Guidebook for Brooklyn
Drinks & Nightlife
Excellent cocktails and desserts. Feminist + LGBT-friendly staff. Gets crowded on Friday & Saturday nights. Tell 'em I sent ya!
95 locals recommend
Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway AvenueExcellent 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.
122 locals recommend
Two Saints
753 Nostrand Ave.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!
522 locals recommend
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin AveExcellent 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!
42 locals recommend
Littlefield
635 Sackett StArt 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.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyExcellent 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.
383 locals recommend
Brooklyn Public Library
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!
489 locals recommend
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave1 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!
55 locals recommend
BRIC
647 Fulton StPart 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.
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave1 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.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
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!
21 locals recommend
MISC
758 Franklin AvePan-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.
156 locals recommend
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford AveIntimate 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.
72 locals recommend
Meme's Healthy Nibbles
707 Nostrand Ave.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.
8 locals recommend
Parklife
636 Degraw StHuge 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!
327 locals recommend
Mayfield
688 Franklin AveExcellent 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.
31 locals recommend
RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns PlFormerly "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.
29 locals recommend
BROOKLYN BORN MINI MARKET
1426 Bedford AveBring a tote bag and support this green-friendly market. Large organic selections, friendly staff.
Getting Around
Nostrand Avenue station
3 train stop, right on corner.
Franklin Avenue station
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 StOnly 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.