🛶 Canoe on the Gowanus Canal + More Ways to Summer in Brooklyn

Untapped New York's founder and author of Secret Brooklyn, Michelle Young, shares her favorite things to do!

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Alison Stewart and Michelle Young at WNYC/New York Public Radio studio and a photo of people canoeing on the Gowanus Canal — (Left) Alison Stewart and Michelle Young, Courtesy of WNYC/New York Public Radio (Right) Photo by Michelle Young

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Foraging in Prospect Park, fireworks on Coney Island, swing dance lessons in a former speakeasy. There's so much going on this summer in Brooklyn! On a recent episode of WNYC's All of It with Alison Stewart, Untapped New York Founder and author of Secret Brooklyn, Michelle Young, shared her neighborhood favorites.

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🛶 Canoe on the Gowanus Canal + More Ways to Summer in Brooklyn

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