Here you’ll find a neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to our favorite bar, beer-centric eateries and gastropubs around the finest borough in the city, with a shout out to a handful in Rockaway. Sort by neighborhood or amenities, or just browse around because all of these are our favorites for different reasons. The bars are featured in our Upper and Middle Beer books, and our South Brooklyn and Rockaway Beer Book and Brooklyn Cocktail Book which are both currently on sale. Even if you don’t have a Beer or Cocktail Book, use this guide to find your new favorite drinking spot.
Bay Ridge
Bed-Stuy
Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill
Bushwick
Clinton Hill and Fort Greene
Coney Island
Crown Heights
Ditmas Park
East Williamsburg
Gerritsen Beach
Gowanus
Gravesend and Sheepshead Bay
Greenpoint
Marine Park
Park Slope
Bay Ridge
Lock Yard
Red, White and Brew
Longbow Pub & Pantry
Ho’Brah
Skinflints
Windy City Ale House
Yellow Hook Grille
Bean Post Pub
Kettle Black Bar
Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe
Pipin’s Pub
Schnitzel Haus
Harp Bar
Bed-Stuy
Project Parlor Glorietta Baldy One Last Shag
Boerum Hill
Hunter’s Bar
St. Gambrinus Beer Shoppe
Bushwick
Bushwick
Boobie Trap
The Graham
Happyfun Hideaway
Left Hand Path
Montana’s Trail House
Cobble
Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill
Abilene
Buschenschank
Clinton Hill
Clinton Hill/Fort Greene
The Great Georgiana
Dick & Jane’s Bar
The Emerson
Greene Grape Annex
Hops Hill
No. 7
Splitty
Coney Island
Coney Island
Freak Bar
Peggy O’Neill’s
Ruby’s Bar and Grill
Crown Heights
Crown Heights
Branch Ofc.
Berg’n
Covenhoven
The Saint Catherine
Ditmas Park
Ditmas Park
Bar Chord
Sycamore
Wheated
East
East Williamsburg
Matt Torrey’s
Pine Box Rock Shop
Reclamation Bar
Gerritsen Beach
Gerritsen Beach
Tamaqua Bar and Grill
Gownaus
Gowanus
Halyards
Lowlands Bar
Pickle Shack
Royal Palms
Threes Brewing
Gravesend
Gravesend/Sheepshead Bay
Anyway Cafe
Brass Rail Bar
Draft Barn
Marine Park
Marine Park
Third and Seven
Greenpoint
Greenpoint
The Brew Inn
Brouwerij Lane
The Diamond
Dirck the Norseman
No. 7 North
Park Slope
Park Slope
Alchemy
Freddy’s Bar and Backroom
The Gate
High Dive
Mary’s Bar
Skylark
Prospect Heights
Prospect Heights
The Way Station
Prospect Lefferts
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Midwood Flats
Red Hook
Red Hook
Brooklyn Ice House
Fort Defiance
Hope and Anchor
Williamsburg
Williamsburg
Beer Street
Brooklyn Brewery
Dardy Bar
4th Down
Full Circle Bar
George and Jacks
Jack Bar
LuckyDog
Nitehawk
Northern Bell
Over the Eight
Passenger Bar
Rocka Rolla
Skinny Dennis
South 4th
Sugarburg
Videology
Windsor Terrace
Windsor Terrace
The Adirondack
Hamilton’s
Rockaway
Rockaway, Queens