If you have time before or after the wedding to enjoy Brooklyn, here are a few of our favorite places for indoor and outdoor activities.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Take a stroll around the beautiful grounds and explore the indoor tropical gardens and bonsai trees.
Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
Intersection of Tillary Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY
If the weather is nice, take the mile-long walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into downtown Manhattan (or vice versa). Be prepared to join many other tourists in doing so.
Pig Beach
480 Union Street, Gowanus, NY 11231
An indoor/outdoor bar with great BBQ and drinks. Edie's favorite Brooklyn spot.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Brooklyn's own art museum has about 1.5 million works and is the third largest museum in New York City.
Brooklyn Brewery
79 North 11th Street, Williamsburg, NY 11249
You know the beer--see where it's made!
Brooklyn Crab
24 Reed Street, Red Hook, NY 11231
Grab a picnic table at this seafood shack with water views and feast on buckets of crab, shrimp and oysters. First come first served cornhole out front.
Smorgasburg (Sunday, May 15)
Breeze Hill, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Stuff your faces at the largest weekly open-air food market in America.
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
Take a stroll on the promenade and enjoy views of Lower Manhattan and New York Harbor.