Freddy's Bar and Backroom

FREE LIVE MUSIC NIGHTLY-http://freddysbar.com/events/

Esquire Magazine: Freddy's voted ESQUIRE'S BEST BARS IN AMERICA. Time Out NY: "It's possible that Freddy's is as near a perfect saloon experience as you'll ever encounter." "This is the perfect neighborhood bar." Wall Street Journal: "The inmates are running the asylum...The bar is owned by the staff and built by the regulars..." New York M

agazine: "Greatness lies behind these doors." (Best Of) "The great Freddy's...seems to sizzle with life." L Magazine: "...hub for artists, thinkers, performers...a great place to get drunk...Brooklyn's most eclectic, smarty-pants and resilient bar." Scoop: "... much-loved ...wonderfully odd and charming." Village Voice: BEST VIDEO ART IN A BAR: 2001-2008: "Donald O'Finn's feverishly edited encyclopedically strange video collages...”

Crane's Business: ".. boisterous tavern—a hangout for artists..and others since Prohibition..." Village Voice: "One of the 10 Best Bars in Brooklyn." "..hosts some of the city's most original readings & performances." Curbed NY: #1 Favorite Moment From (Documentary Film) "Battle for Brooklyn." Freddy's Donald O’Finn being a badass. Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn 200. Top 200 of Brooklyn's Most influential Institutions. NY Post: "...the first to turn his local watering hole into something trendworthy - Donald O'Finn of Freddy's.”

NYC Gothamist: Best Five Barkeeps In NYC "Donald O'Finn at Freddy's"

NY Metro Mix: 10 Best Bartenders in NYC "Donald O'Finn at Freddy's"

NY Times: "an iconoclastic Brooklyn dive bar...a mounted swordfish next to a granite slab with the etchings of graffiti...a 1923 player piano..." Bravo TV Night Life Guide: "When God created the bar, he named it Freddy's." WNYC: "It has a cat that you can’t out-drink, it's got the best fishtank in New York City. It’s an amazing bar."
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08/26/2026

Address

627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
11215

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 4am
Tuesday 12am - 4am
12pm - 4am
Wednesday 12am - 4am
12pm - 4am
Thursday 12pm - 4am
Friday 12am - 4am
12pm - 2am
Saturday 12pm - 4am
Sunday 12pm - 4am

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