arts culture
Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn
📍 Downtown Brooklyn
Dine-in cinema with strict no-talking rules, food and drinks at your seat, and themed special screenings.
Official site ↗
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Alpine Cinemas
📍 Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge's neighborhood movie theater on Fifth Avenue, showing current new releases.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
American Veterans Memorial Pier
📍 Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge fishing pier just south of Owl's Head Park that juts into the Upper Bay, with views of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline.
Official site ↗arts culture
BAM
📍 Fort Greene
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, a Fort Greene arts center for theater, dance, opera and independent film across several historic venues.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bensonhurst Park
📍 Bath Beach
One of the bigger parks on the Brooklyn waterfront, with a round central lawn, busy handball courts, ballfields, eight tennis courts near the water and a playground. It's also a starting point for biking the Shore Parkwa
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Brainery
📍 Prospect Heights
Casual, low-cost evening classes for adults on all sorts of topics, from soap making and fabric painting to watercolor and quirky history talks. Easy to book as a pair.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Children's Museum
📍 Crown Heights
The world's first museum built for children, founded in 1899, with hands-on exhibits for young kids in a bright yellow building.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Glass
📍 Gowanus
Glassblowing studio with three-hour beginner workshops where you blow your own drinking tumbler, bowl or stemless wine glass. No experience needed.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Museum
📍 Prospect Heights
One of the country's largest art museums, with Egyptian art, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and themed First Saturday evenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Steel
📍 East Williamsburg
Big concert venue in a converted steel factory.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brower Park
📍 Crown Heights
Crown Heights park that is home to the Brooklyn Children's Museum, with a grassy picnic lawn, play areas, a skate park and two full basketball courts, plus a dog-friendly area.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bush Terminal Piers Park
📍 Sunset Park
Quiet waterfront park on a former port complex, with an esplanade past tide pools and restored wetlands, a nature preserve, ballfields and views of the Bay Ridge Channel. Enter at 43rd St.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Bushwick Inlet Park
📍 Williamsburg/Greenpoint
A waterfront park on the East River with a big multipurpose field, a green-roofed building, a viewing platform and Manhattan skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Calvert Vaux Park
📍 Gravesend
A Gravesend Bay park built from soil dug out for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, with a restored waterfront, water views, birds, trails and sports fields.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Canarsie Park
📍 Canarsie
A large park between Paerdegat and Fresh Creek basins, with natural areas and trails, cricket and soccer fields, a skate park and barbecue areas.
Official site ↗other
Center for Brooklyn History
📍 Brooklyn Heights
A Brooklyn Heights library and museum in an 1881 landmark, with exhibitions on the borough's past.
Official site ↗arts culture
City Reliquary
📍 Williamsburg
A tiny, volunteer-run Williamsburg museum of New York curiosities: subway tokens, Statue of Liberty souvenirs and other civic memorabilia.
Official site ↗arts culture
Cobble Hill Cinemas
📍 Cobble Hill
Neighborhood five-screen movie house on Court Street showing first-run films.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Coffey Park
📍 Red Hook
Shady neighborhood park in the middle of Red Hook, named for 19th-century local political leader Michael J. Coffey, with a playground, basketball and handball courts, barbecue areas, spray showers and a dog-friendly area
Official site ↗arts culture
Coney Island Museum
📍 Coney Island
Run by the nonprofit Coney Island USA, with exhibits on the neighborhood's amusement history, plus the Coney Island Circus Sideshow and the Mermaid Parade.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Cooper Park Dog Run
📍 East Williamsburg
A dog run in Cooper Park at Morgan Avenue and Sharon Street.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Dyker Beach Park Dog Run
📍 Dyker Heights
A dog run in Dyker Beach Park at 7th Avenue and 86th Street.
Official site ↗arts culture
Film Noir Cinema
📍 Greenpoint
Small Greenpoint cinema and video store screening cult, horror and noir films.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Fort Greene Park
📍 Fort Greene
A historic hilltop park shaped by Olmsted and Vaux, with sloping hills, majestic trees, a visitor center and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Grand Ferry Park
📍 Williamsburg
Small waterfront park on the site of the old Grand Street ferry landing, with East River and Manhattan views and a quiet spot to sit by the water.
Official site ↗other
Grimm Artisanal Ales
📍 Williamsburg
A Brooklyn brewery's taproom and rooftop in East Williamsburg, pouring creative sours and IPAs brewed on-site.
Official site ↗other
Hart Bar
📍 Bushwick
A cocktail, beer and wine bar with a daily 5 to 8 PM happy hour on Hart Street in Bushwick. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Herbert Von King Park Dog Run
📍 Bedford-Stuyvesant
A dog run in Herbert Von King Park at Marcy and Lafayette Avenues.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Hillside Dog Park
📍 Brooklyn Heights
A dedicated dog park at Columbia Heights and Middagh Street.
Official site ↗arts culture
Interference Archive
📍 Park Slope / Gowanus
Volunteer-run open-stacks archive of protest posters, zines, buttons and other social-movement materials, with exhibitions, workshops, talks and film screenings. Current show: Call and Response, songbooks from the labor
Official site ↗other
L&B Spumoni Gardens
📍 Gravesend
A Gravesend institution since 1939, known for square Sicilian slices with sauce on top and tri-color spumoni eaten at outdoor picnic tables.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Leif Ericson Park
📍 Dyker Heights
Long neighborhood park running between 66th and 67th Streets, with ballfields, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts, fitness equipment, playgrounds and a dog-friendly area.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Manhattan Beach Park Dog Run
📍 Manhattan Beach
A dog run in Manhattan Beach Park, east of Ocean Avenue.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Marsha P. Johnson State Park
📍 Williamsburg
Seven-acre East River waterfront park with Manhattan skyline views, native meadows among old rail-yard remnants, a play area and picnic spots. Entry and public programs are free.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Msgr. McGolrick Park
📍 Greenpoint
Quiet, tree-shaded Greenpoint park with a historic 1910 central pavilion, World War I and USS Monitor monuments, a gated playground with spray showers and a Sunday farmers market. NYC Parks lists dog-friendly areas.
Official site ↗arts culture
New York Transit Museum
📍 Brooklyn
A museum on Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn. In its own words: “Founded in 1976, the New York Transit Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of New York’s mass transportation.” (official site)
Official site ↗arts culture
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
📍 Windsor Terrace
Dine-in cinema in a restored 1920s theater by Prospect Park, with new films, midnight shows and themed brunch screenings.
Official site ↗arts culture
Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
📍 Williamsburg
Independent dine-in movie theater: food and drinks served at your seat during new releases and cult repertory screenings.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Owls Head Park Dog Run
📍 Bay Ridge
A dog run in Owls Head Park at 68th Street and Shore Road.
Official site ↗arts culture
Pioneer Works
📍 Red Hook
Red Hook art and science center in a former ironworks: galleries, a garden, artist residencies and science talks.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Shirley Chisholm State Park
📍 Spring Creek
A 407-acre park on Jamaica Bay with 10 miles of car-free bike and hiking paths, piers and skyline views. Free loaner bikes Thu–Sun in season (Apr 30–Nov 1 in 2026). No pets.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Shore Park and Parkway
📍 Bay Ridge
A 58-acre waterfront park and promenade in Bay Ridge, known for sunsets over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
Official site ↗arts culture
Spectacle Theater
📍 Williamsburg
Tiny volunteer-run microcinema showing rare cult, genre and forgotten films for a few dollars.
Official site ↗arts culture
St. Ann's Warehouse
📍 DUMBO
A DUMBO theater inside a converted tobacco warehouse, known for bold international productions steps from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sternberg Park Dog Run
📍 Williamsburg
A dog run in Sternberg Park on Leonard Street.
Official site ↗arts culture
Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen
📍 Bushwick
Bar and restaurant with a dine-in movie theater showing second-run hits and classics at low prices.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Valentino Pier
📍 Red Hook
Red Hook pier on the old shipping waterfront with harbor views toward the Statue of Liberty, plus fishing and a kayak and canoe launch.
Official site ↗arts culture
Waterfront Museum
📍 Red Hook
A 1914 wooden railroad barge docked in Red Hook, now a floating museum and performance space with sweeping harbor views.
Official site ↗arts culture
Williamsburg Cinemas
📍 Williamsburg
Independent multiplex in Williamsburg with reclining seats and first-run films.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
WNYC Transmitter Park
📍 Greenpoint
A small Greenpoint waterfront park on the site of the old WNYC radio towers, with a lawn, nature gardens, an esplanade and a fishing pier with skyline views.
Official site ↗other
Wyckoff House Museum
📍 East Flatbush
New York City's oldest building, a Dutch farmhouse from around 1652, with tours, a garden and farm programs in East Flatbush.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
📍 Prospect Heights
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brooklyn Bridge Park
📍 DUMBO & Brooklyn Heights
85 waterfront acres of piers and lawns with the best Manhattan skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse: free kayaking
📍 Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Free kayaking in the calm water between Piers 1 and 2, under the Brooklyn Bridge. Book a slot two weeks ahead or try walking up.
Official site ↗arts culture
Brooklyn Escape Room
📍 Industry City
Themed puzzle rooms in Industry City.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Brooklyn Go Karts & Mini Golf
📍 Gravesend
Outdoor go-kart track and mini golf.
Official site ↗family kids
Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
📍 Coney Island
Rides and boardwalk-style fun. Seasonal hours.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Domino Park
📍 Williamsburg
A waterfront park beside the old sugar refinery, with a long elevated walkway and skyline views.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Green-Wood Cemetery
📍 Sunset Park
A 478-acre National Historic Landmark with hills, ponds and famous graves. Admission is always free.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Louis Valentino Jr. Park & Pier
📍 Red Hook
A quiet Red Hook pier facing the Statue of Liberty, good at sunset.
Official site ↗family kids
Luna Park in Coney Island
📍 Coney Island
Rides and boardwalk-style fun. Seasonal hours.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Marine Park & Salt Marsh Nature Center
📍 Marine Park
530 acres of grassland and salt marsh with a nature-center trail run by Urban Park Rangers.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
McCarren Park Dog Run
📍 Williamsburg
A fenced run at North 12th Street, Driggs Avenue and Union Avenue.
Official site ↗family kids
New York Aquarium
📍 Coney Island
A well-known museum or garden worth a few hours.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Pier 2 Roller Rink
📍 Brooklyn Bridge Park
Family-friendly outdoor roller rink under the Pier 2 canopy with skyline views.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Prospect Park
📍 Park Slope
Brooklyn's big park: Long Meadow, the lake, the Ravine and the boathouse.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Prospect Park off-leash hours
📍 Prospect Park
Dogs can run off-leash on the Long Meadow (not the ballfields), the Nethermead and the Peninsula during off-leash hours. Leash them the rest of the day.
Official site ↗family kids
Prospect Park Zoo
📍 Prospect Park
A small, easy zoo for little kids: sea lion training sessions, a barn with farm animals and red pandas. Kids 2 and under free.
Official site ↗arts cultureFREE
Public art: Woody De Othello, "Guardian Spirit"
📍 Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park
A free Public Art Fund installation on the Brooklyn waterfront, with the bridges behind it.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Sunset Park (the hill)
📍 Sunset Park
A hilltop with views of the Manhattan skyline, the harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Official site ↗food giveawaysFREE
Time Out Market New York
📍 Dumbo
A Dumbo food hall with a rooftop that looks straight at the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges. Free to go up; food is extra.
Official site ↗tours walksFREE
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
📍 DUMBO to City Hall
The 1883 bridge's raised promenade is free to walk. About 30–45 minutes each way at a stroll.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Xanadu Roller Arts
📍 Bushwick
A roller rink on a hand-painted maple floor with a serious sound system. Saturday Day Disco is all ages.
Official site ↗music nightlife
233 Starr Karaoke & Eats
📍 Bushwick
Bushwick karaoke spot with 13 private rooms, an open bar area and a library of over 250,000 songs.
Official site ↗other
Abilene
📍 Carroll Gardens
A corner bar known as "the blue place on the corner," serving food and weekend brunch on Court Street in Carroll Gardens. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Ako
📍 Williamsburg
A sushi restaurant and lounge on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: patio (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Arden
📍 Brooklyn
An American restaurant on Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Open 5 days a week. What sets it apart: tiki (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Bar Francis
📍 Brooklyn
A bar on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Open 5 days a week, until 2 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: speakeasy and tiki (per its official site).
Official site ↗music nightlife
Barcade Brooklyn
📍 Williamsburg
The Williamsburg original of the Barcade arcade bars: classic arcade cabinets and pinball with a craft-beer list.
Official site ↗other
Bati Ethiopian Kitchen
📍 Clinton Hill
An Ethiopian restaurant with slow-simmered stews, vegan platters, cocktails and occasional live jazz, on Fulton Street in Clinton Hill. Open 6 days a week.
Official site ↗other
Be Pasta
📍 Brooklyn
An Italian restaurant on 1st Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: a tasting menu (per its official site).
Official site ↗music nightlife
Beats Karaoke
📍 Williamsburg
Open karaoke bar plus private karaoke rooms in Williamsburg, with daily drink specials and 20% off private rooms on Mondays.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
BK UP (Brooklyn Uprising)
📍 DUMBO
Bouldering gym in DUMBO that opened in 2026, with bouldering, fitness space and a sauna. Ages 16+; waiver required.
Official site ↗other
Black Rabbit
📍 Greenpoint
A bar with cozy booths, a back garden, a happy hour until 8 PM and trivia every Tuesday at 8 PM, on Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. Drinks are 21+.
Official site ↗other
Bonnie's
📍 Williamsburg
Chef Calvin Eng's Cantonese American restaurant, named after his mother, with a lively room and modern takes on Cantonese dishes for a fun dinner out.
Official site ↗other
Bonnie's Grill
📍 Park Slope
An American grill that also serves breakfast on 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Open seven days.
Official site ↗other
Brennan & Carr
📍 Sheepshead Bay
A classic roast beef sandwich spot on Nostrand Avenue in Sheepshead Bay. Open seven days, until 12 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Brooklyn Brewery
📍 Williamsburg
The brewery behind Brooklyn Lager runs its Williamsburg tasting room with fresh beer, events and tours on select days.
Official site ↗other
Brooklyn Kura (sake brewery & taproom)
📍 Sunset Park / Industry City
New York's own sake brewery with a taproom pouring fresh sake brewed on site in Industry City.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
📍 Park Slope
A playful Park Slope "superhero supply store" whose profits support 826NYC's free writing programs for kids.
Official site ↗other
Brooklyn Winery
📍 Brooklyn
A winery on Guernsey Street in Brooklyn. What sets it apart: makes its own wine (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Café Colette
📍 Williamsburg
A New American restaurant with a greenhouse garden, serving breakfast, brunch and dinner, on Berry Street in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Casa Pública
📍 Williamsburg
A casual Mexican cantina serving margaritas, guacamole, tacos, mole and churros on Union Avenue in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Castell's
📍 Brooklyn
An Italian restaurant on Avenue U in Brooklyn. Open every day but Friday. What sets it apart: wood-fired cooking and a supper-club format (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Cebu
📍 Bay Ridge
A bar and bistro serving brunch, lunch, dinner, sushi and cocktails on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: brunch (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Clark's Restaurant
📍 Brooklyn
An American restaurant on Clark Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: in business since 1986 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Clover Club
📍 Cobble Hill
A Smith Street cocktail parlor with a Victorian feel, a fireplace room in the back and a long list of classic and house cocktails.
Official site ↗other
Corthaiyou
📍 Ditmas Park
A Thai restaurant focused on home-style and Isan dishes, on Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park. Open seven days.
Official site ↗other
Cozy Royale
📍 Williamsburg
An American restaurant and bar on Humboldt Street in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 11:30 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: happy hour (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Di Fara Pizza
📍 Midwood
Midwood pizzeria famous for its handmade pies since 1965.
Official site ↗other
Diner
📍 Williamsburg
A 1920s dining car under the Williamsburg Bridge, with a daily menu written on your paper tablecloth and a big burger.
Official site ↗other
Eavesdrop
📍 Greenpoint
A listening bar serving craft cocktails, natural wine and small plates in a room designed for sound, on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights. Drinks are 21+.
Official site ↗other
Elsewhere
📍 Bushwick
A Bushwick music venue with several rooms and a rooftop. Concerts, DJ nights and dance parties run late on a packed calendar.
Official site ↗other
Evalyn's Tap House
📍 Gowanus
A gastropub on Butler Street in Gowanus. Open 6 days a week, until 12 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: happy hour and trivia (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Fandi Mata
📍 Williamsburg
A Mediterranean-inspired restaurant with an artisanal mezcaleria, Little Oaxaca, on its mezzanine on Bayard Street in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 12 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Floyd Bennett Field
📍 Marine Park
NYC's first municipal airport, now 1,300+ acres of grassland, salt marsh and old runways for biking, bird watching and fishing, plus a kayak launch.
Official site ↗other
Freddy's Bar
📍 South Slope
A South Slope bar with a back room for live music, comedy and readings. Its owners moved it from Prospect Heights after a long neighborhood fight.
Official site ↗other
Gage & Tollner
📍 Downtown Brooklyn
A landmarked 1879 chophouse on Fulton Street, brought back with its gaslight-era interior, steaks, oysters and a tiki bar upstairs.
Official site ↗other
Gargiulo's
📍 Coney Island
A grand Neapolitan banquet-style restaurant in Coney Island since 1907, with tuxedoed waiters and a nightly raffle that can make dinner free.
Official site ↗painting crafts
Gasworks NYC
📍 Gowanus
Brooklyn clay studio with one-time wheel workshops and courses.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Gotham Archery (Brooklyn)
📍 Gowanus
Indoor archery range: the 1-hour intro class covers safety and form, then 40 minutes of shooting and a game. Ages 10+; wheelchair friendly.
Official site ↗other
Harriet's Rooftop
📍 Brooklyn
A bar on Furman Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: rooftop and a waterfront setting (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Hops Hill
📍 Clinton Hill
A neighborhood bar with its own art gallery on Fulton Street in Clinton Hill. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
House of Yes
📍 Bushwick
A multi-room Bushwick nightclub and performance space. Aerialists, costumes and themed dance parties make a night out feel like part of the show.
Official site ↗other
Istanbul Clinton Hill
📍 Clinton Hill
A Turkish restaurant on Fulton Street in Clinton Hill. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Jane's Carousel
📍 DUMBO
A restored 1922 carousel in a glass pavilion by the Brooklyn Bridge, lit up at night against the skyline.
Official site ↗other
Juliana's
📍 DUMBO
Coal-oven pizzeria under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Official site ↗other
Junior's Restaurant
📍 Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn diner famous for its cheesecake since 1950.
Official site ↗other
Kashkar Cafe
📍 Brighton Beach
A Uyghur restaurant on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brighton Beach. Open seven days, until 11:45 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Keybar
📍 Brooklyn
A bar on Troutman Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: karaoke (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Ki Sushi
📍 Brooklyn
A sushi restaurant on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: omakase (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Kings County Distillery
📍 Brooklyn Navy Yard
NYC's oldest whiskey distillery since Prohibition, in the Navy Yard's Paymaster Building. Book a distillery tour (Thu–Sun) or a 7 PM whiskey tasting class (Fri–Sat), or drop into the Gatehouse bar. 21+.
Official site ↗other
Kokomo
📍 Brooklyn
A Caribbean restaurant on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn. Open 4 days a week, until 1 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: a waterfront setting and michelin (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Kosan Asian Fusion
📍 Sheepshead Bay
An Asian fusion restaurant on Sheepshead Bay Road in Sheepshead Bay. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Kumo
📍 Ditmas Park
A Japanese sushi restaurant on Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
L'Industrie Pizzeria
📍 Williamsburg
Williamsburg slice shop known for burrata slices.
Official site ↗other
La Locanda
📍 Brooklyn
An Italian restaurant on Graham Avenue in Brooklyn. Open every day but Sunday. What sets it apart: in business since 1993 (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
La Vara
📍 Cobble Hill
A Spanish restaurant on Clinton Street in Cobble Hill. Open seven days.
Official site ↗other
Le Boudoir (at Chez Moi)
📍 Brooklyn Heights
Hidden cocktail bar beneath Chez Moi, decorated like Marie Antoinette's private chambers, with seasonal craft cocktails and late burlesque shows on weekends. 21+.
Official site ↗other
Leo's Casa Calamari
📍 Bay Ridge
A spot serving pizza, sandwiches, seafood, pasta and traditional Italian specialties on 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Lilia
📍 Brooklyn
An Italian restaurant on Union Avenue in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: wood-fired cooking, michelin and james beard (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Lima Wok & Bowl
📍 Greenpoint
A wok and bowl restaurant on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Lindenwood Diner
📍 East New York
A classic big-menu Brooklyn diner on Linden Boulevard. Breakfast all day, burgers, platters and desserts in roomy booths.
Official site ↗other
Lingo
📍 Brooklyn
A Japanese restaurant on Greenpoint Avenue in Brooklyn. Open 5 days a week. What sets it apart: michelin and james beard (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Little Dokebi
📍 Greenpoint
A Korean restaurant making traditional dishes from scratch on Driggs Avenue in Greenpoint. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: craft beer (per its official site).
Official site ↗music nightlife
Littlefield
📍 Gowanus
Gowanus performance space with comedy shows, live music and storytelling nights.
Official site ↗other
Lowlands Bar
📍 Gowanus
A bar with live music on Mondays and Tuesdays, karaoke on Wednesdays and an events calendar, on 3rd Avenue in Gowanus. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. Drinks are 21+.
Official site ↗other
Lucali
📍 Carroll Gardens
Candlelit Carroll Gardens pizzeria serving pies and calzones.
Official site ↗other
LunÀtico
📍 Bedford-Stuyvesant
Small artist-owned bar and kitchen with live jazz and world music every night from 9 PM. Come early for dinner and a seat; no reservations.
Official site ↗other
Maison Premiere
📍 Williamsburg
A New Orleans-inspired Williamsburg oyster and absinthe bar with a horseshoe bar and a leafy back garden.
Official site ↗other
Maison Provence
📍 Brooklyn
A French restaurant on Havemeyer Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: live music (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Mango Bay
📍 Fort Greene
An Afro-Caribbean restaurant with cocktails and weekend brunch, on Adelphi Street in Fort Greene. Open seven days.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
MetroRock Bushwick
📍 Bushwick
Bushwick climbing gym with belay classes, kids' programs and weekday community climb nights with discounted day passes and free gear.
Official site ↗other
Misi
📍 Williamsburg
A restaurant centered on handmade pasta and vegetable antipasti, on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. Open seven days.
Official site ↗other
Molkajete
📍 Sunset Park
A Latin American restaurant serving Mexican and Peruvian dishes on 4th Avenue in Sunset Park. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: brunch (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Moot Bar
📍 Clinton Hill
A bar with karaoke and trivia nights on Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Mothers Seafood & More
📍 East Flatbush
A Caribbean seafood restaurant on Church Avenue in East Flatbush. Open seven days, until 12 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Nargis Cafe
📍 Brooklyn
A Russian restaurant on Sheepshead Bay Road in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: live music (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Olivier Bistro
📍 Brooklyn
A French bistro on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn. Open seven days. What sets it apart: michelin (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Ops
📍 Bushwick
A pizza restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining on Himrod Street in Bushwick. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗other
Ornithology Jazz Club
📍 Brooklyn
A bar on Suydam Street in Brooklyn. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: live jazz (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Otis
📍 Brooklyn
A restaurant on Harrison Place in Brooklyn. Open every day but Monday. What sets it apart: tiki (per its official site).
Official site ↗other
Oxomoco
📍 Greenpoint
A Greenpoint Mexican restaurant built around a wood-fired grill, serving tacos on house-made tortillas in a sunny room with a skylight.
Official site ↗painting crafts
Painting Lounge (Williamsburg)
📍 Williamsburg
BYOB paint-and-sip studio: an instructor guides you through one painting step by step and you take home a 16x20 canvas. No experience needed.
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Peri Peri Grill House
📍 Bedford-Stuyvesant
A halal peri peri chicken and smash burger spot with seven heat levels, on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Open 6 days a week.
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Pete's Candy Store
📍 Williamsburg
A Williamsburg bar in an old candy shop, with a small back room hosting free live music, spelling bees and trivia most nights.
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Peter Luger Steak House
📍 Williamsburg
Williamsburg steakhouse open since 1887.
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Reclamation Bar
📍 Williamsburg
A neighborhood bar with cocktails, beer and shot specials, local food and a long happy hour on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: happy hour and bac
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Red Hook Recreation Area
📍 Red Hook
Big Red Hook sports complex with soccer and baseball fields, a running track, handball and basketball courts, barbecue areas, a playground and an Olympic-size outdoor pool in summer, plus an indoor recreation center next
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Roebling Sporting Club
📍 Williamsburg
A sports bar with 14 big screens, a large whiskey selection and late-night dance parties on North 8th Street in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 3 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Rullo's
📍 Park Slope
Park Slope bar with nine pinball machines, including John Wick, The Big Lebowski and Pulp Fiction, plus karaoke, monthly pinball tournaments and NYC league teams. Open until 4 AM Friday through Sunday.
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Rusty Nail Brooklyn
📍 Ditmas Park
A prohibition-style cocktail and craft beer bar on Foster Avenue in Ditmas Park. Open seven days, until 12 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: happy hour (per its official site).
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Shashlik Uzn1
📍 Kensington
An Uzbek and Middle Eastern restaurant on Ditmas Avenue in Kensington. Open seven days, until 11 PM on its latest nights.
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Skylark
📍 Brooklyn
A bar on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: pinball and live music (per its official site).
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Starr Bar
📍 Bushwick
A bar with film screenings, a kitchen and a daily 5 to 7 PM happy hour on Starr Street in Bushwick. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
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Strong Rope Brewery
📍 Red Hook
Red Hook waterfront brewery taproom with a patio facing New York Harbor and the Statue of Liberty, a good sunset spot. Game shelf on site; enter from Barnell St.
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Sunny's Bar
📍 Red Hook
A long-running bar on the Red Hook waterfront with old-school wood paneling and live music. A bluegrass jam is a neighborhood ritual.
Official site ↗painting crafts
Supermud Pottery
📍 Greenpoint
Greenpoint pottery studio with intro wheel classes.
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Tanoreen
📍 Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge Middle Eastern restaurant.
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The Bell House
📍 Gowanus
A Gowanus warehouse venue for comedy, live podcasts, concerts and dance parties, with a front bar.
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The Brooklyn Strategist
📍 Brooklyn Heights
Board game café with a library of 1,000+ games and a café serving hot food and drinks. Walk in, or call ahead to reserve a table.
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The Canary
📍 Brooklyn
An Irish pub on Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: live music (per its official site).
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The Esters
📍 Greenpoint
A bar serving cheese and pizza on Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights.
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The Good Fork
📍 Red Hook
A pub serving eclectic seasonal New American food on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. Open seven days, until 12 AM on its latest nights.
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The Long Island Bar
📍 Cobble Hill
A restored 1950s diner-bar on Atlantic Avenue with neon signs, classic cocktails and a burger to go with them.
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The Rosemont
📍 Williamsburg
A bar with DJs, a patio and a weekday happy hour on Montrose Avenue in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 4 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗music nightlife
The Tiny Cupboard
📍 Bushwick
Small Bushwick comedy room with stand-up and an outdoor patio in season.
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The Whiskey Brooklyn
📍 Williamsburg
A whiskey bar with food and music on Berry Street in Williamsburg. Open seven days, until 3:30 AM on its latest nights.
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Third Falcon
📍 Fort Greene
A neighborhood restaurant cooking the food of Northern France, with Sunday brunch, on Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene. Open 5 days a week.
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Three Decker Diner
📍 Brooklyn
A diner on Manhattan Avenue in Brooklyn. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights. What sets it apart: in business since 1945 (per its official site).
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Totonno's
📍 Coney Island
A coal-oven pizzeria a few blocks from the Coney Island boardwalk, run by the same family since 1924. Whole pies only, simple and classic.
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Troost
📍 Greenpoint
A cocktail, martini and wine bar on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. Open seven days, until 2 AM on its latest nights.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Twenty Sided
📍 Williamsburg
Williamsburg tabletop game shop with regular game events: a twice-monthly Board Game Social for meeting new players, beginner-friendly weekly RPG adventures with materials provided, Blood on the Clocktower nights (18+) a
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Udom Thai
📍 Prospect Heights
A Thai restaurant on Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights. Open seven days, until 11:30 PM on its latest nights.
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Union Pool
📍 Williamsburg
A Williamsburg bar in a former pool supply store, with a big back patio, a taco truck and live music in the back room.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
VITAL Climbing Gym (Brooklyn)
📍 Williamsburg
Williamsburg climbing gym with bouldering plus fitness, yoga, cycle and aerial classes; a day pass includes one class.
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Weeksville Heritage Center
📍 Crown Heights
Historic houses preserving Weeksville, one of the country's largest free Black communities before the Civil War, with tours and programs.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Beat The Bomb Brooklyn
📍 DUMBO
A team challenge course that plays like a live-action video game: move through interactive rooms on communication and fast reactions, then face the famously messy "bomb" finale.
Official site ↗painting crafts
BKLYN CLAY TryDay Night
📍 Prospect Heights
A beginner-friendly two hours on the pottery wheel, Friday and Saturday nights. Everyone needs their own ticket.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Bouldering Project Brooklyn
📍 Gowanus
A huge bouldering gym with routes for total beginners. No ropes or partner needed, so it works for a first try.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Brooklyn Bowl
📍 Williamsburg
Bowling lanes inside a live-music venue, with a bar and food.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Brooklyn Comedy Collective
📍 East Williamsburg
Improv and sketch shows on several small stages.
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Brooklyn Heights Promenade
📍 Brooklyn Heights
A walkway above the harbor with views of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Official site ↗painting crafts
Choplet Ceramic Studio
📍 Williamsburg
A two-hour intro to the potter's wheel. On Fridays it's "Sip & Spin": 21+ and bring your own drinks. Your glazed piece is ready about four weeks later.
Official site ↗outdoorsFREE
Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk
📍 Coney Island
2.7 miles of boardwalk and beach. Rides cost extra and run seasonally; the walk is free.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Eastville Comedy Club
📍 Park Slope
Stand-up club with free weekday open mics and evening showcases.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Insa
📍 Gowanus
Korean BBQ plus five themed private karaoke rooms; half-price karaoke Wednesdays 5:30–7:30pm.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Kick Axe Throwing
📍 Gowanus
Throw real axes at wooden targets, with coaching and target games, in a cabin-style lounge. Wear closed-toe shoes.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
LeFrak Center at Lakeside (ice)
📍 Prospect Park
Family-friendly open-air ice skating in Prospect Park from Oct 31.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Melody Lanes
📍 Sunset Park
Family-friendly old-school neighborhood bowling alley with a bar.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
Movement Gowanus
📍 Gowanus
A big climbing gym with roped climbing and bouldering, plus yoga and fitness classes.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
📍 Gowanus
Walk-in shuffleboard club: sign up for a court, play, and grab a tropical cocktail; food trucks most nights. 21+ Mon–Sat; Sundays are family days.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Shipwrecked Mini Golf
📍 Red Hook
Indoor pirate mini golf with mini escape rooms, an arcade and a bar. Thursday nights 21+.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Sunshine Laundromat & Pinball
📍 Greenpoint
A working laundromat with a hidden pinball bar in back: two dozen-plus pinball machines and craft beer.
Official site ↗fitness wellness
The Rage Cage
📍 East Williamsburg
Rage room: suit up and smash plates, bottles and electronics.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Union Hall
📍 Park Slope
Bar with two indoor bocce courts and a basement comedy and music stage. 21+.
Official site ↗music nightlife
Wonderville
📍 Bushwick
Indie arcade bar full of independent and experimental video games, with a bar and a small stage. 21+.
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