Nearest Airport
: JFK
at 10
Miles
Nearest Ferry
: Battery Park (Ellis, Governors, Liberty, & Staten)
at 4
Miles
Nearest Train
: 'A' (Express) or 'C' (Local) Subway at Utica
at 0.3
Miles
Nearest Motorway
: BQE at Bedford Avenue
at 2
Miles
Nearest Beach
: Rockaway Beach or Coney Island
at 4
Miles
Nearest Barpub
: Beso; Peaches; Saraghina; Therapy Wine Bar
at 0.01
Miles
Nearest Restaurant
: Beso; Celestino; Ma-N-Pops; Peaches; Saraghina
at 0.01
Miles
Car: not necessary
Built in 1889, MACON MANOR is located on Macon Street in the heart of the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District of Brooklyn, New York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuyvesant_Heights,_Brooklyn). Our multi-lingual website (http://www.TRUErentals.biz) has extensive tourist information which would be of use to anyone planning a visit to Brooklyn, whether or not you stayed with us.
As you may have read in such publications as New York Magazine, the New York Times, and Time Out New York (among many others), Stuyvesant Heights – and the larger working-class Community of Bedford that are commonly referred to as “Bedford-Stuyvesant” or “Bed-Stuy,” known worldwide for their magnificent architecture, rich history, green blocks, flourishing Community Gardens, and as home to countless significant cultural figures – are in the flowering of a new cultural and commercial renaissance (we have a growing collection of books discussing this history which we keep in each Apartment).
Bars, boutiques, cafés, galleries, restaurants, and shops are popping up faster than one can keep up with, and there is an influx of new residents who are turning this historically Black, family-oriented Community into a truly diverse enclave of progressive people of all backgrounds (for example, in the decade between 2000 and 2010, the white population surged 633%).
Despite this tremendous transformation, however, it maintains a charm that can be experienced by strolling down one of its many quiet, safe, leafy, beautiful blocks.
In addition to those activities listed above, our Community also hosts: Art Shows, Chess Tournaments, Farmer's Market, Garden Parties, Live Music, Outdoor Film Screenings, Parades, Poetry Readings, Street Festivals, Wine Tastings, and much more.
