Dumbo
Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. Water Street and Washington Street are the photo blocks. Brooklyn Bridge Park starts here and runs south.
Borough
Brooklyn
Most people in the city live here. Waterfront, brownstones, the parade route, and the beach at the far end of the Q.
Places
Williamsburg
North Brooklyn on the East River. Bedford Avenue is the main commercial street. The L train and the ferry both stop here. Smorgasburg is on the water at 90 Kent.
Bushwick
East of Williamsburg. Jefferson Street and Wyckoff Avenue are the usual first stops. Warehouse buildings, murals, and the L/M at Jefferson or Myrtle-Wyckoff.
Bed-Stuy
Bedford-Stuyvesant. Brownstone blocks between Bedford and Tompkins. Fulton Street is the commercial spine. A/C at Nostrand or Kingston-Throop.
Park Slope
West of Prospect Park, 9th Street to Grand Army Plaza. 5th and 7th Avenues are the shopping streets. Saturday market at Grand Army Plaza.
Coney Island
South Brooklyn. Boardwalk, Wonder Wheel, Cyclone, Nathan’s. Q/F/D/N to Stillwell Avenue. Cyclones play at Maimonides Park.
Red Hook
Waterfront south of the Battery Tunnel. No subway in the neighborhood. B61 bus or the IKEA ferry. Fairway and the Beard Street warehouses sit on the water.