Brooklyn
Fort Greene
45 min7 stops1.8 miBROWNSTONE
A Revolutionary fort, a Saturday market, and block after block of the brownstones Brooklyn dreams are made of.
The route
1.Fort Greene Park
Designed by Olmsted and Vaux as a warm-up for Central Park.
2.Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument
The tallest freestanding Doric column in the world, with a story that still stings.
3.DeKalb Avenue
The café strip where half of literary Brooklyn is on deadline.
4.Brooklyn Academy of Music
America's oldest performing arts center, still its most adventurous.
5.South Portland Avenue
Arguably the single best brownstone block in Brooklyn. Argue on foot.
6.Greenlight Bookstore
The neighborhood's living room.
7.Habana Outpost
Finish with a grilled corn on the corner of Fulton.