These 255 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 8 at 12:30am
BROOKLYN PERK Coffee · Lefferts Manor Historic District • $$
A coffee shop turns candlelit tasting room for one night: six botanical bites, two specialty sips, and a masquerade mask. Games and challenges keep strangers talking, with prizes for the competitive.
November 11 at 11:30pm +4
Lofty Pigeon Books · Kensington
Bring your own book and read in companionable silence. No small talk, no pressure: just cozy chairs, good lighting, and the rare joy of reading alongside fellow book lovers.
March 28 at 6pm
Crossroads Cafe · Bushwick • $
Crossroads Cafe feels like stumbling through a portal into another world: a creative backyard haven with blooming flowers, comfy nooks, and a welcoming community of dreamers, dancers, and artists.
BARZAKH• CAFÉ · Crown Heights • $
A Hebrew-Arabic language exchange where dialogue takes center stage as a tool for understanding. Held at Barzakh, a cozy North African-inspired café with live music and a vintage bookstore in back.
Soft Butch · Stuyvesant Heights
A monthly gathering where butches connect over hot drinks and heartfelt conversations at Soft Butch, a cozy queer café in Bed-Stuy that feels like coffee at your pal's place.
BOYFRIEND co-op café + bar · Bushwick • $
Roll dice and move checkers at NYC's first queer-run co-op café. Boyfriend's moody, witchy atmosphere makes it easy to settle in for an afternoon of backgammon—whether you've played for years or never.
Browse Brooklyn neighborhood by neighborhood, get ideas just for you, or ask me anything.
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Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Nook · Bushwick
$$
Wed, Oct 21 · 4:00 PM
The Butcher's Daughter · Williamsburg
$$
Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM
Nook · Bushwick
$$
Thu, Oct 22 · 4:30 PM
fontainhas + (/du.kaan/) · Dumbo
Free
Thu, Oct 22 · 4:30 PM
fontainhas + (/du.kaan/) · Dumbo
$$
Sat, Oct 24 · 12:30 PM
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
Sat, Oct 24 · 12:30 PM
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
Sat, Oct 24 · 5:00 PM
Caffeine Underground · Bushwick
$
Sat, Oct 24 · 12:00 PM
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
Sun, Oct 25 · 6:30 PM
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
Free
Sun, Oct 25 · 5:00 PM
Caffeine Underground · Bushwick
$
Mon, Oct 26 · 6:00 PM
Saturn Road · Cobble Hill
$
Tue, Oct 27 · 5:00 PM
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
Tue, Oct 27 · 4:30 PM
fontainhas + (/du.kaan/) · Dumbo
$$
Tue, Oct 27 · 4:30 PM
fontainhas + (/du.kaan/) · Dumbo
$$
Tue, Oct 27 · 4:30 PM
fontainhas + (/du.kaan/) · Dumbo
$$
Housing Works · Downtown Brooklyn
Cafe con Libros · Crown Heights
$
Flower Cat · Greenpoint
$$
The Butcher's Daughter · Williamsburg
$$
Cafe Luluc · Carroll Gardens
$$
Lips Cafe · Little Haiti
$
BOYFRIEND co-op café + bar · Bushwick
$
PLANTED CAFE · Carroll Gardens
$
Crossroads Cafe · Bushwick
$
Devoción · Williamsburg
$
The Daily Press, Coffee House and Bar · Ocean Hill
$
The Butcher's Daughter · Williamsburg
$$
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
The Twisted Spine · Williamsburg
Principles GI Coffee House · Gowanus
$
The Brooklyn Cat Cafe · Brooklyn Heights
Greenpoint
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Red Hook
$$
Sunset Park
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Williamsburg
$$
Dumbo
Bedford-Stuyvesant
$
Clinton Hill
pinkFROG cafe · Williamsburg
Vinegar Hill
Bay Ridge
$$
Bushwick
Williamsburg
East Williamsburg
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Dyker Heights
Dyker Heights
$
Fort Greene
$
Flatlands
Clinton Hill
Bushwick
$$
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