Lil' Kim Hard Core Symphony

Before

short ride recommended · 7 min - Prospect Heights

The big museum at the top of Eastern Parkway, with the Egyptian holdings, the American period interiors and Judy Chicago's Dinner Party installed permanently on the fourth floor. General admission is a suggested contribution rather than a fixed price, so you can pay what you can and walk in. On the first Saturday of each month it stays open from five until eleven with free admission and live programming.

After

short ride recommended · 3 min - Flatbush

A florist at the front of the storefront and a bar behind it, on the Cortelyou Road strip west of Kings Theatre. The back garden is the reason to come and it gets enclosed and heated once it turns cold, so it works in January as well as July. Seventy-odd whiskeys on the shelf, craft beer on tap, and bar staff who do not make a performance of either.