Of course, walking over both the Brooklyn Bridge & the Williamsburg Bridge are awesome.
In the Willimsburg neighborhood, you enter a world where time has stood still.
The Chassidic Jews in Williamsburg live, dress & speak as their ancestors did in Eastern Europe.
You can take a walk around historic Brooklyn Heights, stopping into one of the fine restaraunts around there, which is also a wonderful thing to do.
And don't forget the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, with it's breathtaking views of the river & downtown Manhattan.
Go to the Atlantic Ave train station, and take the B train to 20th Ave in Brooklyn & see the block where Travolta did his "paint can strut" in Saturday Night Fever.
It's right where you get off the train.
Walk over to 16th Ave & 80th St & you'll see New Utrecht High School, from where I graduated in 1973, and which was seen in the opening credits of Welcome Back Kotter.
Get back on the B train, and go to Coney Island, have a hot dog at Nathan;s, and ride the Cyclone, the oldest operating roller coaster in America.
Brooklyn rocks!
David
a native Brooklynite, now in SF CA