A Guide to Cold Spring, NY

By |2024-04-08T23:58:52+00:00February 17th, 2022|Daytrippin|

Sunrise over the Hudson River near Cold Spring, NY. All photos by Erin Lindsey/Escape Brooklyn. Cold Spring, NY is one of our favorite daytrips from NYC. An hour on the MetroNorth puts you right in the heart of town and its scenic, walkable Main ...

Wildcat Mountain Cabin in Claryville, NY

By |2021-05-07T16:28:49+00:00February 10th, 2016||

A couple years ago, when great Airbnbs were much harder to come by–and by the way, they still can be–Denny and I discovered Red Cottage Inc., a boutique rental agency that specializes in the Hudson Valley and Catskills. We were really excited, and understandably so if you've ever spent hours and hours surfing through ...

Bonticou Crag and Table Rocks

By |2021-05-06T19:46:44+00:00September 5th, 2014||

For me, there’s one element in particular that makes a hike special: variety. My perfect hike has steep inclines and rolling hills, mossy woods and rocky crags, babbling brooks and gushing falls. It might start beneath the cover of shady sycamores and end on a sandy lake shore, it might start in ...

Escape Brooklyn Summer Camp

By |2021-05-06T21:11:34+00:00July 9th, 2014||

Our first ever group trip was a success: everyone survived their adventure away from the city! Campers came from Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Greenpoint and even Baltimore for a weekend of camping, hiking, grilling, swimming and boozing it up in the great outdoors. The location was set in the heart of the Hudson Valley, at Malouf's ...

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