What distinguishes Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park from other NYC neighborhoods? For one, this almost exclusively residential district doesn’t feel like part of New York at all. It is sleepy, tranquil, and bursting with vibrant colors of its stately 19th century mansions. In fact, when you walk around this neighborhood, you may feel magically transported to another…

If you like looking at maps, the first thing you’ll notice about Cobble Hill is that it forms a nearly perfect rectangle around 22 blocks in the western part of Brooklyn. Bounded by Atlantic Avenue to the north, Court Street to the east, Degraw Street to the south, and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to the west,…

Did You Know That Brooklyn has its Very Own, Beautiful “Garden District?” There is a good reason why its name is Carroll Gardens: the neighborhood’s main features are deep front yards, often surrounded by decorative wrought iron fences. This explains the “garden” part. But why Carroll, you may ask? Until 1964, this 40-block neighborhood, was…