Brooklyn Based » Weekend in Bushwick: Saturday. It seems like every time we hear about a cool new bar or an out-there art project it’s happening in Bushwick. One of the six original Dutch-settled towns in Brooklyn, today the area is home to a wide variety of artists, entrepreneurs and loft-dwellers looking for a little more space for a little less money. With the latest flood of additions to the coffee shop, gallery and bar scene, Bushwick has become the kind a place you could spend a whole weekend exploring. These two day trips can be done entirely (if slightly ambitiously) on foot, but our Bushwick weekend would be even more fun on a bike. 11 AM Take the L train to the Jefferson Avenue stop or ride your bike out to Wykoff and Starr.
Look for the Wyckoff-Star Coffee Shop (30 Wyckoff Ave., 718-484-9766) when you exit the station for a little latte energy. Grab a pastry or a bagel if you’re in the mood, then head up Wyckoff Avenue to Flushing Avenue. 1 PM Walk back the way you came on Flushing and make a left on St. Brooklyn Based » Prospect Heights Day Trip. Prospect Heights, the neighborhood to the northeast of Prospect Park, offers plenty of charm for a daytripper.
There’s the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket on Saturday mornings, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Museum, and a slew of small restaurants, bars and shops have been springing up over the past few years–so much so that we’re planning a separate PH dining guide sometime soon (once the weather makes eating actually pleasurable again). This week, July 3 is Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum and with so many people out of town (or stuck on the L.I.E. trying to get out of town), it’s the perfect day to explore the neighborhood, check out the current Andy Warhol exhibit, and then dine, or drink, the evening away. 9 AM Get the day off to an early start and take the 2/3 or ride your bike to to Grand Army Plaza. 11 AM After your constitutional, it’s definitely time for a hobbit-style second breakfast. 9 PM Time to hit the bars (or head back in for karaoke).
Central Park vs. Prospect Park. Damon Winter/The New York Times Central Park, top, and Prospect Park, bottom. More Photos » Damon Winter/The New York Times Elizabeth Giddens (“A Little Bit Country”) is a writer in Brooklyn. To: A Little Bit Country Subject: Upper Case Thought I admit I was surprised when the idea of a friendly joust over the respective merits of Central Park and Prospect Park was first proposed to us. From: A Little Bit Country To: Vaux Populi Subject: Blushing Horses I’m sure and , the architects of both these parks, would be surprised by your surprise, as Prospect was their clear favorite. I didn’t know Manhattanites actually used Central Park.
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