Freddy's Bar and Backroom

FREE LIVE MUSIC NIGHTLY-http://freddysbar.com/events/

Esquire Magazine: Freddy's voted ESQUIRE'S BEST BARS IN AMERICA. Time Out NY: "It's possible that Freddy's is as near a perfect saloon experience as you'll ever encounter." "This is the perfect neighborhood bar." Wall Street Journal: "The inmates are running the asylum...The bar is owned by the staff and built by the regulars..." New York M

agazine: "Greatness lies behind these doors." (Best Of) "The great Freddy's...seems to sizzle with life." L Magazine: "...hub for artists, thinkers, performers...a great place to get drunk...Brooklyn's most eclectic, smarty-pants and resilient bar." Scoop: "... much-loved ...wonderfully odd and charming." Village Voice: BEST VIDEO ART IN A BAR: 2001-2008: "Donald O'Finn's feverishly edited encyclopedically strange video collages...”

Crane's Business: ".. boisterous tavern—a hangout for artists..and others since Prohibition..." Village Voice: "One of the 10 Best Bars in Brooklyn." "..hosts some of the city's most original readings & performances." Curbed NY: #1 Favorite Moment From (Documentary Film) "Battle for Brooklyn." Freddy's Donald O’Finn being a badass. Brooklyn Paper: Brooklyn 200. Top 200 of Brooklyn's Most influential Institutions. NY Post: "...the first to turn his local watering hole into something trendworthy - Donald O'Finn of Freddy's.”

NYC Gothamist: Best Five Barkeeps In NYC "Donald O'Finn at Freddy's"

NY Metro Mix: 10 Best Bartenders in NYC "Donald O'Finn at Freddy's"

NY Times: "an iconoclastic Brooklyn dive bar...a mounted swordfish next to a granite slab with the etchings of graffiti...a 1923 player piano..." Bravo TV Night Life Guide: "When God created the bar, he named it Freddy's." WNYC: "It has a cat that you can’t out-drink, it's got the best fishtank in New York City. It’s an amazing bar."
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BBQ Season begins at Freddy's today!  Come by for free burgers and dogs, cheap beers and a dancin' playlist.  Grill fire...
05/25/2026

BBQ Season begins at Freddy's today! Come by for free burgers and dogs, cheap beers and a dancin' playlist. Grill fires up around 3 and we're serving til 7, or until we run out of food. Bring a side or something for the grill. Uncles Pat and Tony are running the grill, and Ellen has the bar🍻🍔🌭

05/19/2026
05/16/2026

In case you don’t know: we haven’t had access to Freddy’s instagram in like a month and it’s really frustrating. So sorry performers, we are trying to get back in. Please keep promoting!

Just in case you’re wondering… we do not have access YET to Freddy’s instagram account- the prudish corporate robots det...
05/02/2026

Just in case you’re wondering… we do not have access YET to Freddy’s instagram account- the prudish corporate robots determined that our burlesque images were worthy of shutting down our entire account. We are appealing, but please be patient until we can promote all your amazing music and comedy and burlesque again!

04/23/2026

Burlesque in the Back, every Thursday, doors at 8 & show at 8:30🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

04/17/2026

Friday: The Shrimps
8:00 PM – 8:45 PM
The Biting Thumbs
9:00 PM – 9:45 PM
Saturday: Pole Before Dark- every third Saturday
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Leeward
8:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Oh Re
9:00 PM – 9:45 PM
J Stew Groove - Live Band- Funky Jams ‘70
10:00 PM – 11:45 PM

04/11/2026

Saturday: Writer’s Studio Reading Series
3:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Second Saturdays Comedy from 5-7
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
LIGHTNING WILL AND TERRAPIN GROOVE (GRATEFUL DEAD COVERS)
8-12

Address

627 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
11215

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 4am
Tuesday 12am - 4am
12pm - 4am
Wednesday 12am - 4am
12pm - 4am
Thursday 12pm - 4am
Friday 12am - 4am
12pm - 2am
Saturday 12pm - 4am
Sunday 12pm - 4am

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