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Brooklyn: Park Slope, BoCoCa CLAIRE F HAMILTON AND ALISON COOL, WGSN 30.08.07

Park Slope BoCoCa Opening times Many stores are closed on BoCoCa Mondays and don't open before noon on Sundays. Shop BoCoCa for antique furniture and small, well-curated During the week, most boutiques. shops are open from 11:30am to 7:30 or 8pm. Brooklyn's Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens - collectively known Check with stores for exact as BoCoCa - used to boast only a row of antique furniture stores on opening hours. Atlantic Avenue. Travel info How to get there

F or G train to Bergen or Carroll Street stops, exit on Smith Street

A/C or G to Hoyt- Schermerhorn

2/3 or 4/5 trains to Jay Street/Borough Hall, walk south to Atlantic Avenue

B/D, 4/5 or Q trains to Atlantic-Pacific Streets But retail development in the past ten years has added high-end apparel and modern home accessories. The attractive residential area has a Tips good number of Middle Eastern import and food shops and is popular with We love... young writers and media types looking for something between the Bark's cosy atmosphere and inescapable hipness of Williamsburg and too-mature Park Slope. stylish mix of hip womenswear and accessories. The best shopping and restaurants are located on Atlantic Avenue, Smith Street, and Court Street . Hollander & Lexer's curated, curiosity-style approach to Men's/women's apparel and accesssories menswear. One menswear pick truly stands out: Hollander & Lexer , on Atlantic City Foundry's chic furniture Avenue near Hoyt Street, carries cool masculine picks from New York and with an industrial edge. beyond, from Jutta Neumann sandals and Steven Alan shirts to European brands that you won't find anywhere else in Brooklyn. The dim, antique- style shop is outfitted with oil paintings and oddities from interiors store Darr across the street, under the same ownership. Addresses Apparel Bark 495 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 625 8997

Bird 220 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 797 3775

Butter 389 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 260 9033

Consignment

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Hollander & Lexer 371 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 522 3522 At nearby Sir , you'll find the store's in-house label of gorgeous, beautifully- cut dresses and blouses from Joanna Baum, as well as a good selection of Dear Fieldbinder interesting jewellery by Nicole Rowars and handbags and shoes by local and 198 Smith Street independent designers. Tel: +1 (718) 852 3620

Rub shoulders with fashion editors and Brooklyn's most stylish across the Flight 001 avenue at Butter . You'll find the best selection of European cult-favourite 132 Smith Street labels like Dries Van Noten and Maison Martin Margiela outside of Tel: +1 (718) 243 0001 Manhattan. Their rather expensive designer shop Consignment is nearby. Hollander & Lexer Find a fashionable new line of yogawear, much of it made from 358 Atlantic Avenue bamboo , at Omala . The brand's first activewear collection debuted in Tel: +1 (718) 797 9190 spring. Layla 86 Hoyt Street Tel: +1 (718) 222 1933

Ohio Knitting Mills 231 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 596 7103

Omala 400 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 694 9642

WGSN's womenswear favourite is further east on Atlantic Avenue. Bark is a Refinery quaint boutique with a curated, designer sensibility, including local 254 Smith Street favourites like Sunshine & Shadow and Rachel Comey, as well as gorgeous Tel: +1 (718) 643 7861 jewellery, quilts and small home accessories. The simple, whitewashed interior, resident cats and small backyard makes stopping here that Sir much sweeter. 360 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 643 6877 Although the stock is mostly fine bedding and quilts by designers like John Robshaw, check out Layla for its line of gorgeous jewellery. The owner also Kidswear stocks her own line of high quality womenswear - breezy pieces favouring the same handcrafted techniques reflected by her interiors picks. Area Kids 233 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 522 6455

Area Mom & Baby 252 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 246 9453

The Green Onion 274 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 246 2804

Interiors Astro Turf 290 Smith Street Tel:+1 (718) 522 6182 Layla Circa Antiques and Smith Street is the area's main commercial shopping drag. Collectibles 377 Atlantic Avenue Newcomer Flight 001 at 132 Smith Street offers the hippest travel Tel: +1 (718) 596 1866 accessories from Comme des Garçons wallets and leather portfolios to travel cosmetic kits from cult favourite New York beauty brand Mario City Foundry Badescu and an excellent selection of quality suitcases and travel guides. 365 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 923 1786 Browse a vintage archive of knitwear dating from 1947-1974 at Ohio Knitting Mills . The men's and women's stock, recovered after the knitting City Foundry Annex plant's closure, is mostly in mint condition. 435 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 875 2875

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Darr 369 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 797 9733

Hasker 333 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 222 5756

Home and Haven 177 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 875 1775

Sterling Place 352 7th Ave Tel: +1 (718) 499 4800 On Smith, Dear Fieldbinder is the favourite shop of most of Brooklyn's Where to eat and young art and fashion set, who stop by regularly to stock up on easy drink dresses and blouses from A. Cheng, Charlotte Ronson, Maria Bonita Extra, Designers Remix and dozens of other beloved independent international Bar Tabac designers. Don't forget to browse through the excellent jewellery 128 Smith Street selections. Tel: +1 (718) 923 0918

Boerum Hill Food Company 134 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 222 0140

Floyd 131 Atlantic Avenue Tel: +1 (718) 858 5810

Gowanus Yacht Club 323 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 246 1321

Joya 215 Court St Tel: +1 (718) 222 3484

Brooklyn boutique shoppng would not be complete without stopping by Marquet Bird (with a sister store in Park Slope) - a mecca for stylish 221 Court Street international and local labels like Acne Jeans, Tsumori Chisato, Mayle, Tel: +1 (718) 855 1289 Vanessa Bruno and Etoile Isabel Marant, in addition to the best selection of designer denim in the area. Pacifico 269 Pacific Street Kidswear Tel: +1 (718) 935 9090

From the popular Area chain there are two stores on Smith Street: Area Stan's Place Kids and Area Mom & Baby . Both carry fun, high quality toys, apparel 411 Atlantic Avenue and accessories. Tel: +1 (718) 596 3110

Sweet Melissa 276 Court Street Tel: +1 (718) 855 3410

Trout 102 Smith Street Tel: +1 (718) 935 1294

Victory Cafe 123 State Street

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And don't miss The Green Onion up the street, a small shop jam-packed with beautiful and well-made children's clothes and toys. Interiors You'll find Atlantic Avenue's best antiques shops between Hoyt Street on the west side and Nevins Street on the east.

Sterling Place , which has two locations on Atlantic, is an excellent location to browse through high quality antique and vintage copper and crystalware.

You won't want to miss City Foundry at 365 Atlantic, for a wide selection of mid-century modern furniture and lighting. A block away is City Foundry Annex , which stocks antique industrial pieces like robot figures made from car parts.

Darr

Darr is a must-see for props and industrial oddities. Old paintings, glass jars of antlers, scientific equipment and other curios are among the stock, which also graces the walls of Hollander & Lexer across the street.

A little further down you'll find Circa Antiques and Collectibles , a must for those interested in Victorian antiques, turn-of-the-century sterling silver flatware and quality Austrian and American glass and lamps.

For new and modern interiors shopping, head down Smith Street to Home & Haven , which has a nicely edited collection of modern home decor and specialises in emerging local artists and Scandinavian designers.

Up the block, Astro Turf specialises in 50s and 60s housewares, including vintage furniture from Eames and Knoll.

Further south you'll find Hasker for a variety of new and vintage furniture and accessories from European and American manufacturers. Eating and drinking For wining and dining, you can't go wrong with the famed Smith Street eateries, but we also recommend checking out Court Street for the popular Thai eatery Joya and neighbourhood-favourite bakeries Sweet Melissa and Marquet .

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Stop in Boerum Hill Food Company at 134 Smith Street for a cozy brunch loaded with organic and local ingredients or just a delicious latte or smoothie. The tiny Victory Cafe on State street, behind Atlantic, has gourmet snacks and local company.

For weekend brunch, the famed Bar Tabac has a live Dixieland jazz band near its streetside tables. Another excellent dinner option is Stan's Place , a New Orleans-style restaurant and cafe known for delicious Creole dishes like lump crab cakes and seafood gumbo.

In the summer, The Gowanus Yacht Club is the preferred neighbourhood bar, where you can sit outside with pitchers of beer, enjoy a hotdog and take a peek at the neighbourhood's hipsters. For a similarly low-key outdoor experience with more cheap food options, try Trout or neighbouring Pacifico .

Floyd is popular with a slightly older European crowd who flock to the spacious bar not just to drink, but also to play Bocce on the indoor clay court.

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