If you live or once lived in Brooklyn, you already know it’s a great place to be and see. If you haven’t, come check it out; you won’t regret it! It’s teeming with life and is home to many unique historical landmarks.
The Brooklyn Bridge Park
Starting – or ending – at the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO (which means Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), there is a newly refurbished 1.3 miles-long park. It follows the waterfront and gives you stunning views of Lower Manhattan’s skyline and the New York Harbor.
There are plenty of places to sit, people watch, and nibble on the food and drink concessions along the way.
As an added bonus, they have innovative sculptures and installations that fit right in with the hip, urban Brooklyn vibe.
The Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is New York City’s second-largest art museum after the MET. It has a wide-ranging collection of close to 500,000 objects, including Egyptian antiquities and stunning examples of European, African, Oceanic, Japanese, and American art.
Recent shows have included “David Bowie Is,” “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime,” “The Rise of Sneaker Culture,” “Africa Fashion,” and “Spike Lee: Creative Sources.”
Aside from the cutting-edge exhibits, you’ll get to see a stylish Brooklyn crowd that’s out to impress.
The Wyckoff House
For something smaller-scale, cozy, and colonial, check out the Wyckoff House in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The Wyckoff House was built around 1636-1640. It is one of the oldest surviving examples of a Dutch frame house in America and one of the first structures built by Europeans in Brooklyn.
The Wyckoff House is now a museum that provides a glimpse of life in the seventeenth century. For children, it has educational programs about early American history, composting, crafts, and biodiversity.
The New York Transit Museum
The New York Transit Museum is located in an old subway station, Court Street, in Downtown Brooklyn.
You can check out interactive exhibits about how the New York subway system first came to be in 1904 and how it has developed since then. Marvel at subway cars and buses that date back to the turn of the 20th century and learn about history, mass transportation, electricity, and urban planning.
Right now, there is an exhibit called Ticket to Ride, which shows how fare collection has changed over time. You can see and touch different turnstiles and fare boxes and get an idea of what a challenge it is to make sure that millions of riders pay their fee.
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