Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Interesting coffees and great breakfast/brunch menu.
26 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Couleur Café
435 7th AveInteresting coffees and great breakfast/brunch menu.
Good hearty portions (rarity in NYC) and decently priced. Always lively and busy.
81 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Bogota Latin Bistro
141 5th AveGood hearty portions (rarity in NYC) and decently priced. Always lively and busy.
Cute Italian restaurant, with outdoor seating. Great for late night dinners and easy dining. Sit outside in the warmer months!
30 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Mariella
492 6th AveCute Italian restaurant, with outdoor seating. Great for late night dinners and easy dining. Sit outside in the warmer months!
NY'er for 10+ years and only been to Staten Island once and it was to go to this restaurant. A different Italian Grandma designs the menu of delicious home-cooked style meals daily. Eclectic and inventive use of ingredients. Warm and cozy dining experience.
38 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Enoteca Maria
27 Hyatt StNY'er for 10+ years and only been to Staten Island once and it was to go to this restaurant. A different Italian Grandma designs the menu of delicious home-cooked style meals daily. Eclectic and inventive use of ingredients. Warm and cozy dining experience.
Great coffee and yummy bites. Seating and wifi available.
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Gather
Great coffee and yummy bites. Seating and wifi available.
Popular and highly rated authentic Italian spot with a wine/dessert bar right next door. A little bit pricier but great food and ambiance, terrific dinner date spot.
205 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
al di la Trattoria
248 5th AvePopular and highly rated authentic Italian spot with a wine/dessert bar right next door. A little bit pricier but great food and ambiance, terrific dinner date spot.
Well priced Thai kitchen with consistency. Good selection and all the popular Thai offerings. Easy relaxed meal.
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Sai Thai Kitchen
437 5th AveWell priced Thai kitchen with consistency. Good selection and all the popular Thai offerings. Easy relaxed meal.
Drinks & Nightlife
Very cool bar with old library-esque decor, and bocce ball in the back!
186 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Union Hall
702 Union StVery cool bar with old library-esque decor, and bocce ball in the back!
Kitschy space with shuffleboard and other games throughout. There is a foodtruck inside, and it's also right next to Ample Hills Ice Cream (a must visit!).
176 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
514 Union StKitschy space with shuffleboard and other games throughout. There is a foodtruck inside, and it's also right next to Ample Hills Ice Cream (a must visit!).
Dimly lit wine bar with yummy bites. Great easy/relaxing place, and great date spot. Not too loud/rowdy for New York.
56 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Brookvin
381 7th AveDimly lit wine bar with yummy bites. Great easy/relaxing place, and great date spot. Not too loud/rowdy for New York.
Great cocktails and environment. Happy hour specials, good people watching.
189 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Wayland
700 E 9th StGreat cocktails and environment. Happy hour specials, good people watching.
Parks & Nature
Right next to Prospect Park, definitely visit this one if you can't make it all the way up to the Bronx one. Free on Saturday mornings.
2030 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveRight next to Prospect Park, definitely visit this one if you can't make it all the way up to the Bronx one. Free on Saturday mornings.
Brooklyn's Prospect Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is the lesser known little sister of Central Park (designed by same architect). Come to Prospect Park's lawn for picnics, lounging and relaxing, it is much less crowded than the lawn areas in CP.
3418 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Parque Prospect
Brooklyn's Prospect Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is the lesser known little sister of Central Park (designed by same architect). Come to Prospect Park's lawn for picnics, lounging and relaxing, it is much less crowded than the lawn areas in CP.
Arts & Culture
Come here for Target First Saturdays (of each month) for live music, dancing, and free access to the museum after hours.
3011 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museo de Brooklyn
200 Eastern PkwyCome here for Target First Saturdays (of each month) for live music, dancing, and free access to the museum after hours.
Small gallery with rotating exhibits. A quick stop but hidden gem for visiting this Fashion Capital.
14 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Museo del FIT
227 W 27th StSmall gallery with rotating exhibits. A quick stop but hidden gem for visiting this Fashion Capital.
Check out movies,music, dance and other performances at BAM for a dose of culture!
521 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton StCheck out movies,music, dance and other performances at BAM for a dose of culture!
Essentials
CVS
1070 Flatbush AveUpscale grocery store, very cool selection. High quality, but some items are bit pricier.
522 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Union Market
240 E Houston StUpscale grocery store, very cool selection. High quality, but some items are bit pricier.
Large grocery supermarket (as big as you're gonna get in NYC) with all your grocery and household needs. Right next to CVS.
663 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
CTown Supermarkets
330 Graham AveLarge grocery supermarket (as big as you're gonna get in NYC) with all your grocery and household needs. Right next to CVS.
Great little shop for cuts of meats. Their bone-in Rib-Eye steak is a personal favourite. Great prices, fresh selection.
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
United Meat Market
219 Prospect Park WestGreat little shop for cuts of meats. Their bone-in Rib-Eye steak is a personal favourite. Great prices, fresh selection.