NEW TYPES OF CREATORS-THE MAKERS Brooklyn is the self-proclaimed king of Maker
culture. The maker movement started becoming
prominent around Brooklyn in 2011 and it's a thriving community of artists and creatives producing a
huge variety of handmade goods. Made, naturally,
by hand. It includes bakers, fine artists, clothing designers, florists, distillers, and more. This
clothing shop called Wolves Within in the Brooklyn
neighborhood of Greenpoint even etched their
creation year into the floor of their shop!
NATHAN'S FAMOUS HOT DOGS originated in Coney Island and their dogs are now
franchised around the world. They really
are flavorful and juicy, and uniquely so at
their original store in southwestern Brooklyn (maybe that's the nostalgia ingredient?) even with mustard (which I normally
gasp at!) You don't have to have an actual
childhood memory of this place to feel like
GENERATIONS OF FAMILY BUSINESSES - Brooklyn is still home to people
you're visiting a wonderful memory.
who have been making the same things here for generations. There are butchers like Staubitz and Italian bakeries like F. Monteleone still being owned and
operated by the same families that started them three generations ago. Many
of these storefronts can be found in the Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens neighborhoods of Brooklyn.