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After walking across the Brooklyn Bridge- explore the wonderful picturesque area that is Brooklyn Heights.
Once an upper class suburb where the wealthy lived, Brooklyn Heights is now a chic, trendy but unpretentious neighborhood.
The neighborhood has many brightly painted rowhouses and and grand mansions. The architectural styles are eclectic, and include a few Federal-style houses from the early 19th century in the north neighborhood. Gothic Style houses and Italianate brownstones are surrounded by neatly manicured lawns. The mansions are authentic, because Brooklyn Heights was the first neighborhood to fall under the protection of the Landmark Preservation Law in 1965. Another landmark is the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims.
Brooklyn Heights has a wonderful promenade, with a perfect view of New York's skyline. We spent hours strolling up and down, admiring the view. I also much admired the many species of trees growing everywhere. Who remembers the book "A Tree grows in Brooklyn"?
We also found St Annes Church, a magnificent gothic building, where Marianne Faithfull famously did a live recording of an album. The stained-glass windows were awesome.
For anyone interested in Marianne here is the link filmed in
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Of course, Brooklyn Heights has an ample share coffee-shops and side-walk cafes, where we had a great lunch. I do recommend this area as a place to see in New York Leave a Comment
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 The River Cafe all
dressed up for Fall by madamx
Of course, make sure you see the obvious, such as the killer view of the Manhattan Bridge from Washington Street, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Have lunch at Grimaldi's Pizza (some say the best pizza in New York) or splurge at the River Cafe, floating on a barge just below the Brooklyn Bridge. Walk along the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, which gives you a fabulous view of lower Manhattan. Leave a Comment
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 by Mahieu
Just walk around in the neighbourhood, enter some Jewish shops and look around! Leave a Comment Directions: South Williamsburg
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For the best view of Downtown on land I suggest you do this on one of your first days in NY. Get the green subway line 2, 3, 4 or 5 across to Brooklyn Heights (Borough Hall) then walk down Montague Street. Using the subway instead of cab will prevent you looking over your shoulder as you cross Brooklyn Bridge... and ruining the impact.
At the end of the street, Brooklyn Heights Esplanade will lead you back to DUMBO, with a fantastic near replica view of the New York, New York Hotel in Las Vegas on your left.
Ok, its not perfect as Liberty is a little too far away and the buildings are spread out too much, but theyve tried their best to recreate it as authentically as possible.
Come just before lunch to sample the pizza at Grimaldis, or if youre feeling flush, the expensive (but rather shabby looking from the outside) River Cafe. Leave a Comment Address: Montague StreetDirections: Any subway line to Brooklyn, but Borough Hall is closest
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 Take in all of Manhattan from
Downtown to Midtown by Gage17Leave a Comment Address: Brooklyn Heights overlooking the East RiverDirections: By subway, I always went to the Borough Hall station then walked west down the tree-lined streets of brownstones to reach the promenade.
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 A view of Brooklyn from Staten
Island ferry. by butterflykizzez04Leave a Comment
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 by Mahieu
It is said that, to have a magnificent view of Manhattan, you need to get out of Manhattan. And indeed, on the Brooklyn side of the water, you have one of the best views! It's great checking out all of the tall buildings.
People living on the Promenade, must have one of the best views in the world, and probably one of the highest rents too :-)) Leave a Comment
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 Brooklyn Bridge by GippLeave a Comment Directions: Go to Brooklyn Bridge station walk for a few minutes and then you see it, just walk towards it.
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 by nyc2323Leave a Comment Directions: Take the N, Q, F, or D train form Manhattan. It's the last stop.
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 SEA URCHINS, SEA ANEMONES AND
FISH by moiraistyx
I was impressed with the jellyfish exhibits in the ALIEN STINGERS display. I was very disappointed with the shark display, basically it was a stingray and a handful of nurse sharks with a giant turtle thrown in. We were lucky that the Walruses, Sea Lions, Sea Otters and Fur Seals were all being very playful when we were there. I tried to take pictures, however the lighting and the display quality wasn't very condusive to doing so. They have a couple of Touch Pools, however only one was open on the day we went. Basically it had two horse shoe crabs and three sea stars for the children to check out. The aquarium has Sea Lion shows three times a day 11:45, 1:45 and 4:00. Supposedly there are penguins here, but we didn't see a single one. There are two gift shops at either end of the facility and a snack bar.
One great thing about the aquarium is that it is located smack in the middle of Brooklyn's Coney Island, so when you are done here, hop on over to Astroland and ride the world famous Cyclon.
One more note, go to the bathroom before you get here, the bathroom were absolutely disgusting and most of the toilets weren't flushing the day we went. YUCK, YUCK YUCK. Address: Corner of Surf Ave and 8th.Phone: (718) 265-FISHDirections: BY SUBWAY Take the F or Q train to the West 8th Street station in Coney Island, Brooklyn. ALL OTHERS SEE WEBSITEWebsite: http://nyaquarium.com
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