Guidebook for Brooklyn

Miriam
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Arts & Culture

Great venue for concerts, sporting events and shows.
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Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Ave
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Great venue for concerts, sporting events and shows.
Beautiful, intimate venue.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave
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Beautiful, intimate venue.
Beautiful museum. Always something interesting to see. Try to catch their First Saturday program.
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Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
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Beautiful museum. Always something interesting to see. Try to catch their First Saturday program.

Sightseeing

It is supposedly the #1 visited botanic garden in the country. It's amazing during blooming season.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
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It is supposedly the #1 visited botanic garden in the country. It's amazing during blooming season.

Entertainment & Activities

Great place to take a walk. Be sure to catch their food-truck competitions.
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Prospect Park
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Great place to take a walk. Be sure to catch their food-truck competitions.
Good ice cream.
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Blue Marble Ice Cream
186 Underhill Ave
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Good ice cream.
Great ice cream. The lines can be very long.
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Ample Hills Creamery
623 Vanderbilt Ave
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Great ice cream. The lines can be very long.
Excellent ice cream. Might have the best vanilla ice cream I have ever had in my life... seriously.
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Brooklyn Bell
843 Classon Avenue
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Excellent ice cream. Might have the best vanilla ice cream I have ever had in my life... seriously.
Fancy pizza spot.
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Peperoncino
72 5th Ave
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Fancy pizza spot.

Shopping

Great thrift shop.
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Beacon's Closet Park Slope
92 5th Ave
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Great thrift shop.
Great thrift shop.
Eleven Consignment Boutique
70 5th Ave
Great thrift shop.
Great thrift shop.
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Housing Works Thrift Shops
266 5th Ave
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Great thrift shop.
Awesome gift shop if you are looking for something creative. Be forewarned - the gifts are not inexpensive.
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Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Cir
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Awesome gift shop if you are looking for something creative. Be forewarned - the gifts are not inexpensive.
Only Macy's that I recommend. The rest are a waste of time.
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Macy's
151 W 34th St
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Only Macy's that I recommend. The rest are a waste of time.
Popular donut spot.
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Dough Doughnuts
5th Avenue
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Popular donut spot.

Food Scene

Good Latin food.
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Yayo’s
36 5th Ave
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Good Latin food.
Great, inexpensive Sushi.
Shinju Sushi III
446 5th Ave
Great, inexpensive Sushi.
Some people swear by it.
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Gorilla Coffee
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Some people swear by it.
Large sitting area.
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Starbucks
154 N 7th St
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Large sitting area.
Great chocolate everything!
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The Chocolate Room
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Great chocolate everything!
My favorite burger spot.
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The Burger Bistro
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My favorite burger spot.
Great Thai / Sushi spot. Laid back atmosphere. Calamari is excellent.
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Nana Restaurant & Bar
155 5th Avenue
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Great Thai / Sushi spot. Laid back atmosphere. Calamari is excellent.
Favorite amongst my guests.
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Burrito Bar and Kitchen
307 Flatbush Ave
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Favorite amongst my guests.
Great food and service.
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Cheryl's Global Soul
236 Underhill Ave
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Great food and service.
Great sports bar. Great finger food too. Nice, local hang out.
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230 5th Ave
230 5th Ave
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Great sports bar. Great finger food too. Nice, local hang out.
One of the better restaurants in the area.
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Woodland
572 Flatbush Ave
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One of the better restaurants in the area.
Food is OK, but tends to be very loud.
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Sugarcane
238 Flatbush Ave
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Food is OK, but tends to be very loud.
Good food. Great Cuban sandwiches. Can get crowded.
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Cubana Café
80 6th Avenue
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Good food. Great Cuban sandwiches. Can get crowded.
Great Mexican.
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Maya Taqueria
637 Vanderbilt Ave
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Great Mexican.
Good food. Great pork chops. Very casual.
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El Gran Castillo De Jagua
355 Flatbush Ave
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Good food. Great pork chops. Very casual.
It's around the corner from the house.
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Pizza Town
85 5th Ave
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It's around the corner from the house.
My favorite pizza shop.
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Roma Pizza
85 7th Ave
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My favorite pizza shop.
Great bagels.
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Bergen Bagels
473 Bergen St
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Great bagels.
Good bagels.
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Brooklyn Barrel
252 4th Ave
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Good bagels.
Great Chinese food.
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Hunan Delight
752 Union St
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Great Chinese food.
The Crispy Fish is excellent! It's the only thing that I order when I go there.
Szechuan Delight
152 7th Ave
The Crispy Fish is excellent! It's the only thing that I order when I go there.
Good BBQ. Huge venue. Great for large parties. Walking distance.
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W 125th St
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Good BBQ. Huge venue. Great for large parties. Walking distance.
Great inexpensive, casual food. I love their fried chicken wings and pina coladas.
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Brooklyn
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Great inexpensive, casual food. I love their fried chicken wings and pina coladas.
People line up for the brunch.
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Miriam
79 5th Ave
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People line up for the brunch.
Laid back bar.
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Lobo
188 5th Avenue
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Laid back bar.
Good for vegetarians
Pure Bistro
88 5th Ave
Good for vegetarians
Fancy pizza restaurant.
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franny's
348 Flatbush Avenue
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Fancy pizza restaurant.
It makes me laugh to see how many people stand in line for this place. Tourist favorite.
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Grimaldi's Pizzeria
1 Front St
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It makes me laugh to see how many people stand in line for this place. Tourist favorite.
Popular. I'm not sure why.
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Shake Shack
Madison Avenue
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Popular. I'm not sure why.
Smells wonderful in there.
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Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue
408 3rd Ave
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Smells wonderful in there.
Good burgers
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67 Burger
67 Lafayette Ave
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Good burgers
Good burger spot.
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67 Burger
67 Lafayette Ave
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Good burger spot.
Great salads
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Smashburger
74 Dekalb Ave
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Great salads
Great steak & frites.
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Chez Oskar
310 Malcolm X Blvd
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Great steak & frites.
My favorite Dominican restaurant.
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El Cofre
454 Myrtle Ave
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My favorite Dominican restaurant.
Hailed as the BEST Chinese Restaurant in Brooklyn.
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Kum Kau
463 Myrtle Ave
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Hailed as the BEST Chinese Restaurant in Brooklyn.
Sandwiches are obscenely huge. I recommend that you share.
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Carnegie Deli
854 7th Avenue
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Sandwiches are obscenely huge. I recommend that you share.
Highly recommended seafood restaurant.
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Brooklyn Crab
24 Reed St
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Highly recommended seafood restaurant.
I love this place. Their crispy fish is great.
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SEA
114 N 6th St
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I love this place. Their crispy fish is great.
One of my favorites - their burgers are great.
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Bark Hot Dogs
474 Bergen Street
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One of my favorites - their burgers are great.
Fancy pizza shop. Probably one of the nicest in the area.
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La Villa Pizzeria
261 5th Ave
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Fancy pizza shop. Probably one of the nicest in the area.
Nice place for drinks; recommended for brunch
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BK9
62 5th Ave
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Nice place for drinks; recommended for brunch

Everything Else

Drug store. 24 hours.
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Duane Reade
1517 Cortelyou Rd
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Drug store. 24 hours.
Seems to be popular for weddings
Montauk Club
25 8th Ave
Seems to be popular for weddings
I would recommend it for weddings
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Dyker Beach Golf Course
1030 86th St
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I would recommend it for weddings
Awesome place to visit. And it's free.
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The High Line Park
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Awesome place to visit. And it's free.
Cool area to hang out. Lots of shops and restaurants.
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Union Square
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Cool area to hang out. Lots of shops and restaurants.
Great shopping area.
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Macy's
151 W 34th St
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Great shopping area.
Great tourist area.
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Times Square
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Great tourist area.
Great, interesting, beautiful train station. Surrounded by lots of nice shops and restaurants.
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Grand Central Terminal station
89 E 42nd St
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Great, interesting, beautiful train station. Surrounded by lots of nice shops and restaurants.
Great place to visit.
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Rockefeller Center
45 Rockefeller Plaza
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Great place to visit.
Free of Fridays.
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street
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Free of Fridays.
You can't visit New York and not visit the Met.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave
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You can't visit New York and not visit the Met.
I'm in love with the building.
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
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I'm in love with the building.
Awesome place for kids.
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American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
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Awesome place for kids.
Great museum. Nice representation of what New York is.
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Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Ave
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Great museum. Nice representation of what New York is.
Interesting touristy area to walk thru.
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West 42nd Street
West 42nd Street
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Interesting touristy area to walk thru.
Tourists love it.
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Wall Street
Wall Street
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Tourists love it.
Great at night.
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Empire State Building
20 W 34th St
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Great at night.
Awesome place. Try to get tickets and go.
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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center Plaza
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Awesome place. Try to get tickets and go.
Awesome venue. Excellent acoustics. I try to visit often.
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Carnegie Hall
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Awesome venue. Excellent acoustics. I try to visit often.
Good sandwiches and breakfast. I don't recommend the entrees. They are famous for desserts.
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Junior's Restaurant and Bakery
386 Flatbush Ave Ext
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Good sandwiches and breakfast. I don't recommend the entrees. They are famous for desserts.
AWESOME place. I highly recommend it, especially during the summer. There is always something cool to do.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman St
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AWESOME place. I highly recommend it, especially during the summer. There is always something cool to do.
How can you come all this way and not walk across the bridge?
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
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How can you come all this way and not walk across the bridge?
Awesome place to take a stroll. Great shops and restaurants. Close to the house.
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Smith Street
Smith Street
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Awesome place to take a stroll. Great shops and restaurants. Close to the house.
Great area to take a walk thru if you are heading to the Brooklyn Museum or Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.
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Vanderbilt Avenue
Vanderbilt Avenue
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Great area to take a walk thru if you are heading to the Brooklyn Museum or Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.
Another great area to walk thru. Also close to the house.
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Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
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Another great area to walk thru. Also close to the house.
Highly recommended that produces bean-to-bar chocolate made from the finest organic Dominican Cacao.
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Cacao Prieto
218 Conover St
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Highly recommended that produces bean-to-bar chocolate made from the finest organic Dominican Cacao.
Sexy place to hang out. Great views. Best to go at night.
Brooklyn Terrace
216-228 Duffield St
Sexy place to hang out. Great views. Best to go at night.
Famous for their award-winning choir
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Brooklyn Tabernacle
17 Smith St
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Famous for their award-winning choir
Great views. Worth the effort.
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Top of the Rock
30 Rockefeller Plaza
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Great views. Worth the effort.
Excellent Views - newest of the observation decks.
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One World Observatory
117 West St
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Excellent Views - newest of the observation decks.

Essentials

The usual.
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Whole Foods Market
214 3rd St
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The usual.
Of course.
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Trader Joe's
130 Court St
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Of course.
Very convenient - 1/2 block from the house.
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Key Food Supermarket
55 Fulton St
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Very convenient - 1/2 block from the house.
Great supermarket - hard to get to if you don't have a car. Best lobster roll I have ever had.
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Fairway Market Red Hook
480-500 Van Brunt St
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Great supermarket - hard to get to if you don't have a car. Best lobster roll I have ever had.
World famous market of Middle Eastern foods and spices.
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Sahadi's
187 Atlantic Ave
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World famous market of Middle Eastern foods and spices.