Seven Countries in Seven Days, Without Ever Leaving Brooklyn
Mexico
Get yourself over to Tacos Matamoros (4508 5th Ave, btwn 45th and 46th Streets) and order the tacos al pastor. They’re deliciously overstuffed and come with fresh lime wedges and radishes and can travel with you as you cross the street and climb the many, MANY steps (just like an Aztec pyramid!) up to the top of the hill in Sunset Park, the highest point in Brooklyn.
Hopefully you’re toting a six-pack of Negra Modelo and have timed this picnic just right, so that you can watch the sun slink down behind the Statue of Liberty with all of New York Harbor stretched out before you.
It’s called Sunset Park for a reason.
Other things to do, that may-or may not!-make you feel like you’re in Mexico:
Sunset Park Pool (7th Ave at 43rd St, Brooklyn, NY)
Melody Lanes (corner of 5th Ave and 37th Street, Brooklyn, NY)
