All ages can climb, slide and frolic in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge at the Main Street playground. 

This charming ice cream shop, located in a 1920s fireboat house, features natural homemade scoops and a tempting selection of toppings and syrups.

Scope out a quiet spot in one of the rocky nooks that line the water’s edge in Brooklyn Bridge Park. 

The park offers sweeping views of the river and Manhattan’s skyline.

Whether you want to join in or just watch, pick-up games take place from 6am to 11pm at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2.

Youth and adult soccer leagues play on the turf fields on Pier 5.

Stroll through DUMBO’s cobblestone streets, lined with galleries, boutiques and cafés.

This brick-oven pizzeria, often heralded as the best in the City, makes DUMBO a destination for thin-crust, coal-fired pies and hand-rolled calzones. 

Juliana’s hits the spot whether you’re craving a classic Margherita or something more daring, like the No. 5 pie: sliced tomato, smoked salmon, goat cheese, Sicilian capers and red onions.

For a short period in September, Photoville takes over DUMBO's waterfront. The modular venue hosts events day and night, including photography exhibits, installations and workshops. 

Part bookstore, part art gallery and part performance venue—as well as the publishing headquarters of cult favorite powerHouse Books—this gorgeous space with soaring ceilings is one of the neighborhood’s draws. 

This performance venue—now occupying the historic Tobacco Warehouse—has been putting on cutting-edge productions in DUMBO for over 30 years.