(Photo: IngallsPhoto/Courtesy of F.S.C. Barber)

• Barber & Supply by F.S.C. Barber

  101 N. 8th St., nr. Wythe Ave., Williamsburg; 718-522-4959

  Loitering is encouraged at the newest, largest, and (amazingly) first Brooklyn outpost of Freeman’s barber­shop. A long wooden bench bisects the talc-scented room, inviting walk-ins to hang out while they wait their turn—like its Manhattan brethren, Barber & Supply doesn’t do appointments—for a straight-razor to the face and standard-issue High and Tight ($75). An up-front apothecary is loaded with more than 40 small-batch brands (Aesop shave cream, MCMC beard oil), while an annex next door showcases products from grooming staples like Malin & Goetz.

From the 2013 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine