10 Things You Can Only Do in Brooklyn

By Maria Haymandou

Canoe a superfund site

• Gowanus canal is beautiful to explore by boat.!

• Gives you a view of both natural beauty and industrial sites.!

• Sign up with the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club for a tour.

The Brooklyn Museum• Offers just as much, if not more, than the Met or the Museum of

Natural History.!• Check out the Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art, home

to Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” that celebrates feminist icons throughout history.

Coney Island Cyclone• Built in 1927.!• One of the oldest roller

coasters in the world.

100+ year-old subway cars

• Transit Museum is one of the coolest museums in New York.!

• You get to see what subway rides looked like back when they just cost a nickel.!

• Features subway cars throughout the city’s history.

New York City’s oldest building

• The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, built between 1637 and 1652, has been around since New York City was New Amsterdam.!

• Allows you the chance to explore New York’s unique Dutch heritage.

The City Reliquary

• Quirky Williamsburg museum that’s been around since forever.!

• Features everything from a history of burlesque to a 1950s subway turnstile.

Prison Ship

Martyr’s Monument

• Located in Fort Greene Park.!

• Commemorates more than 11,000 Americans who died onboard British Prison Ships in the American Revolution.!

• Compare those numbers to the 8,000 Americans who died in combat during the war.

Time travel to ancient Greece

• Achilles Heel and River Styx are two bars located either nearby or on the water.!

• River Styx is right by Transmitter Park.

Brooklyn lit crawl

• Brooklyn is filled with literary stars: Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Safran Foer, Martin Amis and Emma Straub to name a few.!

• Visit the various coffee shops and bookstores of Brooklyn where they frequent, such as PowerHouse, Bookcourt and Word.!

• Authors will stop by to give readings.

See the best sunset

• Sunset Park didn’t get its name for nothing.!• Check out a sunset on top of one of the highest

points in the area.!• Get a taco nearby after the darkness settles.