🍺 Best Breweries & Craft Beer in New York City

10 breweries & craft beer spots in New York City, scored and ranked for 2026.

Top 10 Breweries & Craft Beer Spots

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Craft Beer Bar · Carroll Gardens

Carroll Gardens' craft-beer hub from the team behind Carmine Street Beers, running 24 rotating taps plus a curated list of more than 80 cans spanning bright IPAs, rich stouts and stranger new stuff. T...

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Craft Beer Bar · Greenpoint

A Greenpoint craft-beer temple with 21 rotating draft lines and more than 200 bottles and cans, from everyday pours to genuinely rare finds. The kitchen keeps pace with the taps, turning out a seasona...

Harlem Hops

Craft Beer Bar · Harlem

Central Harlem's craft beer bar, billed as Manhattan's first 100% African American-owned beer spot, with a deep and rotating draft-and-can list built around local and niche breweries. The kitchen turn...

Other Half Brewing

Brewery · Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill

Brooklyn's defining hazy IPA brewery with a massive Gowanus taproom, cult-favorite double IPAs that sell out on release day, and an imperial stout program that rivals the best in the country. The spac...

The Pony Bar

Craft Beer Bar · Upper East Side

An Upper East Side tavern pouring only American-brewed beer since 2009, from crisp IPAs to bold stouts across a rotating tap wall. Happy hour runs Tuesday through Friday afternoons with $8 drafts, wel...

THREES Brewing

Brewery · Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill

Gowanus brewery and event space with house-brewed beers, a rotating food pop-up kitchen, and regular live music and DJ nights. The space is industrial-chic and massive. The lager is excellent, the sea...

Brooklyn Brewery

Brewery · Williamsburg

The brewery that put Brooklyn craft beer on the map. The Williamsburg tasting room pours flagship Brooklyn Lager alongside rotating seasonal experiments. Tours are available and genuinely fun. Friday ...

Valhalla

Craft Beer Bar · Hell's Kitchen

A low-key, urban-rustic tavern on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen with 48 craft beers on tap and another 40-plus in bottles. There's a full bar alongside the microbrews and a simple, made-fresh kitchen...

Mess Hall Harlem

Craft Beer Bar · Harlem

A Central Harlem neighborhood bar on Frederick Douglass Boulevard pouring craft beer and cocktails in a warm, welcoming room. It's known for strong drinks, Trivia Tuesdays, and a packed weekly lineup ...

Bronx Drafthouse

Sports Bar · Concourse

Craft-beer sports bar steps from Yankee Stadium on Gerard Ave. Dozens of taps, wings, burgers, nachos, and a room that knows what it's for on game day. Leave the 161st-River Ave stop and you're there....

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