Neighborhood Fact Sheet Brooklyn Brooklyn is one of New York City’s most popular destinations. Recent hotel development in Downtown Brooklyn as well as other nearby neighborhoods makes it easy for visitors to enjoy the many cultural institutions, shops and restaurants within the borough. Visitors can explore neighborhoods via walking and bike tours, which cover culinary, wine and beer, architecture and more. Other highlights include Brooklyn Bridge Park, with spectacular views of Manhattan; Jane’s Carousel; water taxi service; as well Prospect Park, a 585-acre playground in the heart of Brooklyn. And while Brooklyn has established itself as a place to be on its own, easy access to and from Manhattan is a great convenience too. Getting There Downtown Brooklyn is just minutes from Lower Manhattan, with bus and subway service available 24/7. Subway: Seventeen subway lines connect Brooklyn neighborhoods to the rest of the City. Car: The area is accessible via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and FDR Drive and is a short drive to LaGuardia Airport and JFK International Airport. Boat: The East River Ferry connects Midtown Manhattan to Williamsburg and Dumbo. New York Water Taxi offers hop-on/hop-off service between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Manhattan Bridge West Indian American Day Carnival Park Slope
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Neighborhood Fact Sheet
BrooklynBrooklyn is one of New York City’s most popular destinations. Recent hotel development in Downtown Brooklyn as well as other nearby neighborhoods makes it easy for visitors to enjoy the many cultural institutions, shops and restaurants within the borough. Visitors can explore neighborhoods via walking and bike tours, which cover culinary, wine and beer, architecture and more. Other highlights include Brooklyn Bridge Park, with spectacular views of Manhattan; Jane’s Carousel; water taxi service; as well Prospect Park, a 585-acre playground in the heart of Brooklyn. And while Brooklyn has established itself as a place to be on its own, easy access to and from Manhattan is a great convenience too.
Getting ThereDowntown Brooklyn is just minutes from Lower Manhattan, with bus and subway service available 24/7.
Subway: Seventeen subway lines connect Brooklyn neighborhoods to the rest of the City.
Car: The area is accessible via the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and FDR Drive and is a short drive to LaGuardia Airport and JFK International Airport.
Boat: The East River Ferry connects Midtown Manhattan to Williamsburg and Dumbo. New York Water Taxi offers hop-on/hop-off service between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Manhattan Bridge
West Indian American Day Carnival Park Slope
Bedford-Stuyvesant/ Bushwick1 Best Western Plus Arena 56 rooms2 Bklyn House Hotel 116 rooms3 The Brooklyn A Hotel 34 rooms
Downtown4 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge 194 rooms5 Aloft New York Brooklyn 176 rooms6 BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music):
Presents traditional and contemporary performing arts in the fields of film, dance, music, theater and opera.
7 Barclays Center: State-of-the-art stadium that’s home to the Brooklyn Nets and offers an exciting concert space.
8 Dazzler Brooklyn Hotel 174 rooms9 Even Hotel Brooklyn 202 rooms10 Holiday Inn Brooklyn Downtown
245 rooms11 Hotel Indigo Brooklyn 128 rooms12 New York Marriott at the Brooklyn
Bridge 665 rooms13 New York Transit Museum: Features 175
years of New York’s urban transportation history.
14 Nu Hotel–Brooklyn 93 rooms15 Sheraton Brooklyn New York 321 rooms
Dumbo16 Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at
BLDG 92: Guided tours explore both the history and the sustainable redevelopment of the area.
Park Slope/Boerum Hill/ Gowanus17 Fairfield Inn & Suites New York
Brooklyn 133 rooms18 Holiday Inn Express Brooklyn
115 rooms
19 Hotel Le Bleu 48 rooms20 Red Lion Inn & Suites Brooklyn 104 rooms
Prospect Heights21 Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Urban oasis of
specialty gardens offers learning experi-ences for the whole family.
22 Brooklyn Museum: The second-largest museum in NYC features art ranging from ancient Egypt to contemporary works.
Sunset Park23 Wyndham Garden Brooklyn
Sunset Park 70 rooms
Williamsburg24 Brooklyn Brewery: New York City’s leading
brewery offers happy hours, tastings and tours.
25 Condor Hotel 35 rooms26 Hotel Le Jolie 54 rooms27 McCarren Hotel & Pool 64 rooms28 The William Vale Hotel 183 rooms29 Wythe Hotel 70 rooms