DUMBO

Nearest ferry

Dumbo/Fulton Ferry · NYC Ferry, East River route · 4 min walk to the start

Nearest subway

High St AC · 5 min walk to the start

The 28 stops

The full stories, photos and directions for every stop are in the app.

1. 
   1Hillside Dog Park

   Start your walk with the locals at Hillside Dog Park, a sloping patch of green where neighborhood dogs chase each other uphill and down.

2. 
   2Eagle Warehouse & Storage Company Building

   This fortress of brick was built in 1894 as a storage warehouse, on the spot where the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper once printed its pages.

3. 
   3L&B Spumoni Gardens 🍕

   L&B Spumoni Gardens has been a Brooklyn legend since 1939, when it started out in Gravesend, and it has now brought its famous square slice to DUMBO.

4. 
   4Grimaldi’s Pizzeria 🍕

   Grimaldi’s is one of the most famous pizzerias in New York, and the line outside proves it.

5. 
   5Juliana’s Pizza 🍕

   Here is the pizza drama of DUMBO.

6. 
   6Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory

   Treat yourself at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, a small shop on Old Fulton Street, just across from its original home in the fireboat house you’ll see later on this walk.

7. 
   7Harriet’s Rooftop

   On top of the 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge, Harriet’s Rooftop has one of the most spectacular views in the city: the Brooklyn Bridge so close you could almost touch it, and lower Manhattan spread out across the river.

8. 
   8Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1

   A few decades ago, this was a working waterfront of cargo piers and warehouses.

9. 
   9Bargemusic

   For almost 50 years, a converted coffee barge moored right here at Fulton Ferry Landing was Bargemusic, a floating concert hall where chamber music came with the gentle rocking of the East River and the skyline in the windows behind the musicians.

10. 
    10Fulton Ferry Fireboat House

    Before the bridge, ferries carried people across the river from this landing, which is why the street is called Old Fulton Street.

11. 
    11The River Café

    The River Café has floated on a barge under the Brooklyn Bridge since 1977, and it is one of New York’s most romantic restaurants.

12. 
    12Luke’s Lobster

    For a casual bite, Luke’s Lobster serves rolls piled high with Maine lobster, with just a touch of mayo and lemon butter.

13. 
    13Jane’s Carousel

    In 1984, Jane Walentas bought an old carousel at an auction in Ohio.

14. 
    14St. Ann’s Warehouse

    These roofless brick walls are the shell of the Tobacco Warehouse, built in the 1870s to store tobacco leaves arriving by ship.

15. 
    15Butler

    Butler is a bright neighborhood café known for its pastries and carefully brewed coffee.

16. 
    16Jacques Torres Chocolate

    Jacques Torres, known as Mr. Chocolate, was a French pastry chef who opened his first chocolate shop right here in DUMBO in 2000.

17. 
    17Time Out Market

    The Time Out Market fills a row of 1870s brick warehouses called the Empire Stores, where coffee and sugar were once stored.

18. 
    18Pebble Beach

    Pebble Beach isn’t much of a beach, and nobody swims here, but it may have the best seats in DUMBO.

19. 
    19Main Street Park

    Main Street Park squeezes a lot into a small space: a playground, a dog run, a lawn and views of the river, all under the Manhattan Bridge.

20. 
    20Manhattan Bridge

    Stand under the Manhattan Bridge and wait for a subway train.

21. 
    21Smack Mellon

    Smack Mellon is a nonprofit art space in an old industrial building that once held the boilers for a factory.

22. 
    22DUMBO Manhattan Bridge View

    This is the most famous view in Brooklyn.

23. 
    23Gleason’s Gym

    Gleason’s is one of the oldest boxing gyms in America.

24. 
    24powerHouse Books

    powerHouse Books is an independent bookstore and publisher with a love for photography, art and design.

25. 
    25DUMBO Archway (Brooklyn Flea)

    Under the Manhattan Bridge, the old archway has become one of DUMBO’s favorite gathering places.

26. 
    26A.I.R. Gallery

    A.I.R. Gallery was founded in 1972 as the first artist-run gallery for women in the United States, at a time when women artists could hardly get a show.

27. 
    27Stairs to Brooklyn Bridge

    These stairs are the locals’ shortcut onto the Brooklyn Bridge.

28. 
    28Brooklyn Bridge

    End your walk on the Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883 as the longest suspension bridge in the world.