Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Chavela's
736 Franklin AveBest Brunch spot.
Chuko
565 Vanderbilt AveCheap good eats. Ramen.
Ample Hills Creamery
623 Vanderbilt AveBest ice cream on earth.
BERG'N
899 Bergen StFood hall with multiple places to eat, all delicious. Also serves beer.
Ali's Roti Shop
337 Utica AveBest Trinidadian Roti on earth.
Mayfield
688 Franklin AveGreat American restaurant.
Tom’s
782 Washington AveBest diner in NYC.
Bar Toto
411 11th StBest Italian restaurant in Brooklyn.
Tip of the Tongue
43 Lincoln RoadBest coffee shop.
Starbucks
154 N 7th StIf you have to have a Starbucks...
Great new Caribbean food place right around the corner from the apartment. Getting headlines in NYC newspapers and blogs.
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The Food Sermon
141 Flushing AvenueGreat new Caribbean food place right around the corner from the apartment. Getting headlines in NYC newspapers and blogs.
Vee's
896 Nostrand Ave.Some of the best jerk chicken around.
Anthony Bourdain ate here on his show No Reservations. Very good Caribbean food.
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Gloria's In & Out
987 Nostrand Ave.Anthony Bourdain ate here on his show No Reservations. Very good Caribbean food.
Blue Marble Ice Cream
186 Underhill AveAmazing ice cream and great coffee.
Shake Shack
Madison AvenueBest fast food burger in the world. Also amazing shakes.
Upscale Italian restaurant. Reservation needed. You may even get to dine with a celebrity here. I have connections and can help you with a reservation if interested.
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Rucola
190 Dean StUpscale Italian restaurant. Reservation needed. You may even get to dine with a celebrity here. I have connections and can help you with a reservation if interested.
Drinks & Nightlife
Soda Bar
629 Vanderbilt AveGood place to grab a drink.
Burger joint Dutch Boy is in the front and watering hole Franklin Park is in the back. Ideal place for dinner followed by drink in a one stop shop.
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Franklin Park
618 St Johns PlBurger joint Dutch Boy is in the front and watering hole Franklin Park is in the back. Ideal place for dinner followed by drink in a one stop shop.
Essentials
Associated Supermarket
Where you will want to buy your groceries.
Western Beef Supermarket
44 Empire BlvdFurther away but cheaper place to buy your groceries.
Arts & Culture
The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m2), the museum is New York City's third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
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Brooklynské muzeum
200 Eastern PkwyThe Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m2), the museum is New York City's third largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
Parks & Nature
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Founded in 1910, and located in the Prospect Park neighborhood, the 52-acre (21 ha) garden includes a number of specialty "gardens within the Garden", plant collections and the Steinhardt Conservatory, which houses the C. V. Starr Bonsai Museum, three climate-themed plant pavilions, a white cast-iron and glass aquatic plant house, and an art gallery. The Garden holds over 10,000 taxa of plants and each year has over 900,000 visitors.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveBrooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Founded in 1910, and located in the Prospect Park neighborhood, the 52-acre (21 ha) garden includes a number of specialty "gardens within the Garden", plant collections and the Steinhardt Conservatory, which houses the C. V. Starr Bonsai Museum, three climate-themed plant pavilions, a white cast-iron and glass aquatic plant house, and an art gallery. The Garden holds over 10,000 taxa of plants and each year has over 900,000 visitors.
Prospect Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux after their completion of Manhattan's Central Park. Main attractions of the park include the 90-acre (36 ha) Long Meadow; the Picnic House; Litchfield Villa, the pre-existing home of Edwin Clark Litchfield, an early developer of the neighborhood and a former owner of a southern section of the Park; Prospect Park Zoo; a large nature conservancy managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society; The Boathouse, housing a visitors center and the first urban Audubon Center; Brooklyn's only lake, covering 60 acres (24 ha); the Prospect Park Bandshell that hosts free outdoor concerts in the summertime. The park also has sports facilities including seven baseball fields in the Long Meadow, and the Prospect Park Tennis Center, basketball courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, and the New York Pétanque Club in the Parade Ground. There is also a private Society of Friends cemetery on Quaker Hill near the ball fields, where actor Montgomery Clift is interred.
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Prospect Park
Prospect Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux after their completion of Manhattan's Central Park. Main attractions of the park include the 90-acre (36 ha) Long Meadow; the Picnic House; Litchfield Villa, the pre-existing home of Edwin Clark Litchfield, an early developer of the neighborhood and a former owner of a southern section of the Park; Prospect Park Zoo; a large nature conservancy managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society; The Boathouse, housing a visitors center and the first urban Audubon Center; Brooklyn's only lake, covering 60 acres (24 ha); the Prospect Park Bandshell that hosts free outdoor concerts in the summertime. The park also has sports facilities including seven baseball fields in the Long Meadow, and the Prospect Park Tennis Center, basketball courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, and the New York Pétanque Club in the Parade Ground. There is also a private Society of Friends cemetery on Quaker Hill near the ball fields, where actor Montgomery Clift is interred.
Sightseeing
The plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Bailey Fountain, the John F. Kennedy Monument, statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum, busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander J.C. Skene and Henry W. Maxwell, and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials".
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Náměstí Grand Army
Flatbush AvenueThe plaza includes the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Bailey Fountain, the John F. Kennedy Monument, statues of Civil War generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Henry Warner Slocum, busts of notable Brooklyn citizens Alexander J.C. Skene and Henry W. Maxwell, and two 12-sided gazebos with "granite Tuscan columns, Guastavino vaulting, and bronze finials".
Shopping
Many different chain stores. Retail and food. One stop shop for places like Target, Best Buy, McDonalds, Subway, Cold Stone Creamery, Guitar Center, Office Max, etc. Located in the largest subway station in Brooklyn connecting virtually every line.
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Atlantic Terminal station
Many different chain stores. Retail and food. One stop shop for places like Target, Best Buy, McDonalds, Subway, Cold Stone Creamery, Guitar Center, Office Max, etc. Located in the largest subway station in Brooklyn connecting virtually every line.
This is a place you can come for clothing outlet stores. It's open air so you will have to go outside to get from store to store.
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Fulton Mall
This is a place you can come for clothing outlet stores. It's open air so you will have to go outside to get from store to store.