Within a short walk are culinary delights trendy and traditional: Nuevo Latino, or “Gourmet Mexican”; an authentic French Bistro; a craft beer establishment which pairs food to its special brews; a bakery described by some as the “best in the city” where cake-lovers order the “lemon cloud” or “red velvet”; a cheerful café which serves “recession-proof” breakfasts and lunches; and duck rillettes from a specialty food store’s charcuterie.

Looking for activities? Practice your asanas at Jaya Yoga Center. Visit the newly converted armory which now houses under its sky-high gracefully arching interior, a running track, basketball, soccer and volleyball courts, 20,000 square feet of exercise area, and state of the art cardio exercise equipment. Or take a bicycle ride in Prospect Park…Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux’s 565-acre bucolic paradise…Take a rowboat onto the lake…..hear free world-class summer concerts at the band shell….get a softball game going with neighbors… Just a few blocks away, a bookstore selling new and used books offers Children’s readings. The neighborhood public grade school, PS 10, has been named the magnet school for math, science and technology.

Further afield is the Brooklyn Museum with the nation’s third largest Egyptian collection, as well as art instruction at the Children’s Museum. Next to the museum is the Brooklyn Botanical Garden with its pink springtime esplanade of Japanese Cherry Trees. Everything musical can be found at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.