If you want to erase all memories of 2016 via booze, hardcore dancing and from anywhere but your couch, here’s our list of where to party in North Brooklyn this New Years Eve. From prix fixe dinners to house music legends to open bars, to champagne toasts to confetti explosions and confessionals, we’ve got you covered. Some of these events are sold out already with waiting lists, but most of them aren’t… Yet. Assemble your crew!
NYE Love Bombs, with dj’s Soul Clap, No Regular Play & Love Tempo; champagne toast at midnight and an open bar from 12-1am, balloon drop, confetti cannons and a breakfast buffet! 9pm-6am.
Tickets $65 available here, more info on Facebook.
St. Vitus | 1120 Manhattan Ave.
Slowly sway to post-punk emo rockers Rainer Maria, with openers Snail Mail, 8pm.
$25 tickets here.
Black Flamingo | 168 Borniquen Place
A Good Flocking Time: DJs and dancing from 9pm-4am, Jacques Renault, Midnight Magic, Beto Cravioto, Higgins.
Tickets $15-20 here, info here.
Brooklyn Winery presents an Alice In Wonderland themed party titled World of Wonder. From 9pm-1:30am, ring in 2017 in the forest of whimsy! Don your most fantastical cocktail attire and raise a glass to the end of another great year with a four and a half hour open bar, lavish antipasti spreads, and passed hors d’oeuvres. The space will be transformed into a fantastical world where reality is altered and nothing is quite as it seems. Dance the night away in a mystical forest, find surprises in every room, and capture it all in a one-of-a-kind custom photo booth!
Tickets $150, here.
Brooklyn Bazaar
From 9pm-4am Brooklyn Bazaar is hosting The Greatest New Year’s Party Ever 2017, aka F#CK 2016! As quite possibly the worst year on record, let’s destroy it like a teenage house party! Titus Andronicus, High Waisted, & Toys in Trouble will be performing live, with DJs Michael T, Dirtyfinger, Cousin Cole and more to fill out the rest of the night. Complimentary Midnight Champagne Toast with their own Ballpit Drop! Bring your worst moment of 2016 on a piece of paper, shred it in the shredder and watch your worst moment become a confetti explosion at Midnight. See-saw your troubles away, scream out your 2016 angst in our screaming high striker and play Pin the Blame on the Politician! Lose yourself in our ball pit and come dance in 3 floors of possibility and installations so you can forget 2016 and start 2017 off right.
Tickets $40-$80, info here
Future Perfect New Years Gala, 10pm-4am, featuring an open bar 10-11pm, Exquisite Secret Spaces, Midnight Moment of Manifesting Excellence, 3 Rooms of Music and Magic, Future Beauty Perfection Parlor , Energy Cleansing, Elixir & Tincture Bar, plus Escort (live), Tony Humphries and more DJs.
Tickets $50-$90, available here. More info on Facebook.
Kinfolk | 90-94 Wythe Ave.
From 10pm-4am, Kinfolk is bringing you two different parties in their next door spaces. At Kinfolk 94, DJ Soul will be spinning and there will be champagne bottle packages available. At Kinfolk 90, jam out with Little Disco.
Tickets from $20 and up, here and here.
Brooklyn Brewery | 79 N 11th St.
New Year’s Eve Bash: They’ll have a DJ, spinning recent hits and old-school classics alike. Open beer bar and snacks from Pies ‘n’ Thighs, Martin’s Pretzels, and North Fork Potato. At midnight , toast with an unreleased beer—Ghost Bottle.
SOLD OUT, no tickets ($115) at the door but there is a waiting list. Info here.
Marcel Dettmann New Years Eve 2017 9pm-6am
Tickets $50-$150, available here. More info here.
Huckleberry Bar | 588 Grand St.
10pm-late. Prosecco toast at midnight, DJ KBRISSY, dress to impress.
No cover, no tickets. Info here.
Sunnyvale | 1031 Grand St.
7pm-11pm: Japanese action comic punk band Peelander-Z, Tornavox, Gunfight. Info on Facebook. Tickets $15 here
11pm-4am: Lit City Rave; lots of DJs presenting a Jersey Club special and a ballroom set. Info here. Tickets $12-15 here
8pm-? The Black Lips (11:15pm), PMS & the Moodswings, Daisy Glaze, Winstons, Chances With Wolves (DJ After Show). Free Tito’s Vodka from 8-10pm.
$49.99 tickets here, Event info here.
Videology | 308 Bedford Ave.
Boogie Nights New Years Eve Dance Party, 8pm-4am. Costumes strongly encouraged, 70s specialty cocktails. Free champagne toast at midnight.
Tickets $20 at the door or $50 advance VIP. Info here.
Pete’s Candy Store | 709 Lorimer Street
10pm: Circles/ Waves, 11pm: Jason Anderson, and from 1am-onward, the My Name Is Jonas Brothers present Weezer’s Blue Album performed in its entirety. Info here.
Fred Thomas of the James Brown Band (James Brown’s bass player for more than 36 years!). 9pm-?
Tickets $10 and available here, more info here.
Battery Harris | 64 Frost St.
Rally your troops and join us for a $50 Prix Fixe dinner party from 8pm-11pm, with DJ Steve ShakeWell followed by DJ Michna who will be winding up the dance floor from 11pm until late into the night. Doors at 6pm. $5 cover after 11pm. Champagne Toast at Midnight for all! Battery Harris will be open for New Years Day Brunch from 12noon on Friday, January 1st.
Event info here
Kamasi Washington with The Budos Band, doors at 6pm, show at 8:30pm.
$65-$75 tickets here, info here
Animal Collective DJ set
Doors & show at 11:59pm, $25 day of show, SOLD OUT but some tickets available at the door at 12:30am.
Event info here.
Rough Trade | 64 N 9th St.
Brazilian Girls, doors 9pm, Show at 10pm.
$35-$45 tickets here, info here
8pm-4am. Savoir Adore, DJ Juan Maclean, Panama Wedding (DJ Set), Luxxury (live), Paperwhite, Frances Cone, 1 hour open bar, complimentary champagne at midnight
$50-$60 tickets here, Late night (after 1am) $15 tickets here, info here.
Music Hall of Williamsburg | 66 N. 6th St.
8pm, Guided By Voices, The Moles.
$65-$75, tickets here. Info here.
Output | 74 Wythe Ave.
10pm-8am. Techno legend John Digweed is spinning an 8-hour extended set alongside resident DJ Naveen G. In The Panther Room, Push The Night takes control with Brad Miller and James Gill vs Rory James, plus guests Alan Nieves of Deeperfect, Ori (Rally Chopper) of Baroque, and Ravi (The VZA) of All Natural.
Tickets $70 here. Info here.
Night of Joy | 667 Lorimer Street
If you’re looking for a chill night out at a local bar that happens to have a rockstar DJ, check out Andy Rourke of The Smiths on the decks to ring in the New Year at Night of Joy! No cover.
Ring in the New Year with AdHoc at a proper indie rock show. DIIV are headlining (a NYC New Year’s Eve tradition). Honduras and Palm open the show. Samantha Urbani is DJing and there’s a FREE champagne toast at midnight!
$30-$40 tickets here
Greenpoint Beer and Ale | 7 N 15th St.
10pm–1am, serving as much beer as you can drink for $35! There will be dancing plus a toast at midnight for all! Watch the ball drop live on our big screen! $35 Open beer bar option online only. $45 at the door. If you do not want open bar there is a $10 cover charge at the door, Buy tix
The Lot Radio/The Mission | 85 N 15th St.
5pm-9pm. Get classy with this classical music concert inside a church. Renowned collaborative pianist Eduard Laurel presents a solo program of showcasing his prismatic color palette, with works by Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Scarlatti and Takemitsu. He is joined by classical violinist-turned-electronic producer Kamron Saniee for a selection of rare violin and piano and transcribed works by Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Cyril Scott, and others.
Info and $11 tickets here
The Diamond | 43 Franklin Street
Karaoke New Years Eve, all night; 9pm-12am gondola confessional with Pastor Amy, free midnight toast. Do you need to get something off your chest? Let The Diamond help you unburden yourself for the New Year in a Super-Special Semi-Secular Pop-Up Gondola Confessional: it’s a former ski lift converted to a fully-functioning, private confessional booth where you may have your secrets heard by local Pastor Amy. Confession is free, all are welcome. All confessions will be held in strict confidence as bound by Federal Clergy-Penitent Privilege law.
Info here.
$90 per person prix fixe including midnight toast, or snag their a la carte menu 5:30-7:30pm. Tunes and merriment 10pm-late.
Email reservations@Glasserienyc.com for more info and to reserve your spot.
Milk & Roses | 1110 Manhattan Ave.
New Years Eve Dinner. Scrumptious 4-course prix fixe menu, includes one glass of Prosecco. Vegetarian and vegan options available. Tickets are $60 -$110 per person, depending on what time and where you sit.
Marlow & Sons | 81 Broadway
Seafood towers with lobster, uni, littleneck clams, and more. There will also be a celebratory cocktail list and lots of champagne. There will be two seatings: 6-7PM and 9PM onward.
Reservations here.
3 courses $68, 4 courses $85; jazz band. RSVP only, info and menu here.
RSVP to lefanfare@gmail.com
Reynard at the Wythe | 80 Wythe Ave.
On New Year’s Eve they’ll have a Southern-inspired menu, featuring Black Eyed Peas, Black Sea Bass with Fresh Crab Meat and Béarnaise, and Key Lime Fiz.
Reynard will also be hosting a New Years Day Brunch both on Sunday, January 1 and Monday, January 2. A few dishes that will be featured include Fish board with a shot of Brennevin Aquavit, Hoppin’ Johns, and Eggs benedict with caviar. There will be special New Years Day cocktails available by pitcher.
Reservations here, info and menu here.
Le Gamin | 108 Franklin Street
Our local French staple will be serving up a delectable New Years eve dinner, with a foie gras terrine, scallop carpaccio, oysters, filet mignon, cod-champagne and crepes suzette for a $55 prix fixe.
Esme | 999 Manhattan Ave.
Esme’s celebrating clean plates and clean slates to wrap up the year with an $80 prix fixe with $30 wine pairing; it’s a pretty delicious-sounding five course meal. They’ll also be offering a smaller version of the usual menu a la carte, for those who may not want to indulge in the set menu.
Reservations can be made via their website, where you’ll also find the full menu.
Adelina’s | 159 Greenpoint Ave.
Adelina’s will be serving their full menu, along with pizza and gnocchi specials. $5 Prosecco all night, and DJ Moonstruck will be spinning records while the midnight ball drop is projected. Reserve your table here or join at the bar with no reservation required.
Roebling Tea Room | 143 Roebling St.
New Year’s Eve dinner accepting reservations here, and New Year’s Day – brunch all day and night.
Cherry Point | 664 Manhattan Ave.
Celebrate the final night of 2016 with a decadent meal at Cherry Point inspired by Chef Marco Pierre White’s book, White Heat. Black and White dress encouraged but not required! Two seatings: Three course dinner at 6pm, 6:15pm and 6:30pm / Five course dinner + midnight champagne toast at 9pm, 9:15pm and 9:30pm.
Early seating reservation (3 courses) – $75/pp, Late seating reservation (5 courses) – $105/pp. Reserve here.
Diner will be celebrating its 18th anniversary on NYE, with specials like caviar with brown-butter crêpes; a lamb plate with rack, saddle, and sausage.
