An awesome, and sometimes free, ferry that links Manhattan at the Financial District to Ikea in Brooklyn via Red Hook. Very great views of the city and if you end up having to pay it's redeemable for a monetary discount towards an Ikea purchase. I think of it as a treat and an investment.

Elsewhere is a converted warehouse space that serves as a music venue, art space, and bar. I recently went here for the first time to see Yaeji spin her latest EP, EP2. The walls were banging, the light design was unreal and even when in the back, the space feels intimate AF.

Great mid-eastern food in Chelsea/Flatiron/NoMad/whatever you call that area.

a place to find gems and get lost in a visual research

Brooklyn's only black-owned Jazz Club and musician-run nonprofit supporting the arts and community since 1981.