Downtown Brooklyn's week runs from a subway lesson at the Transit Museum to a jazz festival with Terri Lyne Carrington and William Parker on the bill. Here is what is on between Wednesday, November 4, and Sunday, November 8, each confirmed with the organizer.

Thursday: Ready to Ride at the Transit Museum

The New York Transit Museum at 99 Schermerhorn Street, which is housed in a former subway station, holds an after-hours Ready to Ride session on Thursday, November 5, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. It is designed for teens and adults with developmental or learning disabilities or autism who want to travel more independently by subway. Participants practice mapping a route, talking with a station agent, using OMNY and turnstiles, reading maps and conductor boards, and role-play real situations aboard a parked subway car. The cost is $10 per participant, and one accompanying personal care attendant is free; every participant needs an adult caregiver, care manager or parent along. Space is limited, and registration is on the museum's site.

Saturday: the M3 Festival at Roulette

Mutual Mentorship for Musicians, known as M3, a mentorship initiative started by musicians Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa, holds its fifth annual in-person festival on Saturday, November 7, at 7 p.m. at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue. The lineup draws from jazz, creative, electronic, singer-songwriter, experimental and traditional music and includes the drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, the bassist William Parker, Patricia Nicholson, Theo Bleckmann, Martha Redbone, Marta Sanchez, Caroline Davis, Stephan Crump and Tomas Fujiwara, among more than thirty performers. Tickets are sold through Roulette.

Sunday morning: Transit Tots

Back at the Transit Museum on Sunday, November 8, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Transit Tots offers an early hour of story time, crafts, imaginative play and hands-on activities for children ages 18 months to 3 years, held in the museum's Education Center. The fee is $40 for one child and up to two adults, and museum admission is included. It is not a drop-off program.

Sunday afternoon: Movers and Makers

The same day, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., the museum's monthly Movers and Makers family workshop tours selected exhibitions, takes up a transit topic or museum story, and ends in the makerspace with an art and design project. It is designed for children ages 5 to 14, at $20 per adult and $10 per child, with museum admission included. Each child needs at least one adult along.

Coming up: the tree lighting at Albee Square

Looking ahead, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership holds its annual holiday lighting ceremony, DTBK Gets Lit, at Albee Square on Tuesday, November 24, from 6 to 7 p.m., with live music, performances, refreshments and a countdown to switch the lights on. It is free.

Getting around

The Transit Museum's entrance is at Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, near the Borough Hall and Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway stations. Roulette, at Atlantic Avenue and Third Avenue, is a short walk from the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station. Albee Square sits on Fulton Street at DeKalb Avenue, near the DeKalb Av station. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership keeps a running list of the neighborhood's events on its website.

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