Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
mta/museum
;
Schermerhorn St at Boerum Pl; adult/child $7/5; 10am-4pm Tue-Fri, 11am-5pm
Sat & Sun; ; 2/3, 4/5 to Borough Hall, R to Court St)
has an amazing collection of origin-
al subway cars and transit memorabilia dating back more than a century.
Barclay's
Center
, home to the NBA's New Jersey Nets, finally opened for the inaugural season in
2012, across the street from the Atlantic Center shopping mall in downtown Brooklyn.
Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook
NEIGHBORHOOD
These neighborhoods, home to a mix of families, mostly Italian, who have lived here for
generations, and former Manhattanites looking for a real life after the city, are full of
tree-lined streets with rows of attractively restored brownstones.
Smith St
and
Court St
are the two main arteries connecting to the most southerly area of the three, Carroll Gar-
dens. The former is known as 'restaurant row,' while the latter has more of the old-
school groceries, bakeries and red-sauce restaurants. Further west is
Red Hook
, a water-
front area with cobblestone streets and hulking industrial buildings. Though it's a bit of a
hike from the subway line, the formerly gritty area is now home to a handful of bars and
eateries, as well as a massive waterfront branch of
Fairway
(
718-694-6868; 480-500 Van
Brunt St, Red Hook;
8am-10pm;
;
B61 to cnr Coffey & Van Brunt Sts,
F, G to Carroll
St)
, a beloved gourmet grocery with breathtaking
views
of NY harbor.
Dumbo
NEIGHBORHOOD
Dumbo's nickname is an acronym for its location: 'Down Under the Manhattan−Brook-
lyn Bridge Overpass,' and while this north Brooklyn slice of waterfront used to be
strictly for industry, it's now the domain of high-end condos, furniture shops and art gal-
leries. Several highly regarded performing arts spaces are located in the cobblestone
streets and the
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
hugs the waterfront and offers picture-
postcard Manhattan views.
The Bronx
This 42-sq-mile borough to the north of Manhattan has several claims to fame: the Yan-
kees, fondly known as the Bronx Bombers, who can be seen in all their pinstriped glory
River Ave; tours $20; call for hrs; B/D, 4 to 161st St-Yankee Stadium)
in spring and sum-
stretches of Arthur and Belmont Aves burst with Italian gourmet markets and eateries;
and a super-sized attitude that's been mythologized in Hollywood movies from
The God-
