Walking Brooklynby Adrienne Onofri is an exceptional guide to and through Brooklyn's most interesting and notable neighborhoods, providing a mix of information about culture, history, architecture, places to eat, venues to visit, and more.
Adrienne Onofri is a native New Yorker, a journalist, and a licensed sightseeing guide. For Wilderness Press, she has also written Walking Queens: 30 Tours for Discovering the Diverse Communities, Historic Places, and Natural Treasures of New York City's Largest Borough and edited Walking Manhattan: 30 Strolls Exploring Cultural Treasures, Entertainment Centers, and Historical Sites in the Heart of New York City. She has been a copy editor for Entertainment Weekly and written about theater, the arts, and travel for various publications. As a guide, Adrienne has led tours in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens by foot, bus, car, and trolley.
1. In One Bridge (Manhattan Bridge), Out the Other (Brooklyn Bridge)
2. Dumbo and Vinegar Hill
3. Downtown
4. Brooklyn Heights
5. Barclays Center, BAM and Boerum Hill
6. Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill
7. Gowanus
8. Red Hook
9. Park Slope
10. Prospect Park
11. Prospect Heights
12. Around the Park
13. Victorian Flatbush
14. Midwood and Flatbush
15. Crown Heights
16. Bedford-Stuyvesant
17. Fort Greene
18. Clinton Hill and Wallabout
19. Bushwick
20. Williamsburg: Southside, Northside
21. Williamsburg: McCarren Park and the Waterfront
22. Greenpoint
23. Green-Wood Cemetery
24. Sunset Park
25. Bay Ridge, with Fort Hamilton sidebar
26. Gravesend
27. Coney Island and Brighton Beach
28. Manhattan Beach and Sheepshead Bay
29. Gerritsen Beach, with Marine Park sidebar
30. Mill Basin/Paerdegat Basin/Canarsie Pier
31. East New York and Cypress Hills (including Highland Park)