Brooklyn’s Best Movers

Moving to Brooklyn? Here’s a list of
Our Favorite Brooklyn Attractions,
Hot Spots, and Restaurants

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden: This world-class New York City botanical garden connects people to the world of plants, fostering curiosity and delight for New York’s green spaces while supporting a sense of community and stewardship around the environment. They offer nearly two dozen gardens, collections, conservatories, and features.
• Owl’s Head Park: A destination for all ages and seasons, here you’ll find summertime picnicking and snow day sledding. Plus, a view of that famous NYC skyline.
• The Old Stone House & Washington Park: This historic site and park conservancy is dedicated to preserving and teaching local and national history as it has impacted the neighborhood. The Stone House Building is a reconstruction that showcases ten different exhibits on war and how it impacted the community.
• Taqueria Ramirez (94 Franklin St, Brooklyn): Located near the G train, Taqueria Ramirez does Mexico City street tacos right: limited meat (including offal) choices, heavy on the seasoning with self-serve salsas. If your Mexican cuisine standards are high, Taqueria Ramirez won’t let you down.
• Nenes Taqueria (660 Degraw St, Brooklyn): Right by Union St station, this taqueria embraces New York influence with a birria taco turned into pizza form. Nenes’ “Birria Pizza” is a crisp tortilla, generously stuffed with tender braised birria beef, guacamole, and the works; then flattened, sliced, and served.
• Seaborne – Classic and modern cocktails served in an exposed-brick bar.
• C’Mon Everybody (325 Franklin Ave): A lively LGBTQ+ watering hole and live music venue that, as the name suggests, is inclusive and welcoming.
• Tacos El Bronco (4324 4th Ave, Brooklyn): The tacos at this Sunset Park taqueria are small enough that you’ll definitely want more than one, but with refreshingly low prices, there’s no problem there. The decor won’t win any design awards, but the horchata and meat quality make up for it.
• Hattie Carthan Community Farmers Market – This grassroots, people of color-led agricultural revitalization project has a vision to cultivate a healthy, holistic, and self-sufficient community that increases the neighborhood’s access to locally-grown fresh food, farm culture, and intergenerational agricultural education.
• Community Bookstore: This welcoming neighborhood bookstore offers an array of alternative titles not found elsewhere. They also offer well-known books, best-sellers, and children’s titles. This is a great place to spend a rainy afternoon in Park Slope.
• Sailor (228 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn): With its nautical ambiance and inventive, seasonal menu, eating in this upscale neighborhood bistro is a tough reservation to snag—but worth the effort.
• Commune in Clinton Hill (69 Lexington Ave): A coffee cart, wine bar, garden, and collaborative workspace all rolled into one. The decor and ambiance, especially the outdoor garden, make it a productive spot for hosting networking events or 1:1 catchups.
• The Brooklyn Ice House – Bar food, a big beer list & an ample back patio bring locals to this laid-back tavern.
• The Corner (86th St and 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn): Brooklyn legend Thomas Perone, chef of the old-school Italian spot Brooklyn Roots, brings his new venture, The Corner, to Bay Ridge. Expect an ever-changing menu based on whatever Thomas feels like cooking.
• L’Antagoniste – High-end, traditional French bistro fare with a variety of complimentary wines and beverages
• Dyker’s Christmas Lights: Prepare to step into a Christmas movie—right next door for Bay Ridge residents. Each Christmas, nearby Dyker Height puts on the world’s most over-the-top light displays, with oversized Santas, sleighs, and snowmen taking over the streets.
• Sycamore Bar  (1118 Cortelyou Rd, Brooklyn): A quirky drinking spot tucked behind a florist shop, bartenders double as florists, serving up bourbon and fresh bouquets.
• Brooklyn Museum – At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City’s second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.
• Barbès: This French-owned underground nightclub is a classic old bar that showcases local creative talent and strives to be “anti-dive”. Take that for what you will, but they refuse to compromise on certain details that just can’t be found elsewhere in NYC anymore.
• Midwood Mardi Gras Street: Running for over 40 years, this annual street festival brings the heart of Midwood to life with entertainment, arts and crafts, food vendors, and more unusual experiences, like an FDNY fire safety demonstration, and Jewish organ performances.
• Chilos (323 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn): Chilos has two taco truck locations: the original one in Bed-Stuy and a newer spot in Greenwood Heights. Both open to an outdoor patio space and sell agave spirits and margaritas to wash it all down.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music (30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn): A multi-arts center hosting provocative and avant-garde performances. According to the New York Times, just like Brooklyn, BAM is eclectic, bold, and unafraid to push boundaries.
• Union Hall: This one-of-a-kind 5,000 sq ft bar, restaurant, and performance venue offers cozy firesides, a stately library, two indoor bocce courts, outdoor garden seating, and a downstairs bar with music and comedy. It truly is an adult playland. Perfect for dates, catching up with out-of-towners, or just stopping by serendipitously.
• The Wicked Monk: (9510 3rd Ave, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn): If you’re searching for a bar that serves peanut butter and jelly shots – or just a bar with surprisingly good food – The Wicked Monk is your go-to. The vibe? Saturday night 80s disco fever.
• Ital Kitchen – Ital Kitchen was born from the idea of food that improves your happiness…simply put, happy food creates happy souls… Ital is the oasis of Crown Heights, created on the premise that food and atmosphere heals.
• Birria Landia Truck (491 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn): This food truck is a satisfying late-night destination, located at Macri Park Triangle (across from Union Pool). Birria Landia Truck is famous for its Tijuana-style birria tacos, and true to form, you can count the price of a taco on one hand.
• Freddy’s Bar: This quirky Brooklyn dive offers live performances, eclectic decor, and an all-around great vibe that you just have to experience in person to understand. The bar is well-known as a Brooklyn institution and one of NYC’s Best Dives.
• The Crown Inn – A friendly neighborhood establishment, The Crown Inn offers craft cocktails and beer in a cavernous bar with exposed brick & Prohibition-style furnishings.
• Center for Fiction (15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn): The home for readers and writers, this non-profit organization offers everything from a tech-free reading room to curated events like speed dating and book awards.
• Collyer’s Mansion – Boutique home goods stores like this are hard to find. You’ll find a colorful and eclectic assortment of eco-friendly items, handmade jewelry, and original artwork to take your home decor to the next level.
• Cobble Hill Cinema – Who doesn’t love an independent boutique movie theater?! Make wonderful movie memories in this local spot featuring five theaters and a plethora of international and independent showings.
• Super Power – Casual spot for tiki drinks & frozen cocktails with colorful garnishes, plus a few bar bites.
• Moes Bar and Lounge (80 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn): A beloved neighborhood hangout with stiff drinks and good music. They also host local comedians and open mic nights.
• Al Di La Trattoria: This old-World Italian restaurant is Michelin-starred and features mouthwatering northern Italian favorites. Al Di La Trattoria is known for their risottos, but as always, pay attention to the specials and you will be absolutely delighted.
• Mozzarella(265 Troy Ave, Crown Heights, Brooklyn) – A menu with an array of kosher pastas, sandwiches, & shakshuka in a casual space with exposed brick.
• Brooklyn Children’s Museum – Inspired by the energy and diversity of the borough, Brooklyn Children’s Museum creates experiences that ignite curiosity, celebrate identity and cultivate joyful learning.
• Red Hook Lobster Pound – Since the restaurant’s doors opened in 2009, people have traveled hundreds of miles or more to Red Hook to sample the freshest Maine lobster in this incredibly special part of NYC.
• Chavela’s(736 Franklin Ave Brooklyn) – Chavela’s offers authentic Mexican flavors served in a welcoming atmosphere with fantastic cocktails, lively music, and lots of laughter.
• Patsy’s Pizzeria: This New York City pizza dynasty is a heavyweight champion at serving some of New York’s finest Sicilian coal oven thin-crust pizza. Patsy’s Pizzeria has been around since 1933 and can trace its NYC roots back even further. This is a great place to take out-of-town visitors.
• Brooklyn Cruise Terminal – The modern terminal offers all the services and comforts expected from a world-class cruise facility including 200,000 square feet of flexible terminal space, sophisticated gangways, separate bus stalls, and ample parking.