In the past 20 years, Brooklyn has gone from a borough people often overlooked to one of the hottest spots in New York City. The phrase "only in Brooklyn" has since become a replacement to "only in New York". Here is a list of 10 things that you can do "only in Brooklyn".

1. 10 Things You Can
Only Do in Brooklyn
By Maria Haymandou

2. Canoe a superfund
site
• Gowanus canal is beautiful to
explore by boat.!
• Gives you a view of both
natural beauty and industrial
sites.!
• Sign up with the Gowanus
Dredgers Canoe Club for a tour.

3. The Brooklyn Museum
• Offers just as much, if not more, than the Met or the Museum of
Natural History.!
• Check out the Elizabeth A Sackler Center for Feminist Art, home
to Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” that celebrates feminist
icons throughout history.

4. Coney Island Cyclone
• Built in 1927.!
• One of the oldest roller
coasters in the world.

5. 100+ year-old subway cars
• Transit Museum is one of the
coolest museums in New York.!
• You get to see what subway rides
looked like back when they just
cost a nickel.!
• Features subway cars throughout
the city’s history.

6. New York City’s oldest building
• The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, built between
1637 and 1652, has been around since New York
City was New Amsterdam.!
• Allows you the chance to explore New York’s
unique Dutch heritage.

7. The City Reliquary
• Quirky Williamsburg museum that’s been around
since forever.!
• Features everything from a history of burlesque to
a 1950s subway turnstile.

8. Prison
Ship
Martyr’s
Monument
• Located in Fort
Greene Park.!
• Commemorates more
than 11,000
Americans who died
onboard British
Prison Ships in the
American Revolution.!
• Compare those
numbers to the 8,000
Americans who died
in combat during the
war.

9. Time travel to ancient Greece
• Achilles Heel and
River Styx are two
bars located either
nearby or on the
water.!
• River Styx is right by
Transmitter Park.

10. Brooklyn lit
crawl
• Brooklyn is filled with
literary stars: Jennifer Egan,
Jonathan Safran Foer,
Martin Amis and Emma
Straub to name a few.!
• Visit the various coffee
shops and bookstores of
Brooklyn where they
frequent, such as
PowerHouse, Bookcourt
and Word.!
• Authors will stop by to give
readings.

11. See the best sunset
• Sunset Park didn’t get its name for nothing.!
• Check out a sunset on top of one of the highest
points in the area.!
• Get a taco nearby after the darkness settles.