Hooked on Red Hook.

Until Jeremy Pickett personally introduced Daily Design Idea to “New York’s best kept secret neighborhood,” we were guilty of only knowing Red Hook because of the Real World cast from two years ago and IKEA. It was absolutely wonderful to finally see Red Hook for its charm, stunning views, and breezy island feel.

While we were primarily in the area to check out the high-quality (and highly-personal) Pickett Furniture, there’s a few other fun spots we’ve learned about along the way:

Press-friendly uhuru makes Red Hook its home, as do many artists and designers that show at the Brooklyn Collective. General Nitemare and Atlantis both deal in vintage furniture and provide upholstery services (and they each specialize in one of those, respectively). Bopkat Vintage is a great spot if you’re looking for Vintage clothing, while Erie Basin is the destination for vintage jewelry. The nearby Erie Basin Park is a stretch of public waterfront that “is both a tribute and a tombstone to the industrial past—and a surprisingly optimistic statement about Brooklyn’s future” writes Jeff Byles in The Architect’s Newspaper. And if all that design appreciation leaves you needing some sustenance, you can grab a sweet (and made that day) treat at Baked or a beer brewed locally by Sixpoint at one of the nearby bars.

June 19′s daily design idea is sometimes a new view is all you need to clear your head and get some inspiration.

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