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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan at blue hour

New York City after dark

The city at night, mapped and timed.

Where the 10,426 licensed bars, restaurants and music venues cluster, how often every subway line runs after midnight, the last train home, and exactly when tonight gets dark.

Sunset4:52 pm
Blue hour5:09 pm
Dark6:24 pm
Moon57%
Sunrise6:27 am

Sunday November 1 · computed for City Hall · moon: last quarter

Photo: John Cunniff from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0

Tonight, at a glance

Getting home by subway

The subway runs all night, but not every line does. Between 1 and 5 a.m. most lines run about every 20 minutes; C train, B train, W train, 42 St Shuttle stop for the night.

How often each line runs after midnight →

Last train to the suburbs

LIRR and Metro-North don’t run all night. Look up tonight’s last departure from Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal to your station, including connections at Jamaica.

Find your last train →

Out tonight

Evening street and park events with city permits:

  • Mon Nov 2: Dia Gala Outside tents annual event (Manhattan)
  • Tue Nov 3: Chess on Underhill Plaza (Brooklyn)

Events and seasons →

Neighborhoods after dark

Twenty-four night guides. Each one counts the area’s licensed venues, shows when the bars get loud, and lists the subway lines that still run at 3 a.m.

East Village

Manhattan
230 night spots/km²2 all-night stations

Harlem

Manhattan
20 night spots/km²11 all-night stations

Williamsburg

Brooklyn
61 night spots/km²9 all-night stations

Greenpoint

Brooklyn
44 night spots/km²2 all-night stations

Bushwick

Brooklyn
40 night spots/km²12 all-night stations

Park Slope

Brooklyn
76 night spots/km²6 all-night stations

Astoria

Queens
26 night spots/km²5 all-night stations

Flushing

Queens
38 night spots/km²1 all-night station

Ridgewood

Queens
25 night spots/km²5 all-night stations

St. George

Staten Island
8 night spots/km²1 all-night station

Where the night spots are

Counting every active on-premises liquor and wine licence in the five boroughs, these are the densest neighborhoods for bars, restaurants and music venues per square kilometre:

#Neighborhood (NYC planning area)Night spotsper km²
1Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square Manhattan374272
2Midtown-Times Square Manhattan586258
3East Village Manhattan403230
4West Village Manhattan304228
5SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square Manhattan247207

Open the venue density map →

Good to know

  • Bars and restaurants in New York City may serve alcohol until 4 a.m. every night (State Liquor Authority).
  • The legal age to buy alcohol is 21; carry ID.
  • Drinking in the street is not allowed, and neither is alcohol on the subway.
  • Yellow taxis add a $1 overnight surcharge from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. (TLC).

Night safety, from official sources →

Night views

All night views → · Sunset and blue-hour calendar → · Manhattanhenge →