Red Hook waterfront brewery with glass doors opening onto a New York Harbor patio.

Glamorous Flatiron event space inside the Freehand hotel, with arched ceilings and terrazzo floors.

Light-filled Red Hook loft with exposed brick, wood beams, and dramatic skylights.

Light-filled Greenpoint Japanese restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows and a private courtyard.

Gowanus brewery and event space anchored by a planted outdoor yard under a steel trellis.

Bright, colorful woman-founded Williamsburg brewery taproom a block from McCarren Park.

Williamsburg boutique hotel in a 1901 factory, with a Manhattan-facing rooftop bar.

Working Sunset Park rooftop farm with sweeping harbor and Manhattan-skyline views.

Carroll Gardens Italian restaurant with a lush back garden and a restored 1900s stable.

Gowanus boutique event space anchored by a glass-enclosed atrium and an Art Deco lounge.

Williamsburg boutique hotel with an indoor-outdoor rooftop framing Manhattan skyline views.

Chelsea waterfront pier with a column-free ballroom and floor-to-ceiling Hudson River views.

Williamsburg restaurant in a renovated 19th-century boiler room with a glass-walled garden deck.

Historic Prospect Park venues, from a fireplace-lit meadow house to a Beaux-Arts boathouse.

Restored 19th-century Long Island City ironworks with a tentable courtyard and indoor greenhouse.

DUMBO waterfront restaurant on the East River with a terrace facing the bridges.

Bushwick grocery warehouse turned airy industrial event space with high ceilings and a garden.