At Brooklyn Public Library, we've teamed up with historians and local experts to create a guide to help you navigate your way through all of Brooklyn's richest offerings. This comprehensive list includes Web sites, books and movies that will inform and delight.
Be sure to visit the Our Brooklyn website: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ourbrooklyn
1010 President Street
Features Brooklyn stories and neighborhoods.
Atlantic Avenue Tunnel
Includes color photos from recent tours of this long-defunct railroad tunnel, as well as historical information.
BillBurg
Current events, apartment and restaurant listings, a shopping guide and articles about the changing neighborhood of Williamsburg.
BRIC – Brooklyn Information and Culture
Presents cultural, educational, and informational programs for Brooklyn's diverse population, as well as information about neighborhoods.
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Listings of current and upcoming events at BAM.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Features a virtual tour of the garden, a listing of "goings on at the Garden," and horticultural tips and information on metropolitan plants, including an encyclopedia.
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Includes a calendar of events, current exhibits with photos, information on the Museum's collection of cultural objects and natural history specimens, and a guide to the Museum's programs.
Brooklyn Cyclones
Coney Island's own minor league baseball team.
Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
Get real estate and demographic information for properties and neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Historical Society
An overview of the Society's holdings: the image and genealogy collections, library, publications, archives and manuscripts, plus a calendar of events, and information on how to become a member.
Brooklyn Museum of Art
See an advanced schedule of exhibitions, information on the Museum library and its collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts.
Brooklyn On Line
A large collection of local resources, including government and community services, Brooklyn news, social life and local cultural institutions.
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra
Includes a schedule of upcoming concerts.
Brooklyn West Indian Carnival
Find out more about the history of the annual event celebrating the West Indian Caribbean culture.
Coney Island U.S.A. and Sideshow
An online overview of the historic and current attractions of this famous beach and of the "last remaining authentic ten-in-one circus sideshow in the U.S."
Go Brooklyn
The official Web site of The Brooklyn Papers' weekly entertainment guide, published each week in Brooklyn, New York.
Gowanus Canal
A virtual tour and history of the South Brooklyn waterway.
Heart of Brooklyn
A unique consortium among the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Alliance and Prospect Park Zoo.
HelloBrooklyn.com
An on-line Brooklyn guide covering everything from community events and entertainment to news and weather.
New York Aquarium
The Wildlife Conservation Society Park located on Surf Avenue, Coney Island.
New York City Advanced Traffic Information System
Click on the borough of your choice to see the traffic Web Cams (still images) and streaming video sites available.
New York Talks and Walks
Walking tours of New York City, Brooklyn Bridge, and Brooklyn Heights.
Prospect Park
History of Prospect Park, including brief descriptions and photos of popular destinations, activities and events, plus information about the Prospect Park Alliance.
Prospect Park Archives
A collection of historic images and a large collection of digital images (more than 6,000) and contemporary prints (more than 10,000).
Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant
Historic Weeksville was a nineteenth century community located in the Ninth Ward of Brooklyn, New York.
Soul of America: New York City
A guide to shops and galleries, churches, bookstores, libraries, restaurants, entertainment, and historic landmarks in the African-American and Caribbean neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens.
The Brooklyn Collection of Brooklyn Public Library
A division of the Brooklyn Public Library, documenting the history of Brooklyn and its people from earliest times to the present.
The Brooklyn Expedition
On this educational site jointly produced by Brooklyn's Children Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Brooklyn Public Library, kids can explore themes derived from library and museum materials.
The Brooklyn Papers
The primary print publications for Brooklyn, New York, publishing award-winning weekly newspapers that feature news, sports and arts and entertainment coverage.
Williamsburg Walking Tour
Download an audio tour narrated by WNYC's Leonard Lopate.
