Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York. Brooklyn has a lot to offer for people who are traveling to New York to see historic places, sightsee, eat and shop. In Brooklyn you could go to the Brooklyn Waterfront to learn the history behind it and also view/walk the Brooklyn Bridge. There also are a lot of famous places you could go to try foods you never tried before. Brooklyn has been slowly gentrified throughout the years that it’s becoming the new Manhattan. To the locals they have been relocating to Brooklyn in the past few years due to positive changes.
View of both Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges (buildipedia.com)
Friday
3PM – Prospect Park Zoo
If you have a love of animals this should be the first destination of your tour of Brooklyn. The zoo was officially opened in 1935, and it has been source of enjoyment for Brooklynites ever since. Tickets are nessecary for entry. If the child is two years old or younger they can enter for free, otherwise a child’s ticket costs $5. A seniors ticket costs $6 while an adults ticket costs $8. Furthermore, you can purchase a Family Premium Membership which only costs $195. The membership includes free parking and unlimited admission for two adults, all children and one guest.
6PM – Bareburger (Brooklyn)
After enjoying your afternoon at Prospect Park Zoo, you’re bound to get hungry so why not grab some dinner at an organic restaurant. Bareburger was first founded in Astoria, Queens on June 12, 2009. Here you can enjoy organic meals made from the freshest meats and vegetables available which don’t contain genetically modified oganisms (GMOS). Bareburger is well known for their burgers and fries that have been cooked to perfection.
Walking the Brooklyn Bridge during the night
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9PM – Walking the Brooklyn Bridge
After enjoying the day at the Zoo and some organic Bareburger, take a stroll on the Brooklyn Bridge. You canget on the F train at either 15st Prospect Park or 7th ave. Then take it to Jay St MetroTech. After getting out of the train station, walk 4-5 blocks to the Brooklyn Bridge, which is around a 5-10 minute walk. On the bridge, you can enjoy many beautiful night views like that of the Brooklyn and lower Manhattan skylines. A fun fact about the brooklyn bridge is that there are peregrines falcons nests on it.
Saturday
9AM – Junior’s Cheesecake (386 Flatbush Avenue EXT Brooklyn, New York 11201)
If you have a sweet tooth this is the best place to go to to enjoy delicious desserts. Having been opened since the 1950s, this place specializes in lots different kinds of cheesecakes. Some of their flavors include the original cheesecake, a strawberry swirl cheesecake, and basically almost any cheesecake your heart could desire. The cheesecakes cost from 38.95 to 62.95 This place also caters to people who crave delicious well-cooked meals such as burgers and fries with a side of beverage or if you have a craving for seafood they also serve dishes like that for you to enjoy.
Juniors Cheesecakes
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Go Green Festival
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1PM – Go Green! Festival
On June 4th, 2016, MaCarren Park in Brooklyn will be hosting a festival. Exhibitors please come out to support the Go Green movement! Activities include educational lessons about how to protect the Earth, exercise lessons, and volunteer activities such as coming out to help plant a variety of plants as well as help pick up trash. When trash gets littered randomly everywhere it causes a great deal of harm to the Earth especially when we don’t recycle. More plants will also help us reduce the carbon dioxide in the air. Both are great ways start helping our planet Earth. Anyone and everyone can and should come out to enjoy the activities that are being offered.
6PM – Five Leaves
After you are finished with all the fun activities at MaCarren Park, you can stop by a place in Greenpoint that will be sure to satisfy your hungry stomach. For dinner this place offers a large assortment of foods for you to enjoy. Starting with the starters or appetizers before your meal, it costs from $7 to $16 depending on what kinds of food you want whether it be a starter salad or steamed mussels. For the main course, you can choose foods like Burgers, which would cost $15 and if you want to add additional sides it only costs an extra $2. You can also choose a meal consisting of salmon that costs $26.
9PM – Catch a Movie at Court St
After eating all that food, you can then go to the movies to enjoy a relaxing time with your friends and family or have bonding moments. Located at 106 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, UA Court Street Stadium 12 & RPX, this is the best place to go watch a movie. Tickets for children and seniors will be $11.30 and adult prices are $15.30. You can enjoy movies such as Captain America or The Angry Bird Movie.
Sunday
11AM – Breakfast at Reynard
Start out your beautiful Sunday with Brunch at Reynard. Located in Williamsburg this place provides some of the best breakfast foods such as eggs, pancakes and sausage, etc. The menu starts from a price of $14 to $22 dollars, and you would get the best breakfast food around at a good price.
Biking at the Brooklyn Bridge Park
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2 PM – Citi Bike Tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park
After the delicious meal at Reynard’s, go to the Brooklyn Bridge Park to exercise with a bike ride around the park. You can rent a Citi Bike for a day starting at the price of $9.95 or rent a bike for three days for the price of $24. You can ride your bike around to look at the nice nature scenery or people playing basketball and soccer in the park. You can also take this time to daydream about what you would like to do in the future or take a friend to accompany you around this beautiful area. You can also come here to do environmental work such as clean litter to make the park look as beautiful as it does now.
5PM – Smorgasburg
After all that scenery watching and bike riding, come to Smorgasburg to enjoy the night view. Here you can enjoy easy to go to foods such as donuts, burgers and all other foods from different backgrounds such as Spanish food, American foods, etc. Located at the waterfront you can enjoy the view of the water while enjoying your meal. Vendors from all over the country come here to present their food for others to try. The origins of the outdoor food flea market came from Los Angeles, CA.
Smorgaburg
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Lodging
If you are from out of state and need a place to stay to enjoy you time here in Brooklyn, you can stay at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. Located at 333 Adams St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, this is a four star hotel with rooms that includes flat screen TVs, mini fridges, WiFi and other necessities. Room prices start from $300 a night and this could be an experience of a lifetime.
Reference Page
Volunteering – Prospect Park Zoo. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://prospectparkzoo.com/volunteering
Bareburger | Organic & All-Natural Burgers, Snacks and Shakes. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://www.bareburger.com/
Walking the Brooklyn Bridge | A Visitor Guide. (2014). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://www.freetoursbyfoot.com/walking-the-brooklyn-bridge/
Home page – Junior’s Cheesecake. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from https://www.juniorscheesecake.com/
Go Green Brooklyn Festival. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://www.gogreenbk.nyc/
Five Leaves | 18 Bedford Ave., Greenpoint, BK, 11222 | 718-383-5345 | Open Daily 8AM – 1AM. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://fiveleavesny.com/
Reynard – NYC |. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://reynardnyc.com/
Citi Bike Day Pass | Citi Bike NYC. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://citibikenyc.com/pricing/day
Brooklyn Bridge Park. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/
Smorgasburg | A Brooklyn Flea Food Market. (n.d.). Retrieved May 17, 2016, from http://www.smorgasburg.com/
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge. (n.d.). Retrieved May 23, 2016, from http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycbk-new-york-marriott-at-the-brooklyn-bridge/
