Prospect Park

Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store
372 5th Ave
+1 718 499-9884
11:30AM-5PM daily
between 5th and 6th Sts; Subway: F/G trains to 4th Ave or M/R trains to 9th St

The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. is your one-stop shopping destination for crime-fighting needs in the Tri-State area. Items on sale include capes, masks, secret identity kits, invisibility detection goggles, particle blasters, powdered anti-matter, deflector gauntlets, bottled justice, maps showing hotspots of good and evil, power rings, and countless other tools essential for any hard-working do-gooder. Test a cape, get devillainized, create your superhero persona and enter it in the master log - they've got it all. The BSSC is also a clever front for the 826NYC Student Writing Center, a non-profit center founded by Dave Eggers among others where kids aged 6-18 may receive after school tutoring, or attend a variety of creative workshops, all free of charge. Student writing is on sale in the store, along with books and other items from the McSweeney's label.

Cog & Pearl
190 5th Ave
+1 718 623-8200
Noon-8PM daily
at Sackett; Subway: M/R trains to Union St or 2/3 trains to Bergen St

A great place to find high quality hand-made designer items. A one-stop shop for last minute gifts.

The Bagel Hole
400 7th Ave
at 12th St; Subway: F/G trains to 7th Ave

The Bagel Hole's bagels hearken back to the days when bagels were small hockey pucks with a definite chew and a nice malty flavor. Easily among the best in New York, and some of the best priced, at about 50 cents for a bagel and a price that just keeps going down the more you buy. This is a good place to stock up on bagels for self-catering.