Brooklyn’s Top Attractions

By Maria Haymandou

Coney Island

• Perfect day trip!• Features amusement

park rides, including one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the world!

• Home of the Brooklyn Aquarium!

• Right next to Brighton Beach

BLDG 92

A museum in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that chronicles the history of the former shipbuilding center

Brooklyn Botanical Garden

Features hundreds of types of foliage

laid out over 52 acres

Brooklyn Bridge

• An enduring symbol of New York’s architectural history!

• Offers beautiful views of various New York landmarks!

• Features the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a great and unique park

Brooklyn Children’s Museum

• The country’s first museum dedicated to children!

• Features some 30,000 objects ranging from dolls to fossils!

• Lets kids have fun while also learning about Brooklyn

Brooklyn FleaOffers a quirky range of items, ranging from records to art

Brooklyn Promenade

Great views of lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of

Liberty

Brooklyn Historical Society

• Houses numerous permanent and ongoing exhibits highlighting the role Brooklyn has played in New York and America’s history!

• Features a photo and research library accessible by appointment

Brooklyn Museum

• Less crowded than the bigger-name museums of Manhattan!

• Has a 4,000-piece Egyptian collection!

• Even features a reconstruction of a 17th-century colonial Dutch farmhouse

Green-Wood Cemetery

• Victorian mausoleums, cherubs and gargoyles!

• The resting place of half a million New Yorkers!

• Home of Battle Hill, one of the highest points in Brooklyn