Guidebook for Brooklyn
Sightseeing
A wonderful place for a botanical stroll that is very close to home!
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveA wonderful place for a botanical stroll that is very close to home!
A real big-city gem. Perfect for exercise, relaxing and people watching. It's our wilder Central Park.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
A real big-city gem. Perfect for exercise, relaxing and people watching. It's our wilder Central Park.
Always a fun museum to visit--and entrance is a suggested donation.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyAlways a fun museum to visit--and entrance is a suggested donation.
Essentials
A nearby supermarket that has the basics and some unusual fare representing the neighborhood (Caribbean, etc.).
28 locals recommend
Foodtown of Crown Heights
905-13 Franklin AveA nearby supermarket that has the basics and some unusual fare representing the neighborhood (Caribbean, etc.).
Food Scene
They have delicious Trini food. Try their Doubles (curry chickpeas in a yummy spongy bread on the way to or from the Park.
51 locals recommend
De Hot Pot
1127 Washington AveThey have delicious Trini food. Try their Doubles (curry chickpeas in a yummy spongy bread on the way to or from the Park.
Really good Mexican food, if you don't mind the walk. Cocktails go well beyond standard margaritas -- try anything with tepache, a fermented pineapple beverage.
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin AveReally good Mexican food, if you don't mind the walk. Cocktails go well beyond standard margaritas -- try anything with tepache, a fermented pineapple beverage.
The brick oven blistered pies bear greenmarket toppings that go beyond nouveau standards like arugula and wild mushrooms.
522 locals recommend
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin AveThe brick oven blistered pies bear greenmarket toppings that go beyond nouveau standards like arugula and wild mushrooms.
Much of the menu is rooted in down-home comfort, like lamb chili, pork chops with grit cakes, and buttermilk fried quail with spoon bread, but global influences also abound.
327 locals recommend
Mayfield
688 Franklin AveMuch of the menu is rooted in down-home comfort, like lamb chili, pork chops with grit cakes, and buttermilk fried quail with spoon bread, but global influences also abound.
A 70-year old diner that hasn't lost its charm. Always a fun breakfast outing:
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/toms-restaurant/
225 locals recommend
Tom’s
782 Washington AveA 70-year old diner that hasn't lost its charm. Always a fun breakfast outing:
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/toms-restaurant/
Lula Bagel
816 Nostrand Ave.A friend's bar serving great coffee and bagels.
Starbucks
640 Franklin AveAn ubiquitous standard.
Best of all are the $6 rotis, which finds the soft, slightly chewy flatbread folded over heaping portions of beef, chicken, goat or shrimp.
40 locals recommend
Glenda's Restaurant
854 St Johns PlBest of all are the $6 rotis, which finds the soft, slightly chewy flatbread folded over heaping portions of beef, chicken, goat or shrimp.
Curries and jerks are the specialty, but items like coconut-flavored calypso shrimp and specials like reggae mussels keep things interesting.
103 locals recommend
The Islands
671 Washington AveCurries and jerks are the specialty, but items like coconut-flavored calypso shrimp and specials like reggae mussels keep things interesting.
Indulge in madras-spiced salmon and a mayo-rich lobster roll, or a spinach or lobster omelet.
Chop chop grub shop
638 Nostrand Ave.Indulge in madras-spiced salmon and a mayo-rich lobster roll, or a spinach or lobster omelet.
Quick walk to get a roti and a sorrel drink. My favorite is the pumpkin and spinach veggie curry roti.
107 locals recommend
Gloria's In & Out
987 Nostrand Ave.Quick walk to get a roti and a sorrel drink. My favorite is the pumpkin and spinach veggie curry roti.
The Bajan menu includes flying fish and couscous, chicken (curried, baked, stewed or fried), coconut bread and turnovers.
9 locals recommend
Culpeppers
1082 Nostrand Ave.The Bajan menu includes flying fish and couscous, chicken (curried, baked, stewed or fried), coconut bread and turnovers.
A low-key corner spot featuring some of the best classic New York by-the-slice pizza around, not to mention root beer on draft to wash it all down.
59 locals recommend
Rosco's Pizza
685 Franklin AvenueA low-key corner spot featuring some of the best classic New York by-the-slice pizza around, not to mention root beer on draft to wash it all down.
Everything Else
They have a nice Greenmarket on Saturdays from 8-4pm year round: http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/brooklyn/grand-army-greenmarket.
206 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
Flatbush AvenueThey have a nice Greenmarket on Saturdays from 8-4pm year round: http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/brooklyn/grand-army-greenmarket.
I love this spot Trinidadian/Chinese takeout spot. My favorites are the doubles with tamarind sauce. Most of the food is spot on.
17 locals recommend
Trinidad Golden Place
788 Nostrand Ave.I love this spot Trinidadian/Chinese takeout spot. My favorites are the doubles with tamarind sauce. Most of the food is spot on.
BERG'N
899 Bergen StA cool beer hall.
Loaded cheesesteaks (including a vegetarian variety) and cold cut sandwiches. There's also a satisfyingly allspice-y jerk chicken hoagie.
Syd's Serious Sandwich Shop
759 Nostrand AvenueLoaded cheesesteaks (including a vegetarian variety) and cold cut sandwiches. There's also a satisfyingly allspice-y jerk chicken hoagie.
Drinks & Nightlife
A sort of perfect-in-every-way neighborhood bar. It’s got a cafeteria/lunch-counter. Try the cocktail they named the place after (might have been the other way around). Whiskey. Lime. Bitters.
41 locals recommend
Branch Ofc.
225 Rogers AveA sort of perfect-in-every-way neighborhood bar. It’s got a cafeteria/lunch-counter. Try the cocktail they named the place after (might have been the other way around). Whiskey. Lime. Bitters.
Franklin Park
618 St Johns PlGreat neighborhood bar with an in and outdoor seating.
Slow cooked jerk chicken, pork, and lobster. Peppered shrimp are as greasy and rich as the New Orleans barbecue variety, and prices are gentle.
192 locals recommend
Glady's
788 Franklin AveSlow cooked jerk chicken, pork, and lobster. Peppered shrimp are as greasy and rich as the New Orleans barbecue variety, and prices are gentle.
The cocktail menu reads classic New Orleans, so you can satiate your sazerac and ramos gin fizz cravings while eating a file-dusted gumbo made w/ a chestnut brown roux studded w/ sausage and shrimp.
199 locals recommend
Catfish
1433 Bedford AveThe cocktail menu reads classic New Orleans, so you can satiate your sazerac and ramos gin fizz cravings while eating a file-dusted gumbo made w/ a chestnut brown roux studded w/ sausage and shrimp.
Serving a menu of South American-inspired New American food. Her chicken chicharrones are shatter crisp, and they come with spicy slaw at dinner or a craggy biscuit at brunch.
11 locals recommend
Pacifico's Fine Foods
798 Franklin AvenueServing a menu of South American-inspired New American food. Her chicken chicharrones are shatter crisp, and they come with spicy slaw at dinner or a craggy biscuit at brunch.
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin AveNice bar with a great backyard.
Nostrand Avenue Pub
658 Nostrand Ave.Good craft beers and happy hour.