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Brooklyn Museum
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200 Eastern Pkwy.
If you’re looking for diversity, the Brooklyn Museum is the place to go. It houses a huge permanent collection categorized by culture, as well as visiting exhibitions from a wide variety of geographic locations and time periods. It’s situated next to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and visitors can purchase discounted passes that allow them to tour both in the same day.
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Brooklyn Brewery
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79 N. 11th St.
The Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg is responsible for the popular Brooklyn Lager and other iconic brews that you’ll see in bars throughout New York City and beyond. The brewery is open seven days a week with reservable small batch tours Monday through Friday, and free first-come, first-served short tours on weekends. Visit their website for the most current hours and tours.
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Turnstile Tours
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89 E. 2nd St.
Turnstile Tours offers public and private guided tours and interactive virtual programs that explore how New York City works – from the working waterfront and urban ecology, to food systems and public spaces - with an emphasis on lesser-known places and people’s stories. Built around partnerships with local nonprofit organizations, their programming connects locals and visitors alike to history and nature at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, to New York City’s food systems through street vendor stories and public markets, and to manufacturing at historic waterfront sites that include Brooklyn Navy Yard and Brooklyn Army Terminal. As a benefit corporation, Turnstile Tours measures and reports on its social, environmental and community impacts annually.
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Brooklyn Roasting Company
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200 Flushing Ave.
This specialty coffee roaster and café serves Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance and Organic certified and sustainable coffees from throughout the Americas, East Africa, Indonesia and various islands. Set next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Roasting Company offers coffee, espressos and tea, along with sandwiches and pastries sourced from Brooklyn shops like Dough, Margo Patisserie, Colson Patisserie and Lassen & Hennigs. The cafe includes seating and WiFi. Brooklyn Roasting Company also supplies coffee, espresso and other drinks for events, large and small.
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1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge
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60 Furman St.
Welcome to your Brooklyn Bridge waterfront retreat, with expansive views of the East River and Manhattan skyline. Designed by local artists using native greenery and reclaimed materials, nature is home in Brooklyn. Hotel's 195 guest rooms and suites offer views of the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyline. Other features of the hotel include floor-to-ceiling windows which open to allow for fresh air exchange, complimentary WiFi, welcome amenities, spa, 24-hour fitness center, 24-hour room service and full service restaurant curated by award-winning chef Denevin Miranda. Over 20,000 square feet of event space including Harriet's, rooftop and lounge bar and a screening room. The 1 Hotels app, 1 Guide, allows guests to control all aspects of their stay (like the television, in-room dining, communications and temperature) from their room or even from outside the hotel.
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I Am Caribbeing/Little Caribbean NYC
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Little Caribbean is home to the largest and most diverse populations of Caribbean immigrants in the world, and site of numerous Caribbean businesses such as restaurants, bakeries and fresh markets. Little Caribbean is an initiative spearheaded by Caribbeing, a Flatbush-based cultural hub and leading presenter of all things Caribbean. Caribbeing stimulates the promotion and development of food, culture and small businesses in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Flatbush, East Flatbush, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Caribbeing also offers culinary and cultural guided tours that are bi-monthly and by appointment.