219 St Johns Place Brooklyn

Brooklyn residents are passionate about Prospect Park. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the park was completed in the late 1880s. Olmsted once said that he was prouder of it than any of his other works.

Great food - nice to be able to sit outdoors at this mary's outpost in brooklyn. Same as Mary's except the space is a lot better. The fabulous decor along with outdoor seating. this place is a hole different ball game when it comes to spacing/decor.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden began as a 39-acre plot donated by the New York State legislature in 1897. Since then, it's grown to 52 acres of immaculate landscaping ripe with color; bluebells and daffodils carpet the hills and wooded areas, and in the Cranford Rose Garden (with more than 5,000 plants and 1,400 varieties), roses of every shape and size, in mauve, scarlet, or apricot hues, twist around latticework and creep across fifteen rectangular beds.

GORILLA to the rescue! So delicious, a lot of heart without being preachy--fair trade AND organic.

One of the nation's premier art institutions, the Brooklyn Museum of Art rocketed into public consciousness in 1999 with the controversial "Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection," which drew international media attention and record crowds who came to see just what an artist -- and a few conservative politicians -- could make out of a little elephant dung.

Rose Water, in Park Slope, offers innovative cooking and a relaxed ambience. Lovers of esoterica will find much to ponder on the menu — tatsoi, a delicate Asian green, appears in roast chicken dish, and a potato salad appetizer features lovage.

The restaurant features a large Oyster Bar and a dinning room always bustling with energy. Blue Ribbon Brooklyn has been voted "Best Restaurant in Brooklyn," "Best Kid-friendly Restaurant in NY" by New York Magazine as well as numerous other awards, and continues the Blue Ribbon Team's tradition of establishing top notch, high quality, restaurants atop the local and national restaurant scene.

Franny’s might be New York's most polarizing pizzeria. Either you’re for its Pollan-endorsed ecosustainable ingredient-fetishizing party line, or you’re eye-rollingly against it. Andrew Feinberg procures not only his D.O.C. buffalo mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes, but the conviction to serve his pies unsliced; and California, wellspring of the local-and-seasonal spirit that imbues the menu.

Incredible, fresh sandwiches are a topper at this impressive beer mecca. A host of favorites (choice domestic and foreign options) - Growler fills with some local and Pacific coast favorites (Six Point & Bear Republic to be precise). If you are in the mood for great beer(s) and/or hearty delicious sandwiches this place is a hands-down winner in the Park Slope.

Established in the late 1800s with a small menagerie of animals, this eleven-acre habitat officially became the Prospect Park Zoo when it opened to the public in 1935. Thanks to the intervention of the Wildlife Conservation Society, more-naturalistic holding areas replaced cages and pits during the 1989 renovation, which also added three major exhibitions for children: the World of Animals, Animal Lifestyles and Animals in Our Lives.

Fast forward nearly twenty years to the present and Crunch has grown from that one tiny aerobics studio with no air conditioning into a collection of 28 state-of-the-art gyms in locations such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and, of course, New York (and more to come). It stands as a rapidly growing brand that fuses fitness and entertainment to make working out fun, bringing a host of unique services and products to our active and expanding clientele.

Barnes & Noble, Jr. is the ideal destination for anyone looking for the best in children's books, videos, and music. With age-based recommendations, as well as specialty stores that cater to Harry Potter and other big titles, it's the ultimate one-stop shop for kids.

Berkeley Carroll School is a private school in Brooklyn, New York. It serves 800 students in grades PK-12 and is coed.

Brooklyn's St. Saviour Elementary School is a private school. It is coed and Roman Catholic affiliated, serving 437 students in grades PK-8.

A neighborhood specialty food market – a one stop shop for the best in fresh, prepared and gourmet foods. Union Market is a new enterprise that is a product of cooperation between the former Management team of one of New York’s most prestigious food outlets, Gourmet Garage, including Mr. Marko Lalic, Mr. Martin Nunez and Mr. Paul Fernandez. This is your neighborhood source for Fine Foods.

During daylight hours, Tea Lounge's hangar-esque space is densely populated with an amiable cross-section of Park Slope strollerati mommies, hipster laptop tappers, retirees, backgammon-playing tweens and "underemployed" creative types grateful for a kindly priced cup of coffee.