Brownstone blocks with neighborhood bars and restaurants on Tompkins, Franklin and Fulton.
129licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#17 of 24 guides
18night spots per km²#22 of 24 for density
48bars, lounges & taverns7 per km²
9subway stations with trains all nightlines A, G, J, M, FS
The night here
Bedford-Stuyvesant is a large neighborhood of brownstone and row-house blocks, and its night is local: neighborhood bars, restaurants and cafés scattered along Tompkins Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Fulton Street and Malcolm X Boulevard rather than one nightlife strip.
The A on Fulton Street runs all night, as do the G, the J and the Franklin Avenue Shuttle; with so much ground to cover, it pays to know which station is nearest before you go.
When it gets loud
1,259 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (174 per km², #15 of 24). 74% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 59% on Friday and Saturday nights.
Each row is an evening running into the next morning (the Saturday row ends Sunday at noon). Darker = more complaints. Source: NYC 311 service requests, “Noise – Commercial: Loud Music/Party”.
What’s licensed here
Licence type
Active licences
Bars, lounges & taverns
48
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
81
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
17
Hotels
1
Caterers & vessels
3
Streets with the most licensed night spots: Tompkins Ave (13), Franklin Ave (12), Fulton St (11), Malcolm X Blvd (10).
On-premises licences active today in the New York State Liquor Authority’s list, placed by their published coordinates. A licence is not a guarantee a venue is open, or open late; New York venues may serve until 4 a.m.
After Dark
