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Located in Fort Greene, close to <a title="Barclays Center" href="https://www.indagare.com/destinations/north-america/new-york_region/brooklyn/prospect-heights/activities/barclays-center/">Barclays Center</a> and Mark Morris Dance Center, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is renowned for its cutting-edge programming, including contemporary dance, theater, opera, film and music. Its Next Wave Festival in the fall draws some of the world’s most impressive performers, including Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal (this renowned company has never performed in Manhattan, always preferring Brooklyn’s most avant-garde vibe). Friday night, there’s a live music series and you can also catch readings, lectures and conversations with the artists. It’s a vibrant cultural center and its diverse programming makes it well worth the trip from Manhattan.

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Clocking in at 52 acres, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden doesn’t have the size of its sister in the Bronx (which measure some 250 acres), but this gem of a green spot in Prospect Heights is well-worth a visit, even if you’re staying in Manhattan. There are festivals throughout the year, particularly around the time the stunning cherry blossoms are in bloom, but the Botanic Garden is a glorious oasis throughout the year. Don’t miss the Japanese pond and garden, the Shakespeare Garden and the impressive vegetable and herb garden. The Botanic Garden can easily be combined with the nearby <a title="Brooklyn Museum" href="https://www.indagare.com/destinations/north-america/new-york_region/brooklyn/prospect-heights/activities/brooklyn-museum/">Brooklyn Museum</a>.

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One of the oldest suspension bridges in the country, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to connect Brooklyn and Manhattan.

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Started as a quaint neighborhood bazaar, the Brooklyn Flea (it launched in 2008) is a sprawling market that takes place in Fort Greene in the summer months and inside the gorgeous One Hanson Place bank building the winter (there's also a smaller spin-off in Williamsburg in Sundays). Judging from the prices, it's more estate and high-end vintage than flea, but it's a great spot for local mementos and cool finds (there are about 150 vendors, from antique furniture dealers to jewelers) and people watching. Location varies.

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This beautiful Beaux-Arts style museum is the city's second largest, with a staggering 1.8 million works in their collection. There are exhibits from all over the world (including amazing Egyptian artifacts), but the emphasis is on American art and artists. Blue-chip names featured at the museum include Georgia O'Keefe, Mark Rothko, Norman Rockwell and Edward Hopper. Architecture buffs should check out the Memorial Cculpture Garden, which features beautiful salvaged pieces of demolished New York City buildings. On the first Saturday of every month, the museum hosts one of Brooklyn's coolest parties, Target First Saturday, with djs, musicians and free entertainment. Check the museum website for the traveling exhibitions, which have included Jean-Paul Gaultier, Ai Wei Wei and El Anatsui in the past.


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Occupying a converted factory right by the riverfront, the Wythe Hotel has an industrial aesthetic due to the fact that many of the building’s original details—tall timber-beamed ceilings, concrete floors—were preserved. The 70 guest rooms are spare, spacious and—with locally sourced furnishings—effortlessly stylish. Request a Manhattan View room for unobstructed skyline panoramas.

The Wythe is more than the place to stay in the borough. The farm-to-table restaurant, <a title="Reynard" href="https://www.indagare.com/destinations/north-america/new-york_region/brooklyn/williamsburg/restaurants/reynard/">Reynard</a>, is worthy of a trip itself, and the rooftop <a title="The Ides Bar (at the Wythe Hotel)" href="https://www.indagare.com/destinations/north-america/new-york_region/brooklyn/williamsburg/restaurants/ides-bar-wythe-hotel/">Ides Bar</a> has been a place to see and be seen since the hotel’s 2012 opening. The lobby-adjacent boutique, known as the Shop, offers themed offerings that rotate every few months, from A.P.C. raw denim to buttery leather handbags made from the pelts of the same animals served for dinner.

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The contemporary, design-focused William Vale offers five-star pampering, stunning views and fine dining options in Williamsburg.

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New York City is brimming with an energy and a spirit all its own, with a rise of buzzy Michelin-level dining, museums and parks across the city. SoHo, Central Park and Broadway are vibrant as ever, and neighborhoods like Harlem and Brooklyn’s Williamsburg, Cobble Hill and Dumbo are also attracting visitors and locals alike.

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The massive Hudson Valley region, stretching from northern Westchester County and spanning both sides of the majestic Hudson River, is a wonderful, complex destination for outdoor enthusiasts and lovers of art, Americana, history and food, as well as spiritualists and wellness seekers.

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A series of villages strung along the eastern tip of Long Island, the Hamptons are a beloved summer escape for chic New Yorkers. With a combination of glammed up farmland and miles of gorgeous beaches, this summer colony continues to evolve each year with hot spot restaurants, stylish shops and charming boutique inns.

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