Brooklyn Academy of Music
Dating from its first performance in 1861, BAM has grown into a thriving urban arts center that brings international performing arts, media, and films to Brooklyn. BAM's current programming consists of the Next Wave Festival each fall (celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2002); a spring season of international opera, theater, and dance; a comprehensive Education & Humanities program, and a variety of community programs.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Growing from its humble beginnings as an ash dump in the late 1800s, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has come to represent today the very best in urban gardening and horticultural display. More than 12,000 kinds of plants are displayed on 52 acres. Each year more than 750,000 people visiting the garden.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
The Center has as diverse a seasonal repertoire as it serves the multi-cultural neighborhoods. It brings renowned stars to the people of Brooklyn and its surrounds, and provides an affordable alternative to the pricey venues in Manhattan. The center houses five performing spaces ranging from a small experimental theatre, to an impressive 2400 seat house.

Coney Island
Coney Island is the story of a tiny spit of land at the foot of Brooklyn that at the turn of the century became the most extravagant playground in the country. In scale, in variety, in sheer inventiveness, Coney Island was unlike anything anyone had ever seen, and sooner or later everyone came to see it.

New York Aquarium
It’s a home for marine life and center for aquatic science and conservation research. Major exhibit areas include Sea Cliffs, a 300 foot-long recreation of the rocky Pacific coast, and Explore the Shore, where visitors can touch sea stars and experience the energy of a 400-gallon wave.

Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House
This Dutch colonial farmhouse is the oldest house in New York City. It stands on land that is believed to have been purchased in 1636 from the Canarsie Indians. The house was built around 1652 by Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, who had arrived in America in 1637 as an indentured servant. Afterward he became magistrate, a successful farmer, and the wealthiest citizen in the colony. The modest structure, with shingled walls, wide pine floorboards, and wide overhanging eaves, was typical of its time. It remained in the Wyckoff family for 250 years. The house museum features a collection of furnishings and artifacts reflecting the history of the house. Occasionally the museum holds small exhibits, such as "Domestic Life in Colonial Brooklyn, crafts and children's programs.

Prospect Park
This 526-acre Park has a lake, a meadow and Brooklyn's last natural forest. The Park's many attractions include the Picnic House, the Carousel, the Children's Museum, the Wollman Center and Rink, the Boathouse, the Memorial Arch, 5 playgrounds and other attractions.