A local's guide to life in Williamsburg

Jenny
A local's guide to life in Williamsburg

Groceries and specialty food

Has almost everything you need, is really close by, and is open from 7a through 10p every night. It's really clean and neat and has solid produce.
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City Acres Market
11 Broadway
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Has almost everything you need, is really close by, and is open from 7a through 10p every night. It's really clean and neat and has solid produce.
Whole Foods is about a ten minute walk from the apartment. Selection is great but it can get really crowded. Highly recommend the fresh bread!
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Whole Foods Market
214 3rd St
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Whole Foods is about a ten minute walk from the apartment. Selection is great but it can get really crowded. Highly recommend the fresh bread!
Tiny shop and butcher with amazing selection of gourmet products, cheeses and more. They have great fresh bread as well. Staff is highly knowledgeable and helpful. Expensive but excellent quality.
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Marlow & Daughters
95 Broadway
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Tiny shop and butcher with amazing selection of gourmet products, cheeses and more. They have great fresh bread as well. Staff is highly knowledgeable and helpful. Expensive but excellent quality.
Open 24 hours, this small food market is great for affordable produce as well as other necessities. The fresh juices are really popular. No non-sense.
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Mr. Piña
219 Havemeyer St
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Open 24 hours, this small food market is great for affordable produce as well as other necessities. The fresh juices are really popular. No non-sense.
Great spot for well-curated specialty food items as well as sandwiches.
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Mekelburg's
293 Grand Ave
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Great spot for well-curated specialty food items as well as sandwiches.
Lovely wine shop, reasonable prices, helpful staff
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Dandy Wine & Spirits
37 S 4th St
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Lovely wine shop, reasonable prices, helpful staff
Beautiful wine shop with great selection. Very close to the apartment.
Spirit Animal
20 Broadway
Beautiful wine shop with great selection. Very close to the apartment.
European-style cafe with amazing sandwiches and good quality coffee. Interesting food selection for sale as well as small gifts.
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Dépanneur
242 Wythe Ave
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European-style cafe with amazing sandwiches and good quality coffee. Interesting food selection for sale as well as small gifts.
I love their vegan salted caramel ice cream!
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Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
620 Manhattan Ave
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I love their vegan salted caramel ice cream!
Another great ice cream spot.
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OddFellows Ice Cream Co. The Parlor
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Another great ice cream spot.

Random Shops

Awesome high quality reusable shopping bags and other accessories.
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BAGGU Brooklyn
Kent Avenue
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Awesome high quality reusable shopping bags and other accessories.
Local hardware store down the block, dependable and helpful staff
M&D Shapiro True Value Hardware
369 Berry St
Local hardware store down the block, dependable and helpful staff
Boutique home goods
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LEIF
99 Grand St
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Boutique home goods

Sightseeing

It's an absolute must to walk down to the bottom of the Williamsburg bridge from the apartment and stroll along the East River through Domino Park. It's a very cool urban park that's been designed to elevate the old industrial feel of the neighborhood- all centered around the building that was once the old Domino sugar factory.
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Domino Park
15 Kent Ave
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It's an absolute must to walk down to the bottom of the Williamsburg bridge from the apartment and stroll along the East River through Domino Park. It's a very cool urban park that's been designed to elevate the old industrial feel of the neighborhood- all centered around the building that was once the old Domino sugar factory.

Food scene

It's famous for a reason. Definitely worth a try if you like steak.
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Peter Luger Steak House
178 Broadway
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It's famous for a reason. Definitely worth a try if you like steak.
Delicious Michelin rated restaurant a few blocks from apartment.
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Meadowsweet
149 Broadway
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Delicious Michelin rated restaurant a few blocks from apartment.
Cool Vietnamese restaurant right behind the building.
Bia
67 South 6th Street
Cool Vietnamese restaurant right behind the building.
Outstanding Taiwanese food
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Win Son
159 Graham Ave
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Outstanding Taiwanese food
Really cute vegan diner. I'm not vegan and I love this place.
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Champs Diner
197 Meserole St
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Really cute vegan diner. I'm not vegan and I love this place.
Great Israeli spot for brunch
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Reunion
544 Union Ave
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Great Israeli spot for brunch
Another solid Israeli brunch cafe.
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12 Chairs Cafe
342 Wythe Ave
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Another solid Israeli brunch cafe.
Amazing Italian restaurant but would definitely recommend getting a reservation.
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Lilia
567 Union Ave
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Amazing Italian restaurant but would definitely recommend getting a reservation.
Unique Japanese restaurant with great sushi
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Bozu
296 Grand St
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Unique Japanese restaurant with great sushi
Open air food market every Saturday 11a-6p where you can eat from 35 different local food vendors. It's a really fun scene though usually gets really busy. A great variety of food and it's all delicious.
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Smorgasburg
90 Kent Ave
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Open air food market every Saturday 11a-6p where you can eat from 35 different local food vendors. It's a really fun scene though usually gets really busy. A great variety of food and it's all delicious.

Vintage Shops

Williamsburg has great vintage/thrift shops that are really fun to explore and hunt for unique finds.
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Awoke Vintage
132 N 5th St
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Williamsburg has great vintage/thrift shops that are really fun to explore and hunt for unique finds.
Carefully selected high-quality vintage clothing.
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Amarcord Vintage Fashion
223 Bedford Ave
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Carefully selected high-quality vintage clothing.
Eccentric and feminine vintage shop.
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Antoinette
119 Grand St
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Eccentric and feminine vintage shop.
For more funky looks.
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Monk Vintage
500 Driggs Ave
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For more funky looks.
Charming vintage clothing spot.
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Horizons Vintage - Brooklyn
381 Metropolitan Ave
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Charming vintage clothing spot.

Additional Services

This place is great for any urgent care needs. Typically you can get seen pretty quickly. The staff there are really helpful.
Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care
55-05 Myrtle Ave
This place is great for any urgent care needs. Typically you can get seen pretty quickly. The staff there are really helpful.
My go-to for eye exams.
SHINE OPTIQUE (Luxeye Optical)
291 Bedford Ave
My go-to for eye exams.
Wonderful dentist I highly recommend.
Howard A. Silver D.D.S.
340 Hooper St
Wonderful dentist I highly recommend.

Consejos para la ciudad

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Ferries out of Williamsburg on the East River

Most people don't know, but there are actually two ferry stops in Williamsburg that you can take to get to Manhattan - either to Wall Street or E. 34th Street. The North Williamsburg stop is at North 6th Street and Kent Ave and actually the area by the river there is really nice to walk around. The South Williamsburg stop is 440 Kent Ave. There are also stops in Dumbo (Brooklyn) and Hunters Point S. (Long Island City, Queens). For more information: https://www.ferry.nyc