187licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#11 of 24 guides
40night spots per km²#14 of 24 for density
77bars, lounges & taverns16 per km²
12subway stations with trains all nightlines J, L, M
The night here
Bushwick’s nightlife grew out of former industrial buildings in the west of the neighborhood, near the Morgan Avenue and Jefferson Street L stations, and spread along Wyckoff Avenue toward Ridgewood. More than a third of its licences are for bars, a higher share than in most neighborhoods.
The L and the J along Broadway run all night; overnight the M runs only as a shuttle between Myrtle Avenue and Middle Village. Waits of 20 minutes are normal after 1 a.m.
Hedged: Warehouse events often run on temporary permits or none, so they don’t show up in the licence counts.
When it gets loud
2,041 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (433 per km², #7 of 24). 71% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 47% 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
77
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
110
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
22
Caterers & vessels
2
Streets with the most licensed night spots: Wyckoff Ave (28), Broadway (18), Knickerbocker Ave (17), Irving Ave (11).
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
