Franklin and Vanderbilt Avenues: restaurant and bar strips at the edge of Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Museum.
142licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#15 of 24 guides
34night spots per km²#17 of 24 for density
37bars, lounges & taverns9 per km²
3subway stations with trains all nightlines 4, Q, FS
The night here
Crown Heights and Prospect Heights meet around Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Museum, with its free First Saturday evenings in season. The licensed venues cluster on Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights and Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, with more along Washington Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.
Overnight, the 4 runs local along Eastern Parkway, the Q stops at 7th Avenue and the Franklin Avenue Shuttle connects to the A at Franklin Avenue.
When it gets loud
1,256 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (297 per km², #11 of 24). 66% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 41% 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
37
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
105
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
9
Theatres
1
Membership clubs
1
Caterers & vessels
2
Streets with the most licensed night spots: Vanderbilt Ave (24), Franklin Ave (20), Washington Ave (15), Flatbush Ave (13).
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
