Brokelyn provides a response to the increasingly overpriced borough we all know and love as BK.
Both Mindy and myself are based in NYC but chose to reside and spend most of our time in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is the soon to be most populated and diverse borough (take that, Queens). And as a result of it's increasing popularity and dropping crime rate we've noted the spike in prices across the board. That is where Brokelyn, comes in. Brokelyn answers all of your questions about how to live cheaply in this overpriced city. Such "brokelyner" topics from shopping to health care to neighborhood excursions to starting your own Etsy are covered. Find your wallet a little thin these days and don't know where to take that hottie this weekend, check out Brokelyn's Cheap Date Guide. And now I know where to go for reasonably priced acupuncture.
Other things Brokelyners didn't know about this gorgeous borough:
- The oldest stone Dutch house in NYC is sitting in the industrial wasteland of Bushwick/Ridgewood...Onderdonk House has FREE (technically suggested donation) visiting hours on Saturdays from 1pm to 5pm. Grab some eats at Los Hermanos for a taco lunch or Northeast Kingdom for brunch.
- Anyone who's gone, raves about the NYC Transit Museum, located in the historic Brooklyn Heights neighborhood with $5 admission fee. Now you'll fully appreciate the subway system and it's humble beginnings in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- Though on the pricey end of things (aka $15) you can take a trolly tour through the Greenwood Cemetery, a perfect excursion for the pre-Halloween season. Or you could just walk through one of the most beautiful resting places for FREE.
-Alyssa
