About Freddy’s

627 5th Ave between 17th & 18th St.
Brooklyn NY 11215                                   Phone: 718-768-0131
Email: freddys@freddysbar.com

Subway: R to Prospect Avenue in Brooklyn
Bus: B63 to 5th Ave & Prospect Ave     You want us to draw you a frickin’ map?

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Esquire Mag: Freddy’s voted one of 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.”

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.”

Village Voice: Freddy’s voted “One of the 10 Best Bars in Brooklyn.”

N.Y. Gamble Guide: Freddy’s voted “One of the 10 Best Dive bars in N.Y.” – “A Brooklyn classic… Also one of the best bars in N.Y. City for Sunday afternoon drinking.”

New York Mag: “Greatness lies behind these doors.”

Village Voice BEST OF – BEST VIDEO ART IN A BAR: 2001-2008: “Donald O’Finn’s feverishly edited encyclopedically strange video collages are lively rivers….his editing is so hyper-intuitive that the culture shocks and timewarps gel into a state of half vertigo and half trance.”

Curbed NY: Top 5 Favorite Moments From (Documentary Film) “Battle for Brooklyn.”
#1. Freddy’s Bar co-owner Donald O’Finn being a badass.

Wall Street Journal:  ”The inmates are running the asylum…The bar is owned by the staff and built by the regulars…Billed as an intimate evening for Freddy’s family, and that family of hundreds embraced, shrieked and toasted.”

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…”

NY Times. Scoop: “… much-loved …wonderfully odd and  charming.”

NY Drinker:  ”Freddy’s is alive!”  ”…much of the new Freddy’s is so familiar it’s eerie…Eclectic art still adorns the place…the bar managed to retain their trademark energy with their familiar activist-minded crowd and happily dancing bartenders.”

 

The Brooklynite: “Freddy’s is one of the borough’s most vital cultural hubs.”

Village Voice NYC Guide: “Freddy’s hosts some of the city’s most original readings and performances.”

New York Mag: (Best Of) “The great Freddy’s…seems to sizzle with life.”

NY Post: “… the first to turn his local watering hole into something trend-worthy – that honor could go to Donald O’Finn, manager of Freddy’s …”

AV Club: 8 Neighborhood Bars worth leaving your Neighborhood For: (#1 on the list) “It doesn’t get more Brooklyn than it does at Freddy’s, which is both basic and adorned with pretty much everything you could want in a neighborhood bar. The crowd is communal and social (if you want it to be), the decor is old and decidedly not fussed-over, and that elusive quality known as ‘vibe’ abounds for whatever mysterious reason.”

Bravo TV Night life guide: “When God created the bar, he named it Freddy’s.”

National Public Radio: on Opera night, “the local watering hole for murderers and tyrants, adulterers and virgins, Don Juans and divas.”

Brooklyn Based:  ”funky lamps, vintage wallpaper and plenty of found art objects…you can drink cheap booze while checking out live music, art, or comedy.”

Here is Park Slope:  “Freddy’s has firmly cemented its reputation as one of Brooklyn’s top bars (and a great place to see live music).”

L Magazine: Bar Award. Best Bar in Which to Shout “Screw the Man”

Shecky’s Bar Guide:  “This worn-in classic…a delectable dive…best known as a fringe art space.”

NY Times: “a friendly barkeep, good beer on tap and a generous backroom…it’s an exceedingly comfortable joint… a little bit blessed.”

Zagat: “loads of atmosphere”…“This place oozes Brooklyn pride.”

N.Y. Sun: (on Diva Night) “…raucous and sublime… un-elitist, imperfect, and fun…”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Out NY: “This is the perfect neighborhood bar.”

NY Grub Street: “Freddy’s Reopens, On Steroids”

SOMA: (South of Market Arts-San Francisco) “a warm Brooklyn vibe… Freddy’s is mellow while still being interesting…. but most of the entire place is comfortable.”

Village Voice: BEST BROOKLYN BAR WITH A SMALL TOWN VIBE: also “Most comfortable hang.”

CitySearch: “Freddy’s is a great bar, all the beer you’d expect on tap, weird stuff on the walls, TVs showing bizarre sleazy movies, it’s got it all”.

CARA, Aerlingus Travel Mag: “undiscovered treasure…classic dive”

Spin Mag: (on Cringe night) “The funniest night out in N.Y. City.”

ESPN: “Freddy’s is one of the great dive bars in New York City….a far nobler institution than you are likely to find in professional sports”

GetUnderground.com: “Hip…yet unyuppified”

Knotmag.com: “a Mecca for artists and writers with no stomach for hipster poseurs or overpriced drinks.

Bavatuesdays.com: “This storied speak easy represents the best combination of dive bar and underground cultural Mecca.”

NY Magazine’s Best of Nightlife.

 

No TouristsGuide Book: (Best OF) voted Best Backroom.

NOB (Not Only Brooklyn) Arts: Freddys…is both wondrous and free, presenting a diverse selection of artists simultaneously down home and excellent.

NY Metro Mix:  “The iconic dive bar reopens amid boisterous, boozy fanfare.”

Continental Air Lines Travel Mag: “Freddy’s…casual, free swinging atmosphere.”

AM NY: “One of the Cities most popular Dive Bars”

Metro (Mix): “Freddy’s is all you would want (and more!) in a dive bar. The beer is cold. Their calendar is chock-full of interesting and offbeat events, including tons of live music, a diorama/craft night and something called ‘strip club.’ There is always something interesting on the TV sets, including amusing B-movie footage that you’ll have to see to believe.”

Local Bozo:  ”like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, Freddy’s Bar has returned. In our ever changing and yuppified city, we need places like Freddy’s to thrive. Being original and respected is not easy to come by. Too many of our city’s watering holes and sports bars appear seriously prepackaged and have no soul to them. When I go sit down at a bar for a pint or even a shot,
I want to feel like I am at a place…where I can call home.”