Cheat Sheet! Where To Shop In Brooklyn This Spring!
Manhattanites who refuse to trek over the bridge for a wily Brooklyn excursion aren't just being obstinate anymore—they are now officially missing out on some of the city's choicest goods. Sure, the mainland has some of the best shopping in the world, but now Brooklyn is fast catching up (yes, there's a Barneys Co-Op in Cobble Hill), with established destinations and emerging ingenues making a real splash across the East River. So, we've decided to go ahead and do it: Suck it up, call on our insiders, hit the streets, and produce our cheat-sheet to our fave Brooklyn boutiques of the moment. It took us eons to edit with so many excellent offerings, from the hip finds in Williamsburg to the Clinton Hill thrift-havens. But we know your time is precious, so we distilled it down to the need-to-know addresses: new arrivals, classic and influential neighborhood digs, dude dens, exquisite interiors, and chic thrift stores. And because Brooklyn is sprawling, we've broken it down, hood-by-hood, for a simple but serious BK shopping spectacular...
