Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Uniquely styled Mediterranean offerings. The amount of detail put into every dish is impeccable. The food is just absolutely spectacular.
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Olea
171 Lafayette AveUniquely styled Mediterranean offerings. The amount of detail put into every dish is impeccable. The food is just absolutely spectacular.
South African spot with great music and good energy. Lunch, brunch, dinner are equally amazing. Try the lychee margarita too :)
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Madiba
195 Dekalb AvenueSouth African spot with great music and good energy. Lunch, brunch, dinner are equally amazing. Try the lychee margarita too :)
Great coffee/tee, free wifi, good music, and a yummy kale salad!
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The Civil Service Café
279 Nostrand AvenueGreat coffee/tee, free wifi, good music, and a yummy kale salad!
Yummy food! The lobster spaghetti, fried chicken are amazing, the crispy pork shoulder is one of the best Ive had, and the surf and turf is delicious! Great cocktails too!! Good for brunch or dinner.
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Peaches Shrimp & Crab
285 Grand AveYummy food! The lobster spaghetti, fried chicken are amazing, the crispy pork shoulder is one of the best Ive had, and the surf and turf is delicious! Great cocktails too!! Good for brunch or dinner.
Need a quick coffee before hoping on the train? This spot is on the same block as the apartment and is directly across from the G Train stop at Lafayette and Nostrand.
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Dunkin'
122 Fulton StNeed a quick coffee before hoping on the train? This spot is on the same block as the apartment and is directly across from the G Train stop at Lafayette and Nostrand.
Go for Sunday Brunch! Live jazz, cool vibe, and good food. The dijon mussels are yummy!
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South 4th Bar & Cafe
90 S 4th StGo for Sunday Brunch! Live jazz, cool vibe, and good food. The dijon mussels are yummy!
Great breakfast choices, pastries, desserts, and meals too. The creme brulee cheesecake is amazing. So is the BLT!
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Choice Market
318 Lafayette AveGreat breakfast choices, pastries, desserts, and meals too. The creme brulee cheesecake is amazing. So is the BLT!
Colador Cafe
1000 Bedford AveGreat little cafe. Nice vibe. Tasty loose-leaf tea options.
The appetizers are fantastic and the pizzas....are freaking delicious. Easily some of the best pizza, if not THE best, I've had in NYC.
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Speedy Romeo
376 Classon AveThe appetizers are fantastic and the pizzas....are freaking delicious. Easily some of the best pizza, if not THE best, I've had in NYC.
Awesome food - very authentic Italian dishes. People are friendly, great ambience, not too loud, wonderful service and excellent food reasonably priced.
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Sud Vino & Cucina
1102 Bedford AvenueAwesome food - very authentic Italian dishes. People are friendly, great ambience, not too loud, wonderful service and excellent food reasonably priced.
Cute walk up window restaurant. The bread, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and grits are beyond amazing. Also is veggie friendly!
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SCRATCHbread
1069 Bedford AvenueCute walk up window restaurant. The bread, pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and grits are beyond amazing. Also is veggie friendly!
Seriously, the best doughnut you will ever have. In your life. Hands down! Their flavors are unique and equally delicious. The Dulce de leche or Hibiscus is a must try.
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Dough Doughnuts
5th AvenueSeriously, the best doughnut you will ever have. In your life. Hands down! Their flavors are unique and equally delicious. The Dulce de leche or Hibiscus is a must try.
Happy hour every day till 8pm with specials from 6-9pm. Kitchen is open until 130 am on weekdays and 330am on weekends.
Good classic brunch, get the rum french toast & bloody marry.
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Black Swan
Happy hour every day till 8pm with specials from 6-9pm. Kitchen is open until 130 am on weekdays and 330am on weekends.
Good classic brunch, get the rum french toast & bloody marry.
Super fun in the summer - so much color, music, and a really diverse customer base. There's a ton of outdoor seating. Good food, good & good drinks that are easy on the wallet. Get the mex corn!
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Habana Outpost
757 Fulton StSuper fun in the summer - so much color, music, and a really diverse customer base. There's a ton of outdoor seating. Good food, good & good drinks that are easy on the wallet. Get the mex corn!
I love love the chicken and red velvet waffles. The Lobster Shrimp Grits was delicious as well
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Soco
509 Myrtle AveI love love the chicken and red velvet waffles. The Lobster Shrimp Grits was delicious as well
Delicious cocktails and food! Try the duck wings and fried brussels!
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Fancy Nancy
1038 Bedford AveDelicious cocktails and food! Try the duck wings and fried brussels!
Drinks & Nightlife
Happy hour is pretty good, $4 well drinks, $5 drafts and wine until 7pm. Afterwards drinks are still reasonably priced. The food is also so delicious. I would recommend the burgers and wings.
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Bedford Hall
1177 Bedford AvenueHappy hour is pretty good, $4 well drinks, $5 drafts and wine until 7pm. Afterwards drinks are still reasonably priced. The food is also so delicious. I would recommend the burgers and wings.
Want to dance? The DJs are good here and its unpretentious vibe attracts different people: black, white, gay, straight, men, women. Everybody is welcome here.
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One Last Shag
348 Franklin AvenueWant to dance? The DJs are good here and its unpretentious vibe attracts different people: black, white, gay, straight, men, women. Everybody is welcome here.
Cool place in 60's style, awesome music with nice bartenders. And they has a wood stove! Note that it's cash only.
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Dynaco
1112 Bedford AveCool place in 60's style, awesome music with nice bartenders. And they has a wood stove! Note that it's cash only.
A Hybrid Between a Mexican Dive Bar and a Taco Truck. The menu is short and sweet: a variety of tacos (carnitas, chorizo, chicken mole, shrimp, fish, nopales and rajas, as well as tostadas & ceviche.
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Chilo's
323 Franklin AveA Hybrid Between a Mexican Dive Bar and a Taco Truck. The menu is short and sweet: a variety of tacos (carnitas, chorizo, chicken mole, shrimp, fish, nopales and rajas, as well as tostadas & ceviche.
Shopping
Duane Reade
5411 Myrtle AveNeed a prescription filled? A pharmacy is just down the street.
Easy to reach via bus, subway, and LIRR. Lots of stores like MAC, Uniqlo, Victorias Secret, Old Navy and there's a Target, DWS, Burlington Coat Factory, and Marshall's.
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Atlantic Terminal station
Easy to reach via bus, subway, and LIRR. Lots of stores like MAC, Uniqlo, Victorias Secret, Old Navy and there's a Target, DWS, Burlington Coat Factory, and Marshall's.
Everything Else
Chase Bank
975 Bedford AveBank and ATM
Essentials
Nice store with plenty of organic and healthy foods. The fruit and veggies are fresh and it is not too too pricey. Definitely my local go to place to grab quick groceries for dinner on the weeknights.
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Metropolitan Citymarket
1142 Bedford AveNice store with plenty of organic and healthy foods. The fruit and veggies are fresh and it is not too too pricey. Definitely my local go to place to grab quick groceries for dinner on the weeknights.
Sightseeing
A beautiful campus that offers a wonderful public sculpture garden. Great for a nice stroll.
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Santander Bank
A beautiful campus that offers a wonderful public sculpture garden. Great for a nice stroll.
Beautiful exterior and interior. The library is extensive, offers so many different services, classes, and cultural events, is very well organized, a pleasure to walk through.
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Brooklyn Public Library Clinton Hill Branch
Lafayette AvenueBeautiful exterior and interior. The library is extensive, offers so many different services, classes, and cultural events, is very well organized, a pleasure to walk through.
Offers interactive learning adventures through hands-on exhibitions, multicultural performances, creative workshops, and an extensive collection of cultural artifacts and natural science specimens.
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Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn AveOffers interactive learning adventures through hands-on exhibitions, multicultural performances, creative workshops, and an extensive collection of cultural artifacts and natural science specimens.
There are lots of vintage booths full of quirky clothes & items, booths a handmade jewelry, these cool shoes, vintage sunglasses, soaps, scarves, these awesome clogs, paintings, prints, and more.
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Brooklyn Flea
51 North 6th StreetThere are lots of vintage booths full of quirky clothes & items, booths a handmade jewelry, these cool shoes, vintage sunglasses, soaps, scarves, these awesome clogs, paintings, prints, and more.
Great park that is spacious enough to allow you the freedom to do what you desire. A great place to hang out on a weekend afternoon Also, there is free wifi!
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Fort Greene Park
South Portland AvenueGreat park that is spacious enough to allow you the freedom to do what you desire. A great place to hang out on a weekend afternoon Also, there is free wifi!
6 floors worth of great exhibits. It's is very close to Prospect Park, the Botanical Gardens and bars, shops and restaurants. First Saturday of every month is free & has music & dancing till 11pm.
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I-Museum yaseBrooklyn
200 Eastern Pkwy6 floors worth of great exhibits. It's is very close to Prospect Park, the Botanical Gardens and bars, shops and restaurants. First Saturday of every month is free & has music & dancing till 11pm.
If you're visiting NYC for the first time or Brooklyn, you must come here! Awesome view of both Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, you can jog, bike, picnic, tan, or even walk the BK bridge from here!
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Dumbo
65 Plymouth StIf you're visiting NYC for the first time or Brooklyn, you must come here! Awesome view of both Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, you can jog, bike, picnic, tan, or even walk the BK bridge from here!
You cannot miss this beautiful landmark when visiting New York! Walk across from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The bridge is beautiful and has amazing views or the NYC skyline.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge PromenadeYou cannot miss this beautiful landmark when visiting New York! Walk across from Brooklyn to Manhattan. The bridge is beautiful and has amazing views or the NYC skyline.
There is so much to see from the Japanese gardens with the adorable little bridges and ponds filled with turtles and koi fish, to the different enclosure habitats ( tropical, temperate, desert).
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Isitshalo saseBrooklyn Botanic
990 Washington AveThere is so much to see from the Japanese gardens with the adorable little bridges and ponds filled with turtles and koi fish, to the different enclosure habitats ( tropical, temperate, desert).
Take a tour & learn about the history of the brewery and the beers they brew here. You must make reservations way in advance to get on the tour and it fills up.
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Brooklyn Brewery
79 N 11th StTake a tour & learn about the history of the brewery and the beers they brew here. You must make reservations way in advance to get on the tour and it fills up.