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A Lovely Day · 7 stops · about 4.1 km on foot

A Lovely Day in Williamsburg

Colombian coffee under a skylight, a morning walk along a sugar refinery's riverfront, malted pancakes, a warehouse of makers and vintage, the whole Manhattan skyline from twenty-two floors up, then Missy Robbins's pasta and oysters in a vine-draped garden.

Best days Built for a weekend because Artists & Fleas opens Saturday and Sunday only, and Westlight opens at noon then (4 PM on weekdays). On a weekday, swap Artists & Fleas for Beacon's Closet Greenpoint (open daily 11 AM–8 PM, about 1.6 km north). Book Sunday in Brooklyn for weekend brunch, and Lilia well ahead.

  1. 18:30 AM
    Leather sofas, palms and a living green wall under the skylight at Devoción on Grand Street

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Devoción

    Devoción roasts Colombian beans flown in green within days of harvest; the Grand Street café has a big skylight, a living green wall and leather sofas made for sitting.

  2. about 7 min on foot

    29:45 AM
    Domino Park's elevated walkway and salvaged refinery cranes along the East River, Williamsburg Bridge beyond

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Domino Park

    A quarter-mile of the old Domino Sugar Refinery's riverfront, with syrup tanks, salvaged cranes and an elevated walkway kept in place; climb the north-end walkway to line the bridge up over the tanks.

  3. about 4 min on foot

    311:30 AM
    Illustration of an American table: a burger, fries and a pickleIllustration

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Sunday in Brooklyn

    Since 2016 the malted pancakes with hazelnut maple praline have made this three-story building near the waterfront Williamsburg's definitive brunch; order the pancakes for the table and something savory for yourself.

  4. about 8 min on foot

    41:30 PM

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Artists & Fleas Williamsburg

    Since 2003 a warehouse off Bedford Avenue has filled each weekend with several dozen juried stalls of makers, vintage dealers and record crates; ask your favorite stall if they are back next weekend.

  5. about 7 min on foot

    5About an hour before sunset
    Diners at golden hour inside Westlight, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the Manhattan skyline

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Westlight (The William Vale)

    The 22nd-floor rooftop of The William Vale takes in the midtown and downtown skylines in one sweep; book about an hour before sunset and start on the terrace's west side.

  6. about 11 min on foot

    67:30 PM
    Illustration of an Italian table: fresh pasta, red wine and breadIllustration

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Lilia

    Missy Robbins opened Lilia in 2016 in a former auto-body shop on Union Avenue, with a wood-fired grill and the pastas that made her name; still one of Brooklyn's hardest reservations.

  7. about 14 min on foot

    79:45 PM
    Illustration of oysters on ice with lemon and mignonetteIllustration

    WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

    Maison Premiere

    A horseshoe marble bar, an absinthe fountain and a James Beard-winning bar program since 2011; ask for the vine-draped garden and the day's East Coast oysters.

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