Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Great Pizza and salad and meatballs and gelato and drinks and atmosphere and...
522 locals recommend
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 locals recommend
Great Pizza and salad and meatballs and gelato and drinks and atmosphere and...
Great eats and a great view!
777 locals recommend
Smorgasburg
90 Kent Ave
777 locals recommend
Great eats and a great view!
more great food and an even BETTER view!
777 locals recommend
Smorgasburg
90 Kent Ave
777 locals recommend
more great food and an even BETTER view!
Great food and great crowd!
327 locals recommend
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 locals recommend
Great food and great crowd!
Yummy sandwiches!!
192 locals recommend
Glady's
788 Franklin Ave
192 locals recommend
Yummy sandwiches!!
Great Italian food and a beautiful outdoor patio.
163 locals recommend
Cent'Anni
742 Franklin Ave
163 locals recommend
Great Italian food and a beautiful outdoor patio.
Serve yourself frozen yogurt with a great selection of toppings...
Cafe Froyo
800A Franklin Ave
Serve yourself frozen yogurt with a great selection of toppings...
Great Mexican food and Mexican DRINKS!
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin Ave
566 locals recommend
Great Mexican food and Mexican DRINKS!
Delicious French Fusion cuisine with flair!
156 locals recommend
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
156 locals recommend
Delicious French Fusion cuisine with flair!
Cajun Cuisine...very popular and very delish!
199 locals recommend
Catfish
1433 Bedford Ave
199 locals recommend
Cajun Cuisine...very popular and very delish!
A must while perusing up and down Franklin Avenue...
160 locals recommend
Breukelen Coffee House
764 Franklin Ave
160 locals recommend
A must while perusing up and down Franklin Avenue...
Great Sushi and they deliver! ;)
49 locals recommend
Sushi Tatsu
1185 Bedford Ave
49 locals recommend
Great Sushi and they deliver! ;)
The Chicken Masala is so incredible!
52 locals recommend
Bombay Masala
678 Franklin Avenue
52 locals recommend
The Chicken Masala is so incredible!
Mouth watering Mexican fare!
194 locals recommend
Gueros
605 Prospect Pl
194 locals recommend
Mouth watering Mexican fare!
Great coffee within a cute bake shop with a little sidewalk cafe' out front.
169 locals recommend
Little Zelda
728 Franklin Ave
169 locals recommend
Great coffee within a cute bake shop with a little sidewalk cafe' out front.
Great diner for a nice filling breakfast.
25 locals recommend
Neptune Diner II
699 Classon Ave
25 locals recommend
Great diner for a nice filling breakfast.
Historically, a famous spot for movie stars and politicians. Tom's has been owned by the same family since the 1930's! Great food and the décor-well you'll just have to see that for yourself!
225 locals recommend
Tom’s
782 Washington Ave
225 locals recommend
Historically, a famous spot for movie stars and politicians. Tom's has been owned by the same family since the 1930's! Great food and the décor-well you'll just have to see that for yourself!
Delish Mediterranean Food!
Fez Hummus Bar Fez
798 Franklin Ave
Delish Mediterranean Food!

Shopping

Great new and vintage stuff as well as repurposed and crafty stuff. ;)
266 locals recommend
Brooklyn Flea
51 North 6th Street
266 locals recommend
Great new and vintage stuff as well as repurposed and crafty stuff. ;)
Yummy cheese selection as well as gifts and other gourmet food stuffs.
19 locals recommend
Wedge
19 locals recommend
Yummy cheese selection as well as gifts and other gourmet food stuffs.
Vintage everything in this place! Everything old is new again! :)
11 locals recommend
Cool Pony Crown Heights
733 Franklin Ave
11 locals recommend
Vintage everything in this place! Everything old is new again! :)

Sightseeing

SOOooo much to do here
951 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman St
951 locals recommend
SOOooo much to do here
Incredibly beautiful and serene
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 locals recommend
Incredibly beautiful and serene
Great place to take the kiddos
540 locals recommend
Prospect Park Zoo
450 Flatbush Ave
540 locals recommend
Great place to take the kiddos
A beautiful and peaceful place
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
3418 locals recommend
A beautiful and peaceful place

Arts & Culture

Concerts and Basketball baby!
1418 locals recommend
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Ave
1418 locals recommend
Concerts and Basketball baby!
Great collection of art and antiquities
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
Great collection of art and antiquities
First museum in the country dedicated solely to children...Another great place for the kiddos
489 locals recommend
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave
489 locals recommend
First museum in the country dedicated solely to children...Another great place for the kiddos
Great performances
859 locals recommend
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave
859 locals recommend
Great performances
My Alma Mater! beautiful sculpture garden on a lovely campus...historic buildings...inspiring art and design studio tours...and the ENTIRE neighborhood has been deemed a Historic Landmark by NYC. :)
103 locals recommend
Santander Bank
103 locals recommend
My Alma Mater! beautiful sculpture garden on a lovely campus...historic buildings...inspiring art and design studio tours...and the ENTIRE neighborhood has been deemed a Historic Landmark by NYC. :)
Great concerts and they're FREEE!!
113 locals recommend
Prospect Park Bandshell
141 Prospect Park West
113 locals recommend
Great concerts and they're FREEE!!
New and Improved! Interesting and educational too.
173 locals recommend
New York Aquarium
602 Surf Ave
173 locals recommend
New and Improved! Interesting and educational too.
Fun... fun and more fun!!! Rides, games, shops, great big beautiful sandy beach, live entertainment, carnival food, bars, restaurants, baseball, A list concerts, etc... etc... etc...
120 locals recommend
Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk
120 locals recommend
Fun... fun and more fun!!! Rides, games, shops, great big beautiful sandy beach, live entertainment, carnival food, bars, restaurants, baseball, A list concerts, etc... etc... etc...
Very Entertaining!
521 locals recommend
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton St
521 locals recommend
Very Entertaining!

Everything Else

State of the art fitness center at a reasonable price. Very clean and a great lap pool too!
96 locals recommend
Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA
1121 Bedford Ave
96 locals recommend
State of the art fitness center at a reasonable price. Very clean and a great lap pool too!
Historic and Beautiful. An oasis in the city
378 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
378 locals recommend
Historic and Beautiful. An oasis in the city
Helpful staff and a free session on Saturdays!
Crow Hill CrossFit
1010 Dean St
Helpful staff and a free session on Saturdays!
Clean and refreshing Olympic size pool.
30 locals recommend
Kosciuszko Pool
670 Marcy Ave
30 locals recommend
Clean and refreshing Olympic size pool.
Utica Avenue (not Flatbush) close by and state of the art fitness center!
63 locals recommend
Blink Fitness
1002 Gates Ave
63 locals recommend
Utica Avenue (not Flatbush) close by and state of the art fitness center!
...check it out if your in the market for a great education...
10 locals recommend
Long Island University Brooklyn
1 University Plaza
10 locals recommend
...check it out if your in the market for a great education...
great school with a great program in early childhood development/education on a beautiful campus in a historic neighborhood.
St. Joseph’s College New York
245 Clinton Ave
great school with a great program in early childhood development/education on a beautiful campus in a historic neighborhood.
one of the best in the country or so I've been told. ;)
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon St
one of the best in the country or so I've been told. ;)
Lovely neighborhood with great parks, shops, gardens, restaurants, bars, nightlife, schools, architecture, etc...
169 locals recommend
Fort Greene
169 locals recommend
Lovely neighborhood with great parks, shops, gardens, restaurants, bars, nightlife, schools, architecture, etc...
Awesome view of the Manhattan skyline, Statue of Liberty, Freedom Tower, Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building....not to mention one of the best spots to watch the sun set over Manhattan. :)
407 locals recommend
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Pierrepont Place
407 locals recommend
Awesome view of the Manhattan skyline, Statue of Liberty, Freedom Tower, Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building....not to mention one of the best spots to watch the sun set over Manhattan. :)
Great performances
115 locals recommend
Bam Howard Gilman Opera House
30 Lafayette Ave
115 locals recommend
Great performances
entertainment galore!
221 locals recommend
BAM Fisher
321 Ashland Pl
221 locals recommend
entertainment galore!

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent menu, atmosphere, crowd and drinks
240 locals recommend
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin Ave
240 locals recommend
Excellent menu, atmosphere, crowd and drinks
Indoor outdoor bar/restaurant with a fun crowd and a great dj...
437 locals recommend
Franklin Park
618 St Johns Pl
437 locals recommend
Indoor outdoor bar/restaurant with a fun crowd and a great dj...
Lively atmosphere and a friendly crowd.
170 locals recommend
Nostrand Avenue Pub
658 Nostrand Ave.
170 locals recommend
Lively atmosphere and a friendly crowd.