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Park Slope

Photo: Gabby Jones

Park Slope has a literary, socially conscious, family-friendly feel. Enjoy its independent bookstores and cafés, thriving dining (and decent bar) scene and the proximity to Prospect Park—not to mention block after block of classic Brooklyn brownstone houses.

IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Ginger's Bar, exterior
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A Night at Ginger’s

Photographer Jeanette Spicer visits one of the City’s few remaining lesbian bars to capture its significance to the community.

Concert Grove Pavilion. Photo: Yael Malka
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Prospect Park Secrets

Visit Brooklyn’s beloved green space with an eye toward its hidden features and lesser-known history.

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Emily Flake’s Guide to Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

Get neighborhood recommendations from New Yorker cartoonist and Windsor Terrace resident Emily Flake, who runs a comedy night and loves deli coffee.

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BROWSE ALL PARK SLOPE

Restaurants
Park Slope

Le Fleur Rouge

Le Fleur Rouge, a unique culinary experience rooted in Brooklyn, merges the vibrant flavors of Chinese cuisine with French culinary finesse, helmed by a Michelin-trained chef.

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Park Slope

Bar Crudo

Beginning as a pop-up ceviche spot, this raw bar and restaurant is known for oysters, seafood mains and charcuterie boards.

Outdoors & Recreation
Park Slope

Prospect Park Lake

Covering 55 acres and with a depth of nearly seven feet, the Prospect Park Lake is one of the area’s most popular spots for catch-and-release fishing.

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Park Slope

Chela

This Park Slope spot whips up inventive, beautifully plated cuisine leaning heavily on traditional South American flavors.

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Park Slope

L'Albero dei Gelati

This Lombardy, Italy–based gelato company embraces slow food and artisanal cooking principles—the spot is half gelato stand, where customers can pick up creamy cups of the treat made with organic milk and locally sourced ingredients in unique flavors like blue cheese and bell pepper (as well as more traditional flavors like chocolate and peach); and half a relaxed café, with a selection of freshly made breads and locally sourced meats and cheeses.

Museums & Galleries
Park Slope

Old Stone House

This small museum illuminates the history of Brooklyn during the colonial and Revolutionary War eras.

Nightlife
Park Slope

Union Hall

Union Hall leads a double life: upstairs, a large, lively bar with bocce courts; downstairs, a venue for nightly comedy and live music.

Outdoors & Recreation
Park Slope

Prospect Park Long Meadow

Possibly the longest unbroken meadow in any urban US park, Long Meadow is almost a mile of open green space, spanning nearly the entire west side of the park from Grand Army Plaza to Prospect Park Southwest.

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