VÅRLOVSPROMENAD TILL IKEA 🌱 Spring Break Walk to IKEA

We don't know if Sweden officially recognizes Spring Break or not, but the IKEA ferries do, so, Låt oss gå (let's walk)! Approx 4 miles, from the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn bridge, plus [what feels like] an additional mile walking through the store.

Along the way, we can enjoy vårblommor (spring blossoms) in leafy Brooklyn neighborhoods, arriving at IKEA/Red Hook in time for frukost (Swedish for breakfast) or lunch (Swedish for lunch), and returning by the free NY Waterways Spring Break IKEA Ferry.

Meet: 8:15 a.m. Sunday, April 12, 2025 at Chambers and Centre Streets, in the plaza across from the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge walkway. Closest subways are 4/5/6 Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall; J/Z Chambers St; R/W City Hall; A/C and 1/2/3 Chambers St (2-3 blocks away). There is a Starbucks with restroom near our meeting place.

Route: After crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, we'll make a restroom stop in Cadman Plaza. We'll walk through Brooklyn Heights and Carroll Gardens, cross over the BQE, then follow Red Hook’s main drag, Van Brunt Street, to Beard Street, arriving at our destination around 10:30.

Breakfast/lunch: IKEA’s Swedish Restaurant (cafeteria) on the second level serves breakfast until 11, and lunch from 11 on (menu). There's also a snack bar and Swedish food market on the first level.

Return: via free NY Waterways Spring Break IKEA Ferry at
11:20 (first departure), 12:50 p.m., or later (schedule). Ten minutes to Pier 11/Wall St, continuing 20 minutes more to Pier 79/West 39th, where free shuttles connect to Midtown and Chelsea/Greenwich Village.
Also from IKEA, B57 and B61 buses connect to Brooklyn subway stops (Check your trip planner).

Bring: Water, hat, sunglasses. Food/bev can be purchased at IKEA.

Guests: You may invite a guest but you must have them sign the Shorewalkers waiver and release at this link.

Rain cancels. (Regular weekend ferries start May 23.)

Contact (day of hike only): Christine 646-491-0764

Props to Margo Moss, whose Walk Over the George Washington Bridge to Japan (Mitsua Marketplace) inspired this walk.