Nicest neighborhoods to walk around in Brooklyn?

Brooklyn Heights is lovely, full of old brownstones and shady walks, not to mention the Promenade, with its panoramic views of lower Manhattan.

Take a stroll for some shady big black cock in Brownsville.

R1 - Thanks!

R2 - I already have one of those.

Park Slope near 5th Avenue is great. Very homey feel.

Fort Greene. You missed their brownstone house tour yesterday.

I agree with R2. The only reason to go to Brooklyn is the copious amount of BBC you can find there. You can bend over, get the pounding of your life, and then hurry back to the city.

Park Slope near Prospect Park has a number of interesting homes and mansions, Brooklyn Botanical Garden and Prospect Park, Brooklyn Museum.

Ditmas Park by a mile. You feel like you're in Pasadena. The mammoth Victorians are a wonder to behold.

Can people stop invading Brooklyn? No one wanted to step foot in Brooklyn for decades upon decades and suddenly it became the hot spot.

whoops--let's try that again.

If you are in Park Slope you will be a few blocks from Green Wood Cemetery the American Pere Lachaise Cemetery, take one of the tours.

"Can people stop invading Brooklyn?"

Let me guess - you moved to Brooklyn in 2013.

R12 I’ve been in Brooklyn since 1986, the year I was born.

86 was the year I moved to Brooklyn. Huge floor through in extra large double brownstone type building. 1000 bucks a month.

Yup. My parents rented a house for $800 a month growing up r14. Brooklyn was always cheap. My cousin had a nice one bedroom apartment for $600 a month in 2002.

Now that apartment is around $2000. It’s sad what’s happened here. Especially as it’s what I’ve known my entire life.

I also recommend Ditmas Park ( my neighborhood). There are some lovely homes here.

Some others:

Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Cobble Hill

Brooklyn? You must be poor.

I know you’re joking r17 (at least I hope you are) but it’s funny that Manhattan has become an affordable alternative to Brooklyn. Never in my lifetime would I ever think I’d see that.

And “hi” r16. I’m in Ditmas too. Love it here.

I’m in East Flatbush! Born and raised here too. It’s true, no one wanted to be bothered with Brooklyn when I was growing up, and it has become quite expensive now.

HK is cheaper than BK now.

I think the brownstones of Fort Greene are gorgeous.

I would recommend Brownsville, Bushwick, East New York. and Downtown Brooklyn. Charming areas to stroll through, especially after dark when you get a nice view of the starlit sky.

EAST NEW YORK????

I used to love Carroll Gardens, down by the canal. I believe a bunch of enormous condos have gone up there recently, however...

Their post was meant to be sarcastic r23. Though really they are using some outdated references, sure there is no reason for someone to be down in Brownsville or East New York, but Bushwick has long been taken over by hipsters.

There’s no reason for white people to be flocking to Brooklyn.

Fabulous sights! Like Brooklyn Heights!

The botanical gardens at Prospect Park are lovely, but I guess that's not really a "neighborhood."

So in non-sarcastic response - Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Garden historic areas are some of the most beautiful streets in NYC. Closer to water. But it’s a little block by block - some horribly ugly stretches mixed in with stunning brownstone blocks.

Park Slope within 2 blocks of Park - equally stunning this not as extensive as the Brooklyn Heights area.

Williamsburg is worth seeing just to experience the ultimate hipster neighborhood. And some interesting newer architecture - though most of it is crappy cheap condos. The rooftop of Wythe Hotel is a good view or William Vale.

Fort Greene and Clinton Hill have some nice blocks - but mixed in with some sketchy blocks. Portland is one of the nicer streets - as is Clinton.

Ditmas Park is a little out of the way but worth seeing.

Where did the Kramdens and the Nortons live?

Bensonhurst, R30.

Dumbo is interesting.

I second the suggestion of Green-Wood Cemetery. It’s like an arboretum, with dead people.

Law & Order films there sometimes. Goodfellas also. Lots of others. My great grands are buried there.

Coney Island

R33 Green-Wood is considered an arboretum since it has a large collection of old growth trees.

Here’s a picture of Green-Wood Cemetery. It’s huge. Probably a good place to bird watch.

Ugh - are people really saying the best neighborhood in Brooklyn is a cemetery?!? Come on - if he wanted “landmark” or “location” or “park”, he would have asked. A neighborhood is a place of homes where living people live - Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Cobb’s Hill. Greenwood Cemetery is out of the way - unless you did Park Slope and ended up there. But if he wants “parks” or “landmarks”, he should do Prospect Park - which is a world renowned park second only to Central Park.

If you like quiet and love to see the old Victorian homes I give another vote to Ditmas Park. There are some nice restaurants a great food coop and you don't have to be a member to buy things. They have ready to eat takeout that they'll heat up for you and there are benches to sit on in front of the place. There is a selection of not so great Chinese restaurants and a nice pizza/Italian restaurant. There are places for grass-fed burgers too. Right near a subway, not sure which one. If you come on Sunday before 2 pm there is a small but very nice farmers market. Parking can be a bitch though. Also it's one of those double/triple stroller, spoiled rich brats neighborhood, at least the last decade or so. If you can't stand that you might find it an annoying neighborhood. For that matter so is Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights. I hear but can't say I saw it with my own eyes is Williamsburg.

The main public library in Brooklyn at Grand Army Plaza is lovely and on Saturdays they have the second largest farmers market in NYC at Grand Army Plaza.

Downtown Brooklyn is changing rapidly and some of the most expensive apartments in the city are going up there, there are tons of stores and of course Juniors restaurant.

R31, Jackie Gleason grew up on Chauncey Street which at the time was Stuyvesant Heights. It merged into what is now Bed-Stuy (Bedford-Stuyvesant.) The Kramden's Chauncey Street was claimed to be in Bushwick, a few blocks north. The only reference to BEnsonhurst, was their phone number in an exchange eight miles away.