New York is one of the few cities in the world that tempts visitors to return again and again. But, shopping aside, there are only so many times you can go up the Empire State Building or take a horse-drawn carriage through Central Park. Since the average New Yorker fled the hyper-expensive and overly commercialised island of Manhattan long ago, why not follow? Join the locals in Brooklyn, and sample some of the alternative spots that make life in New York City worth living…

I have a travel piece about Brooklyn on guardian.co.uk today.

Related:
Brooklyn or Bust (guardian.co.uk)