Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Arts & Culture

Great exhibitions, including Basquiat: The Unkown Notebooks through summer (8/23/15)! 3/4 mile walk from the apartment (on the way to Prospect Park).
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
Great exhibitions, including Basquiat: The Unkown Notebooks through summer (8/23/15)! 3/4 mile walk from the apartment (on the way to Prospect Park).
You can rent bikes for $15/day. A great way to explore the borough!
15 locals recommend
Excelsior Bike Shop
694 Franklin Ave
15 locals recommend
You can rent bikes for $15/day. A great way to explore the borough!
Great library!
383 locals recommend
Brooklyn Public Library
383 locals recommend
Great library!

Food Scene

Get the Don Pepino drink! They also have flights of tequila, great guacamole, Mexican food and a fun vibe.
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin Ave
566 locals recommend
Get the Don Pepino drink! They also have flights of tequila, great guacamole, Mexican food and a fun vibe.
One of my FAVORITE restaurants in the area. You really can't go wrong, but I'm happy to make specific recommendations :)
327 locals recommend
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 locals recommend
One of my FAVORITE restaurants in the area. You really can't go wrong, but I'm happy to make specific recommendations :)
If you need an Italian food fix, go here! Serious comfort food, great brunch, and they even deliver to my pad (great on those lazy nights)!
163 locals recommend
Cent'Anni
742 Franklin Ave
163 locals recommend
If you need an Italian food fix, go here! Serious comfort food, great brunch, and they even deliver to my pad (great on those lazy nights)!
YUM! Their pizzas are to die for!
522 locals recommend
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 locals recommend
YUM! Their pizzas are to die for!
Literally downstairs from my apartment! A great place to get some work done, grab a cup of coffee or a pastry!
51 locals recommend
Manhattanville Coffee - Crown Heights
167 Rogers Ave
51 locals recommend
Literally downstairs from my apartment! A great place to get some work done, grab a cup of coffee or a pastry!
Great coffee, tasty bagels and sandwiches!
129 locals recommend
Lula Bagel
816 Nostrand Ave.
129 locals recommend
Great coffee, tasty bagels and sandwiches!
Decent coffee, great bagels, muffins, OJ, etc.
54 locals recommend
The Pulp & The Bean
809 Franklin Avenue
54 locals recommend
Decent coffee, great bagels, muffins, OJ, etc.
Good Indian food
12 locals recommend
Pearl
738 Franklin Ave
12 locals recommend
Good Indian food

Sightseeing

Take a walk, ride a bike or just chill. It's a pretty, relaxing park and only a 1-mile walk from the apartment.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
3418 locals recommend
Take a walk, ride a bike or just chill. It's a pretty, relaxing park and only a 1-mile walk from the apartment.
A great walk/bike ride if you can find the time!
1505 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
1505 locals recommend
A great walk/bike ride if you can find the time!
Great little park to hang out in. Bring a picnic or just relax on the grass by the water! Grab a cone at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory or a slice at Julianna's!
951 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman St
951 locals recommend
Great little park to hang out in. Bring a picnic or just relax on the grass by the water! Grab a cone at Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory or a slice at Julianna's!

Everything Else

Tons of bars, restaurants, shops and cafes to peruse.
66 locals recommend
Franklin Avenue
Franklin Avenue
66 locals recommend
Tons of bars, restaurants, shops and cafes to peruse.
Pretty park, great place to take a walk -- beautiful in the spring/summer!
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 locals recommend
Pretty park, great place to take a walk -- beautiful in the spring/summer!
Great yoga studio with a sliding scale payment schedule. Pay anywhere between $7 or $15, depending on what you can afford!
36 locals recommend
Brooklyn Yoga Collective
795 Franklin Avenue
36 locals recommend
Great yoga studio with a sliding scale payment schedule. Pay anywhere between $7 or $15, depending on what you can afford!

Drinks & Nightlife

Local watering hole with a cool vibe.
240 locals recommend
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin Ave
240 locals recommend
Local watering hole with a cool vibe.

Essentials

A cool weekly farmer's market! Open Saturdays Year Round, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. It's right at the mouth of Prospect Park & next to BK Library and there's a really cool arc in the middle of the plaza.
206 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
Flatbush Avenue
206 locals recommend
A cool weekly farmer's market! Open Saturdays Year Round, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. It's right at the mouth of Prospect Park & next to BK Library and there's a really cool arc in the middle of the plaza.
A bit pricy, but one of the closer places with fresh produce/groceries.
87 locals recommend
Bob & Betty's Food Market
805 Franklin Ave
87 locals recommend
A bit pricy, but one of the closer places with fresh produce/groceries.
Cheaper groceries
129 locals recommend
Met Foodmarkets
131 Driggs Ave
129 locals recommend
Cheaper groceries