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 místní doporučují
Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway Avenue
95 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Two Saints
753 Nostrand Ave.
122 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Littlefield
635 Sackett St
42 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Brooklynské muzeum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Brooklyn Public Library
383 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave
489 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
BRIC
647 Fulton St
55 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Prospect Park
3418 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
MISC
758 Franklin Ave
21 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
156 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Meme's Healthy Nibbles
707 Nostrand Ave.
72 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Parklife
636 Degraw St
8 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns Pl
31 místní doporučují
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 místní doporučují
BROOKLYN BORN MINI MARKET
1426 Bedford Ave
29 místní doporučují
Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.

Getting Around

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