Guidebook for Brooklyn
Drinks & Nightlife
The Gates
great beer menu and outdoor local place to go
Loki
341 2nd Stcool place to get a drink and eat
Mission Dolores
249 4th Avegood beer list and outdoor seating
small place with great live music. not your usual venue plays all kinds of world music. salsa, jazz
206 persone del luogo consigliano
Barbès
376 9th Stsmall place with great live music. not your usual venue plays all kinds of world music. salsa, jazz
boccie courts, cool large place and in basement has live music and other events
186 persone del luogo consigliano
Union Hall
702 Union Stboccie courts, cool large place and in basement has live music and other events
The Owl Farm
297 9th StFood Scene
Stone Park Cafe
324 5th Avegreat food a little pricey
Benchmark
339A 2nd Stgood cocktails and food. a bit pricey
Surfish Bistro on 5th
351 5th Avenuereally good cerviche. very fresh
one of my favorites, get the baos, (like asian tacos) wonton soup and dumplings of course
15 persone del luogo consigliano
Dumplings & Things
375 5th Aveone of my favorites, get the baos, (like asian tacos) wonton soup and dumplings of course
Littleneck
288 3rd Avegreat happy hour and lobster and crab rolls
Pizza Cotta Bene
437 3rd Avemy favorite slice of pizza in the area
L&B Spumoni Gardens
2725 86th Stbest pizza in new york
Bagel Pub
287 9th StRusso's Mozzarella & Pasta
363 7th AveSushi Yashin
381 5th AveSong
295 5th AveNegril BK
256 5th AveMy Cuban Spot
488 Carroll StMr. Falafel
La Villa Pizzeria
261 5th AveGood Italian
L'Albero Dei Gelati
341 5th AveAmazing gelato and food
Flushing
Great place to find dumplings. Huge china town
Pizza Cotta Bene
437 3rd AveMy go to for pizza in the neighborhood
Essentials
Whole Foods Market
214 3rd StIts an amazing place to go
CTown Supermarkets
782 BroadwayEverything Else
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Avesports and music venue
Sightseeing
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyProspect Park
Coney Island
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th AveSalmagundi Museum of American Art
The High Line Park
Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Blvd
Rockaway Beach
Chinatown
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveUnion Square
Staten Island Ferry
Staten Island FerryGreat way to see Statue of Liberty for free
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Pierrepont PlaceGreat views of city skyline
Neighborhoods
Bushwick
great place to walk around and see lots of street art
Very cool neighborhood and walking distance from the apartment
40 persone del luogo consigliano
Cobble Hill
Very cool neighborhood and walking distance from the apartment
Hip part of town. Lots of food. Drink and Graffitti to see.
997 persone del luogo consigliano
Williamsburg
Hip part of town. Lots of food. Drink and Graffitti to see.
Very cool. Walk the high line. Plenty of restaurants and shopping
192 persone del luogo consigliano
Chelsea
Very cool. Walk the high line. Plenty of restaurants and shopping
Dumbo
Great place to walk under the Brooklyn bridge and promenade