Lonely Planet New York City
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Lonely Planet New York City

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Lonely Planet New York City

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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781787019348
Print ISBN
9781786570673

Brooklyn

Top Sights

Sights

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Sports & Activities

Brooklyn

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN & DUMBO | BOERUM HILL, COBBLE HILL, CARROLL GARDENS & RED HOOK | FORT GREENE, CLINTON HILL & BED-STUY | PARK SLOPE, GOWANUS & SUNSET PARK | PROSPECT HEIGHTS, CROWN HEIGHTS & FLATBUSH | WILLIAMSBURG, GREENPOINT & BUSHWICK | CONEY ISLAND & BRIGHTON BEACH

Neighborhood Top Five

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1Brooklyn Bridge Park Running, cycling, lounging, skating, bouldering, watching the sun set – and more – at these 85 acres of multifarious parkland perfectly situated along the East River.
2Prospect Park Wandering through the nearly 600 acres of woodlands, meadows, lakes and more in the park that Central Park designers Vaux and Olmsted considered their crowning achievement.
3Brooklyn Museum Discovering the prodigious collections of Brooklyn’s largest museum, from one of the nation’s finest exhibits of ancient Egyptian art to groundbreaking feminist art from the 1970s.
4Coney Island Riding a wooden roller coaster, strolling the boardwalk and taking in colorful street art in murals in this fun-time, seaside district.
5Brooklyn Flea Browsing through dozens of tables of vintage clothes, old LPs, housewares and other interesting bric-a-brac at Brooklyn’s favorite weekend market.

Explore Brooklyn

Home to more than 2.6 million people spread across 71 sq miles, Brooklyn is a universe unto its own. There’s much to see here, from charming brownstone-lined neighborhoods and beautifully landscaped parks to cutting-edge art galleries and seaside amusement parks.
For day-trip purposes, it is best to pick a neighborhood and stick to it. South Brooklyn, especially Brooklyn Heights and neighboring Dumbo, offers lots of history and great Manhattan views. Prospect Park is just as magnificent a green space as Central Park (and only slightly smaller), and many of the residential neighborhoods surrounding it are great for architectural walks, window shop...

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Welcome to New York City
  3. New York City’s Top 16
  4. What’s New
  5. Need to Know
  6. First Time New York City
  7. Getting Around
  8. Top Itineraries
  9. If You Like
  10. Month By Month
  11. Travel with Children
  12. Like a Local
  13. For Free
  14. Eating
  15. Drinking & Nightlife
  16. Entertainment
  17. Shopping
  18. Sports & Activities
  19. LGBTIQ New York City
  20. Neighbourhoods at a Glance
  21. Lower Manhattan & the Financial District
  22. SoHo & Chinatown
  23. East Village & the Lower East Side
  24. West Village, Chelsea & the Meatpacking District
  25. Union Square, the Flatiron District & Gramercy
  26. Midtown
  27. Upper East Side
  28. Upper West Side & Central Park
  29. Harlem & Upper Manhattan
  30. Brooklyn
  31. Queens
  32. Day Trips from New York City
  33. Sleeping
  34. Understand New York City
  35. New York City Today
  36. History
  37. The NYC Table
  38. The Arts
  39. Architecture
  40. Queer City: From Stonewall to Marriage Equality
  41. NYC on Screen
  42. Transportation
  43. Directory A–Z
  44. New York City Maps
  45. Behind the Scenes
  46. Our Writers