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Evelyn Kanter

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More than trees and flowers are blooming. So are New York City’s outdoor beer gardens, where you can chill out while you bottoms up.

Whether it’s outdoors in a beer garden or sidewalk cafe, or indoors in the air conditioning, my preference is always a hefeweizen.

These are the best NYC beer gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, as recommended by the craft beer experts at the NYC Craft Beer Guide  and by NYC on the Cheap.

Bottoms up at these beer gardens, in alphabetical order, because that’s the only fair way:

Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden, Astoria, Queens

The oldest and one of the largest NYC beer gardens, this bustling place has been serving up Eastern European food and drink since 1910, to serve the Czech and Slovaks who emigrated to the neighborhood.  There’s an international beer menu including Czechvar and Wartsteiner, and all drafts, including domestic microbrews are $7 a mug and $18 for a pitcher.

House specialty is Pilsner beef goulash, served with Czech style dumplings, or choose from a variety of sausages, including grilled kielbasa.

There are regular weekly events, including Trivia Night and a Quiet Clubbing Night, and Happy Hour is every weekday, 5pm to 7pm.

  • Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden is at 29-19 24th Avenue, Astoria

Covenhoven, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

  • Covenhoven is a craft beer bar and bottle shop that happens to feature a great garden out back. The outdoor area is a perfect place to enjoy the extensive and well-selected beers that are carried on tap and in bottles. This is a must-visit if you’re in the area.

The Diamond, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

  • Tucked away in a quiet section of Greenpoint, The Diamond is a gem of a bar that offers an outdoor space perfect for escaping the summertime crowds that Williamsburg attracts. Kill an afternoon playing horseshoes out back and relaxing in the shade. The draft list is limited, but well-chosen. You can’t go wrong at The Diamond.

The Garden at Studio Square NYC, Long Island City, Queens

  • Borrowing from the spirit and traditions of open-air German beer gardens, The Garden at Studio Square NYC is a fun, social bar with a communal vibe. It’s location makes it feel distant from the rest of the city, but is extremely accessible via multiple train lines that service LIC.

Garden Bar, South Street Seaport, Manhattan

  • Located at the foot of Fulton St. at South Street Seaport, the Seaport Garden Bar is the largest outdoor bar in NYC, with a full menu of beers and burgers, plus weekly entertainment by local musicians through Labor Day week.

The Gate, Park Slope, Brooklyn

  • The Gate is a staple in the Park Slope craft beer scene. The beer garden is a convenient spot to chill after an afternoon in Prospect Park or a casual brunch in the area. Conveniently located on 5th Avenue, you can expect a moderate crowd, great draft selection, and a nice outdoor space to enjoy a beer or three.

Greenwood Park, South Slope, Brooklyn

  • With bocce ball courts, a spacious garden area, ample outdoor seating, and good food, Greenwood Park is a favorite for craft beer fans in South Slope. Fair warning it’s popular with young parents and often crowded with strollers, so if drinking around babies isn’t your thing, this might not be the best place for you.

Loreley, Lower East Side

  • If you find yourself in need of a beer on a warm afternoon in the Lower East Side, this is your place. Loreley is a biergarten modeled after the traditional German brauhaus. With a dozen German beers on tap, a full bar, and traditional German food, this is a beer garden where you can spend the day.

Radegast Hall & Biergarten, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  • When you step into Radegast Hall & Biergarten you might feel like you’ve left Williamsburg and been transported to a different world, one where overflowing liters of beer and bratwursts are shared cheerfully over long communal wooden benches. There are also live bands – inside – many evenings, and a small dance floor.

Spuyten Duyvil, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  • Spuyten Duyvil is one of the preeminent craft beer bars in Williamsburg. With a small but expertly curated draft list and a bottle list that will make even the most callous beer nerd drool, there’s really no denying the greatness of this bar. As if to push itself to the next level, Spuyten Duyvil also has a fantastic outdoor space for you to enjoy. Go for the beer, stay for the garden.

The Standard Biergarten, Meapo, Lower Manhattan

 Tucked under the trestles of the High Line, this street-level outdoor garden of the hip The Standard hotel serves up traditional German fare from Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner. Open air in the summer, glass-enclosed in the winter, enjoy sausages, pretzels, beer, and Ping-Pong all year long.  Because of the popularity of the High Line, and the adjoining Whitney Museum, this place can get packed on summer weekends, but you can skip the line at special tables, known as Stammtisch, where you can pour your own beer from three different taps built right into the table. Guaranteed seating and your own personal server.

Threes Brewing, Gowanus, Brooklyn

  • Threes Brewing is a relatively new brew pub. It is immaculate and perfect for larger groups as it has something to offer everyone you know and their grandmother: great beer brewed on premise, excellent guest beers on tap, a guest chef holding down the kitchen for month-long blocks as part of their kitchen residency program, and a fancy coffee bar for times when it’s just a bit too early for something stronger. Oh yeah, and a beer garden.

Zum Schneider, East Village, Manhattan

  • East Village has plenty of quality watering holes, but Zum Schneider stands out with its traditional German vibe. From the beer served in steins to the sauerkraut with sausage and potatoes, its easy to lose track of time and spend an afternoon soaking up the atmosphere of this beer garden. Zum Schneider moves to a giant tent at the East River for Oktoberfest.

Some of these, and additional NYC beer gardens are on this list from CBS New York.

What’s your favorite NYC beer garden?  Add a comment below.

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Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 13, 2017 | Updated June 13, 2019 Filed Under: Best NYC Happy Hours · Best of NYC Tagged With: beer· beer gardens· National Beer Day

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