Guidebook for Brooklyn
Essentials
City Fresh Market
518 32nd StLarge supermarket just down the street
24 hour natural foods store. Great deli, imported foods, and produce.
203 locals recommend
Hana Natural
24 Wyckoff Ave24 hour natural foods store. Great deli, imported foods, and produce.
Hana Wine & Liquor
28 Wyckoff AveGreat wine selection.
Shopping
AG Hardware and Paint
347 Knickerbocker AveHardware stores are always handy
Used bookstore/cafe/bar at night. You can even trade books for beer here. They host a lot of events too at night- readings, lectures, etc.
114 locals recommend
Molasses Books
770 Hart StUsed bookstore/cafe/bar at night. You can even trade books for beer here. They host a lot of events too at night- readings, lectures, etc.
Food Scene
My favorite neighborhood bar/restaurant. Amazing cocktails, cheap or good draught beer, and excellent New Orleans style food.
196 locals recommend
Heavy Woods
50 Wyckoff AveMy favorite neighborhood bar/restaurant. Amazing cocktails, cheap or good draught beer, and excellent New Orleans style food.
Cool art gallery turned coffee shop. Serves quality coffee, fresh juices, and donuts. Good space to study or work- free Wifi.
145 locals recommend
AP Cafe
420 Troutman StCool art gallery turned coffee shop. Serves quality coffee, fresh juices, and donuts. Good space to study or work- free Wifi.
Convenient coffee shop just outside the subway stairs. Good, cheap coffee, and great pastries.
130 locals recommend
Wyckoff Starr Coffee Shop
30 Wyckoff AveConvenient coffee shop just outside the subway stairs. Good, cheap coffee, and great pastries.
Romantic Spanish restaurant just down the street. Good tapas and sangria!
28 locals recommend
El Mio Cid
Romantic Spanish restaurant just down the street. Good tapas and sangria!
New pizza restaurant. Chic converted garage with a big wood oven. Excellent pizza.
170 locals recommend
Union Pizza Works
423 Troutman StNew pizza restaurant. Chic converted garage with a big wood oven. Excellent pizza.
Very hidden speakeasy in a beautiful 1940s style space. Great artisan cocktails and oyster happy hour.
333 locals recommend
The Narrows
1037 Flushing AveVery hidden speakeasy in a beautiful 1940s style space. Great artisan cocktails and oyster happy hour.
Often named the best pizza in New York. Roberta's is not only a restaurant that grows their own vegetables, they also host numerous events all over the city, and throw weekly parties in the summer.
1621 locals recommend
Roberta's
261 Moore StOften named the best pizza in New York. Roberta's is not only a restaurant that grows their own vegetables, they also host numerous events all over the city, and throw weekly parties in the summer.
Fine French restaurant just down the street. Try the duck hash for brunch.
276 locals recommend
Mominette Bistro
221 Knickerbocker AveFine French restaurant just down the street. Try the duck hash for brunch.
Famous for their brunch. This is one of my favorite restaurants in the neighborhood. Good food, and reasonably priced.
160 locals recommend
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983 Flushing AveFamous for their brunch. This is one of my favorite restaurants in the neighborhood. Good food, and reasonably priced.
Dun-Well Doughnuts
222 Montrose AveBest donuts in New York. Promise. And they're vegan.
Cuban coffee bar. Free wifi, good guava/coconut pastries, and of course excellent cuban style coffees.
36 locals recommend
Cafeteria La Mejor
191 Suydam StCuban coffee bar. Free wifi, good guava/coconut pastries, and of course excellent cuban style coffees.
Kávé Espresso Bar
119 Knickerbocker AveNice space to study/work. Good coffee and juices.
Momo Sushi Shack
43 Bogart StExcellent sushi here. Arrive early.
Arepera Guacuco
44 Irving AveYummy arepas restaurant just down the street.
GreenStreets Salads
67 Irving AveAwesome salad bar. Nice people too.
Tony's
443 Knickerbocker AveSecret neighborhood no frills pizza joint. Get the sicilian, bring cash.
Everything Else
It's so nice to live next to a park in New York. There's a running track, basketball courts, handball/badminton courts, dog park, unofficial skate park, and volleyball courts.
356 locals recommend
Maria Hernandez Park
Knickerbocker AvenueIt's so nice to live next to a park in New York. There's a running track, basketball courts, handball/badminton courts, dog park, unofficial skate park, and volleyball courts.
Jai Yoga Arts
47 Thames StNice little Yoga studio, good prices.
Drinks & Nightlife
Very fun electronic nightclub that feels like a London underground scene.
339 locals recommend
Bossa Nova Civic Club
1271 Myrtle AveVery fun electronic nightclub that feels like a London underground scene.
Lot 45 Bushwick
411 Troutman StBrand new music venue/bar/nightclub. Nice big garden space.
The Johnson's
369 Troutman StThe famous LES dive bar's sister bar. Just opened.
I love this place. They have over 300 different kinds of beer, and they'll always be happy to recommend one for you.
143 locals recommend
The Sampler Bushwick
234 Starr StI love this place. They have over 300 different kinds of beer, and they'll always be happy to recommend one for you.
Arts & Culture
New music venue in the neighborhood. Lots of good local and national acts play there. Nice space.
43 locals recommend
Radio Bushwick
22 Wyckoff AvenueNew music venue in the neighborhood. Lots of good local and national acts play there. Nice space.
The Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning not-for-profit theater that presents an annual season of new work in theater, dance, and puppetry.
143 locals recommend
The Sampler Bushwick
234 Starr StThe Bushwick Starr is an Obie Award winning not-for-profit theater that presents an annual season of new work in theater, dance, and puppetry.