Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

This is probably the hippest/cutest restaurant in the neighborhood.
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The Bonnie
29-12 23rd Ave
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This is probably the hippest/cutest restaurant in the neighborhood.
This is a good local bar & restaurant - it's a little more dive-y but the food is excellent.
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The Sparrow Tavern
24-01 29th St
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This is a good local bar & restaurant - it's a little more dive-y but the food is excellent.
This is a great place for breakfast close by.
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New York City Bagel & Coffee House
29-08 23rd Ave
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This is a great place for breakfast close by.
Jake loves this place for fast Greek food like gyros & kebabs
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BZ Grill
27-02 Astoria Blvd
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Jake loves this place for fast Greek food like gyros & kebabs
Astoria is a Greek neighborhood, so there are a ton of Greek restaurants. This is our favorite - it is cheap and adorably kitschy and has great food and outdoor seating.
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Gregory's 26 Corner Taverna
26-02 23rd Ave
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Astoria is a Greek neighborhood, so there are a ton of Greek restaurants. This is our favorite - it is cheap and adorably kitschy and has great food and outdoor seating.
This is another Greek restaurant situated right on the park with outdoor seating
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Agnanti
19-06 Ditmars Blvd
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This is another Greek restaurant situated right on the park with outdoor seating
This is a cute Italian restaurant with outdoor seating
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VIA VAI
31-09 23rd Ave
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This is a cute Italian restaurant with outdoor seating
Gelato for those warm days!
Gelato & Co
2902 23rd Ave
Gelato for those warm days!
Healthiest place in the neighborhood - good for salads, smoothies, acai bowls etc. Also has sandwiches, burgers, creative side items.
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Create
36-03 30th Ave
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Healthiest place in the neighborhood - good for salads, smoothies, acai bowls etc. Also has sandwiches, burgers, creative side items.

Drinks & Nightlife

This is a cute bar nearby that has good cocktails and appetizers. Opens at 5pm daily.
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Mosaic Cafe & Lounge
25-19 24th Ave
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This is a cute bar nearby that has good cocktails and appetizers. Opens at 5pm daily.
This is the oldest beer garden in NYC. Opens 5pm on the weekends, 12pm on weekends. Bring your IDs for entry!
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Bohemian Hall
29-19 24th Avenue
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This is the oldest beer garden in NYC. Opens 5pm on the weekends, 12pm on weekends. Bring your IDs for entry!

Parks & Nature

This is a great riverfront park in the neighborhood that is not crowded. There is a free public pool and running trail right by the waterfront. The easiest way to get there is to take a left on 24th Ave and follow that all the way to the end.
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Astoria Park
19 19th St
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This is a great riverfront park in the neighborhood that is not crowded. There is a free public pool and running trail right by the waterfront. The easiest way to get there is to take a left on 24th Ave and follow that all the way to the end.

Essentials

This is the large grocery store that is closest. There are other small markets/bodegas closer by.
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Key Food
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This is the large grocery store that is closest. There are other small markets/bodegas closer by.
This is a big laundromat right on our corner.
Avenue 24 Laundry
27-03 24th Ave
This is a big laundromat right on our corner.
This is our friendly corner store
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Othello's Deli
26-19 24th Ave
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This is our friendly corner store
This place has turned over 3x in the past year. I haven't visited this recent incarnation, but it has generally been a semi-organic boutique-y food shop.
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Food Story Natural Market
40 Bogart St
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This place has turned over 3x in the past year. I haven't visited this recent incarnation, but it has generally been a semi-organic boutique-y food shop.
Small organic foods shop with smoothies & other goodies
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Start Fresh
2523 Broadway
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Small organic foods shop with smoothies & other goodies

Shopping

Inexpensive second-hand stuff
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Buffalo Exchange
504 Driggs Ave
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Inexpensive second-hand stuff
Boutique shop with all kinds of stuff
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The Brass Owl
36-19 Ditmars Blvd
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Boutique shop with all kinds of stuff