brooklyn's top attractions, by maria haymandou
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Brooklyn’s Top Attractions
By Maria Haymandou
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Coney Island
• Perfect day trip!• Features amusement
park rides, including one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the world!
• Home of the Brooklyn Aquarium!
• Right next to Brighton Beach
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BLDG 92
A museum in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that chronicles the history of the former shipbuilding center
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Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Features hundreds of types of foliage
laid out over 52 acres
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Brooklyn Bridge
• An enduring symbol of New York’s architectural history!
• Offers beautiful views of various New York landmarks!
• Features the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a great and unique park
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Brooklyn Children’s Museum
• The country’s first museum dedicated to children!
• Features some 30,000 objects ranging from dolls to fossils!
• Lets kids have fun while also learning about Brooklyn
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Brooklyn FleaOffers a quirky range of items, ranging from records to art
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Brooklyn Promenade
Great views of lower Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of
Liberty
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Brooklyn Historical Society
• Houses numerous permanent and ongoing exhibits highlighting the role Brooklyn has played in New York and America’s history!
• Features a photo and research library accessible by appointment
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Brooklyn Museum
• Less crowded than the bigger-name museums of Manhattan!
• Has a 4,000-piece Egyptian collection!
• Even features a reconstruction of a 17th-century colonial Dutch farmhouse
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Green-Wood Cemetery
• Victorian mausoleums, cherubs and gargoyles!
• The resting place of half a million New Yorkers!
• Home of Battle Hill, one of the highest points in Brooklyn