26 Brooklyn Things I Love to Do + Eat with Kids, New York, New York

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26 Brooklyn Things I Love to Do + Eat with Kids

26 Brooklyn Things I Love to Do + Eat with Kids, New York, New York

Let me tell you why you need to come to Brooklyn for a day during your next New York City visit with your kids:

It’s less crowded than Times Square. It has abundant art and architecture. Restaurants are less expensive and more family friendly. It has historic neighborhoods full of families.

DUMBO is one such neighborhood. Just across the river from Lower Manhattan, its popular with local families as well as with visitors.

Here are the basics that you need to spend the day exploring with your kids. But a stroll around this evolving waterfront area will always turn up new gems.

DUMBO is short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, where most of this quickly changing neighborhood sits.

Once a busy area with warehouses and other businesses serving the nearby piers, it now has a booming tech and design industry and growing residential population that’s converting those warehouses to all kinds of new uses.

You might want to consider a walking tour of the area to become familiar with it before you wander around on your own. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: 26 Brooklyn Things I Love to Do + Eat with Kids
Guide Location: USA » New York
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Eileen Gunn
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Brooklyn Bridge Park
  • Historic Brooklyn Heights
  • Brooklyn Navy Yard
  • Red Hook
  • Eagle Warehouse
  • Washington Street
  • Playground
  • Pier 2
  • River Café
  • Empire Fulton Ferry Park
  • Empire Stores Warehouse
  • Brooklyn Historic Society
  • Brooklyn Flea
  • Powerhouse Books
  • Ұ徱’s
  • Shake Shack
  • Time Out Market
  • Superfine
  • Jacques Torres
  • Ample Hills
  • Fulton Ferry Landing
  • One Girl Cookie

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