Guidebook for Brooklyn

Erinina
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Drinks & Nightlife

Friendly bartenders. Best actual mixed drinks, old school style. Always interesting people hanging out.
106 locals recommend
Miles
101 Wilson Avenue
106 locals recommend
Friendly bartenders. Best actual mixed drinks, old school style. Always interesting people hanging out.
The Dive Bar. Sometimes dancing. Sometimes cool stuff. Sometimes just a dive. Bar food.
940 Flushing Ave
940 Flushing Avenue
The Dive Bar. Sometimes dancing. Sometimes cool stuff. Sometimes just a dive. Bar food.
Good wine bar with the coolest bar girls. Very laid back and fun. Nice art on the walls.
130 locals recommend
Little Beaver
24 St Nicholas Ave
130 locals recommend
Good wine bar with the coolest bar girls. Very laid back and fun. Nice art on the walls.
Supposed wall street bar is way cooler because my friend Justin is the bartender. Tell him your my air bnber's and tip him well. But, warning you may be hungover the next day.
28 locals recommend
Exchange Bar & Grill
256 3rd Ave
28 locals recommend
Supposed wall street bar is way cooler because my friend Justin is the bartender. Tell him your my air bnber's and tip him well. But, warning you may be hungover the next day.
Fun, newer Bushwick bar. Great vibe.
333 locals recommend
The Narrows
1037 Flushing Ave
333 locals recommend
Fun, newer Bushwick bar. Great vibe.
Where everyone ends up in Williamsburg eventually? Polish bar with same lady barmaids from the last few decades still tending bar. Giant beers or margaritas for a reasonable fare. Yes, have juke box.
13 locals recommend
Rosemary's Greenpoint Tavern
296 Bedford Ave
13 locals recommend
Where everyone ends up in Williamsburg eventually? Polish bar with same lady barmaids from the last few decades still tending bar. Giant beers or margaritas for a reasonable fare. Yes, have juke box.
This is where to take a girl on a date. It just is. If you want to impress her without looking like you're trying to impress her anyways...
Blackbird Parlour
197 Bedford Ave
This is where to take a girl on a date. It just is. If you want to impress her without looking like you're trying to impress her anyways...
I always meet great people here and the staff is always super friendly. Some of the best mixed drinks in Brooklyn.
15 locals recommend
Mazelle
247 Starr St
15 locals recommend
I always meet great people here and the staff is always super friendly. Some of the best mixed drinks in Brooklyn.

Food Scene

Brunch, vegan tofu scramble. Dinner and Drinks!
191 locals recommend
Cafe Ghia
24 Irving Avenue
191 locals recommend
Brunch, vegan tofu scramble. Dinner and Drinks!
Friendliest owner ever, Jerry. Tell him Erinina sent you. Outside patio, library room for working and up front social coffee couches.
65 Irving Ave
65 Irving Avenue
Friendliest owner ever, Jerry. Tell him Erinina sent you. Outside patio, library room for working and up front social coffee couches.
For the foodies. Something a bit different.
8 locals recommend
Bushwick Kitchen
128 Central Ave
8 locals recommend
For the foodies. Something a bit different.
Affordable custom salads just blocks from the park. Patrick the owner is a pretty cool dude.
53 locals recommend
GreenStreets Salads
67 Irving Ave
53 locals recommend
Affordable custom salads just blocks from the park. Patrick the owner is a pretty cool dude.
Small corner coffee shop with community boards, baristas that can make designs in your lattes and right next to the train.
130 locals recommend
Wyckoff Starr Coffee Shop
30 Wyckoff Ave
130 locals recommend
Small corner coffee shop with community boards, baristas that can make designs in your lattes and right next to the train.
The right by the train near the M train version...but also a great spot to chill out and read, write or have a sandwich.
368 locals recommend
Little Skips
941 Willoughby Ave
368 locals recommend
The right by the train near the M train version...but also a great spot to chill out and read, write or have a sandwich.
Best for delivery. Yummy, from Mexico styled Mexican.
1050 Flushing Ave
766 Flushing Avenue
Best for delivery. Yummy, from Mexico styled Mexican.
Nice Brunch spot.
32 locals recommend
Teddy's Bar & Grill
96 Berry St
32 locals recommend
Nice Brunch spot.
Good food, better social atmosphere. Brick oven pizza. Apparent Rave scene in a nearby building...
1621 locals recommend
Roberta's
261 Moore St
1621 locals recommend
Good food, better social atmosphere. Brick oven pizza. Apparent Rave scene in a nearby building...
Supposedly oldest coal oven pizza in NYC and very recommended.
43 locals recommend
Verde Coal Oven
254 Irving Avenue
43 locals recommend
Supposedly oldest coal oven pizza in NYC and very recommended.
This is where you get the cheap slice or order delivery. Yum. Working on their gluten free options too.
Fortunata's Pizza
305 Knickerbocker Ave
This is where you get the cheap slice or order delivery. Yum. Working on their gluten free options too.
Coffee, Pastries. They close early, but my friend Heidi is the genius pastry chef and her stuff is worth getting up early and heading into Hells Kitchen for.
434 W 34th St.
434 West 34th Street
Coffee, Pastries. They close early, but my friend Heidi is the genius pastry chef and her stuff is worth getting up early and heading into Hells Kitchen for.
Gluten free and non gluten free gourmet pizzas and risottos. Delicious.
270 Bleecker St
270 Bleecker Street
Gluten free and non gluten free gourmet pizzas and risottos. Delicious.
Venezuelan influenced fare, wine, sangria, quick arepas or empanadas for take out, whatever you like with a smile.
262 locals recommend
Arepera Guacuco
44 Irving Ave
262 locals recommend
Venezuelan influenced fare, wine, sangria, quick arepas or empanadas for take out, whatever you like with a smile.
The original fancier restaurant in Bushwick. I think they still play cartoons for you downstairs while you wait for your table at Brunch.
280 locals recommend
Northeast Kingdom
18 Wyckoff Avenue
280 locals recommend
The original fancier restaurant in Bushwick. I think they still play cartoons for you downstairs while you wait for your table at Brunch.
Fancier fare in a cafeteria like setting. Best service I've ever had in NYC. Great wines.
Ooviña Latin Kitchen
Fancier fare in a cafeteria like setting. Best service I've ever had in NYC. Great wines.
Small, friendly coffee spot. They also have wine and sandwiches.
69 locals recommend
Central Cafe Brooklyn
108 Central Ave
69 locals recommend
Small, friendly coffee spot. They also have wine and sandwiches.
Stumptown coffee and bar in a great setting, open to the public to relax, write, chill. Something like a cross between art gallery, old school public library and your favorite coffee shop.
81 locals recommend
Ace Hotel New York
20 W 29th St
81 locals recommend
Stumptown coffee and bar in a great setting, open to the public to relax, write, chill. Something like a cross between art gallery, old school public library and your favorite coffee shop.

Shopping

Yoga, Tomahawk Salon, Vintage shops, Art, Coffee, Community. First Friday of every month, there is a cool party. All artist owned shops.
55 locals recommend
Loom Yoga Bushwick
1087 Flushing Avenue
55 locals recommend
Yoga, Tomahawk Salon, Vintage shops, Art, Coffee, Community. First Friday of every month, there is a cool party. All artist owned shops.

Everything Else

This is their traditional hot yoga site, but they have many others. Low cost or donation based yoga. www.yogatothepeople.com
48 locals recommend
Lillie's Victorian Establishment
13 E 17th St
48 locals recommend
This is their traditional hot yoga site, but they have many others. Low cost or donation based yoga. www.yogatothepeople.com
Communal Aerial Space. Rooms also available for rent on longer term basis.
18 locals recommend
The Muse
32D S 1st St
18 locals recommend
Communal Aerial Space. Rooms also available for rent on longer term basis.
Want to learn aerial? Or are you a pro? Doesn't matter, this is still the place to go. Or check a show. Either way, you're guaranteed some coolness.
Circus Warehouse
53-21 Vernon Blvd
Want to learn aerial? Or are you a pro? Doesn't matter, this is still the place to go. Or check a show. Either way, you're guaranteed some coolness.
They will pickup and deliver your laundry for no extra charge. They are nice, reliable and I've never had a problem. They are also only a half block away.
14 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bubble Laundromat
129 Wilson Ave
14 locals recommend
They will pickup and deliver your laundry for no extra charge. They are nice, reliable and I've never had a problem. They are also only a half block away.
Relax and have a picnic, run around the track, play on the many sports courts, workout on the adult jungle gym, skateboard, watch a concert, or bring kids to play. This park is amazing!
356 locals recommend
Maria Hernandez Park
Knickerbocker Avenue
356 locals recommend
Relax and have a picnic, run around the track, play on the many sports courts, workout on the adult jungle gym, skateboard, watch a concert, or bring kids to play. This park is amazing!
Wanna get some climbing practice in? This is the oldest climbing gym in the city and has great walls for all levels to practice, plus a nice bouldering room. Its on the top floor of the health club.
Manhattan Plaza Health Club
482 W 43rd St
Wanna get some climbing practice in? This is the oldest climbing gym in the city and has great walls for all levels to practice, plus a nice bouldering room. Its on the top floor of the health club.

Arts & Culture

Prix fixe dinner, wine and cocktails, and the classiest jazz and burlesque in the city. Reservations required. Try to get a night with Brian Newman if you still can.
20 locals recommend
Duane Park
3836 166 Duane St
20 locals recommend
Prix fixe dinner, wine and cocktails, and the classiest jazz and burlesque in the city. Reservations required. Try to get a night with Brian Newman if you still can.
Original burlesque scene. Reopening soon with aerial capabilities. Check the address...
47 locals recommend
The Slipper Room
167 Orchard St
47 locals recommend
Original burlesque scene. Reopening soon with aerial capabilities. Check the address...
A functioning metal working shop that doubles as an event space. Bldg 61. This is also the home of the Gowanus Circus.
55 9th St
55 9th Street
A functioning metal working shop that doubles as an event space. Bldg 61. This is also the home of the Gowanus Circus.
Best way to see a movie in the city. Small selection of quality films with a corresponding drink and food menu served while you watch. Great date spot! Buy tickets before you go, it sells out.
8 locals recommend
136 Metropolitan Ave
136 Metropolitan Avenue
8 locals recommend
Best way to see a movie in the city. Small selection of quality films with a corresponding drink and food menu served while you watch. Great date spot! Buy tickets before you go, it sells out.
The truest kabarette in the city and one of the last places to see real and new talent in a gorgeous space. There is a lake inside. Seriously. Plus on some nights you might even see me perform!
16 locals recommend
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main St
16 locals recommend
The truest kabarette in the city and one of the last places to see real and new talent in a gorgeous space. There is a lake inside. Seriously. Plus on some nights you might even see me perform!
One of the best shows to play in NYC has only til November to see it before they close. Check it out, it's worth it, I promise. Be prepared to stand, dance, and maybe get wet.
14 locals recommend
Daryl Roth Theatre
101 E 15th St
14 locals recommend
One of the best shows to play in NYC has only til November to see it before they close. Check it out, it's worth it, I promise. Be prepared to stand, dance, and maybe get wet.
I have it on good authority that this is one of the only places to check out actually good, new and emerging musical talent. If you're looking for the cool brooklyn bands...start here.
Death By Audio
I have it on good authority that this is one of the only places to check out actually good, new and emerging musical talent. If you're looking for the cool brooklyn bands...start here.

Essentials

24 Hour Organic Grocery. Gluten free and veggie friendly and right off the L train stop when you need food after a night out.
19 locals recommend
Hana Natural Corporation
19 locals recommend
24 Hour Organic Grocery. Gluten free and veggie friendly and right off the L train stop when you need food after a night out.

Sightseeing

While I'm not sure what there is in Staten Island, this Ferry ride takes you right past the statue of Liberty for free. And Ferry rides are fun.
254 locals recommend
Staten Island Ferry
Staten Island Ferry
254 locals recommend
While I'm not sure what there is in Staten Island, this Ferry ride takes you right past the statue of Liberty for free. And Ferry rides are fun.
This is where the surfers go. Great beach not too far from the city.
Beach 92nd Street
Beach 92nd Street
This is where the surfers go. Great beach not too far from the city.
Very clean beach, never too crowded. A little longer commute, but worth it. One part is nude at the very end, the rest is family friendly. Google for directions.
60 locals recommend
Robert Moses State Park Beach
Robert Moses Causeway
60 locals recommend
Very clean beach, never too crowded. A little longer commute, but worth it. One part is nude at the very end, the rest is family friendly. Google for directions.
Take the downtown 6 train past the last stop as it turns around to go back uptown and see the beautifully preserved, but abandoned City Hall station (built in 1904).
14 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge City Hall Station
14 locals recommend
Take the downtown 6 train past the last stop as it turns around to go back uptown and see the beautifully preserved, but abandoned City Hall station (built in 1904).