Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

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Bushwick might be quite a ways off the beaten path, but for those post-punks, indie kids, and headbangers looking for the gritty DIY bar and music scene that has been priced out of other areas, there’s nowhere better in New York to find it.

The neighborhood is known to be a little dangerous at night, but those willing to go the extra mile will find that ragtag concerts proliferate in condemned buildings throughout the area, providing curious music snobs with everything from chiptunes to klezmir to hardcore.

For years, Bushwick was known as the beer capital of the Northeast, thanks to the presence of fourteen breweries that employed many of its German residents, but most of the industry – beer-related and otherwise – has since moved out, with the last brewery shutting its doors in 1974.

The dominant enclaves of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans who now call the area home, however, guarantee access to some of the best Hispanic and South American meals in town – notably at La Isla Cuchifritos, aka the "Island of Fried Pork" – along Bushwick’s commercial stretches of Knickerbocker and Wyckoff Avenues.

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Gotham City Lounge

Dive Bar

Party Earth Review Comic book nerds looking to tank up on cheap booze will be hard-pressed to find a better drinking den than Gotham City Lounge, a tiny dive dressed in so much indiscriminate superhero ... more

1293 Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221

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Shea Stadium

Bar / Live Music Venue

Party Earth Review Owned and run by local musicians, Shea Stadium is a gritty DIY live music bar/recording studio where the cream of the city’s indie music scene goes to play for a crowd of hipsters in ... more

20 Meadow Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206

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The Anchored Inn

Dive Bar

Party Earth Review The term “watering hole” has special significance when it comes to The Anchored Inn, a dive that drips with more nautical paraphernalia than the average sea-faring vessel. Model ships ... more

57 Waterbury Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206

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Pine Box Rock Shop

Bar

Party Earth Review Located in the industrial oasis between Williamsburg and Bushwick, Pine Box Rock Shop is a welcoming beer bar with a healthy dose of attitude. Edgy artistic professionals and ... more

12 Grattan Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206

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Kings County

Dive Bar

Party Earth Review A DIY joint to its core, Kings County is the perfect after-work watering hole for the everyday hipster, as well as a great spot to enjoy multiple Happy Hours, catch an art show, and ... more

286 Siegel Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206

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Goodbye Blue Monday

Bar / Café / Coffee Shop

Party Earth Review From Goodbye Blue Monday’s scrap yard décor right down to its Vonnegut-referencing title, this one-room coffee shop and live music venue has a stylized yet relaxed Wes Anderson-esque ... more

1087 Broadway
New York, NY 11221

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