Things to Do in Brooklyn

Top Things to Do in Brooklyn

Things to Do in Brooklyn

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New York Dyker Heights Christmas Lights
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Bus Tours
from ₱2,819.36 per adult
Private Custom New York City Tour by SUV
245
Bus Tours
from ₱55,720.73 per group (up to 13)
New York Helicopter Tour: Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island
132
Helicopter Tours
from ₱19,171.62 per adult
Go City: New York Explorer Pass - Choose 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10 attractions
198
Skyscrapers & Towers
from ₱3,537.01 per adult
Boroughs of NYC: Harlem, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn & Coney Island
104
Bus Tours
from ₱4,203.40 per adult
Deluxe Private New York City VIP Tour by SUV: Best of NYC. Select 3 or 5 hours
15
Bus Tours
from ₱39,727.29 per group (up to 6)
Brooklyn Dyker Heights Christmas Wonderland Bus Tour
69
Bus Tours
from ₱2,562.54 per adult
Brooklyn Food Tour: The Flavors of Williamsburg
46
Walking Tours
from ₱3,075.66 per adult
Brooklyn Graffiti Lesson
52
Art Classes
from ₱2,050.44 per adult
Best of Brooklyn Half-Day Food and Culture, Bus and Walking Tour
145
Bus Tours
from ₱7,125.28 per adult (price varies by group size)

City Tours

Top Attractions in Brooklyn

1. Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Gardens

Prospect Park

A new featrure is the naturalized, native plant gardens filled with native American plants in a setting that shows…

2. Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Historic Walking Areas

Brooklyn Heights

Opened in 1950, The Brooklyn Heights Promenade provides a world-class view of lower Manhattan, represents a civic…

3. Dumbo

Neighborhoods

DUMBO

An old Brooklyn neighborhood tucked under the Manhattan Bridge that is being rebuilt and filled with new restaurants…

4. Dyker Heights

Neighborhoods

Dyker Heights

Dyker Heights transforms into a Christmas wonderland around Thanksgiving to New Years.

5. Brooklyn Bridge Park

Parks

Brooklyn Heights

The park has revitalized 2.1 km of Brooklyn's post-industrial waterfront from Atlantic Avenue in the south, under the…

6. Williamsburg

Neighborhoods

Williamsburg

Williamsburg is the epicenter of Brooklyn as a fashionable worldwide brand.

7. Brooklyn Museum

Art Galleries • Historic Sites

Prospect Park

Admission tickets from ₱717.65

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The Brooklyn Art Museum sits, like an enormous stone potentate, above one of the most elegant 19th Century residential…

8. Brooklyn Brewery

Breweries

Williamsburg

Atmospheric old building, originally where steel was rolled for skyscraper construction across the East River, now full…

9. Brooklyn Tabernacle

Religious Sites

Downtown Brooklyn

The church is known for its sermons, guests and its six time Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, which is…

10. Bushwick Collective Street Art

Neighborhoods

Bushwick

Artwork spans what appear to be random graffiti to carefully planned works of art.

11. Prospect Park

Parks

Prospect Park

Prospect Park is the "other" major project of Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux, undertaken simultaneously to their…

12. New York Transit Museum

Speciality Museums

Downtown Brooklyn

This is a unique museum, built out of a converted subway station, that takes you through the history of public transit…

13. Williamsburg Smorgasburg

Flea & Street Markets

Williamsburg

The site on which this paradise is located is on the Brooklyn waterfront.

14. Green-Wood cemetery

Cemeteries

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It's a historic repository of magnificent statues and mausoleums, all expressing the facsinating 19th-century…

15. East River Ferry

Ferries

Brooklyn Heights

This year NYC initiated city-subsidized, multi-stop, ferry service from several East River piers.

16. Barclays Center

Arenas & Stadiums

Prospect Heights

Just across the Barclay's Center, is First True Skyscraper in Brooklyn, built in 1929, now is ranked only 6, after 50…

17. Brooklyn Heights

Neighborhoods

Brooklyn Heights

In 1966, it became America's first historic district , and the city's most beautiful neighborhood was preserved…

18. Luna Park at Coney Island

Amusement & Theme Parks

Brighton Beach

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This is a historical amusement park that more closely relates to carnivals.

19. Park Slope

Neighborhoods

Park Slope

The homes demonstrate the evolution of architecture and craftsmanship during the 20th century.

20. Brighton Beach

Beaches

Brighton Beach

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BB is a living breathing community that echoes many aspects of Russian culture and lifestyle.

21. Smorgasburg-Prospect Park

Flea & Street Markets

Prospect Park

There were dozens of different food stands from all over the world.

22. Domino Park

Parks

Williamsburg

New park space which opened on June 10, 2018 which is welcoming to the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

23. The Cyclone

Amusement & Theme Parks

Brighton Beach

The track is 2,640 feet (800 m) long (including six fan turns and twelve drops) and the lift hill is 85-foot (26 m…

24. Industry City

Neighborhoods

Sunset Park

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The exhibit cover's Escher's earliest illustrations through is iconic surrealist drawings to how his visual style has…

25. Verrazano Narrows Bridge

Bridges

Arrochar

A bridge that connects Brooklyn and Staten Island that dwarfs everything around it.

26. New York Aquarium

Aquariums

Brighton Beach

Admission tickets from ₱1,278.96

The Aquarium is located in iconic Coney Island, a destination itself.

27. Fort Greene

Historic Sites • Neighborhoods

Fort Greene

Fort Green is, as we can imagine, an American Revolutionary War fort which was built in 1776 under the supervision of…

28. Bedford-Stuyvesant Historic District

Neighborhoods • Historic Walking Areas

Bedford-Stuyvesant

The brownstones, churches and many businesses were built by some of the leading architects of the 19th century.

29. Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch

Libraries

Prospect Park

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and continuing on the Brooklyn Museum, home to modern art and one of the largest collections of mummies in the world.

30. Empire Fulton Ferry State Park

State Parks

DUMBO

A wonderful place to sit in and take the views of Manhattan and of the Brooklyn bridge, I would think this would be a...

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Art Tours

Walking Tours

Food, Wine & Nightlife

Outdoor Activities

Day Trips

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Private & Custom Tours

Holiday & Seasonal Tours

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