Guidebook for Ridgewood
Essentials
Ocean Laundromat
104 St Nicholas AveKey Food Supermarkets
492 Myrtle AveWyckoff Heights Medical Center
374 Stockholm StFor when your stay doesn't go according to plan.
Associated Supermarket of Ridgewood
Convenient supermarket with a large general selection of items
A specialty grocery store with a focus on organic and higher-end grocery items. Very expensive.
203 locals recommend
Hana Natural
24 Wyckoff AveA specialty grocery store with a focus on organic and higher-end grocery items. Very expensive.
Food Scene
Heavy Woods
50 Wyckoff AveGreat bar/restaurant. Down home comfort food
Delicious, cheap Mexican food while you watch tortillas being made by the thousands.
10 locals recommend
271 Starr St
271 Starr StreetDelicious, cheap Mexican food while you watch tortillas being made by the thousands.
Sea Wolf
19 Wyckoff AveGreat Dinner Menu.
Bunna Cafe
1084 Flushing AveAmazing vegan Ethiopian food featured recently in the New Yorker.
Roberta's
261 Moore StFamous pizza spot. One of the city's best!
Great brick-oven pizza restaurant. Cozy fireplace in the wintertime.
170 locals recommend
Union Pizza Works
423 Troutman StGreat brick-oven pizza restaurant. Cozy fireplace in the wintertime.
The Brooklyn outpost of Danny Bowien's Mission Chinese has a wide variety of mouth-numbing, spicy, Sichuan foods and a Matrix themed bathrooms.
25 locals recommend
Mission Chinese Food
599 Johnson AvenueThe Brooklyn outpost of Danny Bowien's Mission Chinese has a wide variety of mouth-numbing, spicy, Sichuan foods and a Matrix themed bathrooms.
Arepera Guacuco
44 Irving AveDelicious Venezuelan restaurant. One of our family's favorites.
Kings Kolache
321 Starr StAmazing Chech-Tex breakfast joint. Best breakfast in the neighborhood!
Some of the most amazing Thai food we have had. Highly recommend this one. Not the easiest restaurant for families.
18 locals recommend
Tong
321 Starr StreetSome of the most amazing Thai food we have had. Highly recommend this one. Not the easiest restaurant for families.
Queen of Falafel
247 Wyckoff AveOur favorite Middle Eastern restaurant in the city.
Great Thai restaurant with classic fare. More family-friendly, than Tong.
48 locals recommend
Klom Klorm
181 Wyckoff AveGreat Thai restaurant with classic fare. More family-friendly, than Tong.
Arts & Culture
This is the museum where I work as the exhibitions designer. Great museum that is a quick, beautiful and accessible visit with a great restaurant on the top floor with a spectacular view of Central Park.
75 locals recommend
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus CirThis is the museum where I work as the exhibitions designer. Great museum that is a quick, beautiful and accessible visit with a great restaurant on the top floor with a spectacular view of Central Park.
Several blocks of curated graffiti projects that are continually updating.
172 locals recommend
The Bushwick Collective
427 Troutman StSeveral blocks of curated graffiti projects that are continually updating.
Underdonk
1329 Willoughby AveTiger Strikes Asteroid New York
1329 Willoughby AveSalmagundi Museum of American Art
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd StreetThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th AveDrinks & Nightlife
Market Hotel
1140 Myrtle AvenueAwesome music, hip, young scenes.
Trans-Pecos
9-15 Weirfield StGreat music venue to catch quality acts.
The Cobra Club
6 Wyckoff AveThe Johnson's
369 Troutman StKings County Brewers Collective
381 Troutman StGreat beers and awesome place to hang out.
A great music venue - check out what bands are playing, during your stay. You might discover something new!
77 locals recommend
Elsewhere
599 Johnson AveA great music venue - check out what bands are playing, during your stay. You might discover something new!
Great band sets in the back room. Pay a cheap cover and find some interesting new acts. Great drinks and bar snacks up front.
74 locals recommend
Alphaville
226 W Houston StGreat band sets in the back room. Pay a cheap cover and find some interesting new acts. Great drinks and bar snacks up front.
House of Yes
2 Wyckoff AvenueFor the wildest of nights.
Little Beaver
24 St Nicholas AveLaid back bar with great beet selection
Getting Around
DeKalb Av station
L Train Subway Station
Jefferson St station
L-Train Station
Shopping
Beacon's Closet
74 Guernsey StAwesome used clothing store.
Meantime Co.
95 St Nicholas AveBeautiful, local, artist-made products.
Other People's Clothes
Great second hand clothes shop
Entertainment & Activities
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan AveDinner, Drinks and a Movie! The best!
Great movie theater where you can eat and drink while you watch.
274 locals recommend
Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen
40 Bogart StGreat movie theater where you can eat and drink while you watch.
Huge new indoor climbing gym with tons of auto-belays, ambitious bouldering, and all difficulties of top-rope climbs.
12 locals recommend
MetroRock Brooklyn
321 Starr StHuge new indoor climbing gym with tons of auto-belays, ambitious bouldering, and all difficulties of top-rope climbs.