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BROOKLYN

Brooklyn became a New York borough in the city, popular for their bars, flea markets,
1898, and for decades after served primarily and hipster culture. Brooklyn offers a
as a residential and industrial neighborhood. multitude of experiences. Its brownstone
It has drastically changed since the start of town houses and tree-lined streets give way
the 21st century. Districts such as Fort to museums, inventive restaurants, and
Greene, Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Cobble performance spaces such as BAM and the
Hill are now among the most fashionable in Barclays Center.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Sights and Buildings Parks and Squares 8 Pok Pok NY
9 Prime Meats
1 Brooklyn Bridge pp232–5 9 Grand Army Plaza 10 Red Hook Lobster Pound
2 Fulton Ferry District q Prospect Park 11 Rye Restaurant
3 Dumbo e Brooklyn Botanic Garden
5 Red Hook
6 Fort Greene & BAM Restaurants p305
7 Williamsburg & Greenpoint 1 al di la trattoria
0 Park Slope Historic District 2 Fette Sau
r Green-Wood Cemetery
3 Frankie’s 457 Spuntino N 12TH ST
Museums and Galleries 4 Grimaldi’s KENT AVE MCCARREN
PARK
4 New York Transit Museum 5 Marlow & Sons R i v e r BERRY ST Bedford
8 Brooklyn Children’s Museum 6 Peter Luger Steak House Ave
w Brooklyn Museum pp238–41 7 Pies ‘n’ Thighs Williamsburg GRAND ST
Bridge SOUTH 2ND ST
METROPOLITAN AVE
E a s t Marcy Ave
Manhattan DIVISION AVE
Bridge
Wallabout KENT AVENUE
Bay
York St
YORK
BROOKLYN
NAVY YARD
High St
ST
FLUSHING AVENUE
BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESS WAY
BROOKLYN QUEEN S EXPRESSWAY ATLANTIC AVENUE DEKALB AVE VANDERBILT AVE WILLOUGHBY AVE B E D F O R D A V E N U E
AVENUE
Borough
Hall
FORT
GREENE
N AVY ST
FLATBUSH AVE
PARK
Classon
FULTON ST
Ave
GREENE AVE
Bergen
COLUMBIA ST H E N RY S T R E E T COURT STREET St W Y C K O F F S T Atlantic Ave- GATES AVENUE Franklin
MYRTLE CARLTON AVE
Atlantic
Terminal
SMITH ST
Barclays Ctr
WASHINGTON AVE
VA N B R U N T S T R E E T 3 •9 Smith Carroll U N I O N BROOKLYN D E A N Ave AV E N U E Nostrand KINGSTON AVE
FULTON STREET
Bergen St
St
ATLANTIC AVENUE
Ave
Union St
DWIGHT ST
S T R E E T
Grand Army
ST. MARKS
Plaza
Eastern Parkway
6TH AVENUE
STREET
PARK PLACE
BAY STREET
9TH ST
RED HOOK GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY St-9th St 3RD AVE 4TH AVE 5TH AVE 1ST ST 8TH AVE Brooklyn Museum BEDFORD AVE ST. JOHNS PLACE
EASTERN
PARK 5TH ST Botanic PARKWAY
Prospect PROSPECT PARK WEST FLATBUSH WASHINGTON AVE Gardens
Ave 11TH STREET
Prospect
15TH STREET
Park
15th St-
Prospect PROSPECT
Park PARK AV ENUE
PROSPECT EXPRESSWAY
Prospect
Park
PA RK SIDE AVE
Lake
PROSPE CT PARK SOUTH
See also Street Finder 0 kilometers 1
map 23 0 miles 1
20TH STREET MCDONALD AVE
The spectacular Brooklyn Bridge For keys to symbols see back flap
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