The best place in the world to see a concert or a basketball game.

Offering 20% off on current “indie bestsellers” (and 10% off picks from their well-read staff), you can still get a good deal while supporting one of the city’s last independent bookstores. They also carry an impressive selection of magazines and literary journals that you can flip through in their café. McNally’s event calendar is packed with appearances and readings by authors like Zadie Smith and Chris Kraus, but they're perhaps best known for their in-store printing press and self-publishing services.

For Adults and Kids a good reason to get the "out of the city feeling" although you are still in the middle of it! Free entrance with NYC ID!

Just by sitting on a bench and drinking a coffee in the park, I can be entertained by so many performers and some crazy people.

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