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 moradores locais recomendam
Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway Avenue
95 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Two Saints
753 Nostrand Ave.
122 moradores locais recomendam
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!
522 moradores locais recomendam
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Littlefield
635 Sackett St
42 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Museu do Brooklyn
200 Eastern Pkwy
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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.
383 moradores locais recomendam
Brooklyn Public Library
383 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Museu Infantil do Brooklyn
145 Brooklyn Ave
489 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
BRIC
647 Fulton St
55 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Jardim Botânico do Brooklyn
990 Washington Ave
2030 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Prospect Park
3418 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
MISC
758 Franklin Ave
21 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
156 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Meme's Healthy Nibbles
707 Nostrand Ave.
72 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Parklife
636 Degraw St
8 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns Pl
31 moradores locais recomendam
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 moradores locais recomendam
BROOKLYN BORN MINI MARKET
1426 Bedford Ave
29 moradores locais recomendam
Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.

Getting Around

3 train stop, right on corner.
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Nostrand Avenue station
24 moradores locais recomendam
3 train stop, right on corner.
2/3/4/5 subway trains.
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Franklin Avenue station
11 moradores locais recomendam
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.