Two Smitten Kittenz
Things To Do
Alamo Drafthouse & Dekalb Market
Want to take in a movie while you’re waiting for all of this hullabaloo to get going? Check out Alamo Drafthouse and get a full meal and cocktails (or bottomless popcorn and milkshakes) delivered to your plushy seat. You can also visit the theater's (very spooky) House of Wax bar, which boasts a ton of local beers on tap. Need more food? Head to the lower level of the building and find Dekalb Market, a foodie fiesta of NYC-based vendors (including Katz’s Delicatessen and the location of Parmanda's wedding reception).
Ample Hills Creamery
The name is taken from a line in former-BK-resident Walt Whitman's poem, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," so you can feel cultured while stuffing your face with ice cream loaded with treats (cake, pretzels, chocolate covered potato chips). Try the ice cream flight! It's David's favorite ice cream spot.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
It's peak cherry blossom season! Take it all in at the Cherry Esplanade.
Brooklyn Heights Promenade & Brooklyn Bridge Park
Take a casual stroll down the Brooklyn Heights promenade, one of the oldest areas in Brooklyn, and wander on down to Brooklyn Bridge Park for a carousel ride and riverside nibbles.
Brooklyn Crab
If the lost boys moved to Brooklyn and opened a crab shack this is what it might look like. If you'd like to go the cheaper route, cross the street to Fairway, get a lobster roll, and eat it on the river with Lady Liberty on the horizon. Both are great options, though only the former has blood orange margaritas.
Brooklyn Historical Society
Get into ye olde Breukelen vibe and check out the exhibits and the almost-Beauty-and-the-Beast-level library at the Brooklyn Historical Society (bring your student or teacher ID for free entry! P.S. Liza and David both worked here).
Brooklyn Museum
Go get some culture at the Brooklyn Museum, the second largest museum in NYC (and home to Callie’s favorite fountain).
Butter & Scotch
Help yourself to some cake, an alcoholic milkshake, and an artisanal Jell-O shot (they’re surprisingly quite tasty) at this lady-run boozy bakery.
Citi Field
You will not have time to go here but David insisted on including Citi Field because it's his wedding and he loves the Mets.
Coney Island
If you're here for a couple extra days you should totally head down to Coney Island for some Nathan's hot dogs and Russian buffets. And you should *definitely* ride Steeplechase. It'll be the best seven seconds of your life.
Culture Pass
If you have a Brooklyn, New York, or Queens library card (any New York state resident can get one) you can reserve free passes to DOZENS and DOZENS of museums, gardens, and other *cultured* institutions throughout the city. If you need help, Liza is a librarian! Apply in advance before passes sell out.
Franklin Park
One of our neighborhood go-to's! You can eat inside, outside, or inside the inside at Dutch Boy Burger (it's a weird/fun maze). Dog-friendly. Has games. Has trivia. Has oddly narrow bathrooms. It's a solid bar option if you're just looking to chill.
Green-Wood Cemetery
Wanna do something spooky (and free)? Tour yourself around Green-Wood Cemetery—the inspiration for Central Park and once the second most popular tourist destination in New York State—and say hi to Basquiat, Boss Tweed, and the guy who wrote "Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper."
Montauk Club
Here's the Montauk Club as a point of reference on the map above. Also, don't forget to do this.
NYC Ferry
Take yourself on a surprisingly awesome cruise around the boroughs for $2.75. Have a dog? Bring your dog! Need a snack? They have snacks! Want a cocktail? They'll give it to you in a coffee cup! It's great.
New York Transit Museum
Hop aboard antique subway cars at one of our favorite little-known, touch-all-the-things museums! It's very cool.
Prospect Park
Check out Brooklyn’s biggest park, designed by the same guy who created Central Park, Frederic Law Olmsted (another park fun fact: he actually preferred Prospect Park). Tour the ponds, waterfalls, Lefrak Center (rent boats, bikes, and roller blades), the Lefferts Family House (house museum), the zoo (it's small but so cute), and the spot where David proposed (it’s right outside the Vale of Cashmere)!
SeaGlass Carousel
So this isn't in Brooklyn, but it's *really* close and you should totally go for a ride. But you have to do it at night and preferably after an adult beverage. (It's also a short walk to the NYC Ferry which can drop you off in Brooklyn Bridge Park in 2 minutes.)
Super Power
Our favorite tiki bar with dollar oysters, pulled pork nachos, and a lush backyard. If you hang out there long enough the owner might send you freebies!
Tillary Hotel
As a point of reference on the map above, here's the hotel where we have reserved a block of rooms! More information is on the Travel page and the Questions page.