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I will be visiting NYC/Brooklyn area for vacation in July. Our hotel is in Brooklyn is on Duffield St. Can anyone tell me areas to avoid, ideas on must see sites that aren't quite so touristy, restaurants to try.
Also I have read that we can catch the subway near Duffield St?
I will be visiting NYC/Brooklyn area for vacation in July. Our hotel is in Brooklyn is on Duffield St. Can anyone tell me areas to avoid, ideas on must see sites that aren't quite so touristy, restaurants to try.
Also I have read that we can catch the subway near Duffield St?
I suggest that you:
1. Buy a few guidebooks
2. Ask your hotel specifically about the nearest subway stop
3. Look at the Chowhound site for restaurant ideas
Walking acroos the Brooklyn Bridge is always nice. You could also see about taking a tour through Greenwood Cemetary. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM, may be having something you'd be interested in seeing while you're here.
The main thing I'd suggest to you, from Arkansas, is to go to the beach! okay, so Coney Island's not Hawaii, but! it's still the ocean! waves, sand, sea, radios, just reading a magazine on a towel with an umbrella and a soda, and just take in your visit. I hope you have a good time!
Walking acroos the Brooklyn Bridge is always nice. You could also see about taking a tour through Greenwood Cemetary. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM, may be having something you'd be interested in seeing while you're here.
The main thing I'd suggest to you, from Arkansas, is to go to the beach! okay, so Coney Island's not Hawaii, but! it's still the ocean! waves, sand, sea, radios, just reading a magazine on a towel with an umbrella and a soda, and just take in your visit. I hope you have a good time!
You can catch the subway at Hoyt Street or Jay Street, depending upon which line you need, and where you're headed that day. Both stations are close to the hotel (I'm assuming the Sheraton), within a few minutes.
If you want to eat at some places that are local to Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, DUMBO, etc. have some great restaurants, some of which people travel to visit from other areas of the city and metro area. Lucali on Henry Street in Carroll Gardens, for example, is one such restaurant. If you want a quick pizza, Grimaldi's near the Brooklyn Bridge (Old Fulton Street) would be a good bet. For a sweet treat, Jacques Torres is on Water Street in Brooklyn, too (not far from Grimaldi's).
Do you have a favorite type of cuisine? NYC is so diverse that there are excellent restaurants of all types, often at many price points, so it can help to narrow by cuisine and type of dinner. If you want a formal restaurant for a special evening out, or a romantic setting, or a particular cuisine, it can be easier to narrow the selections.
Your hotel is in Downtown Brooklyn, which is a decent area. You would really have to seek out bad neighborhoods to find something that you would need to avoid during daylight hours. However, you should be on your city level of vigilence with respect to all areas in NYC, not just reserving street smarts for certain neighborhoods.
Governor's Island opens for the summer season on May 27th, if you will be in town. Check the schedule, though, since it's weekends only, and specific hours. The Trust for Governors Island
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Walking acroos the Brooklyn Bridge is always nice.
I also suggest that on the Brooklyn side you visit the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for a great view of Lower Manhattan. After that get a bite to eat at one of the restaurants with outdoor seating (if the weather is suitable) on the nearby Montague Street.
You can catch the subway at Hoyt Street or Jay Street, depending upon which line you need, and where you're headed that day. Both stations are close to the hotel (I'm assuming the Sheraton), within a few minutes.
If you want to eat at some places that are local to Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, DUMBO, etc. have some great restaurants, some of which people travel to visit from other areas of the city and metro area. Lucali on Henry Street in Carroll Gardens, for example, is one such restaurant. If you want a quick pizza, Grimaldi's near the Brooklyn Bridge (Old Fulton Street) would be a good bet. For a sweet treat, Jacques Torres is on Water Street in Brooklyn, too (not far from Grimaldi's).
Do you have a favorite type of cuisine? NYC is so diverse that there are excellent restaurants of all types, often at many price points, so it can help to narrow by cuisine and type of dinner. If you want a formal restaurant for a special evening out, or a romantic setting, or a particular cuisine, it can be easier to narrow the selections.
Your hotel is in Downtown Brooklyn, which is a decent area. You would really have to seek out bad neighborhoods to find something that you would need to avoid during daylight hours. However, you should be on your city level of vigilence with respect to all areas in NYC, not just reserving street smarts for certain neighborhoods.
Governor's Island opens for the summer season on May 27th, if you will be in town. Check the schedule, though, since it's weekends only, and specific hours. The Trust for Governors Island
Thank you so much for the info. We are trying to stay on some what of a budget, so I am trying to do as much planning prior to getting there as possible. I would love to try some ethnic food (Ethiopian, Ukrainian, Polish, etc) since we don't have a lot of opprotunity to try that at home. How far away is Queens and are there any sites to see there? Is the neighborhood our hotel is in fairly safe? I am into photography so I am hoping to get some awesome pics.
The hotel is in a decent area of Downtown Brooklyn, so I would not be too concerned, though as above, I would keep my street smarts in any neighborhood in the city.
For Polish food without a trip to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where you would be more inclined to find some more Polish cuisine, I would go to Teresa's (especially for breakfast/brunch). Teresa's is on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, Montague & Hicks would be the cross streets. Katz's Deli on Houston Street also has some Eastern European specialties, and is a classic NY deli, popular with tourists and locals.
Ukranian food would probably be best found in Brighton Beach, but if you're not headed to anything else nearby, it's a bit of a hike to get out there and back via subway.
For African food, one of the best I can remember is Mombar in Astoria (Queens), on Steinway Street. Meskel Ethiopian in the West Village and Hell's Kitchen.
If you want to try some Turkish food, you may consider Turks & Frogs on Greenwich Street in TriBeCa.
Queens is not too far, but you have to take the train to Manhattan to get to Queens. There are many things to see, from Flushing's Chinatown to the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City. The Queens Museum of Art is in Flushing Meadows, which is where the world fair was held. The museum houses the model of the city, a miniature, detailed representation of the city. Queens also has the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, which has some interesting exhibits and activities, which is well worth the visit, IMO.
You will have plenty of opportunities for pics, too.
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
~William Shakespeare (As You Like It Act II, Scene VII)
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