While a lot of the NYC gay nightlife is over in Manhattan, Brooklyn still has a stronghold on the queer nightlife.
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Macri Park – gay bar in Williamsburg Where to Drink and Party Gumbo Bros Restaurant in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhoodĪcross Brooklyn, you’ll find excellent Italian-style pizza at Sottocasa, great creole cuisine at The Gumbo Bros, Cuban food at Habana Outpost, and a huge variety of trendy options from craft pickles to Bahn-mi sandwiches and Berlin döner at the DeKalb Market Hall. For a little bit more romantic dining, the nearby Sea Wolf restaurant serves oysters and other seafood and usually has a DJ on weekends, making it an equally cool place to stop for a drink either before or after eating. In Bushwick, don’t miss the budget-friendly Los Hermanos taqueria-a BYOB (bring your own beer) establishment that’s crowded all day and night. Or for something a bit more contemporary, plan a night out at Roberta’s Pizzeria in Bushwick-a trendy pizzeria that also feels a lot like a dive bar, but serves one of Brooklyn’s best pizzas. Grab a slice from Joe’s Pizza on Bedford Ave in Williamsburg-plenty of celebrities order their pies here. No trip to NYC is complete without some pizza. Calexico Restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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And don’t miss the Calexico happy hour for the best deals on their margaritas (including a delicious jalapeño one). The cozy Mexican restaurant Calexico serves the classics (like fish tacos), but plenty of innovative and exciting dishes such as a crispy brussels sprouts with peanut-chile salsa. And the nearby Manhattan Avenue is home to a number of great food spots of many different cuisines. Open only in the summer, the Brooklyn Barge Bar serves cheap eats and cold drinks on a barge floating in the East River. Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge is a great activity, and if you walk from Manhattan to Brooklyn, you can also explore the Brooklyn Bridge Park and DUMBO area-great for finding pop-up art and thrift shops at the Brooklyn Flea Market.Īs the hipster hub of NYC (and maybe the world), Brooklyn’s neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint are especially popular for foodies. The Bushwick Collective is responsible for much of the colorful street art you’ll find on a 4-block radius around the Jefferson stop on the L train. Home to many artists and musicians (and their subsequent studios and cheap-but-cool coffee shops), the area is great for urban exploration. In North Brooklyn, don’t miss the neighborhoods of Willamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick. In the past year, the Brooklyn Museum has had a number of impressive exhibits including one on David Bowie, and currently one on Frida Kahlo.
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From acclaimed cultural institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music to the Brooklyn Museum and Prospect Park (designed by the same landscape architects who created Manhattan’s Central Park), plus new cultural highlights in the hipster scenes of North Brooklyn, Brooklyn is a gem.
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Visiting Brooklyn is easy, and while some might be turned off from the borough’s history as a place for trouble, these days most of Brooklyn is accessible and great for tourism. THE WEEKEND GUIDE TO BROOKLYN Things to Do And the many cultural changes in the borough have given rise to more open and more inclusive spaces for LGBTQ travelers. Because of its unique location in close proximity to Manhattan, and its many distinct cultures, however, Brooklyn has blossomed as its own formidable destination. Many of the distinct Brooklyn neighborhoods are recognized as ethnic enclaves, hubs of a particular culture.īrooklyn is easily accessible from Manhattan, most famously from the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, though there are subways and other bridges connecting Brooklyn to the other NYC boroughs. Brooklyn’s big culture and attitude is reflected in its diversity of people, cuisine, and even languages. With over two million people living in the borough, Brooklyn is New York City’s most populated part of the city-but strangely, a lot of visitors and many Manhattanites don’t know much about it.
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The Brooklyn Promenade has some of the best views of Manhattan