Gyllene Höstpromenad till IKEA 🍁 Golden Autumn Walk to IKEA 🍁 4-5 Miles
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It's Golden Autumn in Sweden, so what better reason to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to IKEA. Låt oss gå (let's walk)! We'll see höstlöv (fall foliage) and fallande löv (falling leaves) in Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill, and arrive at IKEA/Red Hook in time for frukost (breakfast) or lunch (lunch). Four miles, plus [what feels like] an additional mile walking through the store.
Return via the free NY Waterways Ikea Ferry.
Meet: 8:15 a.m. Saturday, October 24, 2026 at Chambers and Centre Streets, in the plaza across from the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge walkway. Subway stops are 4/5/6 Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall;
R/W City Hall; J/Z, 1/2/3, and A/C Chambers St. There is a Starbucks with restroom near our meeting place.
Route: We'll cross the Brooklyn Bridge and make a restroom stop in Cadman Plaza,. Then we'll walk through Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill. cross over the BQE, then follow Red Hook’s main drag, Van Brunt Street, to Beard Street, arriving at IKEA around 10:30.
Breakfast/lunch: IKEA Swedish Restaurant on the second level serves frukost until 11, and lunch from 11 on. There's also a Swedish Bistro and Swedish food market on the first level.
Return: 11:20 a.m. (early departure) or 12:50 p.m. NY Waterways IKEA Ferry (free on weekends). The ferry to Pier 11/Wall Street takes 10 minutes. The same ferry continues 20 minutes more (with fabulous views), arriving at Pier 79/West 39th Street at 1:25 p.m. Free shuttles connect to Midtown and Chelsea/Greenwich Village.
Also, from IKEA, the B57 and B61 bus lines connect to subways (pls check your trip planner).
Bring: Water, hat, sunglasses, snacks. Food/bev available for purchase at IKEA.
Guests: You may invite a guest but you must have them sign Shorewalkers’ waiver and release at this link.
Rain cancels.
Contact (day of hike only): Christine 646-491-0764 and Gina 347-842-5452
Props to Margo Moss, whose Walk Over the George Washington Bridge to Japan (Mitsua Marketplace) inspired this walk.