Simple warm taverna décor and a Pan Mediterranean menu with shucked oyster raw bar.
171 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 643-7003
New Brooklyn-style farm focused cooking-the bar stools were once tractor seats-and a small assortment of grocer items for sale.
229 DeKalb Avenue
(718) 222-1510
A comfortable longstanding community spot for exuberantly spiced cuisine and exotic cocktails inspired by South African culture, and the first South African restaurant in the USA.
195 DeKalb Avenue
(718) 855-9190
Small local indoor-outdoor spot for fringe French with touches of Moroccan, North African and Creole-Caribbean flavors.
99 South Portland Avenue
(718) 858-6821
A civilized approach to classic bistro cooking with a charming Euro-style light-strung garden.
246 Dekalb Avenue
(718) 789-2778
Cluttered hangout for coffee, confections and lighter fare with vegan options.
248 DeKalb
(718)783-6140
Sleek modern setting where flavorful burgers reign. Choose your own meat and toppers, partnered with curly fries and a quirky Samuel Adams beer milkshake.
67 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 797-7150
Cheese and charcuterie share the menu with new Americana cooking, served in a garden level brownstone where you'll find all configurations of wine pairing: bottle, glass and flights.
87 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 624-9443
The endlessly rotating menu at Number Seven lets American food be influenced by global flavors, the same adventurous spirit that wanders over to the cocktail list.
7 Green Avenue
(718) 522-6370
Mexi-Cuban street food from seasonal Habana Outpost, where a pedal bike powers the margarita blender.
757 Fulton Street
(718) 858-9500
Every Saturday, treasure hunters turn the yard of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School into a modern town square perusing wares from hundreds of vendors and lining up to sample even more local flavor from the area's artisan food makers. On Sunday, they take it inside, using the vast vaulted hall within the Williamsburg Savings Bank, a landmark art deco masterpiece that is ranked among the tallest 4-story clock towers in the world.
Saturday Brooklyn Flea:
176 Lafayette Avenue
Sunday Skylight One Hanson:
1 Hanson Place
Creative labels like Lyell, A.P.C, Rogues Gallery and Band of Outsiders in a mid-century dry cleaner turned streamlined fashion destination with ash-wood interiors designed by Brooklyn-based architect Ole Sonderson.
85 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 797-0011
From vintage modernist furniture offset by new designs and a full range of home accessories, everything that works for today's living as hand picked by owner Ludlow Beckett.
15 Greene Avenue
(718) 237-5878
A small brownstone boutique for affordable feminine fashion with many local designers represented and some eco-friendly labels.
138 Fort Greene Place
(718) 403-0223
For buying, selling or custom-building bicycles, a full service shop for city bicyclists.
64-B Lafayette Avenue
(718) 643-6816
Husband and wife oenophiles present terrior-driven wines displayed on wavy racks of earth-friendly material.
187 DeKalb Avenue
(718) 596-7643
Indie bookstore with neighborhood focus and frequent author events.
666 Fulton Street
(718) 246-0200
Cottage-industry craftsmanship in global-style home furnishings.
185 DeKalb Avenue
(718) 797-1211
Fashion focus on up-and-coming designers including a quarterly open call for even newer talent.
221 DeKalb Avenue
(718) 855-5577
Mixed-use store and featured artist space with a zest for all thing vintage American design.
68 Washington Avenue
(718) 260-8032
Art-directed collection of colorful accessories from former Pratt students.
468 Myrtle Avenue
(718) 638-3757
Celebrated for its progressive performances, the Renaissance-style Brooklyn Academy of Music is a multicultural center for opera, cinema and theater. Supporting both international and local talents, the annual Next Wave Festival presents works from adventurous artists like Robert Wilson and Laurie Anderson.
30 Lafayette Avenue
(718) 636-4100
Founded over a century ago, Pratt Institute is one of the country's top art, design and architecture schools. The main campus combines historic as well as modern buildings and covers about 25 acres including a sprawling sculpture garden of ever-changing contemporary installations from world-renown artists such as Donald Lipski and Robert Indiana.
200 Willoughby Avenue
(718) 636-3600
Designed by Pratt's director of facilities planning Richard Scherr, the Institute's 15,000 square foot, pale gray all-steel store with poured concrete counters is the largest supply resource in Brooklyn for every kind of art.
550 Myrtle Avenue
(817) 789-1105
Located in the former Strand Theater, this is the first national—and now the largest—artist access center devoted to glass as a creative medium with classes, workshops and intensives at every level.
647 Fulton Street
(718) 625-3685
Known as SONYA, a network of neighborhood visual artists who host group exhibitions, a community mural program, and annual Studio Stroll.
Information at (718) 705-4911
This landmark park — Brooklyn's first urban oasis — was designed by Olmstead and Vaux and championed by former Brooklyn Eagle editor Walt Whitman. Situated on 30 acres, it is the site of the historical 145 foot fluted granite Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, designed by the legendary architectural firm of McKim, Meade & White to house the remains of American revolutionary soldiers whose bodies were thrown off the British prison ships. Shop the Washington Park Street side for farm fresh food and flowers at the Saturday Fort Greene Greenmarket.
Washington Park Street to St Edward Street
(Between DeKalb Avenue and Myrtle Avenue)
(718) 965-8900
