Guidebook for Brooklyn
Essentials
Closest grocery store. Great quality products and a decent selection of beer and cider is available here!
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Bob & Betty's Food Market
805 Franklin AveClosest grocery store. Great quality products and a decent selection of beer and cider is available here!
Larger grocery store is a few blocks further away than B&Bs.
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Foodtown of Crown Heights
905-13 Franklin AveLarger grocery store is a few blocks further away than B&Bs.
Open every Saturday between the entry to Prospect Park and the Grand Army Plaza archway, this open air farmer's market has fresh seasonal produce.
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Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush AvenueOpen every Saturday between the entry to Prospect Park and the Grand Army Plaza archway, this open air farmer's market has fresh seasonal produce.
Food Scene
Awesome bar and restaurant with great pizza. Cute backyard and open late!
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Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin AveAwesome bar and restaurant with great pizza. Cute backyard and open late!
Chavela's
736 Franklin AveGreat Mexican restaurant and bar. Good happy hour specials!
Good coffee spot nearby with plenty of tables and free wifi for laptop time or catching up with friends.
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Breukelen Coffee House
764 Franklin AveGood coffee spot nearby with plenty of tables and free wifi for laptop time or catching up with friends.
The Pulp & The Bean
809 Franklin AvenueGrab coffee on the go and support this local business!
Glady's
788 Franklin AveDelicious and spicy Caribbean food and strong cocktails!
Insanely tasty jerk chicken and other Caribbean staples. Order to go because this is a tiny venue!
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The Islands
671 Washington AveInsanely tasty jerk chicken and other Caribbean staples. Order to go because this is a tiny venue!
Cute little cafe. Good spot to sit and concentrate on your own work as there are mostly little tables.
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Sit & Wonder
688 Washington AveCute little cafe. Good spot to sit and concentrate on your own work as there are mostly little tables.
Good coffee and cheap food. Lots of space to work. Wifi is sometimes patchy.
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RIO Kitchen & Wine
619 St Johns PlGood coffee and cheap food. Lots of space to work. Wifi is sometimes patchy.
Brunswick
240 Prospect Park WestAustralian cafe with AWESOME coffee and food. Wifi too.
Go for breakfast. Expect to wait in line - VERY popular. Order pancakes!
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Tom’s
782 Washington AveGo for breakfast. Expect to wait in line - VERY popular. Order pancakes!
Gueros
605 Prospect PlTACOS. Great neighbourhood spot.
Everything Else
Entrance to the Franklin Av subway stop is on all four corners of this major intersection. Catch the 2/3/4/5/S trains from this stop.
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Franklin Avenue station
Entrance to the Franklin Av subway stop is on all four corners of this major intersection. Catch the 2/3/4/5/S trains from this stop.
This place is huge. Hard to say it's JUST a bar because they have a cafe area, a bunch of food stall options and a massive number of tables for people to meet or work on alone or with friends.
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BERG'N
899 Bergen StThis place is huge. Hard to say it's JUST a bar because they have a cafe area, a bunch of food stall options and a massive number of tables for people to meet or work on alone or with friends.
Martini Dry Cleaning
794 Franklin AveClosest laundromat and dry cleaners.
Shopping
Wino(t)
796 Franklin AveCloset wine store. Decent selection of varieties and prices.
Mazon Stores
776 Franklin AveClosest dollar store with decent yet basic home goods.
Nearest bike shop. They have a tyre pump out front to use for free!
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Excelsior Bike Shop
694 Franklin AveNearest bike shop. They have a tyre pump out front to use for free!
Sightseeing
Beautiful and massive park so close to home! Walk or run around the inner roadway, see free concerts in the summer, lay out on the vast meadows, visit the petting zoo and get some fresh air!
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Prospect Park
Beautiful and massive park so close to home! Walk or run around the inner roadway, see free concerts in the summer, lay out on the vast meadows, visit the petting zoo and get some fresh air!
Free events every first Saturday of the month. Rotating exhibits. Beautiful building is the cultural hub of the area.
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Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyFree events every first Saturday of the month. Rotating exhibits. Beautiful building is the cultural hub of the area.
Open year round, this is a beautiful oasis from the NYC hustle! Check out the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveOpen year round, this is a beautiful oasis from the NYC hustle! Check out the annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
Great sightseeing option for historic info on how NYC's subway and public transit system came to life!
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New York Transit Museum
89 E 42nd StGreat sightseeing option for historic info on how NYC's subway and public transit system came to life!
Brooklyn's historic navy yard hosts a rotating list of tours and workshops throughout the year.
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Building 92
63 Flushing AveBrooklyn's historic navy yard hosts a rotating list of tours and workshops throughout the year.
You have to cross it at least once in a lifetime! Beautiful sight and glorious history behind its construction.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge PromenadeYou have to cross it at least once in a lifetime! Beautiful sight and glorious history behind its construction.
For photographers, this is an excellent vantage point to capture the Brooklyn Bridge and the downtown Manhattan skyline. Sit on a bench to people watch or take a ride on the carousel.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman StFor photographers, this is an excellent vantage point to capture the Brooklyn Bridge and the downtown Manhattan skyline. Sit on a bench to people watch or take a ride on the carousel.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin AveGreat, cozy bar a few blocks away.
Big open-air bar. Lots of locals. Good for a crowd and cheap beer.
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Franklin Park
618 St Johns PlBig open-air bar. Lots of locals. Good for a crowd and cheap beer.
Catfish
1433 Bedford AveGreat Cajun/southern food and cocktails. Cute backyard area.
Covenhoven
730 Classon AveMassive selection of BEER ONLY. Cute backyard.
Arts & Culture
Home of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team and many stadium-sized concerts! Awesome food vendors on site.
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Barclays Center
620 Atlantic AveHome of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team and many stadium-sized concerts! Awesome food vendors on site.