---
title: "Summertime In Brooklyn Means (Non-Hipster) Car Shows"
description: "“Eyoh! That Bel Air is byooteeful!” Time to show it off at Floyd Bennett field."
date: "2016-08-23"
modified: "2016-08-23"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/4973/summertime-in-brooklyn-means-non-hipster-car-shows"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Brooklyn"
---

# Summertime In Brooklyn Means (Non-Hipster) Car Shows

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Summer car shows are as American as, well, summer car shows. In South Brooklyn, far from where most of the hipsters live (for now), Italian-Americans and other classic Brooklynites display their gleaming Detroit iron at the [Antique Automobile Association of Brooklyn](<https://clubs.hemmings.com/brooklyncarclub/>)'s big annual show.

Giuliana! Go get me a prosciut' sandwich at Frank and Sal's! I gotta go polish the winder chrome on my Cadillac!

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