50 best New York bars: Carroll Gardens

The best New York bar in Carroll Gardens is a neighborhood gathering place for Brooklyn locals—and their dogs.

By Time Out editors

Abilene

Abilene

Abilene

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Leah Allen, a Carroll Gardens artist, has decorated her watering hole with thrift store scores, a rescued church pew and a 27-foot-long bar. The cobbled together D.I.Y. aesthetic gives the place a personal feel that's echoed in the mostly-local crowd. Dog-toting Brooklynites colonize the sidewalk tables in warm weather. Inside you can soak up the easy atmosphere over a local draft beer, or square off in a Connect Four bout (the games are stacked on shelves near the bathroom).

  1. 442 Court St , (at 3rd Pl)
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