Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory   

1 Water St .
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-246-0550

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What out-of-towners don't get about New York is just how American it is. Not just melting-pot, Ellis Island American, but Norman Rockwell, Wonder Bread American. Case in point: this clapboard firehouse converted into an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. It sits right on the pier where Walt Whitman used to catch the Fulton Ferry to Manhattan. It is a place for tourists and natives alike to contemplate the majesty of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline with the aid of a creamy frozen confection. It's also the ideal terminus for any date involving pizza at Grimaldi's or a stroll along the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. But don't go expecting the works. This ain't no 31 flavors. Your choice of vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, peach, butter-pecan coffee or chocolate chunk is available in a cup or cone or as a sundae or shake. At $3 for a one-scoop cone, it's a little pricey, but you're not just paying for parts and labor, you're paying for the view. It's worth it.