Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Drinks & Nightlife

Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
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Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway Avenue
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Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
Special cocktail themed nights and occasional live entertainment. Named after St. John (street on which it's located), and Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary.
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Two Saints
753 Nostrand Ave.
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Special cocktail themed nights and occasional live entertainment. Named after St. John (street on which it's located), and Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary.
Excellent wood-fired pizzas. The meatballs are divine! Very friendly waitstaff. Delicious cocktails. Open late!
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Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
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Excellent wood-fired pizzas. The meatballs are divine! Very friendly waitstaff. Delicious cocktails. Open late!
Art and music venue in Gowanus, just next to Park Slope. Excellent rotating live music and comedy shows with a great cocktail menu. Tell 'em I sent ya!
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Littlefield
635 Sackett St
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Art and music venue in Gowanus, just next to Park Slope. Excellent rotating live music and comedy shows with a great cocktail menu. Tell 'em I sent ya!

Arts & Culture

Excellent rotating exhibits over 5 floors, including David Bowie, Basquiat, Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party". 1st Saturday of every month has music, dancing, book readings, and party until 11pm. Next to Botanic Gardens, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
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布魯克林博物館
200 Eastern Pkwy
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Excellent rotating exhibits over 5 floors, including David Bowie, Basquiat, Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party". 1st Saturday of every month has music, dancing, book readings, and party until 11pm. Next to Botanic Gardens, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
Iconic entrance facing Grand Army Plaza with large outdoor court area. Free events, great for kids. Next to Botanic Gardens, Museum, and Prospect Park.
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Brooklyn Public Library
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Iconic entrance facing Grand Army Plaza with large outdoor court area. Free events, great for kids. Next to Botanic Gardens, Museum, and Prospect Park.
1 of my favorite cultural institutions, this fun and interactive museum is obviously for kids, but secretly an awesome spot for adults too!
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布魯克林兒童博物館
145 Brooklyn Ave
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1 of my favorite cultural institutions, this fun and interactive museum is obviously for kids, but secretly an awesome spot for adults too!
Part art gallery, part TV studio, part dance space, part music venue... this place has it all! Excellent rotating art and featured artists. Beautifully renovated!
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BRIC
647 Fulton St
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Part art gallery, part TV studio, part dance space, part music venue... this place has it all! Excellent rotating art and featured artists. Beautifully renovated!

Parks & Nature

1 of the best botanic gardens in the country! Very popular in Spring for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Scenic, serene, educational. Right next to Museum, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
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1 of the best botanic gardens in the country! Very popular in Spring for the Cherry Blossom Festival. Scenic, serene, educational. Right next to Museum, Library & Prospect Park. Can take 2/3 subway directly to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
Best park in Brooklyn with bike trails, lakes, BBQ lots, and the outdoor concert venue Brooklyn Bandshell which has the free Celebrate Brooklyn Festival every summer.
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展望公園
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Best park in Brooklyn with bike trails, lakes, BBQ lots, and the outdoor concert venue Brooklyn Bandshell which has the free Celebrate Brooklyn Festival every summer.

Food Scene

Pan-Asian restaurant with affordable prices and friendly service. Try the Vietnamese Pho or Japanese Ramen - excellently prepared!
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MISC
758 Franklin Ave
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Pan-Asian restaurant with affordable prices and friendly service. Try the Vietnamese Pho or Japanese Ramen - excellently prepared!
Intimate Pan-African cafe with delicious cuisine with sidewalk seating and great cocktails. Usually has great Afro-pop/ Afro-house music playing and soccer on the flat-screen.
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Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
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Intimate Pan-African cafe with delicious cuisine with sidewalk seating and great cocktails. Usually has great Afro-pop/ Afro-house music playing and soccer on the flat-screen.
Healthy, organic, GF and vegan-options including smoothies & fresh fruit drinks. Very friendly staff and Black woman owned.
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Meme's Healthy Nibbles
707 Nostrand Ave.
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Healthy, organic, GF and vegan-options including smoothies & fresh fruit drinks. Very friendly staff and Black woman owned.
Huge outdoor courtyard with wood-burning firepit - like a sandbox for adults! Small but very tasty taco & burrito menu. Excellent cocktails.
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Parklife
636 Degraw St
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Huge outdoor courtyard with wood-burning firepit - like a sandbox for adults! Small but very tasty taco & burrito menu. Excellent cocktails.
Excellent cuisine, good for groups or solo dining at the bar. Friendly service, and walking distance!
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Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
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Excellent cuisine, good for groups or solo dining at the bar. Friendly service, and walking distance!
Formerly "Cafe Forte", this excellent cafe is actually a restaurant with full bar that isn't nearly as crowded as its neighbors because it's just off the main drag. Leather couches, hardwood floors, trendy music playing. Delicious food, friendly service.
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RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns Pl
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Formerly "Cafe Forte", this excellent cafe is actually a restaurant with full bar that isn't nearly as crowded as its neighbors because it's just off the main drag. Leather couches, hardwood floors, trendy music playing. Delicious food, friendly service.

Essentials

Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.
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BROOKLYN BORN MINI MARKET
1426 Bedford Ave
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Bring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.

Getting Around

3 train stop, right on corner.
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諾斯特蘭大道
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3 train stop, right on corner.
2/3/4/5 subway trains.
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法蘭克林大道
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2/3/4/5 subway trains.

Entertainment & Activities

Only comic book shop in the borough! 2 floors of latest titles, classics, a very knowledgeable staff and weekly events like live drawings, readings, and meet-and-greet comic authors.
Anyone Comics
831 Union St
Only comic book shop in the borough! 2 floors of latest titles, classics, a very knowledgeable staff and weekly events like live drawings, readings, and meet-and-greet comic authors.