Places in Williamsburg

Academy Records

ACADEMY RECORDS is the largest used record store in NYC. Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we've got over 25,000 Lps on display at any given time. We literally carry all types of music - it's our "thing."

Recommended by Veronica Vasicka

AMDaT

The Company AMDaT is a New York based ensemble of dancers and designers established in 1998 by Swiss born director/choreographer, visual artist and performer Andrea Haenggi. The company is dedicated to creating visual motion constructions, live performances of contemporary dance that cross boundaries between art disciplines (video, film, architecture) and technology and find new possibilities for presentations in nontraditional sites and theaters.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Aurora

Often in Williamsburg you'll learn that the further you move away from the nexus of Bedford and North 7th the more likely it is that you'll find a place you can claim for yourself. For Italian dining that consistently raises the bar that place is Aurora. Here, aperitivos compete with the main courses for making a lasting impression on one's palate. The desserts are delightful and the dessert wines are a perfect afterwork activity. On a balmy weekend afternoon it would be best to brunch outside in their comfy patio.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Bedford Cheese Shop

From the Bedford Cheese Site:

Maybe the best way to tell you about The Bedford Cheese Shop is to tell you what we aren’t. We aren’t a supermarket that happens to sell cheese. Nor are we part of a big chain, or owned by a multi-national corporation. And we aren’t an e-tailer that’s just in the business of selling cheese online out of a huge warehouse. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Recommended by The Big Cheese

Cave

CAVE was founded in 1996 and organized as a non-profit organization in 2004, CAVE is now one of the longest running experimental art spaces in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY. CAVE strives to provide an explorative arena and support system for the artistic development of its resident and community artists by hosting studio workspace, educational workshops, exhibition and performance opportunities and assistance in the realization of projects that support risk taking in the in visual, media and performing arts.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Cinders Gallery

Cinders Gallery is an artist space, gallery and events space in Williamsburg. In addition to art shows, Cinders has played host to live music events, readings, slide shows, and performances. There is a store section that features drawings, paintings, prints, t-shirts, artist books, zines, and other handmade items. Cinders currently represents a slew of artists that include Kelie Bowman, Allyson Mellberg, Maya Hayuk and offers art prints by  a number of diverse artists that include Brian Chippendale, Matt Leines, Seth Scriver and many more.

Recommended by Tod Seelie

CPR - Center for Performance Research

CPR is located at 361 Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and is the singular new development for the performing arts in Brooklyn’s first L.E.E.D.-certified green building of its kind. This 4,000 square foot arts facility is an artist driven initiative co-founded by Jonah Bokaer/Chez Bushwick, Inc.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

Domino Sugar Factory

The factory was originally built in 1857, when the company of Havemeyer, Townsend and Company was founded. William and Frederick Havemeyer, the founding Havemeyers from whom the company got its name, had previously been employees of Seaman and Company, which had been the very first sugar processing company in New York, opening its first sugar boiler on Pine St in 1799.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance

El Beit

Serious Coffee Comes to Williamsburg
Posted by Nina Lalli at 2:23 PM, February 4, 2008

A very serious, very well-located coffee bar opened today in Williamsburg. El Beit, on Bedford between 8th and 9th streets, gave coffee away all weekend in order to welcome the neighbors and practice their service routine. We stopped in for a delicious latte on Saturday, and tried to keep up with Dan Griffin, the manager, who taught us all about the beans.

Recommended by Veronica Vasicka

Marlow & Sons

Café by day, raw bar and restaurant by night, this quirky Williamsburg canteen is the latest venture from the owners of Diner, the American bistro next door.

And even though it is ideally situated to absorb Diner's overflow and ply them with retro cocktails and briny oysters, the dimly lit, wood-paneled space has been forging a cozy Mediterranean-accented identity of its own.

Recommended by Noémie Lafrance, The Big Cheese, Veronica Vasicka

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