Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
A New York icon, the Brooklyn Bridge was the world’s first steel suspension bridge, and, at almost 1596ft, the longest when it opened in 1883…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
A New York icon, the Brooklyn Bridge was the world’s first steel suspension bridge, and, at almost 1596ft, the longest when it opened in 1883…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
This 85-acre park is one of Brooklyn’s best-loved attractions. Wrapping itself around a 1.3-mile bend on the East River, the post-industrial site runs…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Built just after the Civil War, the Empire Stores are a vestige of Brooklyn's historic waterfront, which once supported 3 miles of brick warehouses…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Behold the star attraction of the north end of Brooklyn Bridge Park: a vintage carousel built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company back in 1922. In 1984…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Six of the east–west streets of well-to-do Brooklyn Heights (such as Montague and Clark Sts) lead to the neighborhood’s number-one attraction: a narrow,…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Housed in a majestic, landmarked 1881 building with striking terracotta details, this museum is devoted to all things Brooklyn. Its priceless collection…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Occupying an old subway station built in 1936 (and out of service since 1946), this kid-friendly museum takes on 100-plus years of getting around town…
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn & Dumbo
Founded in 1847, this Protestant church became one of the centers of the mid-19th-century anti-slavery movement, thanks in large part to its first pastor,…