was elephants. Thousands of small, toy elephants parachuted down in the annual Dumbo Drop, one of the ...
The Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn’s ‘big day’: Crowds gather for annual Dumbo Drop, benefiting local schools

Brooklyn’s most endearing flying spectacle returned to Dumbo on May 31, as thousands of tiny toy elephants parachuted from rooftops along Washington Street during the annual Dumbo Drop. Hundreds of ...
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Catch the Fun at DUMBO’s Annual Elephant Drop

Thousands of toy elephants will drop from rooftops along Washington Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, on Friday, May 29, 2026, during Team DUMBO’s ninth annual DUMBO Drop, with scheduled drops at 5:00pm and ...