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Restaurants near CUNY Brooklyn College

297 places to eat within a mile of CUNY Brooklyn College, closest first, including Ovi's Express, Subsational and Ovi's Place. With addresses and distances.

The 50 places to eat closest to Brooklyn

Closest first, out of 297 within a mile. Distances are straight-line from the campus, so a walk runs a little longer.

Right by campus · about a 5-minute walk (45)

About a 10-minute walk · a quarter to half a mile (5)

Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026), open places with a street address only. Hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout near Brooklyn.

Can't decide between them? Say what you're craving and Savor Scout picks one near Brooklyn, NY.

The food scene around Brooklyn

297places to eat within 1 mile
75%independent, not chains
12coffee shops and cafés

Open listings put 297 places to eat within 1 mile of Brooklyn, 77 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile), and 2,586 within 3 miles. The most common: pizza (32), delis (22) and Chinese (19). 15 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.

Where to walk: the streets with the most places to eat within 1 mile are Flatbush Ave (72), Nostrand Ave (46), Coney Island Ave (41) and Avenue J (31).

What stands out around Brooklyn is kosher, Caribbean and Jamaican — types that are listed here at 10 to 99 times the national rate.

By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:

Pizza 32 Deli 22 Chinese 19 Bakery 18 Kosher 17 Caribbean 17 Mexican 15 Coffee 12 Ice cream 9 American 7

Popular cravings near Brooklyn, within 1 mile: Asian food (29 places) and Mexican food (15). Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good kitchen from an average one.

Food guides for Brooklyn

Pizza near Brooklyn 32 Delis near Brooklyn 22 Chinese Food near Brooklyn 19

Where Brooklyn stands out

Among the 1,027 campuses on Savor Scout, counting what is within a mile, Brooklyn ranks near the top for these. Each guide covers what to order and how to tell a good one.

Eating on a student budget near Brooklyn

Cheap and bad overlap much less than price filters suggest. Of the places listed nearby, 15 are fast-food counters: the cheapest default, rarely the cheapest good meal. The value is usually in lunch specials, counter service, short menus and dishes built on rice, noodles, bread or beans. Where to eat when you're broke covers what to look for, or search cheap eats near Brooklyn.

Need somewhere open right now? These listings do not carry live opening hours, and late at night a fair share of what is listed as open is not. The late-night guide covers how to check before you go, or search late-night food near Brooklyn and call ahead.

The campus

  • Location — Brooklyn, NY
  • Other names, current or former — Brooklyn, Brooklyn College
  • Setting — in a city
  • Size — 10,000 to 19,999 students
  • Type — Public four-year institution

Campus figures are from IPEDS, the US Department of Education's institutional survey. Size is reported as the survey's own bracket rather than an exact headcount, because that is what the public dataset gives and we would rather quote it than estimate.

Nearby cities

Guides worth reading

What to eat during finals week Where to eat when you're broke Where to eat late at night Where to take visiting family and friends Eating out with a dietary restriction

Questions about eating near Brooklyn

What restaurants are near Brooklyn?
A few to start with, nearest first: Ovi's Express (mexican, 0.1 mi), Dallas Bbq Nostrand Ave (barbecue, 0.1 mi), Moku Hawaiian Bbq, Debe Kitchen and Fisherman's Cove (jamaican, 0.2 mi). They are chosen local-first, then listed by distance; a starting point, not a ranking.
How many places to eat are near Brooklyn?
Open map listings put 297 places to eat within 1 mile, 77 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 2,586 within 3 miles. About 75% are independent rather than chains; 12 are coffee shops or cafés and 15 are fast-food counters.
Where is the food near Brooklyn?
The busiest streets are Flatbush Ave (72 places), Nostrand Ave (46 places), Coney Island Ave (41 places) and Avenue J (31 places).
What kind of food is near Brooklyn?
The most common types are pizza (32), delis (22), Chinese (19) and bakeries (18). Unusually common compared with the rest of the country: kosher, Caribbean and Jamaican.

Nearby campuses

Comparing schools, or eating with friends across town? These are the closest campuses to Brooklyn.

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