Monday 26 March 2012

Brooklyn


Brooklyn - Believe The Hype!
     20 Apr 12

BROOKLYN - BELIEVE THE HYPE!

Contact Carolyn Greer, Director Tourism

for Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz

718 802 3803 - Cgreer@brooklynbp.nyc.gov

Please visit us at POW WOW, Booth #230, to check out the latest insider information about this hip and historic destination.



      While we have no problem bragging about Brooklyn - we thought we'd lead with some of the headlines from some of recent coverage of Brooklyn! We have the insider information about new restaurants, new festivals, new hotels (4 in 2012- and more coming in 2013) and a new ARENA and the return of major league sports to Brooklyn...

                                                            Brooklyn is the NEW in New York!



Quote from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz:

"From GQ and Condé Nast Traveler and New York Magazine to Zagat, everyone is singing the praises of Brooklyn, America's fourth largest city (and on track to become the third!). Brooklyn is the destination of choice for more than 15 million visitors each year from across the globe—'proud host to everyone from everywhere' with our unique cultural attractions, hot music and literary scene, historic, hip and diverse neighborhoods, boutique and budget-minded hotels, amazing restaurants, great shopping and, of course, world-class wonders like Prospect Park, Coney Island, the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge Park and the soon-to-be-opened Barclays Center, home of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. I like to say that Brooklyn has it all and is where New York City begins—but if visitors want to take a day trip to Manhattan, that's ok, too!"





"Brooklyn Is the Coolest City on the Planet!"

GQ Magazine, Nov. 2011

  Brooklyn Heights, named one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in America:

...."From the storied Brooklyn Bridge, an American beauty itself, sets its eastern granite foot in this neighborhood made beautiful by brownstones and regal prewar condos on leafy streets, some named for fruit. Generations of literati (Thomas Wolfe, Walt Whitman, Truman Capote) have flocked to Brooklyn Heights, and more than 600 houses date to before the Civil War—surpassing better-known areas in Philadelphia and D.C. Visitors' most memorable snapshots of the Manhattan skyline are taken from its sunset-soaking waterfront esplanade!"

Travel and Leisure: America's Most Beautiful Neighborhoods, October 2011


Brooklyn's Small-Town Charms

With its mom-and-pop shops, bluegrass joints, and working farms, this borough offers small-town charm — smack-dab in the middle of New York City.

Country Living, October 2011



  B'klyn inn vogue - Borough hotel boom



Brooklyn is becoming a hospitality haven.  The borough added seven hotels totaling 838 rooms in the past year, and another five are set to open in 2012, bringing another 523 rooms.  Among the projects in the pipeline for next year is an all-kosher hotel in Borough Park, and one in Sunset Park developed by a top DJ whose tunes and mixes will crank throughout the building.                                                                    

New York Post, November 2011



Scenes of Brooklyn



No other place in the world can match the creative energy, vibrancy and diversity of New York City. This is the stuff movies are made of - classic landmarks, skylines, neon lights and facades that set the scenes for some of the most famous movies ever made. New York City is composed of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. I would be exploring New York City's hippest borough, Brooklyn. Home to countless musicians, athletes and celebrities, Brooklyn continues to rise in popularity as the "it" place to see and be seen.

Globaltrekkers.com  Dec-2011Neighborhoods



A Scene Grows in Brooklyn -Brooklyn's Literary Landmarks



All great cities have their defining tribes, whose mores and tastes permeate the urban landscape. Los Angeles has its movie people, Paris has its fashion designers-and New York Has always had its writers.                                                                                                                                 

Condé Nast Traveler, February 2012







The Twee Party
New York Magazine on Brooklyn's Artisanal Boom, April 2012 cover story

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