I will be moving to Brooklyn (15th Ave, near Prospect Park) to attend school. Any suggestions for places to eat, grocery stores etc. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Until you get some answers, I suggest you familiarize yourself with the search nearby function on maps.google.com Map your new address and then use the "search nearby" function for supermarkets, restaurants (or more specific like pizza, chinese etc.) menupages.com is a good place to look for restaurants and includes Brooklyn.

You probably mean 15th Street if it is near Prospect Park. 15th Avnue is near Dyker Heights.

And may I ask which school you are attending?

Friend of mine owns this place which is about a 15 minute walk according to google map.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/brancaccios-food-shop-brooklyn

Thanks so much, good suggestions.

You're really not moving to New York You're really moving to Brooklyn (a Borough which is huge in itself - with more than 2 million people) and has many very diverse neighborhoods. While you will undoubtedly visit a lot of other areas of the city, you will find a lot of you basic services in your immediate area. You might want to go to the NYTimes web site - where the real estate section has reviews of many city neighborhoods - with ideas of strengths/weaknesses and a lot of local good todos.

It sounds like you got everything covered except for the following. I thought with a name like Breski, you want to know about Farrell's.

http://nymag.com/listings/bar/farrells_bar_and_grill/

Some excellent suggestions, thanks so much!

How did you come upon the place to which you're moving? Recommended by friends, the school? They should be of some help.

Otherwise, most every neighborhood in NYC, regardless which borough (Brooklyn is one of the 5 boroughs), has nearby small groceries, larger markets, restaurants, cleaners, hairdressers, etc. etc. If not right on the street where you live, then a few blocks walk in any direction which is good for exercise.

NYtraveler - she really is moving to New York, she is moving to New York State and New York City which last I heard both INCLUDE Brooklyn.

Thank you debsnj for writing the response I was all set to write. I get so so annoyed at people who deny that anything but Manhattan is NYC!

Of course Brooklyn is in NY--both state and city. If you have any doubts, just wait till it's tax filing time, when NYC will expect its share!