Williamsburg

Nearest subway

Bedford Av L · 1 min walk to the start

The 44 stops

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1. 
   1Mother of Junk

   Mother of Junk is the kind of shop you walk into for five minutes and leave an hour later.

2. 
   2Spire Lofts

   This building was a church in the 19th century, and you can still see it.

3. 
   3Ace’s Pizza 🍕

   Ace’s Pizza makes Detroit-style pizza: square pies baked in steel pans, with a thick, airy crust and edges of crispy, caramelized cheese.

4. 
   4La Bicyclette Bakery

   La Bicyclette is a small French bakery on a quiet corner, known for its buttery croissants, crisp baguettes and delicate pastries.

5. 
   5L’industrie Pizzeria 🍕

   L’industrie is one of the most talked-about pizzerias in New York, and the line outside shows it.

6. 
   6Fini Pizza 🍕

   Fini Pizza keeps things simple: a short menu of New York-style slices made with good ingredients.

7. 
   7Peter Luger Steak House

   Peter Luger has been serving steak in Williamsburg since 1887, and it hasn’t changed much since.

8. 
   8Mona Lisa of Williamsburg

   Look for the giant Mona Lisa on Bedford Avenue, given a Brooklyn makeover.

9. 
   9Williamsburg Bridge

   When it opened in 1903, the Williamsburg Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world, and the first with towers made entirely of steel.

10. 
    10325 Kent Avenue

    Look for the building with a hole in the middle.

11. 
    11Former Domino Sugar Factory

    In 1882, the Havemeyer family opened a refinery here that grew into the largest sugar refinery in the world, at times producing more than half of the sugar used in America.

12. 
    12Domino Park

    When Domino Park opened in 2018, it gave Williamsburg back a piece of its waterfront.

13. 
    13One South First

    One South First is the tower with the strange white pattern on its facade, a design inspired by the crystal structure of sugar.

14. 
    14Grand Ferry Park

    For more than a century, the Grand Street Ferry docked here, carrying passengers between Williamsburg and Manhattan before the bridges were built.

15. 
    15Devoción

    Devoción is a Colombian coffee roaster that flies its beans straight from farms in Colombia to Brooklyn and roasts them here, so the coffee is as fresh as it gets.

16. 
    16Gelateria Gentile

    Gelateria Gentile comes from Bari, in southern Italy, and makes its gelato the traditional way, with ingredients like Piedmont hazelnuts and Sicilian pistachios.

17. 
    17Nitehawk Cinema

    At Nitehawk, you can order dinner and a cocktail and eat them in your seat while the movie plays.

18. 
    18Radegast Hall & Biergarten

    Radegast Hall brings a slice of Bavaria to Brooklyn, with long wooden tables, a beer hall under a retractable roof and a big list of German and Belgian beers.

19. 
    19McNally Jackson Books

    McNally Jackson is one of New York’s best-loved independent bookstores, known for its carefully chosen books and staff recommendations on handwritten cards.

20. 
    20North 5th Street Pier and Park

    This pier sticks out into the East River and gives you one of the best views of the Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn.

21. 
    21Smorgasburg Williamsburg

    Every Saturday from April to October, Smorgasburg sets up on the waterfront with dozens of food stalls.

22. 
    22Marsha P. Johnson Park

    This waterfront park was once a busy freight terminal, and you can still see bits of the old railroad tracks in the grass.

23. 
    23Artists & Fleas Williamsburg

    Artists & Fleas has been a weekend market for local designers and makers since 2003.

24. 
    24National Sawdust

    National Sawdust is a concert hall in a former sawdust factory, which opened in 2015.

25. 
    25Le Labo

    At Le Labo, perfumes are mixed by hand in front of you, and your name goes on the label.

26. 
    26Catbird Jewelry Williamsburg

    Catbird is a jewelry shop that started in Williamsburg and is known for delicate, handmade pieces: stackable rings, thin chains and the so-called forever bracelets, which are welded on your wrist without a clasp.

27. 
    27Teddy’s Bar & Grill

    Look up at the stained-glass window on the Berry Street side.

28. 
    28Bakeri

    Bakeri is a small, rustic bakery with a Scandinavian touch, where the staff wear vintage-style uniforms and the shelves are full of fresh bread and pastries.

29. 
    29Heatonist

    Heatonist is a shop for hot sauce lovers, with a wall of small-batch sauces from around the world.

30. 
    30Arlo Williamsburg (The Water Tower Bar)

    The Water Tower Bar sits on top of the Arlo Williamsburg hotel, next to a replica of a classic New York water tower.

31. 
    31Wythe Hotel (Bar Blondeau)

    The Wythe Hotel lives in a 1901 brick factory where barrels were once made.

32. 
    32Brooklyn Brewery

    Brooklyn Brewery was founded in 1988, when Brooklyn had almost no breweries left, and its Brooklyn Lager helped put the borough back on the beer map.

33. 
    33Brooklyn Bowl

    Brooklyn Bowl is a bowling alley, a concert hall and a restaurant in one, set in an old ironworks.

34. 
    34The William Vale (Westlight)

    Westlight is the rooftop bar on the 22nd floor of the William Vale hotel.

35. 
    35Vital Climbing Gym

    Vital is a bouldering gym, where you climb without ropes on walls low enough to fall onto a thick mat.

36. 
    36The Lot Radio

    The Lot Radio is a tiny internet radio station in a shipping container on a triangular lot.

37. 
    37McCarren Park

    McCarren Park is Williamsburg’s backyard, with a running track, soccer fields, tennis courts and lawns full of people on sunny days.

38. 
    38Transfiguration of Our Lord Russian Orthodox Cathedral

    The five green copper onion domes rising above the rowhouses belong to the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, finished in the early 1920s by Russian immigrants.

39. 
    39Earwax Records

    Earwax Records has been selling vinyl in Williamsburg for decades.

40. 
    40Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol Mural by Kobra

    This mural by Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra shows Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol in boxing gloves, based on a famous 1985 photo of the two friends posing for a joint exhibition.

41. 
    41Martha’s Country Bakery

    Martha’s Country Bakery is the kind of bakery where the display case is hard to walk past.

42. 
    42Doughnut Plant

    Doughnut Plant is known for its square doughnuts, filled from edge to edge so that every bite has filling.

43. 
    43Esse Taco

    Esse Taco comes from Enrique Olvera, the Mexican chef behind Pujol in Mexico City, one of the world’s most famous restaurants.

44. 
    44The Little Brooklyn Market

    End your walk at The Little Brooklyn Market, a small indoor market full of local makers and sellers.