Nice place to relax
Try the empanadas
J Bay treats my daughter like family!
Spumoni Gardens rocks!
Skip the lengthy jaunts upstate and camp at this former airport field. The wooded grounds offer around 40 six-person sites, each with a picnic table and a fire pit for roasting s’mores. Read more.
During WWII Floyd Bennett Field served as the HQ for commissioning the Navy's aircrafts. Over 100K military aircrafts were manufactured & deployed to the frontline. Learn about NYC's war sites on MF: Read more.
Really nice park in Brooklyn...they have a really nice bike path if you like to bike!
Beautiful landscapes, good trails, diverse patronage.
Check out the jogging trails and the soccer fields.
Visitors can roam the lush gardens, marshes and scrubland of Discovery Trail, visit domestic animals on the farm, or head inside to meet nocturnal critters and a troop of Hamadryas baboons. Read more.
Sipping cocktails amongst baboons? We’re all about it! In the heart of BK, to boot! Host your event in the Sea Lion Garden (Discovery Trail included, if you're in the mood to bump into a kangaroo)
Nice small zoo, clean and very green at one point i forgot that i was in NY. Great for families and kids
Step back in time and walk through Brooklyn’s oldest remaining forest, home to the park’s largest trees and diverse animals. The Midwood Trail is a 30-minute hike that loops from the Audubon Center. Read more.
Refreshments sold here- water, soda, Thai iced tea, cookies, muffins. Restrooms here, also.
Opened in 2002, the Audubon Center is housed in the landmarked 1905 Boathouse, an architectural masterpiece based on the design of a 16th-century Venetian Library.
Good place to watch dogs go nuts with water. Closed in the winter.
Make your trip to the park with your dog a training session to learn manners and tricks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cg5b4_EphI Read more.
Spot herons and egrets, and cottontail rabbits and ring-necked pheasants on the 1-mile Gerritsen Creek Nature Trail, which follows the shore of Gerritsen Beach to a prairie of tall grass. Read more.
Brooklyn's largest park. Has nature center with lots of cool programs. Hike through the salt marsh: it's like being in the middle of nowhere. B3 bus stops right there and many other buses are nearby.
Free public wi-fi is available near the Library and Exhibit Hall and the front seating area, picnic area and the pathway leading to the Nature Center. Connect using "GuestWiFi" courtesy of Cablevision Read more.
Bike path under construction.
Now this popular kite surfing beach is bigger than ever.
Did you know? Because of the strong southerly winds at this spot, the Army Corps of Engineers recently added more than 30,000 tons of sand to reduce erosion.
Ask for Daria, she was patient and funny and made our trail ride magical. Get there early.
This place reminds me of my beautiful friend who is excellent horseback rider 😍👭
Pedestrians should also keep off the bike path. Bikers travel in bike lanes and are susceptible to a summons otherwise. Awesome for joggers, walking, sitting. Scenic drive to boot.
Try to take note of which side is for bikes and which is for pedestrians. It is clearly marked and will make it safer if you follow that convention for everyone involved.
It was renewed partially but still has lots of potholes, cracks and bumps in older parts.
it's happening! next leg of the park is opening this fall, including 3 soccer fields, BBQ's, picnic tables, playground, a promenade and fishing pier.
Great areas of shade in picnic peninsula thanks to some sail/tarps.
Get down to the grills and the long line of picnic tables with umbrellas to sit under. You’ll feel like you’re a part of the Brooklyn community down here. Read more.
I grew up with these malls...so lovely in the springtime. Especially at night!
Trees along the mall are dedicated to WWI soldiers, presumably from Brooklyn
Tranquil and serene
I love this park! Come back for the farmer's market on Saturday mornings. Hit up Walter's for a snack. Notice the placards marking the "tree trail" - there are 20 different kinds of trees here!
Head to the visitors’ center and follow the Tree Trail, a marked pathway with helpful descriptions of each species.
Everything we tried turned out to be very good! Salad, the cucumber crab appetizer, burger, hake and steak all yummy!
Check out recently opened Cow & Clover, serving up neighborhood comfort food. Fall dishes include wood fired delicata squash with almonds, ruby grapefruit & dandelion. Order the Williamsburg cocktail. Read more.
Get the burger! I also had the steak and muscles... All the food is amazing. Great ambiance, decor and layout. I would go here for a date, girls night, work dinner, or a fam/friends special ocassion
Separated playground spaces for younger and older kids, and then a separate big sprinkler space. Great park.
Great park big sprinkler lots of shade and safe play in a nice neighborhood
Awesomely shady in the summer.
Lovingly made in NYC, CHI, SEA & LA