Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Great coffee and awesome egg/avacado sandwich.
41 locals recommend
Cafe Cotton Bean
1077 Bergen St
41 locals recommend
Great coffee and awesome egg/avacado sandwich.
Consistently good food be it a burger, Cuban sandwich or any of their more gourmet fair.
327 locals recommend
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 locals recommend
Consistently good food be it a burger, Cuban sandwich or any of their more gourmet fair.
Great inexpensive Italian food. Love the lemon pasta and the beet salad.
163 locals recommend
Cent'Anni
742 Franklin Ave
163 locals recommend
Great inexpensive Italian food. Love the lemon pasta and the beet salad.
Right around the corner. Great bagels and coffee.
Nagle's Bagels
630 Nostrand Avenue
Right around the corner. Great bagels and coffee.

Drinks & Nightlife

Have some food too but the place to go for a good pina colada, mai thai or other. Lots of locals hang out here.
91 locals recommend
Super Power
722 Nostrand Ave.
91 locals recommend
Have some food too but the place to go for a good pina colada, mai thai or other. Lots of locals hang out here.
Another local scene with good, albeit smallish, cocktails.
120 locals recommend
King Tai
1095 Bergen St
120 locals recommend
Another local scene with good, albeit smallish, cocktails.

Sightseeing

This jaded NY'er actually liked the elevator ride to the top. Also check out the new Oculus.
616 locals recommend
4 World Trade Center
150 Greenwich St
616 locals recommend
This jaded NY'er actually liked the elevator ride to the top. Also check out the new Oculus.
The High Line is the most popular tourist destination in all of NYC
2323 locals recommend
The High Line Park
2323 locals recommend
The High Line is the most popular tourist destination in all of NYC
It's free. It's not crowded during off hours during the week. It's a great way to see the Statue.
21 locals recommend
Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal Greenmarket
4 South St
21 locals recommend
It's free. It's not crowded during off hours during the week. It's a great way to see the Statue.

Parks & Nature

There's a lot more happening here than people realize. Check out the free concerts in the bandshell in the summer.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
3418 locals recommend
There's a lot more happening here than people realize. Check out the free concerts in the bandshell in the summer.
It's hard to believe that the ocean is 13 miles from our house. It's a great thing to see and walk the boardwalk.
224 locals recommend
Rockaway Beach
224 locals recommend
It's hard to believe that the ocean is 13 miles from our house. It's a great thing to see and walk the boardwalk.

Arts & Culture

Shhh! There are so many great exhibits here! Don't overlook it.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
Shhh! There are so many great exhibits here! Don't overlook it.
All over NYC Parks, check out the Summerstage schedule of free events!
21 locals recommend
SummerStage in Central Park
5th Avenue
21 locals recommend
All over NYC Parks, check out the Summerstage schedule of free events!

Essentials

Drugstore and convenience store. In a beautiful old bank building.
139 locals recommend
Walgreens
2325 Flatbush Ave
139 locals recommend
Drugstore and convenience store. In a beautiful old bank building.
The grocery store with piped in dance music 24/7. Gotta see it to believe it with the dancing in the aisles.
228 locals recommend
Super Foodtown of Bedford Stuyvesant
1420 Fulton St
228 locals recommend
The grocery store with piped in dance music 24/7. Gotta see it to believe it with the dancing in the aisles.

Getting Around

A Train - express. 4 stops to Manhattan.
16 locals recommend
Nostrand Avenue
Nostrand Avenue
16 locals recommend
A Train - express. 4 stops to Manhattan.
The LIRR stops here at Nostrand - 2 blocks away -- and can take you out to Long Island or back to Penn Station.
LIRR Jamaica Yard
137-7 94th Ave
The LIRR stops here at Nostrand - 2 blocks away -- and can take you out to Long Island or back to Penn Station.