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Williamsburg is the trendiest and most popular of Brooklyn’s social scenes, partly because of its strategic location just over the Williamsburg Bridge, and partly because it’s packed with vintage clothing shops, artsy boutiques, and incredible nightlife venues.

Starting in the 1980s, unlicensed performance halls and DIY venues sprang up in the abandoned industrial sites that dominated the area, giving up-and-coming sensations a place to play their hearts out to sweaty revelers in closet-sized havens.

Many of these venues, especially along the main thoroughfare of Bedford Avenue, have since been converted to pricey lofts and apartment complexes, but Williamsburg is still home to a number of stalwart concert venues like the Brooklyn Bowl and the Music Hall, jazz and world music restaurants, and warehouses-turned-artist galleries.

First-rate beer gardens and bars fill up with flannel-wearing hipsters who come to prime their nights, while some of New York’s best traditional restaurants – from former Mafia haunt Bamonte’s to a plethora of Mexican, Brazilian, and Thai eateries – also dot the landscape, thanks to the wide range of ethnic enclaves that make up the population.

Williamsburg’s proximity to Manhattan gives it prominence among the party crowd, but as both a conduit to the city and a gateway to the rest of Brooklyn, it has also become one of the most expensive areas of the borough to live in.

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The Shanty

Artistic Professionals / Rock

Party Earth Review Gin reigns supreme at The Shanty, a fact that’s hardly surprising given that this industrial but cozy space adjoins the New York Distilling Company. Two guesses what the NYDC’s principal ... more

79 Richardson Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Barcade

20s / 30s / Arcade Games / Bar Food

Party Earth Review A mash-up of proud dorks, hipsters, and crunchy yuppies with their dogs in tow show up for a little friendly competition at Barcade, a beer bar/arcade combo featuring almost three dozen ... more

388 Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Berry Park

20s / 30s / Beer / Beer Garden / DJ / TVs

Party Earth Review Rooted on a rapidly gentrifying but still industrial stretch of Berry Street, Berry Park brings a spacious garden of beer to Brooklyn. Big steins of Germany’s finest (and a few other ... more

4 Berry Street
New York, NY 11211

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Brooklyn Bowl

20s / 30s / Artists / Bar / Bar Food

Party Earth Review With its cavernous space, delicious eats, and sideshow theme, the sleek Brooklyn Bowl turns the typical bowling alley on its head and gives it an amusing spin. Once past the velvet ... more

61 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Pete's Candy Store

Artists / Bar / Beer / Blouses / Edgy

Party Earth Review A dive bar at heart, Pete’s Candy Store has an understated sense of cool that places it a cut above the rest. Awash in the glow of retro multi-colored Christmas lights, the main bar ... more

709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Glasslands Gallery

Alternative Rock / Artists / Bar

Party Earth Review With a façade as raw and inscrutable as the DIY movement itself, Glasslands Gallery is Williamsburg’s quintessential warehouse-meets-house party venue. While many of its peers are little ... more

289 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Union Pool

20s / 30s / Bar / Casual / Dark Room

Party Earth Review The quintessential Williamsburg live music venue, Union Pool has spent a decade showcasing New York’s best local musicians performing everything from synth-pop to grindcore. Usually ... more

484 Union Avenue
New York, NY 11211

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The Trash Bar

20s / 30s / Bar Food / Cover charge

Party Earth Review If motorcycles parked out front and a huddled crowd of tattooed chain smokers are signs of a good rock bar, then The Trash Bar has fulfilled its mission. Once past the wrought-iron ... more

256 Grand Street
New York, NY 11211

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Noorman's Kil

20s / 30s / After Work / Beer / Casual

Party Earth Review Like vintage denim, ironic tattoos, and overgrown facial hair, whiskey bars are everywhere in Williamsburg, but Noorman’s Kil has paired aged malts with tasty, down-home comfort food ... more

609 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Bembe

Bar / Boisterous / Brazilian / Club

Party Earth Review The beat is hot and the dancing is hotter at Bembe, a lively but intimate bi-level nightspot that’s become a prime place for Latin dance fans to have a few and get feisty. Upstairs ... more

81 South 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Music Hall of Williamsburg

20s / Artsy / Balcony / Bobo / Casual

Party Earth Review Three bars and two levels of seating offer lots of views and plenty of booze at the 550-capacity hipster haven – and former mayonnaise factory – that is the Music Hall ... more

66 North 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Tuffet

20s / 30s / 40s / After Work / Ambient

Party Earth Review While legions of PBR-dispensing bars help Williamsburg stay in the center of the hipster universe, Tuffet stakes its own claim to the neighborhood spirit with an artful mix of cheeses ... more

286 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211

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