DOWNSTAIRS: The Miseducation of South African Genres

Before

Long walk · 0.5 mi · 11 min walk; 2 min ride - Bushwick

A full square block of park that Kings County bought in 1895 and laid out with curving paths the following year. The brick shelter in the middle went up in 1905 and is still there. This is the only real green space at the southern end of Bushwick, where the venues thin out.

After

short ride recommended · 6 min - Bushwick

New Orleans bar food shares the counter with beer-and-shot deals and rotating drafts at this dark Wyckoff bar. It opened in 2012 and the kitchen runs late, which is the difference between this and the pure drinking options on the same block.