Guidebook for Brooklyn

Donna
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
95 miestni odporúčajú
Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway Avenue
95 miestni odporúčajú
Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
Special cocktail themed nights and occasional live entertainment. Named after St. John (street on which it's located), and Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary.
122 miestni odporúčajú
Two Saints
753 Nostrand Ave.
122 miestni odporúčajú
Special cocktail themed nights and occasional live entertainment. Named after St. John (street on which it's located), and Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary.
Excellent wood-fired pizzas. The meatballs are divine! Very friendly waitstaff. Delicious cocktails. Open late!
522 miestni odporúčajú
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 miestni odporúčajú
Excellent wood-fired pizzas. The meatballs are divine! Very friendly waitstaff. Delicious cocktails. Open late!
Art and music venue in Gowanus, just next to Park Slope. Excellent rotating live music and comedy shows with a great cocktail menu. Tell 'em I sent ya!
42 miestni odporúčajú
Littlefield
635 Sackett St
42 miestni odporúčajú
Art and music venue in Gowanus, just next to Park Slope. Excellent rotating live music and comedy shows with a great cocktail menu. Tell 'em I sent ya!

Arts & Culture

Excellent rotating exhibits over 5 floors, including David Bowie, Basquiat, Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party". 1st Saturday of every month has music, dancing, book readings, and party until 11pm. Next to Botanic Gardens, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
3011 miestni odporúčajú
Brooklynské múzeum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 miestni odporúčajú
Excellent rotating exhibits over 5 floors, including David Bowie, Basquiat, Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party". 1st Saturday of every month has music, dancing, book readings, and party until 11pm. Next to Botanic Gardens, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
Iconic entrance facing Grand Army Plaza with large outdoor court area. Free events, great for kids. Next to Botanic Gardens, Museum, and Prospect Park.
383 miestni odporúčajú
Brooklyn Public Library
383 miestni odporúčajú
Iconic entrance facing Grand Army Plaza with large outdoor court area. Free events, great for kids. Next to Botanic Gardens, Museum, and Prospect Park.
1 of my favorite cultural institutions, this fun and interactive museum is obviously for kids, but secretly an awesome spot for adults too!
489 miestni odporúčajú
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave
489 miestni odporúčajú
1 of my favorite cultural institutions, this fun and interactive museum is obviously for kids, but secretly an awesome spot for adults too!
Part art gallery, part TV studio, part dance space, part music venue... this place has it all! Excellent rotating art and featured artists. Beautifully renovated!
55 miestni odporúčajú
BRIC
647 Fulton St
55 miestni odporúčajú
Part art gallery, part TV studio, part dance space, part music venue... this place has it all! Excellent rotating art and featured artists. Beautifully renovated!

Parks & Nature

1 of the best botanic gardens in the country! Very popular in Spring for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Scenic, serene, educational. Right next to Museum, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
2030 miestni odporúčajú
Brooklynská botanická záhrada
990 Washington Ave
2030 miestni odporúčajú
1 of the best botanic gardens in the country! Very popular in Spring for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Scenic, serene, educational. Right next to Museum, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
Best park in Brooklyn with bike trails, lakes, BBQ lots, and the outdoor concert venue Brooklyn Bandshell which has the free Celebrate Brooklyn Festival every summer.
3418 miestni odporúčajú
Park Prospect
3418 miestni odporúčajú
Best park in Brooklyn with bike trails, lakes, BBQ lots, and the outdoor concert venue Brooklyn Bandshell which has the free Celebrate Brooklyn Festival every summer.

Food Scene

Pan-Asian restaurant with affordable prices and friendly service. Try the Vietnamese Pho or Japanese Ramen - excellently prepared!
21 miestni odporúčajú
MISC
758 Franklin Ave
21 miestni odporúčajú
Pan-Asian restaurant with affordable prices and friendly service. Try the Vietnamese Pho or Japanese Ramen - excellently prepared!
Intimate Pan-African cafe with delicious cuisine with sidewalk seating and great cocktails. Usually has great Afro-pop/ Afro-house music playing and soccer on the flat-screen.
156 miestni odporúčajú
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
156 miestni odporúčajú
Intimate Pan-African cafe with delicious cuisine with sidewalk seating and great cocktails. Usually has great Afro-pop/ Afro-house music playing and soccer on the flat-screen.
Healthy, organic, GF and vegan-options including smoothies & fresh fruit drinks. Very friendly staff and Black woman owned.
72 miestni odporúčajú
Meme's Healthy Nibbles
707 Nostrand Ave.
72 miestni odporúčajú
Healthy, organic, GF and vegan-options including smoothies & fresh fruit drinks. Very friendly staff and Black woman owned.
Huge outdoor courtyard with wood-burning firepit - like a sandbox for adults! Small but very tasty taco & burrito menu. Excellent cocktails.
8 miestni odporúčajú
Parklife
636 Degraw St
8 miestni odporúčajú
Huge outdoor courtyard with wood-burning firepit - like a sandbox for adults! Small but very tasty taco & burrito menu. Excellent cocktails.
Excellent cuisine, good for groups or solo dining at the bar. Friendly service, and walking distance!
327 miestni odporúčajú
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 miestni odporúčajú
Excellent cuisine, good for groups or solo dining at the bar. Friendly service, and walking distance!
Formerly "Cafe Forte", this excellent cafe is actually a restaurant with full bar that isn't nearly as crowded as its neighbors because it's just off the main drag. Leather couches, hardwood floors, trendy music playing. Delicious food, friendly service.
31 miestni odporúčajú
RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns Pl
31 miestni odporúčajú
Formerly "Cafe Forte", this excellent cafe is actually a restaurant with full bar that isn't nearly as crowded as its neighbors because it's just off the main drag. Leather couches, hardwood floors, trendy music playing. Delicious food, friendly service.

Essentials

Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.
29 miestni odporúčajú
BROOKLYN BORN MINI MARKET
1426 Bedford Ave
29 miestni odporúčajú
Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.

Getting Around

3 train stop, right on corner.
24 miestni odporúčajú
Nostrand Avenue station
24 miestni odporúčajú
3 train stop, right on corner.
2/3/4/5 subway trains.
11 miestni odporúčajú
Franklin Avenue station
11 miestni odporúčajú
2/3/4/5 subway trains.

Entertainment & Activities

Only comic book shop in the borough! 2 floors of latest titles, classics, a very knowledgeable staff and weekly events like live drawings, readings, and meet-and-greet comic authors.
Anyone Comics
831 Union St
Only comic book shop in the borough! 2 floors of latest titles, classics, a very knowledgeable staff and weekly events like live drawings, readings, and meet-and-greet comic authors.