Things To Do
Things to Do
AKC Museum of the Dog
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Downtown Brooklyn
A great dine-in movie theater near the hotel if it's a movie kind of day.
American Folk Art Museum
Rachel's favorite small and unique museum. Free admittance!
American Museum of Natural History
You can get lost in here for hours.
Books Are Magic
If you saw our bookshelves, you know that we concur.
Brooklyn Bridge
It's an incredible walk across - no matter if you start in Manhattan or Brooklyn!
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Bridge Park
For some of the best views of the NYC skyline!
The Brooklyn Cat Cafe
Brooklyn's premier cat casa - and one block from an amazing NYC skyline view on the Brooklyn Promenade!
Broadway
Ask us for our show recommendations - we have a few!
Bryant Park
The main New York Public Library - and ice skating - right next to Times Square.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
One of our favorite places to wander around in Brooklyn - especially during their holiday lights or rose show!
Brooklyn General Store
cute general store with a summer concert series
The Center for Fiction
Our favorite bookstore - and where we got engaged the second time!
Fifth Avenue
Consumerism at its finest.
Central Library
Central Park
Central Park Zoo
A zoo AND Central Park - what more do you want?
Governors Island
We love coming here to hang out, go to the spa, or run 5Ks! A relaxing park that's in the city but outside the city.
Greenlight Bookstore (Fulton Street)
The High Line
One of the most memorable parks in the city - right in the middle of the skyline!
Livingston Manor
fun cocktails walking distance to hotel
L Train Vintage
Second hand and thrift shopping in Brooklyn
Meow Parlour
Where we adopted our daughters from! The best cat cafe in Manhattan, for obvious reasons.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
We love coming here for late nights at the Met - but it's pretty great during the daytime too!
The Morgan Library & Museum
The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Broadway
New York Transit Museum
One of our favorite museums in Brooklyn - and you can check out all the original Subway cars!
Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park
Our favorite movie theater in the city!
Prospect Park
If you want to take it all in before we get married!
Rockefeller Center
Ice skating? Yes. Radio City? Yes. Top of the Rock? Of course! FAO Schwartz? It's there too!
See the Yankees Play
The Yankees, Nate's favorite baseball team, will be in town for wedding weekend (unfortunately they couldn't attend our ceremony).
South Street Seaport
Fun cobblestone streets, shops, and ships!
Statue of Liberty
An American classic!
Tenement Museum
A powerful museum showing the history of immigrant communities in New York.
Times Square
A spectacle.
Trinity Church
One of the oldest and most historic churches in New York.
Unnameable Books
our favorite used bookstore
9/11 Memorial & Museum
Places to Eat
Alta Calidad
Ample Hills Creamery Prospect Heights
Eat your heart out Ben & Jerry's.
Bearded Lady
fun local cocktails
Bemelmans Bar
fancy bar for cabaret music and cocktails
Black Mountain Wine House
Black Seed Bagels Boerum Hill
best bagel in walking distance to the hotel
Boutros
Creative Middle Eastern food
Cafe Cotton Bean
Our local coffee shop - we go on coffee walks here at least once a week!
Cent'Anni
Great Italian
Chavela's
The best refried beans
Chelsea Market
Fun stores and places to eat near the High Line.
Dekalb Market Hall
Devoción
Great coffee near the hotel.
Economy Candy
The name really speaks for itself.
Gage & Tollner
Greenberg's Bagels
The bride's favorite bagel place!
Gregorys Coffee
Rachel's favorite coffee shop within walking distance of the hotel
Grimaldi's Pizzeria
One of the best pizza places in NYC!
Joe’s Pizza
A 10/10 NYC slide
King David Tacos
the best breakfast tacos. grab and go
La Bagel Delight at Court St
A great bagel spot in downtown Brooklyn
Lincoln Station
Great sandwiches, walking distance to prospect park or the botanic garden
Locanda Vini & Olii
Naya - Brooklyn Commons
Fast/casual local lunch or dinner spot. Walking distance to the hotel. In Rachel's old office building!
Nourish Thai
Nate's favorite thai food
Pasta Louise Restaurant
The Plaza
very fun high tea!
Ras Plant Based
Excellent Ethiopian Food near Nate and Rachel's apartment
Sit & Wonder
great place to grab a coffee and people watch
Time Out Market New York
A place to grab a bite after walking over the Brooklyn Bridge
Ursula Brooklyn
Our favorite burritos in NYC
Vanderbilt Ave
Our favorite local street for great food and drinks.
Villager
One of our favorite local coffee places - and near Prospect Park and the Botanic Garden!
Vineapple
Delicious breakfast and brunch near(ish) to the hotel