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NYC summer bucket list
Pier 25 Mini Golf is one of NYC summer bucket list.

1. Pier 25 Mini Golf

8.4
225 West St (at N Moore St), New York, NY
Mini Golf Course · Tribeca · 35 tips and reviews

Noah W.Noah Weiss: 18-hole mini golf course features a waterfall, a stream, a cave, a footbridge and sand traps. Open 3pm-10pm on Weekdays, 10am-8pm on weekends. Even better, it’s just $5 per adult for a game. Read more.

Smorgasburg Williamsburg is one of NYC summer bucket list.

2. Smorgasburg Williamsburg

90 Kent Ave (at N 7th St), Brooklyn, NY
Street Food Gathering · Williamsburg · 412 tips and reviews

Noah W.Noah Weiss: If you're considering saving money by not getting the lobster roll, it's time to reevaluate your life choices.

Flushing Meadows Pitch & Putt is one of NYC summer bucket list.

3. Flushing Meadows Pitch & Putt

8.0
100 Flushing Meadows Corona Park Rd (at Perimeter Rd), Queens, NY
Golf Course · Flushing Meadows-Corona Park · 21 tips and reviews

Sean S.Sean Salmon: Play 18 holes of pitch & putt golf and get beers from the golf cart driving around the course

4. Red Hook Ballfield Food Vendors

8.2
Bay St (at Clinton St), Brooklyn, NY
Street Food Gathering · Red Hook · 59 tips and reviews

Kristin F.Kristin Flip Polidoro: A ton of food options so go w/ a friend and share a couple plates. Try the watermelon sandia drink, beef tostadas, pupusas and then walk to Ikea and take the free water taxi home

Dia:Beacon is one of NYC summer bucket list.

5. Dia:Beacon

9.3
3 Beekman St, Beacon, NY
Art Museum · 110 tips and reviews

Matthew K.Matthew Kamen: Drive if you can, and take the loooong way by the river

Ample Hills Creamery is one of NYC summer bucket list.

6. Ample Hills Creamery

9.3
623 Vanderbilt Ave (at St Marks Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Ice Cream Parlor · Prospect Heights · 372 tips and reviews

ericeric: hours are 12-10pm sun-thurs, 12-11pm fri, sat. salted crack caramel is the most popular flavor, get it if you see it because it sells out

Storm King Art Center is one of NYC summer bucket list.

7. Storm King Art Center

9.5
1 Museum Rd (Old Pleasant Hill Rd), New Windsor, NY
Sculpture Garden · 131 tips and reviews

shannon r.shannon rwj: Go, take picnic, take a nap near Maya Lin's Wave Field under weeping willow

Boat Basin Cafe is one of NYC summer bucket list.

8. Boat Basin Cafe

W 79th St (at Riverside Park), New York, NY
Café · Upper West Side · 210 tips and reviews
Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden is one of NYC summer bucket list.

9. Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden

8.7
2919 24th Ave (btwn 29th & 31st St), Astoria, NY
Beer Garden · Astoria · 247 tips and reviews

Matthew R.Matthew Rathbone: Good beer, fun atmosphere. Simply the perfect place to spend a friday evening in the city.

Rockaway Beach is one of NYC summer bucket list.

10. Rockaway Beach

8.5
Queens, NY
Beach · 72 tips and reviews

Evan C.Evan Cohen: Urban beach fun! Can see the manhattan in one direction, and the ocean in the other. Wow!

Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies is one of NYC summer bucket list.

11. Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies

8.9
185 Van Dyke St (at Ferris St), Brooklyn, NY
Pie Shop · Red Hook · 116 tips and reviews

eric m.eric mortensen: Get the Swingle, a miniature frozen chocolate-dipped key lime pie on a stick.

Brooklyn Crab is one of NYC summer bucket list.

12. Brooklyn Crab

8.1
24 Reed St (btwn Van Brunt & Conover St), Brooklyn, NY
Seafood Restaurant · Red Hook · 272 tips and reviews

13. Governors Island

9.1
New York, NY
Island · Governors Island · 219 tips and reviews
Crown Victoria is one of NYC summer bucket list.

14. Crown Victoria

60 S 2nd St (btwn Wythe & Kent Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Beer Garden · Williamsburg · 147 tips and reviews
New Amsterdam Market is one of NYC summer bucket list.

15. New Amsterdam Market

106 South St (Beekman St), New York, NY
Farmers Market · Financial District · 38 tips and reviews
Smorgasburg is one of NYC summer bucket list.

16. Smorgasburg

Pier 5 (at Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn, NY
Street Food Gathering · Brooklyn Heights · 164 tips and reviews

Max S.Max Sklar: The Brooklyn Yard Pastrami samples are so good.

17. Hometown Bar-B-Que

9.3
454 Van Brunt St (at Reed St), Brooklyn, NY
BBQ Joint · Red Hook · 349 tips and reviews
Threes Brewing is one of NYC summer bucket list.

18. Threes Brewing

9.2
333 Douglass St (at 4th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Brewery · Boerum Hill · 184 tips and reviews

EaterEater: Threes Brewing is bringing back the public house of yore on an industrial strip of Gowanus. It's the sort of place to settle in for a few hours, with Ninth Street espresso, a brewery, and a kitchen. Read more.

Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. is one of NYC summer bucket list.

19. Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co.

9.1
114 Nassau Ave (at Eckford St), Brooklyn, NY
Fish Market · Greenpoint · 119 tips and reviews
Alta Linea is one of NYC summer bucket list.

20. Alta Linea

180 10th Ave (btwn W 20th & W 21st St), New York, NY
Italian Restaurant · Chelsea · 24 tips and reviews
Berg'n is one of NYC summer bucket list.

21. Berg'n

899 Bergen St (btwn Classon & Franklin Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Beer Bar · Crown Heights · 167 tips and reviews

Noah W.Noah Weiss: Smorgasburg run beer hall with crazy food vendors including Mighty Quinn's BBQ, Ramen Burger, and Blue Marble ice cream. Beers curated by the Brooklyn Brewery beer master.

22. Swan Dive

480 Union Street (Bond), Brooklyn, NY
Beer Garden · Gowanus · 26 tips and reviews

Daniel S.Daniel Salinas: Wonderful cocktails and prize winning bbq on the shores of beautiful gowanus (suspend your disbelief, it's quite nice). Frozen drinks and lots of space!