Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Puerto Viejo
564 Grand Avegreat happy hour with $1 empanadas!
Bergen Bagels
473 Bergen Stcoffee and breakfast sandwiches
Dean Street
755 Dean StAmazing brunch! Try the Carolina Sunrise!
Sisters
47 E 124th StAmazing dinner service and great cocktails.
Taqueria De Los Muertos
663 Washington AvenueExcellent tacos, burritos, nachos, and cheap margaritas.
Kimchi Grill
766 Washington AveGreat Korean and Mexican fusion and delicious margaritas.
Tom’s
782 Washington Aveest. 1938, famous old school Brooklyn Diner! Egg creams are a must have.
Cheryl's Global Soul
236 Underhill AveTruly excellent and affordable brunch specials.
Delicious ramen for those cold nights - get there early there's always a crazy line.
283 locals recommend
Chuko
565 Vanderbilt AveDelicious ramen for those cold nights - get there early there's always a crazy line.
Shake Shack
Madison AvenueAwesome grass fed burger and amazing shakes.
Dough Doughnuts
5th AvenueBest doughnuts in NYC. Hands down.
Konditori
114 Smith StSwedish Cafe.
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
439 3rd AveAmazing pies!
Go Go Curry Chelsea
144 W 19th StGreat, fast, cheap Japanese curry.
Menkui Tei
58 W 56th Stgreat ramen, authentic Japanese restaurant.
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Gila's Nosh
221 E 23rd Stexcellent quick, cheap, Chinese food
Gasoline Alley Coffee
325 Lafayette Stsome of the best coffee on Manhattan
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
30 W 8th Stsome of the best coffee on Manhattan
Levain Bakery - 74th Street
167 W 74th Stthe most amazing cookies you will ever eat.
Magnolia Bakery
401 Bleecker Stgood cupcakes and other American baked goods.
Nom Wah Tea Parlor
13 Doyers Stdim sum in Chinatown
Milk Bar Carroll Gardens
Christina Tosi's award winning dessert bar
amazing market with great pasta, fish, and vegetarian restaurants inside.
592 locals recommend
Eataly NYC Flatiron
200 5th Aveamazing market with great pasta, fish, and vegetarian restaurants inside.
Two Boots
201 W 11th Stfun times pizza
Tilda All Day
930 Fulton Streetcute coffee shop and pastries
Best new Thai place in the neighborhood - not your typical Thai menu! Cash only.
18 locals recommend
LOOK by Plant Love House
622 Washington AveBest new Thai place in the neighborhood - not your typical Thai menu! Cash only.
Food is pricey but good, coffee is also good, more comparably priced and the closest to the apartment. Very cute place if you're looking for morning atmosphere.
8 locals recommend
Seven Point Espresso
637 Washington AvenueFood is pricey but good, coffee is also good, more comparably priced and the closest to the apartment. Very cute place if you're looking for morning atmosphere.
Excellent Mexican restaurant, more upscale than Taqueria de los Muertos, which is nearby but both are excellent.
10 locals recommend
El Atoradero Brooklyn
708 Washington AvenueExcellent Mexican restaurant, more upscale than Taqueria de los Muertos, which is nearby but both are excellent.
Bergen Bagels
473 Bergen StTypical bagel stop with all the schmears.
Everything Else
Laundry City
632 Grand Avegreat 24 hour laundromat
Roosevelt Island
Prospect Park Zoo
450 Flatbush AveDrinks & Nightlife
Ogliastro Pizza Bar
784 Washington Aveexcellent pizza!
Weather Up
589 Vanderbilt AveGreat atmosphere, wonderful drinks, beautiful patio
Excellent selection of beers across the street from the apartment!
10 locals recommend
Prospect Heights Beer Works
648 Washington AvenueExcellent selection of beers across the street from the apartment!
Glady's
788 Franklin AveExcellent soul food and good drinks.
Nerd-centric and excellently themed bar with lots of music and events.
95 locals recommend
The Way Station
683 Washington AveNerd-centric and excellently themed bar with lots of music and events.
Barcade
388 Union AveA BARCADE
Barcade
388 Union Ave it's a bar. it's an arcade. it's a barcade.
great $6 cocktails for happy hour until 9pm and a sweet front patio.
177 locals recommend
The Johnson's
369 Troutman Stgreat $6 cocktails for happy hour until 9pm and a sweet front patio.
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin AveArts & Culture
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Aveunique performances and film screenings.
Beautiful Library with a cafe that serves Four & Twenty blackbirds pie inside.
383 locals recommend
Brooklyn Public Library
Beautiful Library with a cafe that serves Four & Twenty blackbirds pie inside.
Excellent and quirky collection that you won't see in Manhattan!
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyExcellent and quirky collection that you won't see in Manhattan!
Regal UA Court Street & RPX
106 Court StMovie theater
New York Transit Museum
89 E 42nd StBrooklyn's premier arena for sporting events, concerts, and shows.
1418 locals recommend
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic AveBrooklyn's premier arena for sporting events, concerts, and shows.
Museum of the Moving Image
36-01 35th AveA cool museum dedicated to animation and cinema.
The MoMA's outpost in Queens showcasing great contemporary art and a very different museum experience!
575 locals recommend
MoMA PS1
22-25 Jackson AveThe MoMA's outpost in Queens showcasing great contemporary art and a very different museum experience!
Kings Theatre
1027 Flatbush AveBeautiful historic theater.
Neue Galerie
1048 5th Avelittle known museum featuring Austrian and German secessionist art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveThe Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd StreetEl Museo del Barrio
1230 5th AveSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th AveNew Museum of Contemporary Art
235 Bowerysuper contemporary art
Rubin Museum of Art
150 W 17th StThe Drawing Center
35 Wooster StInternational Center of Photography Museum
79 Essex St
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park WestMuseum of the City of New York
1220 5th AveThe Metropolitan Museum's Medieval cloisters and art museum. It's beautiful and well worth the trip.
707 locals recommend
The Met Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin DrThe Metropolitan Museum's Medieval cloisters and art museum. It's beautiful and well worth the trip.
Incredible new building with an amazing collection of American Art.
884 locals recommend
Salmagundi Museum of American Art
Incredible new building with an amazing collection of American Art.
Super unique museum experience exploring preserved tenement housing.
603 locals recommend
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StSuper unique museum experience exploring preserved tenement housing.
Parks & Nature
Prospect Park
One of Brooklyn's best parks
Incredible botanical gardens with events and a wonderful shop
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveIncredible botanical gardens with events and a wonderful shop
Essentials
Best grocery store around! Good selection of organic foods, great produce, and reasonable prices for a small grocer
66 locals recommend
Mr. Melon
975 Fulton StBest grocery store around! Good selection of organic foods, great produce, and reasonable prices for a small grocer
Trader Joe's
130 Court StChelsea Market
75 9th AveShopping
Natty Garden
636 Washington Avesuper cute nursery and gardening store
Forbidden Planet
832 Broadwaycomics!
Midtown Comics
200 W 40th Stcomics!
designy Japanese stationary, supplies, home goods, clothing basics, and more.
12 locals recommend
MUJI Times Square Store
620 8th Avedesigny Japanese stationary, supplies, home goods, clothing basics, and more.
Uniqlo
660 5th Avehigh quality affordable basics and not so basics.
the best and largest brick and mortar photographic equipment store ever with an amazing conveyer belt system that is awesome to witness.
47 locals recommend
B&H Photo Video - Electronics and Camera Store
420 9th Avethe best and largest brick and mortar photographic equipment store ever with an amazing conveyer belt system that is awesome to witness.
Nintendo NY
10 Rockefeller Plaza It's Nintendo World.