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Tour of Brooklyn's Highlights

Hugh Stewart and David Nicolas The Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan as seen from Dumbo.

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The first thing you need to know about Brooklyn is that it is huge: New York’s most populous borough, home to nearly a third of its citizens. An independent Brooklyn would be the nation’s fourth-largest city. Brooklyn is a vast metropolis blessed and cursed to lie 500 yards from Manhattan. The second thing you need to know about Brooklyn is that it is small. Big in breadth and attitude, but intimate in the height of its buildings, the modesty of its storefronts, the compactness of its communities. Defined by the stoop, the bodega, the bocce or basketball court, Brooklyn has an enduring neighborhood-ness. Read the article

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25 Restaurants 23 Activities

Destinations: Brooklyn · Cobble Hill · Williamsburg · Red Hook · Carroll Gardens · DUMBO · Park Slope · Boerum Hill · Prospect Heights

Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Shopping

Inspired by: Brooklyn Bound — by Peter Jon Lindberg, Published Oct. 2006

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    Zebulon

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

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    D.O.C., Brooklyn

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

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    Brooklyn Social

    Carroll Gardens | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

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    Bar Tabac

    Cobble Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

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    Thanh Da II

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

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    Tanoreen

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

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    Sette Enoteca E Cucina

    Park Slope | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

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    St. Helen Café

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

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    Peter Luger

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

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    Marlow & Sons

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

    This intimate and super-casual restaurant near the Williamsburg Bridge serves only one or two varieties a night, but the oysters are exceptionally

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    Red Hook Soccer Fields

    Red Hook | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

    13 vendors sell Honduran tacos, Mexican huaraches, Ecuadoran ceviche, and other delicious treats to spectators and players alike (a semi-pro league

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    Williamsburg Gallery Association

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

    The association is an excellent resource for planning gallery tours. More
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    Brooklyn Historical Society

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

    The Brooklyn Historical Society has informative neighborhood guides. More
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    Brooklyn Museum of Art

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

    The ancient Egyptian collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art is a must-see. More
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    Brooklyn Botanic Garden

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

    The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, followed by a walk through adjacent Prospect Park, the, well, second-greatest gre... More
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    Sleep

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

    A sumptuous bed in the store's window is strewn with high-end lingerie (Cosabella, Eberjey, Leigh Bantivoglio) - perhaps the place should be called... More
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    Otte

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

    Once you get past the staff⤙s haughty (decidedly non-Brooklyn) attitude, you'll find racks upon racks of flirty Vanessa Bruno, Ulla Johnson, and ... More
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    Moon River Chattel

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

    In a borough littered with beautiful old buildings, these architectural-salvage specialists sell an impressive range of hard-to-find fixtures and h... More
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    Matter

    Brooklyn | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City

    The housewares here range from kitschy items like Piet Houtenbos's infamous grenade lamp to diminutive, high-concept products from other esteemed d... More
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    Golden Calf

    Williamsburg | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | New York | New York City | Brooklyn

    The Chinese and American antiques are unexpectedly high-quality for such a low-fi setting: the gritty margins of Williamsburg. More
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