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Food Scene

Our favorite place in the area! Great brick oven pizza, salads, appetizers, fish, steak in the best setting - indoors and outdoors! Wonderful shady garden. Always crowded, so go early if you can. Can be a bit loud inside. Also they have a great bakery right around the corner, entrance on Halsey Street, where you can get amazing bread, as well as great sausages for the BBQ, as well as other delicious things. Next door is the restaurant is their tapas bar, which serves cocktails and small plates, happy hour from 4 pm - 7 pm, good if you need to wait for a table at the restaurant
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Saraghina
350 Lewis Ave
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Our favorite place in the area! Great brick oven pizza, salads, appetizers, fish, steak in the best setting - indoors and outdoors! Wonderful shady garden. Always crowded, so go early if you can. Can be a bit loud inside. Also they have a great bakery right around the corner, entrance on Halsey Street, where you can get amazing bread, as well as great sausages for the BBQ, as well as other delicious things. Next door is the restaurant is their tapas bar, which serves cocktails and small plates, happy hour from 4 pm - 7 pm, good if you need to wait for a table at the restaurant
Very nice Haitian restaurant and coffee shop, indoors only, but big windows to the street. Update: They were just adding an outdoor space when I went by last, hopefully it is open by now.
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Grandchamps
197 Patchen Ave
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Very nice Haitian restaurant and coffee shop, indoors only, but big windows to the street. Update: They were just adding an outdoor space when I went by last, hopefully it is open by now.
A bit upscale French restaurant with a very nice backyard
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L'Antagoniste
238 Malcolm X Blvd
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A bit upscale French restaurant with a very nice backyard
Very good Southern US cuisine, nice little outdoor area. They also have a bar next door, which also serves food and has an additional small outdoor sitting area
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Peaches
393 Lewis Ave
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Very good Southern US cuisine, nice little outdoor area. They also have a bar next door, which also serves food and has an additional small outdoor sitting area
Very good Ramen place, nicely designed, garden in the back with individual booths.
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Nana Ramem
330 Malcolm X Blvd
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Very good Ramen place, nicely designed, garden in the back with individual booths.
Coffee shop, pastries, Dough donuts, bagels, sandwiches, popular work place for people from the neighborhood. According to Daniel they have the best coffee in the neighborhood!
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Milk & Pull Bed Stuy
348 Malcolm X Blvd
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Coffee shop, pastries, Dough donuts, bagels, sandwiches, popular work place for people from the neighborhood. According to Daniel they have the best coffee in the neighborhood!
Old favorite that moved to the neighborhood from Fort Greene, Brooklyn, French cuisine, live music on certain days, nice covered outdoor seating along the street. Happy hour with oysters till 6 pm.
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Chez Oskar
310 Malcolm X Blvd
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Old favorite that moved to the neighborhood from Fort Greene, Brooklyn, French cuisine, live music on certain days, nice covered outdoor seating along the street. Happy hour with oysters till 6 pm.
Another neighborhood favorite! Very good Japanese inspired restaurant by night, kid friendly, small backyard, also make coffees on weekends.
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Trad Room
266 Malcolm X Blvd
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Another neighborhood favorite! Very good Japanese inspired restaurant by night, kid friendly, small backyard, also make coffees on weekends.
Coffee shop, sandwiches, outdoor seating, close to the J/Z line station at Gates Avenue.
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Cup of Brooklyn
1071 Gates Avenue
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Coffee shop, sandwiches, outdoor seating, close to the J/Z line station at Gates Avenue.
Same owners as Peaches, Southern US cuisine, specialties are crispy fried chicken and other Southern regional classics such as Shrimp and Grits and Fried Green Tomatoes.
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Peaches HotHouse
415 Tompkins Ave
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Same owners as Peaches, Southern US cuisine, specialties are crispy fried chicken and other Southern regional classics such as Shrimp and Grits and Fried Green Tomatoes.
Interesting vegan take out place
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Toad Style
93 Ralph Ave
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Interesting vegan take out place
Great brick oven pizza place, also really good salads and draft beers / wine / cocktails on the roof top with views to the Manhattan skyline, great to combine with a visit to Brooklyn Bridge Park
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Fornino At Pier 6
Bridge Park Drive
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Great brick oven pizza place, also really good salads and draft beers / wine / cocktails on the roof top with views to the Manhattan skyline, great to combine with a visit to Brooklyn Bridge Park
Nice indoor & outdoor coffee shop around the corner
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Tucum: Coffee, Plants, Love
210 Patchen Ave
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Nice indoor & outdoor coffee shop around the corner

Drinks & Nightlife

Great live music in a small and intimate setting! They also do gospel brunch on Sundays and have a coffee shop inside during the day. Good food as well. Small garden in the back.
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LunÀtico
486 Halsey St
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Great live music in a small and intimate setting! They also do gospel brunch on Sundays and have a coffee shop inside during the day. Good food as well. Small garden in the back.
Nice corner bar with some outdoor seating / standing, specialized on craft beers
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Bed-Vyne Brew
370 Tompkins Ave
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Nice corner bar with some outdoor seating / standing, specialized on craft beers
Cocktail bar with a nice backyard, DJs and Live Music
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Bed-Vyne Cocktail
305 Halsey St
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Cocktail bar with a nice backyard, DJs and Live Music
outdoor "beer" garden (also cocktails and wine), food, DJs, reservations possible via Resy
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Nowadays
56-06 Cooper Ave
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outdoor "beer" garden (also cocktails and wine), food, DJs, reservations possible via Resy
Causal hip bar with a large backyard, located right around the corner.
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Turtles all the way down
236 Malcolm X Blvd
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Causal hip bar with a large backyard, located right around the corner.

Parks & Nature

Great Park by the same landscape architect as Central Park, also has some nice playgrounds, including the Zucker Natural Exploration Area and the Splash Pad at LeFrak Center, great for jogging, picnics, hanging out on the lawn, playing games,...
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Prospect Park
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Great Park by the same landscape architect as Central Park, also has some nice playgrounds, including the Zucker Natural Exploration Area and the Splash Pad at LeFrak Center, great for jogging, picnics, hanging out on the lawn, playing games,...
Great Park with views to Downtown Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge, great playgrounds at Pier 6, including the WaterLab, Sandbox Village, Slide Mountain and Swing Valley, great spots for Picnics and BBQs with a view, in the summer free movie screenings once a week
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman St
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Great Park with views to Downtown Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge, great playgrounds at Pier 6, including the WaterLab, Sandbox Village, Slide Mountain and Swing Valley, great spots for Picnics and BBQs with a view, in the summer free movie screenings once a week
two playgrounds, large grassy area to hang out, sports fields
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Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette Ave
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two playgrounds, large grassy area to hang out, sports fields

Entertainment & Activities

large public pool with kiddie pool in the back, no charge, you need to bring a lock and everybody who wants to go inside needs swim clothes (shorts with liners for the men)
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Kosciuszko Pool
670 Marcy Ave
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large public pool with kiddie pool in the back, no charge, you need to bring a lock and everybody who wants to go inside needs swim clothes (shorts with liners for the men)

Essentials

Decent supermarket, also has some organic fruits & organic / natural meat & organic milk, a bit cheaper than Halsey Trader's Market, that belongs to the same family.
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Key Food
200 Malcolm X Blvd
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Decent supermarket, also has some organic fruits & organic / natural meat & organic milk, a bit cheaper than Halsey Trader's Market, that belongs to the same family.
Great selection of fruits and veggies with many special offers
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Mr. Kiwi's
957 Broadway
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Great selection of fruits and veggies with many special offers
Great for all the basics, as well as meat, organic produce, etc. There are two locations in downtown Brooklyn and one in Williamsburg. If you have a car, the one in Queens is about 20 minutes away.
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Trader Joe's
130 Court St
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Great for all the basics, as well as meat, organic produce, etc. There are two locations in downtown Brooklyn and one in Williamsburg. If you have a car, the one in Queens is about 20 minutes away.
amazing Lebanese bulk food store with a great selection of fresh ready to eat food (home made hummus!), large selection of nuts, olives, cheeses etc.
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Sahadi's
187 Atlantic Ave
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amazing Lebanese bulk food store with a great selection of fresh ready to eat food (home made hummus!), large selection of nuts, olives, cheeses etc.
Bakery and small store. Great Bread!! Also very good fennel sausages, fancy cheeses, homemade past and sauce etc.
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Saraghina Bakery
433 Halsey St
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Bakery and small store. Great Bread!! Also very good fennel sausages, fancy cheeses, homemade past and sauce etc.
They have organic fruits and vegetables, belongs to the same family as the Key Foods three blocks away, tends to be a bit more expensive than the Key Foods, partly for the same items.
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Halsey Traders Market
587 Halsey St
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They have organic fruits and vegetables, belongs to the same family as the Key Foods three blocks away, tends to be a bit more expensive than the Key Foods, partly for the same items.
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Trader Joe's
130 Court St
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Everything Else

playground with water sprinklers, basketball courts, large astro turf field for soccer etc
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P.O. Reinaldo Salgado Playground
750 Monroe St
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playground with water sprinklers, basketball courts, large astro turf field for soccer etc

Getting Around

A/C line, takes you to Lower Manhattan and along Manhattans west side and in the other direction to JFK airport and the beaches at the Rockaways. The A train is express, the C train makes local stops. This station has a elevators, so it is great for strollers!
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Utica Av station
Fulton Street
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A/C line, takes you to Lower Manhattan and along Manhattans west side and in the other direction to JFK airport and the beaches at the Rockaways. The A train is express, the C train makes local stops. This station has a elevators, so it is great for strollers!
J/Z train. Good line to take to the Lower East Side. This stop or the Kosciusko stop are about the same distance from the house. At rush hour, the trains sometimes run skip stop, meaning they only stop at Kosciusko or Gates Ave, so get out at either.
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Gates Avenue Station
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J/Z train. Good line to take to the Lower East Side. This stop or the Kosciusko stop are about the same distance from the house. At rush hour, the trains sometimes run skip stop, meaning they only stop at Kosciusko or Gates Ave, so get out at either.
J/Z train. Good line to take to the Lower East Side. This stop and the Gates Ave stop on the same train line are the same distance from our house. At rush hour, the trains sometimes run skip stop, meaning they only stop at Kosciusko or Gates Ave, so get out at either
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Kosciuszko Street Station
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J/Z train. Good line to take to the Lower East Side. This stop and the Gates Ave stop on the same train line are the same distance from our house. At rush hour, the trains sometimes run skip stop, meaning they only stop at Kosciusko or Gates Ave, so get out at either