Siji’s guidebook
Museum
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus CircleThursdays from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Pay-What-You-Wish
The Museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011
603 locals recommend
Tenement Museum
103 Orchard StThe Museum's two historical tenement buildings were home to an estimated 15,000 people, from over 20 nations, between 1863 and 2011
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.
13 locals recommend
The Earth Room
141 Wooster StA room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.
Novelty
16-ft. tall golden Buddha statue is a centerpiece of a temple in what used to be an adult movie theater.
6 locals recommend
Mahayana Buddhist Temple
133 Canal St16-ft. tall golden Buddha statue is a centerpiece of a temple in what used to be an adult movie theater.
The Coney Island Cyclone is a historic wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.
7 locals recommend
The Cyclone Roller Coaster Coney Island NY
801 Riegelmann BoardwalkThe Coney Island Cyclone is a historic wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.
Architecture
The Daily News Building on Manhattan’s East 42nd Street is one of the city’s most historic Art Deco structures.
The News Building
220 E 42nd StThe Daily News Building on Manhattan’s East 42nd Street is one of the city’s most historic Art Deco structures.
Art
A longtime site where many well-known street artists show their skills on schoolyard walls
16 locals recommend
Graffiti Hall of Fame
Park AvenueA longtime site where many well-known street artists show their skills on schoolyard walls
Unisphere
The largest surviving artifact of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair
Neighborhoods
Twenty minute walk from the Sweet Spot, lots of great restaurants on Cortelyou Road. Walk over for breakfast/brunch and then hop on the Q train into the city.
71 locals recommend
Flatbush
Twenty minute walk from the Sweet Spot, lots of great restaurants on Cortelyou Road. Walk over for breakfast/brunch and then hop on the Q train into the city.
Food scene
De Hot Pot
1127 Washington AveAuthentic Trinadian Doubles at an unbeatable price.
Sundays, April 7 through October 27, 11 am-6 pm, Smorgasburg, presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, is considered the "Woodstock of Eating," offering a range of cuisines from 100+ local and regional food purveyors on Sundays from 11 am until 6 pm, from April through October.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
Sundays, April 7 through October 27, 11 am-6 pm, Smorgasburg, presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, is considered the "Woodstock of Eating," offering a range of cuisines from 100+ local and regional food purveyors on Sundays from 11 am until 6 pm, from April through October.
Beach
Best Beach in Brooklyn, take the B44 bus on Nostrand, transfer to the Q35 bus, get off after you cross Gill Hodges bridge.
6 locals recommend
Fort Tilden beach
Center RoadBest Beach in Brooklyn, take the B44 bus on Nostrand, transfer to the Q35 bus, get off after you cross Gill Hodges bridge.