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Route available in the Family Way book in NYC
tips to visit brooklyn in family
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W. Duration: approx 3.5 hours (or 2.5 starting at the Brooklyn Bridge exit
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W. main theme : view of Manhattan
brooklyn route to visit
with your family
How to enjoy one of the best views of New York?
Welcome to Brooklyn.
In addition to crossing the bridge which is an essential stopover in New York for its beauty, its view and its history, this route will introduce you to the the borough of Brooklyn through two radically different neighborhoods: Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO.
As you travel through Brooklyn Heights, dubbed America's First Suburb, you'll visit a residential, historic, rather conservative neighborhood.
While exploring DUMBO, you will discover a former industrial district which has now become the district of startups and companies geared towards new technologies.
These neighborhoods nevertheless have one exceptional point in common: their view of Manhattan.
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STEP example
when visiting brooklyn
Discover in Brooklyn Heights a stage of the Undergroung railroad
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Testimonial from a family after a visit to Brooklyn
a visit to New York with the family
"J ai eu la chance de découvrir New York en famille en testant la formule family way. Une approche qui permet à chacun de s y retrouver. Une visite guidée mais active, ludique et instructive, avec des lieux parfois secrets, insolites ou must see. Raphaëlle nous permet ainsi de découvrir de façon idéale New York où elle vit depuis 3 ans en famille.
Anne accompagnée de 6 enfants de 6 à 14 ans
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"I had the chance to discover New York with my family by testing the family way formula. It's an approach that allows everyone to find their way around. A guided but active, playful and instructive tour, with places that are sometimes secret, unusual or must see. Raphaëlle allows us to discover in an ideal way New York where she has been living with her family for 3 years.
Anne accompanied by 6 children
from 6 to 14 years old.
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other family activities offered by family way in Brooklyn
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Thanks to this challenge in the pleasant district of Cobble Hill, come and discover the astonishing conversion of one of the many banks that marked the prosperity of the beginning of the 20th century in New York. Bowery Savings bank across from Grand Central has become a restaurant. Union square Savings Bank near Union Square has become a theater. The Williamsburg Trust company on 5th Street became a Church. What about the South Brooklyn Savings Institution in Cobble Hill? You will be amazed at his reconsersion.
In addition, take the opportunity to discover this super nice district, its antique shops, its French district and its Italian district.
Do you know egg cream ? This drink made of milk, carbonated water and chocolate syrup that was one of the most popular drinks in New York at the beginning of the 20th century ? Come take up the challenge in the Carroll Gardens district to taste an authentic New York Egg Cream. You will discover at the same time a small neighborhood with a calm and family atmosphere which has kept the traces of its Italian roots but is now very popular with the French.
Have you ever noticed the carriage houses in New York. These buildings which served as shelters for horses at the end of the 18th century are recognizable by their large room on the ground floor with a very high ceiling. Now very popular, Brooklyn Heights is home to a number of them. It's up to you to go looking for one of them with the challenge of the month. This will be an opportunity to discover the Brooklyn Heights district, a residential, historic district, nicknamed the first suburb of America. You can take the opportunity to do the Family Way treasure hunt (available in the book of treasure hunts to explore NYC as a family ).
It's hard to imagine that pinball was banned for over 30 years in NYC . And yet, considered an object of youth corruption, they were confiscated in 1942.
This challenge in Greenpoint , makes you go in search of an address where the equivalent of a museum of pinball machines is hidden.
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Profitez du nouveau défi Family Way à Coney Island pour venir vous amuser en famille et découvrir ce parc d'attraction mythique accessible en métro depuis Manhattan. Ne manquez pas ses attractions historiques mais toujours sensationnelles telles que les montagnes russes Cyclone et la grande roue du Deno’s Wonder Wheel. Et venez relever le défi en retrouvant la plus célèbre marque de Hot Dogs à New York.
On the occasion of Bastille Day (July 14th holiday), find works made by French people in New York . This one is in Bushwick, temple of street art. It is a question of finding the work of a French artist.
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On ne se croirait pas à New York quand on se retrouve au milieu de ces grandes allées bordées d’arbres et de maisons victoriennes et pourtant le quartier de Ditmas Park, qui offre une si belle occasion de s'évader, est situé à moins d'1 heure en métro de Manhattan.
Outre ses maisons exceptionnelles, ne manquez pas les décorations d'Halloween au mois d'octobre. Le défi vous emmenera découvrir une des plus incroyables Haunted houses de New York.
Come for a walk in the heart of an open-air museum at Bushwick (Brooklyn) for this 8th challenge. You will be in the district of New York exhibiting the greatest number of works of Street Art . Stencils, graffiti, mosaics, frescoes... come and discover the different techniques used by street artists. Then don't miss what makes Bushwick a special district like its many thrift stores.
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Partez sur les traces de l'ancien quartier industriel de DUMBO avec ce nouveau défi à Brooklyn. Vous découvrirez non seulement un quartier idéalement situé en bord de l'East River avec une vue exceptionnelle sur la skyline de Manhattan et le Brooklyn Bridge, mais vous découvrirez surtout un quartier qui a conservé toute son âme. Profitez de ce défi pour vous balader au milieu d'entrepôts reconvertis et vous replonger à l'époque où on produisait ou on stockait, des produits comme le Sucre, le coton, le tabac, le café, la bière, ou les produits pharmaceutiques ici.