Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Llama Inn
50 Withers St Peruvian Food. The "Llama del Rey" cocktail is a must have.
Mesa Coyoacan
372 Graham AveA Casual drink and great mexican food
Lilia
567 Union AveGreat Italian Food
Drinks & Nightlife
The Commodore
366 Metropolitan AveA deluxe live-music pod floating inside an old brick box in Williamsburg
55 locals recommend
National Sawdust
80 N 6th StA deluxe live-music pod floating inside an old brick box in Williamsburg
Brooklyn Steel
319 Frost StA new venue from Bowery Presents
Here’s a new one: “midlife millennial.” That’s who Bryce David and his partners had in mind when they opened this bar and dance club, a spot for grown-ups who still want to rage but feel too old for the hangarsize dance bars like Output and Verboten. Upstairs, revelers can chitchat at the Miami-inspired bar: Palm leaves brush up against redbrick walls, and a vegetarian bar menu offers miso-tofu tacos alongside simple cocktails like a $12 ginger caipirinha. Once the drinks take hold, folks can head downstairs to the 70-capacity dance cave, where DJs keep everyone moving with discoinflected house music inspired by the days of the Loft and Paradise Garage.
29 locals recommend
The Black Flamingo
281 Van Brunt StHere’s a new one: “midlife millennial.” That’s who Bryce David and his partners had in mind when they opened this bar and dance club, a spot for grown-ups who still want to rage but feel too old for the hangarsize dance bars like Output and Verboten. Upstairs, revelers can chitchat at the Miami-inspired bar: Palm leaves brush up against redbrick walls, and a vegetarian bar menu offers miso-tofu tacos alongside simple cocktails like a $12 ginger caipirinha. Once the drinks take hold, folks can head downstairs to the 70-capacity dance cave, where DJs keep everyone moving with discoinflected house music inspired by the days of the Loft and Paradise Garage.
Arts & Culture
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyNew Museum of Contemporary Art
235 BoweryA/D/O
29 Norman AveGreat communal work space
An ever-blossoming, all-weather getaway for gardeners, horticulturists, and regular folks
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveAn ever-blossoming, all-weather getaway for gardeners, horticulturists, and regular folks
Entertainment & Activities
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan AveThe Cliffs at DUMBO
99 Plymouth StA high-end movie theater that serves snacks, sandwiches and drinks with a large local draft beer selection.
266 locals recommend
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Brooklyn
445 Albee Square WA high-end movie theater that serves snacks, sandwiches and drinks with a large local draft beer selection.
Barclays Center
620 Atlantic AveSports & Concerts
A bowling-dining-music combo set in a renovated Williamsburg iron foundry that’ll become the city’s first leed-certified green bowl-o-drome
825 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe AveA bowling-dining-music combo set in a renovated Williamsburg iron foundry that’ll become the city’s first leed-certified green bowl-o-drome
Getting Around
THE L TRAIN TO MANHATTAN/CANARSIE IS LOCATED RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF GRAHAM AND METROPOLITAN. WHEN YOU EXIT THE BUILDING, MAKE A LEFT AND WALK UP THREE BLOCKS.
42 locals recommend
Graham Av station
THE L TRAIN TO MANHATTAN/CANARSIE IS LOCATED RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF GRAHAM AND METROPOLITAN. WHEN YOU EXIT THE BUILDING, MAKE A LEFT AND WALK UP THREE BLOCKS.
Parks & Nature
MCCARREN PARK IS GREAT DURING THE SUMMER, AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY MAKING A LEFT DOWN LORIMER ST AND WALKING TO DRIGGS AVE
997 locals recommend
Williamsburg
MCCARREN PARK IS GREAT DURING THE SUMMER, AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY MAKING A LEFT DOWN LORIMER ST AND WALKING TO DRIGGS AVE
Shopping
The U.S. flagship of the punk-era retailer that’s still going strong in London
130 locals recommend
Rough Trade NYC
1250 W 50th StThe U.S. flagship of the punk-era retailer that’s still going strong in London