Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook: Neighborhoods: luckymag.com

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Bird

Jennifer Mankins, who started her career at Barneys before becoming the head buyer for Steven Alan, opened her first Bird in 1999, and over the last decade she has steadily established three of Brooklyn?s most compelling boutiques. Mankins has a visionary eye for mixing offbeat fabrics and textiles, positioning exuberantly patterned Tsumori Chisato blouses alongside madras skirts from A.P.C. and printed dresses from Jackson, Johnston & Roe. 220 Smith St. COBBLE HILL 718-797-3774; 316 Fifth Ave PARK SLOPE 718-768-4940; 203 Grand St. WILLIAMSBURG, 718-388-1655

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Brooklyn Collective

This tiny store's stock—silk dresses, charm necklaces, charcoal drawings—is largely by local artists and mostly limited-edition.
196 Columbia St., 718-596-6231, brooklyncollective.com

Products: Women's Clothing, Jewelry
Type of Store: Boutique

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Brooklyn Industries

Reasonably priced casual pieces with an urban slant, like slim-cut canvas utility pants and form-fitting hoodies, are this Brooklyn-based chainlet's claim to fame. They also make great down coats.
100 Smith St. (at Atlantic Ave.), 718-596-3986, brooklynindustries.com

Products: Women's Clothing, Shoes, Bags
Type of Store: Boutique

4

Council

Launched Valentine's Day 2009, this airy collective stocks impeccable vintage furniture sourced in the Deep South by Genie Lee, plus Miranda Bennett's hand-dyed silk dresses and tops, and necklaces strung with flecks of laser-cut balsa wood from Pamela Johnston's label, Plume.
360 Atlantic Ave. Boerum Hill 718-522-6906

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Darr

Gloriously over-the-top, Darr is an updated version of an old-world antiques store: Turn-of-the-century toy horses, wildebeest taxidermy, and busts carved from wood are a stunning backdrop to the smaller home goods, like horn serving spoons and gold-hued scissors imported from India. 369 Atlantic Ave. BOERUM HILL 718-797-9733

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Dear Fieldbinder

Dear Fieldbinder specializes in effortlessly chic, beautifully modern pieces like tailored Lauren Moffatt blouses and chunky Twinkle by Wenlan sweaters: the type of items that will quickly become favorites. 198 Smith St. COBBLE HILL 718-852-3620, dearfieldbinder.com

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Erie Basin

Russell Whitmore's gallery/boutique holds all the gorgeous treasures he turns up from tirelessly shopping East Coast estate sales. It's a stunning and well-priced array of jewelry—thanks to his eye for the curious and unusual, there's really nothing else like it—which makes Erie Basin a major destination, despite its location in far-flung Red Hook. Victorian memento mori rings and necklaces made from discarded filigree watch bits are standouts. 388 Van Brunt St. RED HOOK 718-554-6147, eriebasin.com

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Eva Gentry

Formerly known ?as Butter, this pioneering store opened in Brooklyn more than a decade ago. Everything adheres to a refined white, gray, and black palette—including picks from sought-after labels like Maison Martin Margiela and Rick Owens—and is displayed on rough-hewn tables and old-fashioned mannequins. 389 Atlantic Ave. BOERUM HILL 718-260-9033, evagentry.com

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Eva Gentry Consignment

Launched by the owners of local stalwart Eva Gentry (see No. 38), this sun-drenched storefront is where the neighborhood's poshest hipster ladies unload their pristine, last-season Chanel jackets and never-worn Balenciaga pencil skirts. 371 Atlantic Ave. BOERUM HILL 718-522-3522

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Frank & Bill's Antiques

One of the sole survivors on Coney Island Avenue's once-thriving antiques stretch, this tiny gem, located in a former Mexican catering hall, offers deals on furniture from the late 1800s on.
801 Coney Island Ave. (between Dorchester and Cortelyou Rds.), 718-826-2641

Products: Antique, Furniture
Type of Store: Boutique

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Layla

Owner Alayne Patrick travels to India constantly to source everything from rough-cut diamond drop earrings to satin quilts, which she then deftly mixes with Megan Park gowns and a house line of tunics. A recently opened towel annex across the street is replete with neatly folded stacks of Missoni beach blankets and exuberantly patterned Fabindia bath sheets. 86 Hoyt St. BOERUM HILL 718-222-1933; 83 Hoyt St. BOERUM HILL 718-222-1933

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Legacy

One of those unerringly great boutiques that have been around forever (since 1978!), Legacy debuted in Soho before also arriving on Brooklyn's Atlantic Avenue. Owner Rita Brookoff arranges inspiring new labels next to an impeccably chosen lineup of vintage gowns and jackets (including pieces from marquee names like Lanvin and YSL). The two house collections—made from vintage fabrics—are worth checking out as well. 109 Thompson St. SOHO 212-966-4827; 362 Atlantic Ave. BOERUM HILL 718-403-0090, legacy-nyc.com

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