Guidebook for Brooklyn
Drinks & Nightlife
Greenwood Park
555 7th AveBeer garden, great food, open space.
The Double Windsor
210 Prospect Park WestExcellent draught selection, great food.
Free live concerts every week throughout spring and summer. The main seating area is by ticket purchase only, but it's free to sit on the nearby lawns and listen. The view is blocked but sound is great. Technically there is no alcohol allowed in the NYC parks, but with a little discretion...
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Prospect Park Bandshell
141 Prospect Park WestFree live concerts every week throughout spring and summer. The main seating area is by ticket purchase only, but it's free to sit on the nearby lawns and listen. The view is blocked but sound is great. Technically there is no alcohol allowed in the NYC parks, but with a little discretion...
Parks & Nature
Beautifully landscaped, pleasant place for a picnic or barbecue or evening stroll. A run or jog around the park covers 3.68 miles/5.92 kilometers (I run there every few days). Weekly live concerts at the band shell.
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Parque Prospect
Beautifully landscaped, pleasant place for a picnic or barbecue or evening stroll. A run or jog around the park covers 3.68 miles/5.92 kilometers (I run there every few days). Weekly live concerts at the band shell.
Essentials
Affordable (by NYC standards) grocery store with excellent, if smallscale, fish market. Good for essentials.
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Windsor Farms Market
589 Prospect AveAffordable (by NYC standards) grocery store with excellent, if smallscale, fish market. Good for essentials.
United Meat Market
219 Prospect Park WestQuality butcher shop.
Ye's Laundromat
264 Prospect Park WestLaundromat for personal or service laundering.
Wednesdays host a small farmer's market:
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/bartel-pritchard-square-wed
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Bartel-Pritchard Square
Prospect Park SouthwestWednesdays host a small farmer's market:
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/brooklyn/bartel-pritchard-square-wed
Everything Else
Dunkin'
122 Fulton StBecause America runs on Dunkin'.
Food Scene
Brunswick
240 Prospect Park WestExcellent coffee shop, quiet patio space out back.
Connecticut Muffin
1106 Cortelyou RdCoffee & pastries.