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36 Hours in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

36 Hours in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

By RAFAEL DOMINGUEZ   MAY, 5, 2017

 

                                   Cobble Hill you can find many places to eat and to relax yourself.

                                   Together with the fresh air of the nature.


A view of the everyday traffic of the ” Cobble hill” neighborhood in the Atlantic ave. Brooklyn. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

It’s there been a big change since the last centuries in the Cobble Hill Neighborhood. Tourist and other visitors from other cities in the united states have come to visit “Cobble Hill” One of the best parts to eat a good plate, and to relax in a beautiful park having the view of Manhattan. Also, to learn more about the history of the “Brooklyn Water Front”.

Friday

  1. 3:00 P.M. WATCHING THE AMAZING VIEWS OF THE BROOKLYN WATER FRONT.

The entrance to the lobby of Holiday inn hotel. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Holiday inn hotel Brooklyn, Downton. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

         

          To start the trip from the Cobble Hill Neighborhood, take a walk from the “Holiday inn Brooklyn Downtown, Hotel to Yemen Cafe to get on fire with a great cup of coffee and yemeni food; which its middle eastern food but in brooklyn. look at the menu try a
“Shak-Shookah” a plate of Scrambled eggs with sauteed tomatoes , onion & parsley served with warm clay oven bread for the price of $10.95. with a Yemen Coffee ($2.00) . sound good right? all that just for $13.95. Yemen Cafe its always busy and when a place its must of the times full of people its because of the good service. their staffs are very focus of all your needs as a customer that’s the best part.

2) 5:00 P.M. Take walk to the history.

Cobble Hill Park. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Cobble Hill Park. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Cobble Hill Park. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Cobble Hill Park. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

The Congress St. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

         Take a walk to the Cobble Hill Park Located on Clinton Street Between Verandah Place and congress street, was created in 1965. The Park was the location of two mansions which were the “Weber and Whitten” Mansions. And a church that was abandoned in the 1940. When the entire place was purchased by the Bohack Corporation, a Supermarket Chain. They were about to build a supermarket but the community of Cobble Hill were against it. So they collected signatures to created a park. The Park was Rebuild in 1989, And won the Annual Award for Excellence in Design from the Art Commission. The Park have dozens of benches where you can read and relax. Also, you can get wifi from there too. The Cobble Hill Park it’s a place where you can be in calm and read a book or have a nice chat with somebody together with the sound of the nature  and the fresh air coming from the water. Then, you can visit another park for recreation where you can place baseball, tennis and basketball and you can see part of the view of Manhattan and the same Brooklyn its called the “Van Vorhees Park” which its just 2 blocks from the cobble hill park in the same congress street.

Van Voorhees Park. Rafael.Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Van Voorhees Park, tennis court. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Van Voorhees Park, Basketball Court. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Van Voorhees Park, The Baseball field. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

3) 7:00 P.M. Still 5 de mayo!! and hungry!!!!

Let’s go to eat At La Vara which is a spanish restaurant located at clinton st next to the cobble hill park. La Vara its a spanish restaurant with Moorish & Jewish influences draw crowds to the stylish storefront restaurant. and their prices are pretty good between ($3.00 to 30$) one of their best plates its the Conejo en Escabeche stuffed rabbit loin, sweet onion vinaigrette, prunes, olives, saffron

An alley way to the restaurant la vara. Rafael Dominguez. The New York Times.

La Vara Restaurant. Rafael Dominguez. The New York Times.

Saturday

(4) 11:00 A.M. Go Shopping.

Take a walk to Atlantic avenue to the “Urban Outfitters”  where you can find a nice outfit and one of the best customer service ever, the workers are very friendly and they even help you out to choosing what you want. The Prices are good , they always have cloth from different times including the 70,80,90, and so on.. Also, they have some funniest books.

The Urban Outfitters Women Clothing, Men Clothing and home decoration. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Urban Outfitters Men’s Area. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

Urban Outfitters Women Area. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times.

The Front of the “Urban Outfitters”. Rafael Dominguez/ The New York Times..

          

(6) 4:00 P.M. get a massage!

After eating do something to relax yourself get a massage go back to Atlantic avenue go to “II Nail & Spa” which price are acceptable and you can get over there piercings if you are interested and just for $68 you can get a pedicure, manicure and 20 minute massage.

(7) 8:00 P.M Drink a good Red Wine.

Go to “Pair Wine & Cheese”  and get the Mac and Cheese for just $11.00 together with a “Laleur-Piot, Bourgogne Rouge Les Galtieres” ( White Wine like Moscato) $13.00 , then with a jazz music enjoy the rest of the night and relax your mind away from all the problems.  Just with $12 dollars you can buy any wine glass.

Sunday

(8) 9:30 A.M.  GET A CAPPUCCINO

Amazing place with excellent coffee and really good cappuccino. The food is really good and they have a wide selection for a cafe. Good place to study also and the wifi signal is strong, and the jazz music makes it perfect for the environment. The Prices value are acceptable totally worth it!  The get some famous sandwich at the ” Henry Public” restaurant between atlantic avenue and pacific avenue where the place its very famous for making the best  turkey-leg sandwich maybe the best turkey sandwich ever… for just $10 with a some famous juice call “morir sonando” $8 which mean “died sleeping” this its a place you must go before you die without a doubt!

Electronic Profile Submission (Rafael Dominguez)

My name is Rafael Dominguez. I’m a student in City Tech College. I am studying hospitality management. My goal is to become a general manager. I’m so obsessed to become a general manager, Because since i was in my childhood. I always admired my uncle who graduated from City Tech College , and became a general manager at more than one hotel in the Dominican Republic. Also, my older sister graduated from City Tech College, and she is in charge of the revenue area at the New Yorker hotel located at 34 Street in Manhattan. I always admired the variety of languages in the world and i find myself very comfortable in the hospitality industry  because of the advantages that speaking more than one language gives you in this industry.  Languages are something that I really want to learn many,many languages without having a limit and to become a general manager in hospitality management is been my first goal since day one.