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Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!
Café Zona Sur is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

1. Café Zona Sur

8.9
4314 4th Ave (at 43rd Street), Brooklyn, NY
Café · Sunset Park · 33 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: The vibe at Zona Sur is New American and reflects Italian, Central and South American influences. The most popular dishes so far are the huevos rancheros and chicken torta.

Irish Haven is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

2. Irish Haven

7.3
5721 4th Ave (at 58th St), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Sunset Park · 22 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: Pints for $5 and a jukebox in this Sunset Park version of the Irish Bar. At least that’s what the makers of the movie “The Departed” thought when the bar was needed for a scene in the film.

Greenwood Park is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

3. Greenwood Park

8.4
555 7th Ave (btwn 19th & 20th St), Brooklyn, NY
Beer Garden · Greenwood Heights · 152 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: This 13,000-square-foot beer garden features 60 beers on tap, a seasonal menu, a bocce court and special events including pig roasts.

Green-Wood Cemetery is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

4. Green-Wood Cemetery

9.2
500 25th St (at 5th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Cemetery · Greenwood Heights · 71 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: Historian Jim Mackin calls it “a treasure of nature with champion trees, four ponds, the highest point in Brooklyn and a large colony of monk parakeets that live in the spires of its entrance gates.”

Sunset Park is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

5. Sunset Park

9.0
41st to 44th St (btwn 5th & 7th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Park · Sunset Park · 54 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: The park that gave the neighborhood its name is a perfect place (especially at sunset) for a swim or a picnic with a knockout view of the waterfront. It also had a recent face-lift.

Melody Lanes is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

6. Melody Lanes

7.4
461 37th St (at 5th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bowling Alley · Greenwood Heights · 58 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: There was a time, long, long ago when Brooklyn was full of bowling alleys. Now only a few remain and this one, in the same spot since 1958, is the real thing.

Tacos Matamoros is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

7. Tacos Matamoros

7.7
4508 5th Ave (btwn 45th & 46th St.), Brooklyn, NY
Mexican Restaurant · Sunset Park · 58 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: Step into this large, spotless space and you’re in Mexico. But it’s the food that makes it so popular. Oven- roasted goat, at $13, is the most expensive entree.

Dragon Bay Bakery is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

8. Dragon Bay Bakery

5.7
5711 8th Ave (58th St & 8th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Sunset Park · 14 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: Crowded with locals sipping tea and socializing, this is Eight Avenue’s anti-Starbucks. Get it to go and enjoy a picnic a few blocks away in Sunset Park.

La Gran Via Bakery is one of Sunset Park: Where to eat and hang!.

9. La Gran Via Bakery

7.9
4516 5th Ave (46th Street), Brooklyn, NY
Bakery · Sunset Park · 18 tips and reviews

amNewYorkamNewYork: Before you go in, take a few minutes to marvel at the cakes in the window of this Cuban bakery that has been here since 1978. Buy a delicious cup of cafe con leche, a pastry or a sandwich cubano.