Films al fresco

Get ready to laugh your socks off, because Narrows Botanical Gardens is screening two comedies this month — a Mel Brooks classic and a recent animated movie about a scheming racoon.

Amidst its renowned weeping willows and rose bushes, the Bay Ridge garden invites the whole family to come and see “Young Frankenstein” on Aug. 8 and “Over the Hedge,” on Aug. 20.

“Young Frankenstein” and “Over the Hedge” at Narrows Botanical Gardens [Shore Road between Bay Ridge Avenue and 72nd Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 748-4810] Aug. 8 and Aug. 20 starting at sundown. Free. For more information, visit www.narrowsbg.org.