Guidebook for Brooklyn
Drinks & Nightlife
Pencil Factory
Greenpoint Avenuethe best local bar around!
Achilles Heel
180 West Stbest hidden bar!
Food Scene
Calexico
645 Manhattan AveGreat Mexican food/bar
Great coffee! Serves Blue Bottle coffee and also sells lovely (though expensive) flowers.
58 abantu bendawo batusa
Homecoming
116 Franklin StGreat coffee! Serves Blue Bottle coffee and also sells lovely (though expensive) flowers.
Cookie Road
94 Franklin Streetbest cookies around!
Paulie Gee's
60 Greenpoint Avebest pizza around
best brunch around. you have to get there before 11am though (on the weekends) or else you're looking at an hour wait.
800 abantu bendawo batusa
Five Leaves
18 Bedford Avebest brunch around. you have to get there before 11am though (on the weekends) or else you're looking at an hour wait.
Everything Else
buy a beer and get a ticket to take to the pizza man for a FREE personal-sized pizza!
24 abantu bendawo batusa
Lulu's
113 Franklin Stbuy a beer and get a ticket to take to the pizza man for a FREE personal-sized pizza!
amazing park, super quaint, RIGHT on the water with amazing views of Manhattan
252 abantu bendawo batusa
Iphakamisa Park
Greenpoint Avenueamazing park, super quaint, RIGHT on the water with amazing views of Manhattan
Ovenly
31 Greenpoint Aveamazing little bakery just next door to the park!
ATM, plus Chase and Citibank and TDBank all within 2 blocks.
93 abantu bendawo batusa
Bank of America Financial Center
781 Eastern PkwyATM, plus Chase and Citibank and TDBank all within 2 blocks.
McCarren Park
776 Lorimer StGreat (bigger) park, close by! Full of hipsters...
Hosh Yoga
657 Meeker Aveby donation yoga!
Essentials
CTown Supermarkets
330 Graham Avesupermarket
The Garden
921 Manhattan Aveorganic market, expensive but nice and locally owned
better supermarket, more or less en route home from the Bedford L (back track 2 short blocks)
85 abantu bendawo batusa
Brooklyn Harvest Market
25 N 5th Stbetter supermarket, more or less en route home from the Bedford L (back track 2 short blocks)
Shopping
Catbird
108 Bedford AveGreat jewelry store