Places to visit in New York.

5th Avenue is known for their upbeat bars like Bar Crudo, and unique restaurants such as Colombian NY.

Park Slope is littered with lively bars and restaurants offering top tier foreign cuisine to anyone visiting. Most of these restaurants can be found on Park Slope’s main avenues, 7th Avenue and 5th Avenue.

7th Avenue is lined with sushi spots like Katsuei, Mediterranean food from Miriam, and Fausto’s Italian food that makes any vacation incomplete without a visit to Park Slope. 7th Avenue also has a wide selection of Japanese, Mexican, and even French cuisine!

Park Slope’s brownstones were developed as early as the 19th century, at the time the neighborhood would begin see additions ranging from locomotives to whole parks. These additions would attract wealthy New Yorkers who began to flock to the outer boroughs, like Queens or in this case Brooklyn.

Developers bought the farmland then contracted carpenters and brick workers to craft the brownstones into what you see today. These workers were often foreign immigrants who fled from countries all over the world to find work in New York. You can often see influences of their cultures based on the design of the brownstone.

The original owner, Edwin Clark Litchfield, would sell off this land to multiple buyers during the Civil War.

7th Avenue is also littered with women’s clothing stores like KIWI and Min-K. The BLOK HILL clothing store also features a home goods department BLOK HAUS.

Like 5th Avenue, 7th Avenue is packed with gift shops, making it the perfect place to find a souvenir during your tour of New York. Such gift shops include, Sterling Place, Mandala Tibetan, and even Leroy’s Place.

7th Avenue also features a men’s clothing store, Fig.

You’ll also find a Barnes & Noble along the avenue located right next to the New York Methodist Hospital.

A brownstone refers to one house out of a row of houses, typically made of sandstone.

Park Slope is now home to a number of brownstones that took inspiration from different cultures and styles. You may see examples of Italianate, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, and even Renaissance Revival within the neighborhood.

Brownstones were built while horse carriage was still prevalent so they often featured stoops ascending to the entrance of the parlor floor in order to avoid manure on the street level. The ground floor is usually a few steps down from the street level and was typically used by servants.