Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
One of the best Italian restaurants in NYC. Featured in the NYT. Seasonal and authentic food in a romantic Brooklyn setting.
205 locals recommend
al di la Trattoria
248 5th AveOne of the best Italian restaurants in NYC. Featured in the NYT. Seasonal and authentic food in a romantic Brooklyn setting.
A delicious and well-regarded bakery with incredible house-made pastries, cakes, tarts, cheesecakes etc. Dine-in for breakfast and lunch. Best kept secret in the neighborhood and right around the corner.
40 locals recommend
Glenda's Restaurant
854 St Johns PlA delicious and well-regarded bakery with incredible house-made pastries, cakes, tarts, cheesecakes etc. Dine-in for breakfast and lunch. Best kept secret in the neighborhood and right around the corner.
Intimate and authentic coffee shop right around the corner. Great coffee drinks and pastries. Sit and read the paper and take in the atmosphere.
85 locals recommend
Cafe Regular
318 11th StIntimate and authentic coffee shop right around the corner. Great coffee drinks and pastries. Sit and read the paper and take in the atmosphere.
Trendy Vietnamese Gastropub 2 blocks away. Zagat's Best Vietnamese Restaurant in NYC. Excellent food and cocktails from mixologist Tristan Brunel.
37 locals recommend
Bricolage
162 5th AveTrendy Vietnamese Gastropub 2 blocks away. Zagat's Best Vietnamese Restaurant in NYC. Excellent food and cocktails from mixologist Tristan Brunel.
Drinks & Nightlife
One of the best dive bars in Brooklyn. Big, unpretentious, great drinks and vibe.
36 locals recommend
Sharlene's
353 Flatbush AveOne of the best dive bars in Brooklyn. Big, unpretentious, great drinks and vibe.
This bar/lounge features librarylike decor, plus 2 bocce courts & a basement performance space.
186 locals recommend
Union Hall
702 Union StThis bar/lounge features librarylike decor, plus 2 bocce courts & a basement performance space.
Vintage decor & '90s rock posters set an easygoing mood at this mod taproom with a summer patio.
30 locals recommend
High Dive
243 5th AveVintage decor & '90s rock posters set an easygoing mood at this mod taproom with a summer patio.
Sightseeing
Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, the Bailey Fountain, the John F. Kennedy Monument, statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum, busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander J.C. Skene and Henry W. Maxwell, and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials"
378 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush AvenueGrand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, the Bailey Fountain, the John F. Kennedy Monument, statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum, busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander J.C. Skene and Henry W. Maxwell, and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials"
Arts & Culture
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyThe Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) is a multi-arts center located in Brooklyn, New York. For more than 150 years, BAM has been the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas—engaging both global and local communities. Holds a movie theater, live theater venue, and many special performance events.
859 locals recommend
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette AveBAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) is a multi-arts center located in Brooklyn, New York. For more than 150 years, BAM has been the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas—engaging both global and local communities. Holds a movie theater, live theater venue, and many special performance events.
At this low-tech playhouse, kids will gladly cast phones and gadgets aside to see amazing handmade puppets in action. Founder Nicolas Coppola adapts classic tales for his marionettes to perform in the cozy theater (kids sit on rugs at the front, parents are on benches at the back). Families will be swept away by the artful scenery, lively music and intricate puppets as they take on a life of their own, moving across the stage as if by magic.
Puppet Works
338 6th AveAt this low-tech playhouse, kids will gladly cast phones and gadgets aside to see amazing handmade puppets in action. Founder Nicolas Coppola adapts classic tales for his marionettes to perform in the cozy theater (kids sit on rugs at the front, parents are on benches at the back). Families will be swept away by the artful scenery, lively music and intricate puppets as they take on a life of their own, moving across the stage as if by magic.
Entertainment & Activities
Opened in 2012, Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Islanders and hosts premier concerts, championship boxing, college basketball and family entertainment.
155 locals recommend
Atlantic Av-Barclays Center station
Opened in 2012, Barclays Center is the home of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Islanders and hosts premier concerts, championship boxing, college basketball and family entertainment.
Great movie theater with assigned seating and a full food and drink menu delivered to your seats during the movie. Excellent selection of independent and critically acclaimed mainstream films.
266 locals recommend
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Brooklyn
445 Albee Square WGreat movie theater with assigned seating and a full food and drink menu delivered to your seats during the movie. Excellent selection of independent and critically acclaimed mainstream films.
Parks & Nature
Prospect Park is a 526-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and the second largest public park in Brooklyn. Within short walking distance the park is home to trails, the long meadow, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the Prospect Park Zoo, world-famed Smorgasburg, the Prospect Park Boathouse, the Prospect Park Lake, the Picnic House, Le Frak Center and Skating Rink at Lakeside, the Lefferts Historic House, the Audubon Center, the Parade Grounds and the Carousel.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
Prospect Park is a 526-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and the second largest public park in Brooklyn. Within short walking distance the park is home to trails, the long meadow, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the Prospect Park Zoo, world-famed Smorgasburg, the Prospect Park Boathouse, the Prospect Park Lake, the Picnic House, Le Frak Center and Skating Rink at Lakeside, the Lefferts Historic House, the Audubon Center, the Parade Grounds and the Carousel.
Essentials
Union Market
240 E Houston StGourmet grocery store 2.5 blocks away.
Key Food Supermarket
55 Fulton StGrocery store 4 blocks away. Good for staple groceries.