A list of nightlife locations in and around North Brooklyn, NYC
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Bars with Activities
Bars
This is a fantastic local watering hole serving draft and canned beers, ciders, and cocktails. They have a food menu with options like hotdogs, friend chicken sandwiches, veggie and meat burgers, and a variety of chicken wing flavors. They have a sep...
The Palace
A wonderful queer bar that hosts many local drag shows and dance parties in their back room. The bar itself is separated into two narrow areas with a back room for shows and dancing. There is also a small art gallery in the back of the space with rot...
C'mon Everybody
This is a lovely and welcoming lesbian bar in Bushwick that hosts a variety of parties and events. While the space is geared towards a sapphic clientele they are very welcoming to other queer people and allies so long as you are respectful of them an...
The Bush
A small and intimate cocktail bar serving unique cocktails as well as draft beer and ciders. They have free karaoke on Wednesday nights and host a few other regular events and shows. They offer free popcorn as well as purchasable burritos from behind...
Grace & Ruby's
This is a small and intimate queer nightlife venue that regularly hosts local drag shows and events in their upstairs stage area. The lower area is sectioned off into a few smaller color coded/themed rooms where you can hang out and chat with friends...
Purgatory
A comfortable and welcoming local dive bar with friendly bartenders and good vibes. They offer a few bar games like darts and Ring the Bull, and sometimes have pop up events from local restaurants and caterers. They will occasionally have a DJ and da...
Common Mollies Bar
A small little bar centered around a large vinyl DJ booth. They are always hosting different local DJs to play sets and get people dancing. They serve good drinks and food, and have a few different outdoor seating options. You can also order food fro...
Good Bar
This is a great little bar with a beautiful Art Nuevo interior! They serve a variety of cocktails, as well as draft beers and ciders. It’s perfect for a more intimate experience like a date, catching up with a friend, or for reading a book. They also...
Diamond Lil
Clubs
A staple queer nightlife venue here in North Brooklyn! This club regularly hosts a variety of local drag talent as well as international names like Sasha Colby, Violet Chachki, and Asia Consent. This venue regularly hosts dance parties DJ’d by a vari...
3 Dollar Bill
This is a slightly smaller bar/club attached to the larger 3 Dollar Bill. They have a very large backyard/patio that hosts outdoor events, raves, shows, and concerts. You can sometimes slip up through the outdoor staircase to walk between Nine Bob No...
9 Bob Note
This is a wonderful and eclectic club with a fully equipped sound stage, suspended cages for gogo dancers, and a fully rigged fly system for circus and aerial acts. They have a large bar in the main room, as well as a bar outside in the patio. There ...
House of Yes
Bars with Activities
SKEE BALL BAR ! This little dive bar offers unlimited skee ball for $5 ! They have four skee ball machines in the little back room, as well as one more machine available in the front. The drinks are cheap and strong and the staff is friendly. This ba...
Full Circle Bar
This is a local dive bar that offers cheap drinks, pool, and shuffleboard courts in the back yard!
Things to know:
- allows outside food
- very limited outdoor seating options, and they are on the sidewalk on a pretty busy road
Rocka Rolla
A large bar room with a pool table attached to a retro ten pin bowling alley. They have 8 available first come first serve bowling lanes, and offer shoe rentals at the bar. They also have a back showroom called “The Spare Room” which hosts comedy sho...