What's a Perfect Brooklyn Afternoon For Tourists?

The Botanic Garden / Image via Flickr User MrGeneko

It’s finally Spring, you guys, and Spring means one thing for New Yorkers: the beginning of tourist season! This, of course, also means that friends and family are coming to visit, and following an afternoon of The Empire State Building and Madame Tussauds you'll have to force them out of Manhattan and over to our beloved borough. “Come see how the other half lives!” you’ll say. “Do I need a bulletproof vest?” they’ll ask. But you are very persuasive, and will convince them that Brooklyn is great. Really great. 

But what the hell do you do with your guests once they’re in Brooklyn? There’s so much to see and do, and a lot of it’s not particularly near one another. The Awl’s Choire Sicha recently asked readers what their opinion of the perfect Brooklyn afternoon for tourists is. In my experience, it’s difficult to show off Brooklyn in one day, but many of the Awl commenters had some great suggestions on certain places to hit up. The Botanic Garden came up quite a few times. With cherry blossoms currently in full bloom, this seems like a perfect idea.

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