98licensed bars, restaurants & music venues#21 of 24 guides
25night spots per km²#20 of 24 for density
33bars, lounges & taverns8 per km²
5subway stations with trains all nightlines L, M
The night here
Ridgewood sits across the border from Bushwick, and its night has grown with it: bars and restaurants on Fresh Pond Road, Seneca Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Woodward Avenue, between long rows of yellow-brick houses. A third of its licences are bars, a higher share than most neighborhoods here.
Overnight the M runs only as a shuttle between Middle Village and Myrtle Avenue–Broadway, where it meets the J; the L at Halsey Street runs all night.
When it gets loud
1,327 complaints about loud music or parties at bars, clubs and other businesses were made to 311 from here in the last 12 months (338 per km², #8 of 24). 80% came in between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., and 46% 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
33
Restaurants (liquor or wine)
65
Cafés & eateries (beer/wine)
13
Membership clubs
2
Caterers & vessels
1
Streets with the most licensed night spots: Fresh Pond Rd (17), Seneca Ave (15), Myrtle Ave (13), Woodward Ave (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
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