Dance clubs, live music, rooftop bars, speakeasies, LGBTQ+ nightlife, listening bars and late-night dives across Brooklyn, with where to go and what is worth the late night.

  • House of Yes

    House of Yes is a Bushwick, Brooklyn nightclub and theater at 2 Wyckoff Avenue with a full-size stage, dance floors and shows every Friday and Saturday.

  • Elsewhere

    Elsewhere is a three-story music venue and nightclub on Johnson Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with dance floors, stages, a rooftop and a courtyard.

  • Public Records

    Public Records is a Gowanus, Brooklyn sound-room club and vegan restaurant at 233 Butler Street, with a garden, live shows and dance nights that run to 04:00.

  • Brooklyn Bowl

    Brooklyn Bowl is a 23,000-square-foot music venue on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with bowling lanes, a full bar and food from Blue Ribbon.

  • Union Pool

    Union Pool is a Williamsburg, Brooklyn bar and live music venue on Union Avenue in a former pool supply shop, with a tin-walled main room and a big courtyard.

  • The Bell House

    The Bell House is a Gowanus, Brooklyn bar and concert venue on 7th Street in a redecorated 1920s warehouse, with chandeliers and a red-velvet stage.

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  • Westlight

    Westlight is a rooftop bar on the 22nd floor of the William Vale on North 12th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with views of three boroughs.

  • Scrappleland

    Scrappleland is a pinball arcade bar on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with a rooftop deck, a stained-glass water tower and a $4 Bud Light draft.

  • Weather Up

    Weather Up is a cocktail bar with a copper-topped bar in a converted church on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, run as a walk-in bar.

  • Barely Disfigured

    Barely Disfigured is a speakeasy-style cocktail bar on Smith Street in Brooklyn behind a window that reads THIS IS NOT A BROTHEL, with a mirrored backroom.

  • 3 Dollar Bill

    3 Dollar Bill is a queer nightclub, live music and performance venue on Meserole Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, built inside an old brewery.

  • Metropolitan

    Metropolitan is a Williamsburg, Brooklyn gay bar on Lorimer Street, open daily 15:00 to 04:00, with a year-round backyard and free Sunday barbecues in summer.

  • Eavesdrop

    Eavesdrop is a 36-seat cocktail and listening bar on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with a back room built for sound and Japanese-inspired plates.

  • BierWax

    BierWax is a Prospect Heights, Brooklyn vinyl and craft beer bar on Vanderbilt Avenue, open since 2017, with a library of more than 5,000 records.

  • Lucky 13 Saloon

    Lucky 13 Saloon is a heavy-metal bar on Sackett Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, with back-room bands, horror memorabilia and good frozen drinks.

  • Duff's Brooklyn

    Duff's Brooklyn is a heavy-metal dive bar on Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, open 18:00 to 04:00, with metal-band memorabilia and cheap drinks.

  • Brooklyn Ice House

    Brooklyn Ice House is a Red Hook, Brooklyn dive on Van Brunt Street with a spacious patio and a kitchen, open every day from 12:00 until 04:00.