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Travel Guides & Directories

  • About Brooklyn Guide featuring local resources and net links, regular articles and chats, and a community forum.
  • Brooklyn dot com Links to resources and web sites.
  • Brooklyn On Line - History, news, classified ads, business listings, and neighborhood directories.
  • Free Williamsburg - A weblog with reviews and guides of Williamsburg and Greenpoint bars, restaurants, events and art galleries. Also has interviews with rock musicians, and links to local sites.
  • HelloBrooklyn.com - Movies, nightclubs, bars, theatre, real estate, hotels, travel, music, restaurants, news, weather, community events.

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  • Akwaaba Mansion - Stuyvesant Heights. Includes profile, photographs, room descriptions, cuisine and contact information.
  • Awesome Bed & Breakfast - Fun rooms designed by NYC artists, for the city that never sleeps. Just 5 short minutes from Manhattan.
  • Baisley House Bed and Breakfast A restored Victorian brownstone row house, built in 1853 by Charles Baisley. Located in Carroll Gardens, a Victorian brownstone historic district in the borough of Brooklyn.
  • Bed and Breakfast Marisa Prospect Heights. Profile, photographs, neighborhood resources, contact information.
  • Bed and Breakfast on the Park Located in the Park Slope area. Details of accommodations, contact information, and links to information about the city are provided.
  • Garden Green Bed and Breakfast Housed in a four story red-brick rowhouse, built in 1865 and located in the culturally-diverse, historic Prospect Heights/Park Slope district in Brooklyn.
  • Midwood Suites Kosher. Profile, photographs, facilities, rates and booking, contact information.
  • Regina's New York Bed and Breakfast Fort Greene. Profile, photographs, rates, contact information.
  • Saints and Sinners Bed and Breakfast - Restored 19th-century brick Federal building in the Cobble Hill area. Includes rates and photographs.
  • Spencer Place Bed and Breakfast - Renovated 1870s brownstone. Photographs and rates, directions, and neighborhood information.

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New York Hostels - New York City hostels and cheap accommodation in central New York City. Read hostel reviews, search by map and book your youth hostel in New York City online... with no booking fee!
  • Glenwood Hostel Hostel in Williamsburg area provides photographs, map, & area links.
  • YMCA Greenpoint - Serving guests from around the world since 1906, the Greenpoint YMCA offers 100 simple & affordable rooms in New York City's famous Brooklyn.

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  • Atlantic Inn - The Atlantic Inn is located in Brooklyn, N.Y., five miles from New York City and seven miles from the Statue of Liberty.
  • Best Western Brooklyn Bay - The Best Western Brooklyn Bay is a new hotel located just one mile from Coney Island Amusement Park & 10 miles from John F. Kennedy Airport.
  • Best Western Gregory - Best Western Gregory Hotel is a small hotel built over 70 years ago after World War I.
  • Comfort Inn Brooklyn Bridge - The Comfort Inn Brooklyn Bridge is a newly built hotel in the Carroll Gardens/Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn NY.
  • Days Inn - The Days Inn Brooklyn is located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Three blocks from the 36th Street and 4th Avenue Subway Station.
  • Golden Gate Inn - The Golden Gate Inn is under new ownership and management, and many new features and amenities have since been added to the property.
  • Le Jolie Hotel - The Hotel Le Jolie is located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Two-and-one-half miles from Prospect Park Zoo.
  • Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge Luxury hotel. Profile, photographs, rooms, services, dining, recreation, online reservations, contact information.

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  • HomeAway Rentals New York - Visit HomeAway for New York vacation rentals. From Manhattan apartments to Brooklyn brownstones to Finger Lakes cabins. Search HomeAway today!
  • Royal Suites - These Brooklyn apartments provide comfortable short-term apartment rentals for those visiting the New York City area.
  • Strange Dog Inn Third level in a private home for up to 4 persons, with hotel-like amenities. Includes rates and photographs.
  • The House on 3rd Street Brownstone apartment in Park Slope area provides rates, photographs, and availability calendar.

Attractions

  • Astroland Amusement Park Events schedule, ticket information, photo album, and guide to the rides, including the Cyclone roller coaster.
  • Brooklyn Botanic Garden Official site of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. News, virtual tour, programs, events, articles, shopping, research, and information for visitors.
  • Brooklyn Bridge Guide for bicyclists and walkers. Photograph, essay.
  • Brooklyn Bridge Profile, map.
  • Brooklyn Bridge - Great Buildings Online - Fact sheet, both vintage and modern photographs, and even a 3D walkthrough. Links to short biography of architect John Augustus Roebling.
  • Coney Island USA Take a virtual visit to this famous tourist attraction in Brooklyn. Covers the museum, side shows and walking tours.
  • Lott House Project Built circa 1800 and a designated landmark since 1989, the Hendrick I. Lott House is one of the last Dutch-American farmhouses in New York City. The project seeks to preserve, restore, and interpret the house, which is located in the Marine Park neighborhood.
  • New York Like a Native Walking tours of Park Slope, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, and Brooklyn Heights. Profile, photographs, itineraries, schedule, contact information.
  • Northstar Gallery - Coney Island - Photography, historical perspectives, links and poetry.
  • Northstar Gallery - Mermaids Photography, background, reference, poetry and historical information.
  • Prospect Park Wildlife Center Profile, photograph, programs, map, contact information.
  • Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant - The Society preserves, restores, and conducts educational programs in this historic settlement of free African Americans founded in 1838 in what is today the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.

Car Rentals

  • All Car Rent a Car Profile, services, locations, contact information.
  • Image Rent a Car Exotic car rental. Fleet details, rates, travel directions, and contact information.
  • Mendon Truck Rental Leasing, rental, moving supplies. Profile, services, travel directions, contact information.

Dining Guides

  • ChefMoz Dining Guide - Brooklyn Restaurant listings with reviews submitted by the public, links to outside reviews. May be searched by name, cuisine, rating or location.

Ferry Services

  • New York Waterway - Commuter, charter, event and sightseeing ferry services and cruises.

Festivals & Events

Fishing Charters

  • Big M Express Fleet Gerritsen Beach charter boat fishing for fluke, flounder, porgy, sea bass, stripers, blues, weakfish and blackfish.
  • Brooklyn VI Sheepshead Bay open party boat with full galley, fishing for bluefish, tuna and mackerel.
  • Explorer Fishing Open and fast fishing boat with 30 person bunk room, full galley, offers Canyon trips for Tuna and Swords.
  • Fish New York Charters Gravesend Bay four person charter boat fishing for all in season species, child friendly and Manhattan pick-ups.
  • Fish NYC Charters Offers half and full day inshore trips for striped bass, bluefish and weakfish, and offshore charters for tuna and shark.
  • Flamingo III Knapp St, open party boat, crew with 50 years of experience, plenty of room for fishing gear, galley and safe parking.
  • Gerrison Surf Club Gerrison beach club fishing for stripers, bluefish and fluke with fishing reports and pictures.
  • Lady L Charters Marine Basin six person charter boat specializing in all inshore species with day and night trips.
  • Marylin Jean Charters Boat with all the latest electronic navigation and fish finding equipment, captain and crew have over 50 years experience.
  • Navigator Sheepshead Bay open boat fishing daily for blackfish, porgy and fluke with heated cabin and clean bathrooms.
  • Ocean Eagle V Sheepshead bay open boat fishing full day trips anchoring or drifting over reefs and wrecks.
  • Sea Queen VII - Sheepshead Bay 70ft fiberglass half day party boat fishing for fluke, sea bass, blues and striped bass.
  • The Bullet Fleet - Two full day party boats specializing in bottom fishing, friendly mates.

Horseback Riding Trips

  • Horseback Riding Academy Jamaica Bay Riding Academy and 3 Phase Equestrian Center offer indoor olympic sizesize arenas, lessons, boarding, leasing, sale horses, and trail rides.
  • Kensington Stables Riding stable offering trail rides, boarding, horse shows, leasing, instructions at all levels.

Limousines & Shuttles

  • Amex Limousine Service Provide a range of limousines, stretch SUVs and party buses. Includes information about services for private and corporate events.
  • Astro Limousine - Profile, photographs, services, contact information.
  • CheapLimo - Profile, photographs, services, contact information.
  • Double Diamond Limousine Profile, services, contact information.
  • Eilat Limousine International Profile, services, rates, contact information.
  • ELS International Limousine and ground transportation. Profile, photographs, vehicles, locations, contact information.
  • Golden Crown Stretch Profile, photograph, services, rates, contact information.
  • Trans Express Bus shuttles and charters. Profile, photographs, services, contact information.

Museums

  • Brooklyn Children's Museum History of the museum (opened in 1899), an events calendar and information on exhibits, programs and collections.
  • Brooklyn Museum of Art This beautiful site contains the usual info, such as hours, mission, programs and events plus information and selected images from the Museum's vast collections, some of which are among the finest in the world.
  • Coney Island Museum Online exhibits of antique postcards and photos. Find out about Coney Island historical lectures, walking tours, where to go to get a tattoo.
  • Enrico Caruso Museum of America Open only by appointment: includes contact information and gift shop.
  • MTA New York Transit Museum Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. Located in a 1930s subway station: 100 years of transit lore and memorabilia. There is also a transit gallery at Grand Central Station.
  • Waterfront Museum Provides programs, in education and culture, aboard an historic vessel based in Redhook, Brooklyn, and advocates for expanded public waterfront access in the New York Metropolitan area.

Public Parks

Public Transportation

Subway Information

  • Abandoned Stations Closed underground stations on subways, trolleys, and mainline railways in and near New York City. History, diagrams, photos.
  • Flickr: Bronx Subway Photos of Bronx subway.
  • Flickr: The NYC Subway Photographs of the NYC subway experience.
  • MTA Subways The Metropolitan Transit Authority's official site for the subways of New York City.
  • New York Underground Companion site to the episode of PBS's "The American Experience" about the history of New York City's mass transit systems.
  • NYC Subway Resources Features historical and technical information about the New York subway system, including images, maps, and museum collections.
  • NYSubway.com Unofficial website features maps, service advisories, and news.
  • Subway Info - Provides door-to-door directions via the subway system, including options for different times of day.
  • The New York City Subway Tour Tourist information on how to use the subway system.
  • The New York Subway System Information regarding rolling stock, stations, history, and facts about the subway system. Includes a subway quiz, and several subway-related games.

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