Guidebook for Brooklyn
Neighborhoods
Ditmas is low-key and covid-friendly. Cortleyou is well populated with restaurants and cafes that offer outdoor seating.
71 locals recommend
Flatbush
Ditmas is low-key and covid-friendly. Cortleyou is well populated with restaurants and cafes that offer outdoor seating.
Bushwick has been my home for about 6 years now. It offers everything from a more populated industrial vibe to tree-lined bucolic residential streets.
223 locals recommend
Bushwick
Bushwick has been my home for about 6 years now. It offers everything from a more populated industrial vibe to tree-lined bucolic residential streets.
Very cute, many good restaurants, good walking... a must-see for first-timers
52 locals recommend
Carroll Gardens
Very cute, many good restaurants, good walking... a must-see for first-timers
Food scene
Super good Israeli fare. If you’re a wine / beer snob they’ve got a crazy selection of both. They double as a restaurant and market during the pandemic.
123 locals recommend
Mimi's Hummus
1209 Cortelyou RdSuper good Israeli fare. If you’re a wine / beer snob they’ve got a crazy selection of both. They double as a restaurant and market during the pandemic.
Amazing Filipino food!!! It’s so hard to find in NYC!!! My partner is Filipino and she says this place slaps.
96 locals recommend
Purple Yam
1314 Cortelyou RdAmazing Filipino food!!! It’s so hard to find in NYC!!! My partner is Filipino and she says this place slaps.
Variety Coffee Roasters
368 Graham AveExcellent local coffee and tea.
Falansai
112 Harrison PlBest Vietnamese food, periodt.
Essentials
This is the closest decent grocery store. They actually have a great selection. Stop here if you want to stock up for a long stay.
583 locals recommend
Key Food Supermarket
55 Fulton StThis is the closest decent grocery store. They actually have a great selection. Stop here if you want to stock up for a long stay.
Shopping
If you need medicine or toiletries, this Rite Aid is close to the J train, so you can pick something up on your way out or on your way home.
114 locals recommend
Walgreen's
66-54 Fresh Pond RdIf you need medicine or toiletries, this Rite Aid is close to the J train, so you can pick something up on your way out or on your way home.
VERY excellent vintage clothing for men and women. Not too far from here...
50 locals recommend
Worship
117 Wilson AveVERY excellent vintage clothing for men and women. Not too far from here...
Drinks & Nightlife
This is my favorite bar right now! Awesome frozen drinks, CRAZY good nachos. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life... it would be El Cortez nachos.
69 locals recommend
El Cortez
17 Ingraham StThis is my favorite bar right now! Awesome frozen drinks, CRAZY good nachos. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life... it would be El Cortez nachos.
My friend Aisa runs this bar. I highly recommend it. Definitely a hot spot! Good drinks, good crowd, not pretentious but a cool scene.
93 locals recommend
Mr. Fong's
40 Market StMy friend Aisa runs this bar. I highly recommend it. Definitely a hot spot! Good drinks, good crowd, not pretentious but a cool scene.
Sightseeing
Rockaway Beach
Best place to go on a hot day in the summertime.