Spending several days in Brooklyn
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Spending several days in Brooklyn
Going to Brooklyn for 4 days to visit family in first week of November. Have been to NYC many times. Any suggestions for Brooklyn besides prospect park, the botanical garden and
The cemetery. No young kids just some happy 50 year olds. Thanks for your help.
The cemetery. No young kids just some happy 50 year olds. Thanks for your help.
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The Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn Historical Society
Coney Island
New York Aquarium
Transit Museum
Brooklyn Museum
DUMBO Arts Center
Jacques Torres Chocolate
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn Historical Society
Coney Island
New York Aquarium
Transit Museum
Brooklyn Museum
DUMBO Arts Center
Jacques Torres Chocolate
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
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Hi,The NY Botanic Gardens is in the Bronx.Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is also LOVELY. Particularly at this time of year, when there are so many flowering trees there. I really love the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.It's really worth a visit! Statue of Liberty, visiting the Statue is free, but you must take the ferry to get there.
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Spend some time walking around Brooklyn Heights, beautiful brownstones, tree lined streets, restaurants, and some small shops. Yake a stroll down Grace Court Alley, located off Hicks Street, used to be horse stables/carriage houses - it has now been converted to residences.
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There are interesting Mideastern stores and restaurants on Atlantic Ave between Court and Henry Streets
There is wonderful residential architecture in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, and DUMBO.
BTW, DUMBO is a real estate invention meaning Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass
Check on Time Out:NY for a listing of the art galleries and the ever growing list of reatuarants in Brooklyn. Some of out favorites are Vinegar Hill House and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. Bu there are many which sound wonderful but have not gotten a chance to go there.
Many will recommend Grimaldi's which is very good but in IMHP, not worth the wait.
There is wonderful residential architecture in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, and DUMBO.
BTW, DUMBO is a real estate invention meaning Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass
Check on Time Out:NY for a listing of the art galleries and the ever growing list of reatuarants in Brooklyn. Some of out favorites are Vinegar Hill House and the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. Bu there are many which sound wonderful but have not gotten a chance to go there.
Many will recommend Grimaldi's which is very good but in IMHP, not worth the wait.
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You may not be interested in a tour, but I really enjoyed this company's tour -
http://www.asliceofbrooklyn.com/
They've added a couple of new tours too. The tour starts in Manhattan (Union Square area) but you could probably make arrangements to meet up with them at the base of the bridge before they go to Grimaldi's. The guide/owner is GREAT and I especially enjoyed the mix of excerpts from movies showing on the monitors as we drove the path/route - example The French Connection. A tour that's very well done.
http://www.asliceofbrooklyn.com/
They've added a couple of new tours too. The tour starts in Manhattan (Union Square area) but you could probably make arrangements to meet up with them at the base of the bridge before they go to Grimaldi's. The guide/owner is GREAT and I especially enjoyed the mix of excerpts from movies showing on the monitors as we drove the path/route - example The French Connection. A tour that's very well done.
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