Park Slope

Stoops, bay windows and street trees line nearly every block. Corbel & Stoop's walk-ups here, Seventh Street House and The Second Street, sit on classic brownstone streets a short walk from both the park and the avenues.

Dining, shopping and entertainment

Seventh Avenue is the traditional main street, with bookstores, cafés, bakeries and neighborhood restaurants; Fifth Avenue has a denser run of bars, restaurants and independent shops. The member-run Park Slope Food Coop on Union Street is a neighborhood institution. Barnes & Noble is a 2-minute walk, La Bagel Delight is 3 minutes away, and Hanco's, for banh mi and bubble tea, is about 8 minutes on foot.

Barclays Center, at the north end of the neighborhood, books concerts and Nets games, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music is a short walk beyond it.

Parks and the outdoors

Prospect Park is the centerpiece: the Long Meadow, the lake, the Ravine woodland and a 3.35-mile loop drive closed to cars. The Saturday Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza runs year-round, and summer brings outdoor concerts to the Prospect Park Bandshell. Closer in, Washington Park and J.J. Byrne Playground, a 9-minute walk, surround the reconstructed Old Stone House.

Getting around

The F/G stop at 7 Av, about 6 minutes on foot, with more service at 4 Av-9 St. The R runs under Fourth Avenue with a stop at Union St, the 2/3 stop at Grand Army Plaza, and the B/Q stop at 7 Av on Flatbush Avenue for fast trips to Manhattan. Protected bike lanes on Prospect Park West and Ninth Street connect to the park loop.