Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
95 locals raden deze aan
Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway Avenue
95 locals raden deze aan
Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
Special cocktail themed nights and occasional live entertainment. Named after St. John (street on which it's located), and Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary.
122 locals raden deze aan
Two Saints
753 Nostrand Ave.
122 locals raden deze aan
Special cocktail themed nights and occasional live entertainment. Named after St. John (street on which it's located), and Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary.
Excellent wood-fired pizzas. The meatballs are divine! Very friendly waitstaff. Delicious cocktails. Open late!
523 locals raden deze aan
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
523 locals raden deze aan
Excellent wood-fired pizzas. The meatballs are divine! Very friendly waitstaff. Delicious cocktails. Open late!
Art and music venue in Gowanus, just next to Park Slope. Excellent rotating live music and comedy shows with a great cocktail menu. Tell 'em I sent ya!
42 locals raden deze aan
Littlefield
635 Sackett St
42 locals raden deze aan
Art and music venue in Gowanus, just next to Park Slope. Excellent rotating live music and comedy shows with a great cocktail menu. Tell 'em I sent ya!

Arts & Culture

Excellent rotating exhibits over 5 floors, including David Bowie, Basquiat, Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party". 1st Saturday of every month has music, dancing, book readings, and party until 11pm. Next to Botanic Gardens, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
3011 locals raden deze aan
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals raden deze aan
Excellent rotating exhibits over 5 floors, including David Bowie, Basquiat, Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party". 1st Saturday of every month has music, dancing, book readings, and party until 11pm. Next to Botanic Gardens, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
Iconic entrance facing Grand Army Plaza with large outdoor court area. Free events, great for kids. Next to Botanic Gardens, Museum, and Prospect Park.
384 locals raden deze aan
Brooklyn Public Library
384 locals raden deze aan
Iconic entrance facing Grand Army Plaza with large outdoor court area. Free events, great for kids. Next to Botanic Gardens, Museum, and Prospect Park.
1 of my favorite cultural institutions, this fun and interactive museum is obviously for kids, but secretly an awesome spot for adults too!
489 locals raden deze aan
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave
489 locals raden deze aan
1 of my favorite cultural institutions, this fun and interactive museum is obviously for kids, but secretly an awesome spot for adults too!
Part art gallery, part TV studio, part dance space, part music venue... this place has it all! Excellent rotating art and featured artists. Beautifully renovated!
55 locals raden deze aan
BRIC
647 Fulton St
55 locals raden deze aan
Part art gallery, part TV studio, part dance space, part music venue... this place has it all! Excellent rotating art and featured artists. Beautifully renovated!

Parks & Nature

1 of the best botanic gardens in the country! Very popular in Spring for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Scenic, serene, educational. Right next to Museum, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
2030 locals raden deze aan
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 locals raden deze aan
1 of the best botanic gardens in the country! Very popular in Spring for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Scenic, serene, educational. Right next to Museum, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
Best park in Brooklyn with bike trails, lakes, BBQ lots, and the outdoor concert venue Brooklyn Bandshell which has the free Celebrate Brooklyn Festival every summer.
3418 locals raden deze aan
Prospect Park
3418 locals raden deze aan
Best park in Brooklyn with bike trails, lakes, BBQ lots, and the outdoor concert venue Brooklyn Bandshell which has the free Celebrate Brooklyn Festival every summer.

Food Scene

Pan-Asian restaurant with affordable prices and friendly service. Try the Vietnamese Pho or Japanese Ramen - excellently prepared!
21 locals raden deze aan
MISC
758 Franklin Ave
21 locals raden deze aan
Pan-Asian restaurant with affordable prices and friendly service. Try the Vietnamese Pho or Japanese Ramen - excellently prepared!
Intimate Pan-African cafe with delicious cuisine with sidewalk seating and great cocktails. Usually has great Afro-pop/ Afro-house music playing and soccer on the flat-screen.
156 locals raden deze aan
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
156 locals raden deze aan
Intimate Pan-African cafe with delicious cuisine with sidewalk seating and great cocktails. Usually has great Afro-pop/ Afro-house music playing and soccer on the flat-screen.
Healthy, organic, GF and vegan-options including smoothies & fresh fruit drinks. Very friendly staff and Black woman owned.
72 locals raden deze aan
Meme's Healthy Nibbles
707 Nostrand Ave.
72 locals raden deze aan
Healthy, organic, GF and vegan-options including smoothies & fresh fruit drinks. Very friendly staff and Black woman owned.
Huge outdoor courtyard with wood-burning firepit - like a sandbox for adults! Small but very tasty taco & burrito menu. Excellent cocktails.
8 locals raden deze aan
Parklife
636 Degraw St
8 locals raden deze aan
Huge outdoor courtyard with wood-burning firepit - like a sandbox for adults! Small but very tasty taco & burrito menu. Excellent cocktails.
Excellent cuisine, good for groups or solo dining at the bar. Friendly service, and walking distance!
327 locals raden deze aan
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 locals raden deze aan
Excellent cuisine, good for groups or solo dining at the bar. Friendly service, and walking distance!
Formerly "Cafe Forte", this excellent cafe is actually a restaurant with full bar that isn't nearly as crowded as its neighbors because it's just off the main drag. Leather couches, hardwood floors, trendy music playing. Delicious food, friendly service.
31 locals raden deze aan
RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns Pl
31 locals raden deze aan
Formerly "Cafe Forte", this excellent cafe is actually a restaurant with full bar that isn't nearly as crowded as its neighbors because it's just off the main drag. Leather couches, hardwood floors, trendy music playing. Delicious food, friendly service.

Essentials

Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.
29 locals raden deze aan
BROOKLYN BORN MINI MARKET
1426 Bedford Ave
29 locals raden deze aan
Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.

Getting Around

3 train stop, right on corner.
24 locals raden deze aan
Nostrand Avenue station
24 locals raden deze aan
3 train stop, right on corner.
2/3/4/5 subway trains.
11 locals raden deze aan
Franklin Avenue station
11 locals raden deze aan
2/3/4/5 subway trains.

Entertainment & Activities

Only comic book shop in the borough! 2 floors of latest titles, classics, a very knowledgeable staff and weekly events like live drawings, readings, and meet-and-greet comic authors.
Anyone Comics
831 Union St
Only comic book shop in the borough! 2 floors of latest titles, classics, a very knowledgeable staff and weekly events like live drawings, readings, and meet-and-greet comic authors.