Country Mouse in the Big City

7 ave and 5 ave and flatbush are the main food/ shopping areas of parkslope. walk around to see which area you like. and like flexi says the big green things it is cool and made by the same people as central park but better. also the central library and bontanical and brooklyn museum is around the top corner of the park. north east.

after youre done walking and biking around the hood. explore other areas of brooklyn. there is a large aquarium in coney island.

if you like ethnic italian food vist 18 ave (also tons of chinese food there too) in bensonhurst. it used to start in the 40's but the borders have shrink due to expansion of the hasidic area of borough park. and ends at around 86 st.

if you like chinese or asian foods vist the brooklyn china town in sunset park
its mostly on 8 ave between 60th st and 50th st.

same goes for ave u from 86 st to all the way marine park. alot of asian and russian other working class ethnic foods

other areas are better known by gentrifiers . so not gonna write up on those hehe.

things to do in crooklyn

1. imbibe mojito at sepia's
2. drink coffee and eat a bagel at the tea lounge
3. visit the farmer's market at grand army plaza on saturday mornings
4. eat a pork sandwich from el castillo de jagua
5. offleash hour at that big green place before 9am on the weekend
6. get hit on by lesbians while playing pool at ginger's
7. pay way too much for healthy food at back to the land
8. see a film at BAM
9. drink a bittersweet hot chocolate at the chocolate room
10. slurp an italian ice at cousin luigi's

Welcome!!!!!!!

You could check out the other big green thing, the Green-Wood Cemetery pretty place and they do tours http://www.green-wood.com/
(note that it is the Green-Wood Cemetery not greenwood and while we are at it it's the Brooklyn Botanic ( not botanical, that is the one in the Bronx) Garden (singular no S on the end)

Also take a ride on the electric boat on the prospect park lake.

Just so you know there are 2 Key Food markets, 1 on 7th and one on 5th. The ono on 5th is far superior

Eat lots of pizza and tell us which one you like

Drink at Union Hall. then tell me what it's like because I have children and never go out.

Blue Apron (either one) for outstanding meats and cheeses. Bierkraft for cheeses, other fine comestibles and, well, beer. The Gate for a wide selection of beers on tap. Eagle Provisions at 5th Avenue near 17th for kielbasa and other Eastern European smoked sausagey things, cheap dried mushrooms, and a vast selection of beer. (I like beer.) Jubliat, just down the street, for kielbasa, etc. as well. Fresh mozzerella at Pollio on 5th Avenue.

Park Slope has a vast food co-op (with a work requirement), tho I risk igniting a flame war in this thread just for mentioning it.

For quiet, the Japanese garden at the Botanic Gardens, or sit along the cherry esplanade and read a book.

If you're leaving the neighborhood, make a pilgrimage for the best pizza in Brooklyn to DiFara's on Avenue J in Midwood.

11. When you see John Turturro or the guys from They Might be Giants walking around the neighborhood,
pretend you don't recognize them, and give them a look like they might be homeless,
and they'd better dare not ask you for any spare change

Oh, I forgot, Park Slope finally has a place where you can get a good croissant, for the first time since I've lived here: Colson Patisserie at 6th Ave and 9th St.

As you've been gathering from the responses, btw, Park Slope is a pretty big neighborhood. If you want to give a general sense which end of the slope you're living in, people here can give you tips on where to find a good (laundromat, takeout place, etc etc) in a short walk of you.