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Prospect Park
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95 Prospect Park West
Designed by Central Park creators Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, Prospect Park is a massive playground in the center of Brooklyn. Residents and visitors can play softball, explore the Prospect Park Zoo, go horseback riding, stroll through the breathtaking Long Meadow, treat their four-legged friends to a dip at Dog Beach and ice-skate at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside. It’s also a bargain—most attractions are inexpensive or free.
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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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Tao Downtown
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92 Ninth Ave.
This multi-level, subterranean restaurant is intended to look and feel as if it has been there for decades, unearthed recently to reveal artifacts within. Tao Downtown’s menu spans Asian influences from Hunan and Szechuan-style cooking to flavors of Singapore and Malaysia, which showcase the chefs’ mastery of age-old techniques and understanding of classic Asian dishes. Items include a selection of sharable plates from traditional sushi and yakitori to an assortment of barbeque, tempura and house-made dim sum. Beverages include a specialty cocktail menu and extensive wine list with over 200 varietals and sake selections.
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Artechouse
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Chelsea Market
Explore the latest and best works of innovative 21st-century art at this home for works created at the intersection of art, science and technology. Artechouse presents the first innovative platform for experiential, genre-bending, one-of-a-kind multimedia art exhibitions and explorations. Founded in 2015 by arts advocates Sandro and Tati, Artechouse is a new age art destination dedicated to showcasing works by groundbreaking artists who work with new technology and new forms of creative expression.