{"id":1848,"date":"2009-03-09T14:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:13:35","slug":"fort-greene-things-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/1848\/fort-greene-things-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"A Spring Fling in Fort Greene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fort Greene got a nice <a title=\"NYTIMES on Fort Greene\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/08\/realestate\/08Livi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shout out<\/a> from <em>The New York Times<\/em> on Friday, and we couldn\u2019t resist fanning the praise. This spring, as the green shoots and outdoor restaurant seats appear, head to Brooklyn\u2019s culinary enclave for all things Senegalese, Moroccan, and Ethiopian. And if the neighborhood\u2019s authentic African spots like Loulou, Abistro, and Madiba aren\u2019t enough to lure you over the bridge, find yourself Brooklyn bound for the platter of sizzling cultural activities. For ways to add a little spice and adventure to your life, check out a few of our Fort Greene favorites below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/tag\/bam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Brooklyn Academy of Music<\/strong><\/a> is always pumping out intellectually arousing events, from art exhibits to dance to cinema.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Around the corner from BAM, <a title=\"Olea Review on oM\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2008\/05\/09\/a-quiet-corner-with-a-mighty-mediterranean-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Olea Meditteranean Taverna<\/strong><\/a> is a delicious non-American alternative to African cuisine. Tapas and dips are winners, and the BYO Tuesdays means no corkage fees, live music, and a quicker week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When it comes to where to shop for the best funky finds in the city, the <strong>Brooklyn Flea<\/strong> tops them all. And although the original mothership flea in Fort Greene won\u2019t open until Saturday, April 18th, there are lots of worthy substitutes. Check out offManhattan\u2019s <a title=\"flea market news on oM\" href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/tag\/flea-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to get there:<\/strong> <em>All locations are accesible by subway. Consult the linked oM articles for specific directions or refer to the map below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Map of Featured Locations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=115476317852411459847.000464b2e84eab8ca043b&amp;ll=40.689728,-73.973598&amp;spn=0.006627,0.008605&amp;output=embed&amp;s=AARTsJq3otcSx_Jf7swRg99Bxox4dymPoQ\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=115476317852411459847.000464b2e84eab8ca043b&amp;ll=40.689728,-73.973598&amp;spn=0.006627,0.008605&amp;source=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View or Print Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Greene got a nice shout out from The New York Times on Friday, and we couldn\u2019t resist fanning the praise. This spring, as the green shoots and outdoor restaurant seats appear, head to Brooklyn\u2019s culinary enclave for all things Senegalese, Moroccan, and Ethiopian. And if the neighborhood\u2019s authentic African spots like Loulou, Abistro, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,320,315,774,752],"tags":[235,15,280,226,227,205,206,20,9,175],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","category-day-trips","category-restaurants-food-drink","category-subway-2","tag-bam","tag-brooklyn","tag-cultural-getaway","tag-drink","tag-eat","tag-flea-market","tag-fort-greene","tag-music","tag-reviews","tag-subway"],"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":17709,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/images1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}