A good flat white is hard to find but this is one place in NYC that has coffee that tastes like it does back in New Zealand.

Fun shopping for very well-curated vintage. It feels like a series of art galleries that sell clothing and housewares.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

It's a sweet agave bar hidden in the fridge of a Mexican grocery store that use to be a laundromat. It doesn't get more Brooklyn than that but the tourists haven't found it yet so I highly recommend it. Music is really good and they have a great selection of mezcal. Felipe, the owner, also owns the adjoining restaurant Cerveceria.

Andrew Tarlow's Diner is a neighborhood institution and pioneer of gratuity-free establishments in Brooklyn. This place serves up breakfast, lunch and dinner in an old converted dining car under the Williamsburg bridge. A seasonal menu of fresh, New American style food that changes daily.