Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Essentials

Closest grocery store. Great quality products and a decent selection of beer and cider is available here!
87 locals recommend
Bob & Betty's Food Market
805 Franklin Ave
87 locals recommend
Closest grocery store. Great quality products and a decent selection of beer and cider is available here!
Larger grocery store is a few blocks further away than B&Bs.
28 locals recommend
Foodtown of Crown Heights
905-13 Franklin Ave
28 locals recommend
Larger grocery store is a few blocks further away than B&Bs.
Open every Saturday between the entry to Prospect Park and the Grand Army Plaza archway, this open air farmer's market has fresh seasonal produce.
378 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
378 locals recommend
Open every Saturday between the entry to Prospect Park and the Grand Army Plaza archway, this open air farmer's market has fresh seasonal produce.

Food Scene

Awesome bar and restaurant with great pizza. Cute backyard and open late!
522 locals recommend
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 locals recommend
Awesome bar and restaurant with great pizza. Cute backyard and open late!
Great Mexican restaurant and bar. Good happy hour specials!
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin Ave
566 locals recommend
Great Mexican restaurant and bar. Good happy hour specials!
Good coffee spot nearby with plenty of tables and free wifi for laptop time or catching up with friends.
160 locals recommend
Breukelen Coffee House
764 Franklin Ave
160 locals recommend
Good coffee spot nearby with plenty of tables and free wifi for laptop time or catching up with friends.
Grab coffee on the go and support this local business!
54 locals recommend
The Pulp & The Bean
809 Franklin Avenue
54 locals recommend
Grab coffee on the go and support this local business!
Delicious and spicy Caribbean food and strong cocktails!
192 locals recommend
Glady's
788 Franklin Ave
192 locals recommend
Delicious and spicy Caribbean food and strong cocktails!
Insanely tasty jerk chicken and other Caribbean staples. Order to go because this is a tiny venue!
103 locals recommend
The Islands
671 Washington Ave
103 locals recommend
Insanely tasty jerk chicken and other Caribbean staples. Order to go because this is a tiny venue!
Cute little cafe. Good spot to sit and concentrate on your own work as there are mostly little tables.
83 locals recommend
Sit & Wonder
688 Washington Ave
83 locals recommend
Cute little cafe. Good spot to sit and concentrate on your own work as there are mostly little tables.
Good coffee and cheap food. Lots of space to work. Wifi is sometimes patchy.
31 locals recommend
RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns Pl
31 locals recommend
Good coffee and cheap food. Lots of space to work. Wifi is sometimes patchy.
Australian cafe with AWESOME coffee and food. Wifi too.
20 locals recommend
Brunswick
240 Prospect Park West
20 locals recommend
Australian cafe with AWESOME coffee and food. Wifi too.
Go for breakfast. Expect to wait in line - VERY popular. Order pancakes!
225 locals recommend
Tom’s
782 Washington Ave
225 locals recommend
Go for breakfast. Expect to wait in line - VERY popular. Order pancakes!
TACOS. Great neighbourhood spot.
194 locals recommend
Gueros
605 Prospect Pl
194 locals recommend
TACOS. Great neighbourhood spot.

Everything Else

Entrance to the Franklin Av subway stop is on all four corners of this major intersection. Catch the 2/3/4/5/S trains from this stop.
11 locals recommend
Franklin Avenue station
11 locals recommend
Entrance to the Franklin Av subway stop is on all four corners of this major intersection. Catch the 2/3/4/5/S trains from this stop.
This place is huge. Hard to say it's JUST a bar because they have a cafe area, a bunch of food stall options and a massive number of tables for people to meet or work on alone or with friends.
262 locals recommend
BERG'N
899 Bergen St
262 locals recommend
This place is huge. Hard to say it's JUST a bar because they have a cafe area, a bunch of food stall options and a massive number of tables for people to meet or work on alone or with friends.
Closest laundromat and dry cleaners.
Martini Dry Cleaning
794 Franklin Ave
Closest laundromat and dry cleaners.

Shopping

Closet wine store. Decent selection of varieties and prices.
58 locals recommend
Wino(t)
796 Franklin Ave
58 locals recommend
Closet wine store. Decent selection of varieties and prices.
Closest dollar store with decent yet basic home goods.
Mazon Stores
776 Franklin Ave
Closest dollar store with decent yet basic home goods.
Nearest bike shop. They have a tyre pump out front to use for free!
15 locals recommend
Excelsior Bike Shop
694 Franklin Ave
15 locals recommend
Nearest bike shop. They have a tyre pump out front to use for free!

Sightseeing

Beautiful and massive park so close to home! Walk or run around the inner roadway, see free concerts in the summer, lay out on the vast meadows, visit the petting zoo and get some fresh air!
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
3418 locals recommend
Beautiful and massive park so close to home! Walk or run around the inner roadway, see free concerts in the summer, lay out on the vast meadows, visit the petting zoo and get some fresh air!
Free events every first Saturday of the month. Rotating exhibits. Beautiful building is the cultural hub of the area.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
Free events every first Saturday of the month. Rotating exhibits. Beautiful building is the cultural hub of the area.
Open year round, this is a beautiful oasis from the NYC hustle! Check out the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 locals recommend
Open year round, this is a beautiful oasis from the NYC hustle! Check out the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
Great sightseeing option for historic info on how NYC's subway and public transit system came to life!
222 locals recommend
New York Transit Museum
89 E 42nd St
222 locals recommend
Great sightseeing option for historic info on how NYC's subway and public transit system came to life!
Brooklyn's historic navy yard hosts a rotating list of tours and workshops throughout the year.
24 locals recommend
Building 92
63 Flushing Ave
24 locals recommend
Brooklyn's historic navy yard hosts a rotating list of tours and workshops throughout the year.
You have to cross it at least once in a lifetime! Beautiful sight and glorious history behind its construction.
1505 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
1505 locals recommend
You have to cross it at least once in a lifetime! Beautiful sight and glorious history behind its construction.
For photographers, this is an excellent vantage point to capture the Brooklyn Bridge and the downtown Manhattan skyline. Sit on a bench to people watch or take a ride on the carousel.
951 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman St
951 locals recommend
For photographers, this is an excellent vantage point to capture the Brooklyn Bridge and the downtown Manhattan skyline. Sit on a bench to people watch or take a ride on the carousel.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great, cozy bar a few blocks away.
240 locals recommend
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin Ave
240 locals recommend
Great, cozy bar a few blocks away.
Big open-air bar. Lots of locals. Good for a crowd and cheap beer.
437 locals recommend
Franklin Park
618 St Johns Pl
437 locals recommend
Big open-air bar. Lots of locals. Good for a crowd and cheap beer.
Great Cajun/southern food and cocktails. Cute backyard area.
199 locals recommend
Catfish
1433 Bedford Ave
199 locals recommend
Great Cajun/southern food and cocktails. Cute backyard area.
Massive selection of BEER ONLY. Cute backyard.
97 locals recommend
Covenhoven
730 Classon Ave
97 locals recommend
Massive selection of BEER ONLY. Cute backyard.

Arts & Culture

Home of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team and many stadium-sized concerts! Awesome food vendors on site.
1418 locals recommend
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic Ave
1418 locals recommend
Home of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team and many stadium-sized concerts! Awesome food vendors on site.