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Brooklyn Museum vs Washington Square Park
Brooklyn Museum and Washington Square Park are both highly recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, Brooklyn Museum is the choice of most writers compared to Washington Square Park. Brooklyn Museum ranks #9 in New York City with positive reviews from 9 sources such as Concierge, Not For Tourists and Michelin Guide.
Brooklyn Museum
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200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Fodor's
"Although it may be overshadowed by the big name museums in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Museum, with more than 1 million pieces in its permanent collection."
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Concierge
"This Beaux Arts building houses the second-largest permanent collection in the city, with more than a million objects."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This encyclopedic museum is housed in a five-story, 560,000-sq-ft beaux arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White."
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Travel + Leisure
"With a mission to bridge the artistic heritage of world cultures, this 560,000-square-foot museum built in grand Beaux-Arts style houses a large, diverse collection of 1.5 million works."
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Time Out
"Brooklyn’s premier institution is a less-crowded alternative to Manhattan’s bigger-name spaces."
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Washington Square Park
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Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY 10001
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Fodor's
"NYU students, street musicians, skateboarders, jugglers, chess players, and those just watching the grand opera of it all generate a maelstrom of activity."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"What was once a potter’s field and a square for public executions is now the unofficial town square of the Village."
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Time Out
"The hippies who famously turned up and tuned out in Washington Square Park are still there in spirit, and indeed often in person."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"With a broad, sunny lawn and clusters of willow, cypress and sycamore trees, this pentagonal park occupies the heart of North Beach."
Not For Tourists
"From Potter's field to counterculture mecca and everything in between."
