Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Great drip coffee (no espresso drinks) and compelling menu for a simple, healthy, and gourmet breakfast or brunch. The atmosphere is perfect for brunch convos with friends, but you can enjoy people-watching from the window alone as well. Very vegetarian/vegan- friendly.
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Brooklyn Commune
Great drip coffee (no espresso drinks) and compelling menu for a simple, healthy, and gourmet breakfast or brunch. The atmosphere is perfect for brunch convos with friends, but you can enjoy people-watching from the window alone as well. Very vegetarian/vegan- friendly.
A cozy family-run coffee shop + diner with all the diner staples and a little Mexican touch. Plus, in case you are a smoothie snob like me, it might also be the only legitimate smoothie spot around.
Angelica`s Coffee Shop
424 Church AveA cozy family-run coffee shop + diner with all the diner staples and a little Mexican touch. Plus, in case you are a smoothie snob like me, it might also be the only legitimate smoothie spot around.
Drinks & Nightlife
A little neighborhood bar with wonderful local draft beer selections and a patio. The cocktails are great (by great I might also mean, strong) too, and quite a steal compare to the cocktail pricing at places with a more vibrant nightlife such as lower Manhattan or Williamsburg.
34 residents recomanen
The Adirondack
1241 Prospect AveA little neighborhood bar with wonderful local draft beer selections and a patio. The cocktails are great (by great I might also mean, strong) too, and quite a steal compare to the cocktail pricing at places with a more vibrant nightlife such as lower Manhattan or Williamsburg.
Getting Around
This is the closest subway station with F/G train. If you are taking the downtown F/G train from Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn (which you probably are), take the exit where the train is heading forward. The apartment will be only one and a half block away from this exit.
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Fort Hamilton Parkway Station
Fort Hamilton ParkwayThis is the closest subway station with F/G train. If you are taking the downtown F/G train from Manhattan or Downtown Brooklyn (which you probably are), take the exit where the train is heading forward. The apartment will be only one and a half block away from this exit.
It's a public library (though only free to NY State residents) but also the closest zipcar access point!
Windsor Terrace Library
160 E 5th StIt's a public library (though only free to NY State residents) but also the closest zipcar access point!
Arts & Culture
The Engine Company 240, formerly Engine Company 40/ Hook & Ladder Company 21, was built in 1895 and has been serving the neighborhood for more than a century. It is one of eight firehouses designed by Danish immigrant and noted architect Peter J. Lauritzen for the Brooklyn Fire Department and is his finest in the Romanesque Revival Style.
Engine 240
1309 Prospect AveThe Engine Company 240, formerly Engine Company 40/ Hook & Ladder Company 21, was built in 1895 and has been serving the neighborhood for more than a century. It is one of eight firehouses designed by Danish immigrant and noted architect Peter J. Lauritzen for the Brooklyn Fire Department and is his finest in the Romanesque Revival Style.
Parks & Nature
If you are only in Brooklyn for a few days, don't miss the Prospect Park. Great for walking, jogging, biking, morning reading, turtle watching, and duck chasing. Oops, I take the last one back, please don't scare the duckies.
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Prospect Park
If you are only in Brooklyn for a few days, don't miss the Prospect Park. Great for walking, jogging, biking, morning reading, turtle watching, and duck chasing. Oops, I take the last one back, please don't scare the duckies.