the perfect escape from the city without actually leaving
if your instagram/tik tok algorithm feeds you nyc recommendations at the frequency mine does, you’re bound to come across a mini-itinerary for how to spend a day in red hook, a neighborhood on a peninsula in western brooklyn just southwest of carroll gardens. the area was originally a waterfront shipping yard and a thriving port through the 1920s. it was later ridden with crime and violence, as warring italian and irish mobs competed and the neighborhood helped fuel the rise of the mafia in new york. today, its quaint cobblestone streets connect piers that have transformed into outdoor breweries to a stretch of vintage and home goods stores. red hook is also famously home to the only ikea store in all of the five boroughs…
