8 Foolproof Brooklyn First Dates
Nicholas Schenk House at Brooklyn Museum (followed by The Islands)
Granted, a Serious Museum Date may be best saved for later on—a first date isn’t really the time to try to negotiate wildly different browsing paces, tastes, or policies re: running commentary and armchair criticism when consuming art. That said, the Nicholas Schenck house (along with the rest of the period rooms) at the Brooklyn Museum is pretty fun and low-stakes. You can keep strolling at a fairly steady clip, with plenty of opportune breaks to cram into the small viewing spaces together. None of which takes especially long, of course, meaning that if your date passes the crucial “do I want to move to a second location with this person” test, you can and should take a short walk over to The Islands for a relaxed dinner and that other crucial test, whether or not this person likes Caribbean food.