The Brooklyn Experience : The Ultimate Guide to Neighborhoods et Noshes, Culture et the Cutting Edge

From Paris to Rio, everyone’s curious about hot, new Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Experience , Ellen Freudenheim’s fourth comprehensive Brooklyn guidebook, offers a true insider’s guide, complete with photographs, itineraries, and insights into one of the most creative, dynamic cities in the modern world. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn or sunset, discover thirty-eight unique Brooklyn neighborhoods, and experience the borough like a native. Find out where to go to the beach and to eat great pizza, what to do with the kids, how to enjoy free and cheap activities, and where to savor Brooklyn’s famous cuisines. Visit cool independent shops, greenmarkets, festivals, and delve into the vibrant new cultural scene at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barclays Center, and the lively exploding neighborhoods of DUMBO, Williamsburg, and Bushwick. Included in the book are essays and the pithy, sometimes funny comments of sixty cultural, literary, and culinary movers and shakers, culled from exclusive interviews with experts from the James Beard Foundation to the cofounder of the famous Brooklyn Book Festival, as well as MacArthur “genius” award winners, to young entrepreneurs, hipsters, and activists, all of whom have something to say about Brooklyn’s stunning renaissance. Neighborhood profiles are rich in user-friendly information and details, including movies, celebrities, and novels associated with each neighborhood. There are also 800 listings of great restaurants, bars, shops, parks, cultural institutions, and historical sites, complete with contact information. Targeting the independent, curious traveler, The Brooklyn Experience includes a dozen “do-it-yourself” tours, including a visit to Woody Allen’s childhood neighborhood, and amazing Revolutionary and Civil War sites. Freudenheim draws clear—and sometimes surprising—connections between old and new Brooklyn. Written by an author with an astounding knowledge of all Brooklyn has to offer, The Brooklyn Experience will guide both first-time and repeat visitors, and will be a fun resource for Brooklynites who enjoy exploring their own hometown. From Paris to Rio, everyone’s curious about hot, new Brooklyn. __The Brooklyn Experience__, Ellen Freudenheim’s fourth comprehensive Brooklyn guidebook, offers a true insider’s guide, complete with photographs, itineraries, and insights into one of the most creative, dynamic cities in the modern world. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn or sunset, discover thirty-eight unique Brooklyn neighborhoods, and experience the borough like a native. Find out where to go to the beach and to eat great pizza, what to do with the kids, how to enjoy free and cheap activities, and where to savor Brooklyn’s famous cuisines. Visit cool independent shops, greenmarkets, festivals, and delve into the vibrant new cultural scene at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barclays Center, and the lively exploding neighborhoods of DUMBO, Williamsburg, and Bushwick. Included in the book are essays and the pithy, sometimes funny comments of sixty cultural, literary, and culinary movers and shakers, culled from exclusive interviews with experts from the James Beard Foundation to the cofounder of the famous Brooklyn Book Festival, as well as MacArthur “genius” award winners, to young entrepreneurs, hipsters, and activists, all of whom have something to say about Brooklyn’s stunning renaissance. Neighborhood profiles are rich in user-friendly information and details, including movies, celebrities, and novels associated with each neighborhood. There are also 800 listings of great restaurants, bars, shops, parks, cultural institutions, and historical sites, complete with contact information. Targeting the independent, curious traveler, __The Brooklyn Experience__ includes a dozen “do-it-yourself” tours, including a visit to Woody Allen’s childhood neighborhood, and amazing Revolutionary and Civil War sites. Freudenheim draws clear—and sometimes surprising—connections between old and new Brooklyn. Written by an author with an astounding knowledge of all Brooklyn has to offer, __The Brooklyn Experience__ will guide both first-time and repeat visitors, and will be a fun resource for Brooklynites who enjoy exploring their own hometown. The Brooklyn Experience, Ellen Freudenheim's fourth comprehensive Brooklyn book, is the insider's guide to this fun destination. Offering photos, itineraries, and forty-one neighborhood profiles from Coney Island to Williamsburg, the book showcases Brooklyn's remarkable culinary, cultural, and artistic renaissance. Interviews with sixty luminaries capture Brooklyn today: meteoric gentrification, celebrities, mafia trials, artisanal cocktails, and fabulous shopping. A celebration of the vibrant new and gritty old Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Experience lists 800 cultural venues, mom-and-pops, and eateries Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill -- Clinton Hill -- Columbia Waterfront District -- Coney Island -- Crown Heights -- Downtown Brooklyn and Fulton Mall -- Dumbo, Fulton Ferry Waterfront, and Vinegar Hill -- Flatbush -- Fort Greene -- Gowanus -- Greenpoint -- Greenwood Heights -- Marine Park -- Mill Basin and Floyd Bennett Field -- Park Slope -- Prospect Heights and Pacific Park -- Prospect Lefferts Gardens -- Red Hook -- Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach -- Sunset Park -- Williamsburg -- Windsor Terrace and Kensington -- Section IV: Where to Go, What to Do -- Brooklyn's Cultural Scene Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Section I: Welcome to Brooklyn -- Brooklyn at a Glance -- The Brooklyn Bridge -- Section II: Old Brooklyn and New Brooklyn -- Old and Historical Brooklyn -- The New Brooklyn -- Section III: The Neighborhoods -- How to Visit a Brooklyn Neighborhood -- Bay Ridge and Fort Hamilton -- Bedford-Stuyvesant -- Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights -- Boerum Hill -- Borough Park -- Brighton Beach -- Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade -- Bushwick -- Canarsie and East New York Eating and Drinking in Brooklyn -- Shopping in Brooklyn -- Brooklyn's Waterfront and Parks -- Section V: Visitor Information -- DIY Tours -- Forty Things to Do with Kids -- Monthly Calendar -- Tips -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author