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Brooklyn Museum
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200 Eastern Pkwy
Brooklyn,
New York 11238
(718) 622-7890
This museum has it all. They have one of the finest collections of Egyptian art anywhere in the...
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This museum has it all. They have one of the finest collections of Egyptian art anywhere in the world and they have an incredible selection of pieces. It is a huge place with more than 1 million objects in their collection. They are one of the best. I love to visit them because they are always less crowded than the Metropolitan museum of art.
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New York Aquarium The
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Playgrounds Parks & Trails
Boardwalk & W 8
Brooklyn,
New York 11224
(718) 265-3474
After seeing March of the Penguins I decided to check out the aquarium and boy was I glad I did. ...
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After seeing March of the Penguins I decided to check out the aquarium and boy was I glad I did. This place is amazing. If you’re an animal person like me, you’ll definitely enjoy yourself. Heck, even if you’re not you’ll still have a great time. You’ll see fishes of all kinds and colors, beautiful reefs and shellfish, mammals like otters and walruses.
Admission is fairly cheap, about $12 for adults. Try to avoid the weekends as it can get pretty busy. The only negative I have about the aquarium is that it’s not as clean as it could be.
After you’re done at the aquarium, take a stroll on the boardwalk of legendary Coney Island. There are also lots to see and do there.
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The Brooklyn Botanic Garden can seem as if it's never crowded. If you avoid the cherry blossoms...
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The Brooklyn Botanic Garden can seem as if it's never crowded. If you avoid the cherry blossoms and the roses blooming - prime visitation times - this urban oasis is as serene as a private garden inhabited only by locals and intrepid tourists willing to travel "all the way to Brooklyn". Each season brings new wonders and there's always more to explore. Summer is lush, autumn is vivid and Spring has it's obvious beauty. But for me, the dead of winter, branches bare against a gray sky, snow covering the cherry esplanade, has a vastly more satisfying, uncommon beauty. Chilled to the bone, you can seek dry warmth in the desert garden or the damp pleasures of the jungle habitat at the Steinhardt Conservatory.
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This park makes you feel like you're in Florida (or at least it makes this girl, who's spent about...
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This park makes you feel like you're in Florida (or at least it makes this girl, who's spent about 10 days total of her life in Florida, feel as if she's in Florida). It juts right out into the New York Harbor, so it smells salty and sounds wave-y. There are a few benches and a lovely walkway lined with flowers, plus a nice patch of grass to spread out and picnic on. The Waterfront Museum, a floating barge with a circus show every Sunday, uses this pier as its home port. On Sundays you'll also find ... the Schnäck cart! Hot dogs, grilled corn, and even tofu skewers from everyone's favorite faux-German burger joint. And best of all, the whole park is surprisingly vacant. Even on weekends, there's usually plenty of space.
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Fort Greene Park
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Playgrounds Parks & Trails
DeKalb Ave & Cumberland St
Brooklyn,
New York 11201
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Fort Greene Park is a great old New York Park. It now has a decent greenmarket during the summer,...
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Fort Greene Park is a great old New York Park. It now has a decent greenmarket during the summer, too. Great place for hanging out, barbecuing, tennis, soccer, dog walking (early morning and late at night). Sledding is also pretty good in winter on the hill or on the granite stairs (believe it). There are always people running up the stairs just like Rocky which is fun to watch.
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Brooklyn Public Library
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Playgrounds Parks & Trails
12143 Flatlands Ave
Brooklyn,
New York 11238
(718) 230-6700
This library is beautiful on the outside (right on Grand Army Plaza), and the inside has much to...
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This library is beautiful on the outside (right on Grand Army Plaza), and the inside has much to offer--a great collection of books of all kinds, and surprisingly, a good collection of Classical music CDs. I borrowed them when I was looking for a specific play list for a string quartet. Rather than buy the music, I borrowed 15 cd's, picked the songs I wanted and brought them right back. This library is a wonderful resource! One annoyance is that the cd's were not alphabetized so searching took a while.
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