Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Great coffee and awesome egg/avacado sandwich.
41 residents recomanen
Cafe Cotton Bean
1077 Bergen St
41 residents recomanen
Great coffee and awesome egg/avacado sandwich.
Consistently good food be it a burger, Cuban sandwich or any of their more gourmet fair.
327 residents recomanen
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Cent'Anni
742 Franklin Ave
163 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Super Power
722 Nostrand Ave.
91 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
King Tai
1095 Bergen St
120 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
4 World Trade Center
150 Greenwich St
616 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Parc High Line
2323 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal Greenmarket
4 South St
21 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Prospect Park
3418 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Rockaway Beach
224 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Museu de Brooklyn
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
SummerStage in Central Park
5th Avenue
21 residents recomanen
All over NYC Parks, check out the Summerstage schedule of free events!

Essentials

Drugstore and convenience store. In a beautiful old bank building.
139 residents recomanen
Walgreens
2325 Flatbush Ave
139 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Super Foodtown of Bedford Stuyvesant
1420 Fulton St
228 residents recomanen
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 residents recomanen
Nostrand Avenue
Nostrand Avenue
16 residents recomanen
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.