THE FORT GREENE / CLINTON HILL WALK

If you’ve never wandered through these two Brooklyn precincts, you’re in for a real surprise – and a treat. Wealth, combined with refined nineteenth-century taste, created block after block of distinguished homes: Italianate brownstones, Romanesque mansions and Victorian row houses, along with some spectacular houses of worship. We’ll even see a few well-preserved pre-Civil War survivors crafted from wood.

Today, the solidly middle-class territory stretching from BAM to the Pratt campus is home to a wide variety of artists and artisans who value the strong sense of community so apparent here. Lots of prominent jazz musicians reside within these precincts, too. What’s more, new cafes and ethnic restaurants have enlivened commercial stretches of streets like Lafayette, Fulton and DeKalb.

Come discover these two Brooklyn gems. To arrange a custom tour for yourself or your group, contact SwingStreets.