by Claire Star & Nicole Jordan
Brooklyn Botanic Garden | flowers galore
Brooklyn Bridge | the iconic bridge from Manhattan to Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge Park |views of the Manhattan skyline
Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory | ice cream near Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Public Library
Buffalo Exchange | second hand clothes
Cafe Colette | outdoor garden seating
Catbird | locally designed jewelry and gifts
Court Pastry Shop | Italian bakery that smells like Nicole’s grandmother’s house
East River Park
Harvest Market | great grocery store
Jane’s Carousel | old fashioned carousel along the East River
Juliette Restaurant | French bistro and bar
Le Petit Cafe | neighborhood restaurant with pretty garden seating
Lizzmonade | crazy good fresh lemonade
Main Street Park
Marquet Patisserie | cookies, croissants, and coffee
Mociun | unique New York jewelry designer we wrote about here
Nitehawk Cinema | eat dinner while watching a movie
Papagena | coffee with imported European sweets
Papel New York | paper goods and gifts
Smorgasburg | Brooklyn’s weekend food festival, look for The Good Batch
Use our Google map for all our NYC Guide locations in one place, including their websites and addresses.
What should we explore on our next trip to Brooklyn? Comment below!
P.S. Here's part one, a guide to Upper Manhattan and Midtown, and part two, covering Lower Manhattan, in case you missed them.
// photos by Claire Star
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