10 things you can only do in brooklyn, from maria haymandou
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10 Things You Can Only Do in Brooklyn
By Maria Haymandou
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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.
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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.
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Coney Island Cyclone• Built in 1927.!• One of the oldest roller
coasters in the world.
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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.
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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.
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The City Reliquary
• Quirky Williamsburg museum that’s been around since forever.!
• Features everything from a history of burlesque to a 1950s subway turnstile.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.