Guidebook for Brooklyn
Essentials
Great grocery store, similar to Whole Foods in quality and selection
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City Acres Market
11 BroadwayGreat grocery store, similar to Whole Foods in quality and selection
You can do your own laundry here, or drop it off and pick up cleaned & folded later in the day!
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G Laundromat
335 Grand StYou can do your own laundry here, or drop it off and pick up cleaned & folded later in the day!
Everything Else
G Laundromat
335 Grand StClosest laundromat (P&P Laundromat)
Food Scene
Traif
229 S 4th StOne of our favorite $$$ restaurants!
Delicious inexpensive Mexican 'street food' (great tacos especially)
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La Superior
295 Berry StDelicious inexpensive Mexican 'street food' (great tacos especially)
Great for a coffee to go, or for sit down brunch. They also make their own lemonade, which is delicious.
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Rabbithole
352 Bedford AveGreat for a coffee to go, or for sit down brunch. They also make their own lemonade, which is delicious.
One of the most popular coffee shops in the neighborhood. Very trendy spot with big wood tables and benches. Good coffee.
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Blue Bottle Coffee
76 N 4th StOne of the most popular coffee shops in the neighborhood. Very trendy spot with big wood tables and benches. Good coffee.
Drinks & Nightlife
East River Bar
97 S 6th StThe diveiest dive bar around.
OTB
141 BroadwayGreat cocktails
In the summer there is no better outdoor bar to go to – a huge space in the back with picnic tables, taco truck, great Bloody Marys and a full bar. At night the music inside turns up and everyone starts dancing.
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Crown Victoria Bar
60 South 2nd StreetIn the summer there is no better outdoor bar to go to – a huge space in the back with picnic tables, taco truck, great Bloody Marys and a full bar. At night the music inside turns up and everyone starts dancing.
Very popular (i.e. there's a line to get in) bar on the top floor of the Wythe Hotel. Great views of Manhattan, great cocktails.
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Wythe Hotel
80 Wythe AveVery popular (i.e. there's a line to get in) bar on the top floor of the Wythe Hotel. Great views of Manhattan, great cocktails.
Entertainment & Activities
While watching the movie, you can order drinks and food, delivered right to your big comfortable seat. They play a lot of classic movies, especially on the weekends or in the morning.
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Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan AveWhile watching the movie, you can order drinks and food, delivered right to your big comfortable seat. They play a lot of classic movies, especially on the weekends or in the morning.
It's a bowling alley, it's a concert venue, it's a bar, it's a restaurant... it's very popular and it's always a good time.
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Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe AveIt's a bowling alley, it's a concert venue, it's a bar, it's a restaurant... it's very popular and it's always a good time.
Getting Around
The location on the map is incorrect – there is a CitiBike station *right* outside our front door!! You can rent a bike for $10/day, and get unlimited 30min rides. There are stations all over Brooklyn and Manhattan. It's a terrific way to get around.
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Citi Bike
The location on the map is incorrect – there is a CitiBike station *right* outside our front door!! You can rent a bike for $10/day, and get unlimited 30min rides. There are stations all over Brooklyn and Manhattan. It's a terrific way to get around.
The closest subway stop is the "Marcy Ave" stop on the J, M, Z lines (brown line). This will take you over the bridge, directly into Manhattan (we are the first stop in Brooklyn).
Marcy Av/S 4 St station
The closest subway stop is the "Marcy Ave" stop on the J, M, Z lines (brown line). This will take you over the bridge, directly into Manhattan (we are the first stop in Brooklyn).