Guidebook for Brooklyn

Kalina
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Delicious Eastern European food. Great for brunch or dinner with a cozy interior and large back garden.
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Brooklyn Beet Company
7205 3rd Ave
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Delicious Eastern European food. Great for brunch or dinner with a cozy interior and large back garden.
Nice, spacious Italian restaurant that has been around since 1953. Great for a date night or to take your family.
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Vesuvio
7305 3rd Ave
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Nice, spacious Italian restaurant that has been around since 1953. Great for a date night or to take your family.
A comfortable and affordable diner with a huge menu, full bar, and nice staff. We love this place.
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George's
753 Coney Island Ave
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A comfortable and affordable diner with a huge menu, full bar, and nice staff. We love this place.
Delicious pizza, easy to grab a slice while shopping on 3rd ave. They also deliver to our house.
Grandma's Original Pizza
6918 3rd Ave
Delicious pizza, easy to grab a slice while shopping on 3rd ave. They also deliver to our house.
Our favorite pizza. They deliver to our house, but going to the restaurant is also nice.
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Peppino's Bay Ridge
7708 3rd Ave
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Our favorite pizza. They deliver to our house, but going to the restaurant is also nice.
Delicious dumplings! And very affordable. They have quick delivery service to our house as well.
Kathy's Dumplings NY
7924 3rd Ave
Delicious dumplings! And very affordable. They have quick delivery service to our house as well.
A tiny coffee shop with great coffee and famous Dough donuts.
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Cream Coffee & Tea Shop
3rd Avenue
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A tiny coffee shop with great coffee and famous Dough donuts.
Good for a rainy day meal, this restaurant is inside of a new mall with Bed Bath & Beyond, Saks Off Fifth, and more. Food and beer are delicious!
Bay Market Kitchen - Food Hall
850 3rd Ave
Good for a rainy day meal, this restaurant is inside of a new mall with Bed Bath & Beyond, Saks Off Fifth, and more. Food and beer are delicious!
Great for coffee, pastries, waffles, and light lunch. It's a good hang out spot with free wifi.
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Cocoa Grinder
711 Nostrand Ave.
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Great for coffee, pastries, waffles, and light lunch. It's a good hang out spot with free wifi.
If you are looking for an absolutely tasty meal with fresh ingredients, go here! We were quite surprised the first time we visited.
Gourmet Kitchen Wine Bar
6819 3rd Ave
If you are looking for an absolutely tasty meal with fresh ingredients, go here! We were quite surprised the first time we visited.

Drinks & Nightlife

Local dive bar for a casual beer. Live music on some weekends.
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Three Jolly Pigeons
6802 3rd Ave
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Local dive bar for a casual beer. Live music on some weekends.
Convenient to the subway train, a great spot for a drink.
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Irish Haven Bar
5721 4th Ave
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Convenient to the subway train, a great spot for a drink.
Unique cocktails with a cool speakeasy vibe.
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Lucey's Lounge
475 3rd Ave
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Unique cocktails with a cool speakeasy vibe.
Great for a beer on the sidewalk.
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Skylark
477 5th Ave
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Great for a beer on the sidewalk.
Casual dive bar. Free popcorn and a chilled vibe. Has a decent size garden as well.
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Commonwealth
497 5th Ave
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Casual dive bar. Free popcorn and a chilled vibe. Has a decent size garden as well.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful hillside park with big trees, a playground, a water playground, skatepark, and basketball courts. We love to walk to Rocky's & Nicky's Pizzeria, get a slice to go, and sit on a bench at the top of the park looking out over the water.
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Owl's Head Park
Shore Road
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Beautiful hillside park with big trees, a playground, a water playground, skatepark, and basketball courts. We love to walk to Rocky's & Nicky's Pizzeria, get a slice to go, and sit on a bench at the top of the park looking out over the water.
A large park with an amazing view that is not very well known. You can walk out on the pier, run around in the grass, or play soccer and baseball. It's a good place to ride your bike to as well.
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Bush Terminal Piers Park
43rd Street
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A large park with an amazing view that is not very well known. You can walk out on the pier, run around in the grass, or play soccer and baseball. It's a good place to ride your bike to as well.
Another great park with an amazing view. We use to live on the park and love it very much! There are basketball courts, volleyball courts, swings, playground, large grassy areas for picnics, and a huge public swimming pool in the summer months.
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Sunset Park
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Another great park with an amazing view. We use to live on the park and love it very much! There are basketball courts, volleyball courts, swings, playground, large grassy areas for picnics, and a huge public swimming pool in the summer months.
This is our favorite local beach. It's becoming more popular and can get crowded on holidays and in the summer, however, it is such a large beach that even on crowded days, it's still great. In the summer months, there are food and shopping vendors set up. It's easy to drive to with a huge parking lot, or there is a bus. You can also take the Rockaway ferry and bus from there.
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People 's Beach Jacob Riis Parkissa
157 Rockaway Beach Blvd
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This is our favorite local beach. It's becoming more popular and can get crowded on holidays and in the summer, however, it is such a large beach that even on crowded days, it's still great. In the summer months, there are food and shopping vendors set up. It's easy to drive to with a huge parking lot, or there is a bus. You can also take the Rockaway ferry and bus from there.

Essentials

Large grocery store with everything you need.
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SuperFresh
242 Bay Ridge Ave
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Large grocery store with everything you need.
Medium size grocery store convenient to the subway.
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Bravo Supermarkets
4808 4th Ave
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Medium size grocery store convenient to the subway.

Shopping

Our favorite wine shop! The owners are very knowledgeable and friendly.
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Gowanus Wine Merchants
493 3rd Ave
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Our favorite wine shop! The owners are very knowledgeable and friendly.
Cool shopping mall that not too many people know about yet. It has some large stores: World Market, Bed Bath & Beyond, Saks Off Fifth and more. As well as coffee shops, snack shops, and a great restaurant. Parking here is easy if you have a car.
Liberty View Industrial Plaza
850 3rd Ave
Cool shopping mall that not too many people know about yet. It has some large stores: World Market, Bed Bath & Beyond, Saks Off Fifth and more. As well as coffee shops, snack shops, and a great restaurant. Parking here is easy if you have a car.
A small Italian market - fresh cheese, pasta, and more.
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A.L.C. Italian Grocery
8613 3rd Ave
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A small Italian market - fresh cheese, pasta, and more.
A large bakery with amazing bread, pastries, sandwiches, bagels, and coffee. Very affordable too!
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Baked In Brooklyn
755 5th Ave
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A large bakery with amazing bread, pastries, sandwiches, bagels, and coffee. Very affordable too!

Entertainment & Activities

Industry City is a unique spot with a food court and lots of various entertainment/activities. It is a series of enormous warehouses which have recently been renovated and now house a collection of unique artists, businesses, and industry. Check out their website for upcoming events!
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Teollisuuskaupunki
220 36th St
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Industry City is a unique spot with a food court and lots of various entertainment/activities. It is a series of enormous warehouses which have recently been renovated and now house a collection of unique artists, businesses, and industry. Check out their website for upcoming events!

Getting Around

N express train or R local train
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59 St station
59th Street
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N express train or R local train
A must! Take the NYC Ferry from this Pier. Rockaway Line (RW - purple) direct to Wall Street or the Rockaways. Also, take the South Brooklyn (SB - pink) line to other Brooklyn locations and Governor's island.
Pier 4
58th Street
A must! Take the NYC Ferry from this Pier. Rockaway Line (RW - purple) direct to Wall Street or the Rockaways. Also, take the South Brooklyn (SB - pink) line to other Brooklyn locations and Governor's island.