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4th Avenue Pub
- Nearest Transit:
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Atlantic Av - Pacific St (D, N, R)
Atlantic Av (2, 3, 4, 5)
Atlantic Av (B, Q)
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 3 pm - 4 am
- Parking:
- Street
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
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$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Music:
- Juke Box
- Best Nights:
- Fri, Wed, Sat
- Happy Hour:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Smoking:
- Outdoor Area/ Patio Only
- Coat Check:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Good For Dancing:
- No
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
175 reviews for 4th Avenue Pub
Review Highlights
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"Also, free popcorn and friendly bartenders." In 66 reviews -
"The beer selection is INCREDIBLE." In 54 reviews -
"3 pints at happy hour." In 24 reviews
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175 reviews in English
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Review from Katie C.
4/26/2012
It's hard to put my love for this place into words. This is my favorite bar, hands down. A great selection of very alcoholic, good beers, amazing bartenders, free popcorn, and a beautiful backyard.
It's really a neighborhood bar at heart, divey and cool. Which is just the way I like it. -
Review from Jennifer B.
PRINCE, NY
5/18/2012
This place rocks! I went here with my girls and loved it. The bartender was heavy on his vodka pours for me all night and kept chatting me up. I think he liked me and I totally used it to my alcohol binge advantage.
If it weren't for the popcorn they give out there, I probably would have been on the floor from having no food in my stomach. It was very homey there especially since you can go in their backyard area to chill.
I'll be back. Hopefully, they have better looking guys next time. -
Review from Anikha R.
5/7/2012 1 Check-in Here
Self-serve popcorn, happy hour til 8p, what more can you want?
I liked the chill atmosphere of 4th Avenue Pub. The garden, located in the rear, is amazingly romantic. Who would have thought that from the exterior? It's definitely a place to meet up with buddies or to go alone with your boo.
I liked how they had the bathroom walls covered in chalk board. I guess it's a smart way to deter vandalism by giving people the permission to mark things up, temporarily. I thought it was a cute idea.
I will come back, to enjoy the nice beer selection, and the amazing popcorn with that spicy seafood seasoning. -
Review from Terry T.
Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY
Updated - 5/12/2012
Although they couldn't have been nicer about it, now that they no longer allow dogs, they're just another decent bar on 4th Avenue.
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1/4/2012
I really like this place.
It's casual but doesn't have that dirty feel you get a lot of times with… Read more »
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Review from Pamela B.
5/9/2012
Anyone who could call this their neighborhood bar is a lucky Brooklyner indeed. From the same crew that brings you Washington Commons and Fulton Grand, this is a dimly lit bar with an impressive line-up of beers on draft (I always find a beer from a favorite brewery that I've never encountered before). Bonus points for the free popcorn--don't forget the Old Bay--and the big backyard.
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Review from Justin S.
Clifton Park, NY
4/13/2012
Awesome selection of on tap and bottled microbrews. I'd give you a list, but let's save some server space on the Yelp hard drives for a few more reviews.
You can BYO food, or just enjoy the free popcorn. There is a nice outside courtyard, and dogs are welcome. Atmosphere is friendly and quiet. Nice place to hang out with friends and family.
Also, it's a short walk from Brooklyn Boulders, so it's convenient for some post climbing beer. I mean, if you are training for real mountains, a post climb beer is part of the training game. -
Review from Yan T.
4/26/2012
This is one of the best bars in New York. Totally unpretentious, one of the best sleeper draft and bottle lists in the city, free popcorn, good music, the list goes on and on. If only I were closer.
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Review from Raphael D.
Brooklyn, NY
1/31/2012 2 Check-ins Here
4th Avenue Pub has every good facet of a Brooklyn neighborhood bar all wrapped up in one great subway-accessible package. The location makes it a great spot to meet up for a Brooklyn-bound happy hour or to meet friends coming in from Manhattan.
Beer - There is always, ALWAYS something great on tap here and they frequently have brewery events with very rare pours on tap. Founder's Canadian Breakfast Stout and Kentucky Breakfast stout were on tap here at the same time if that tells you anything. You're more likely to find unicorn blood on a draught list than either of those the other 364 days of the year.
Cocktails - Pretty damn good considering they're more well-known for their beer menu. If you're feelin fancy I recommend you seek your basil-infused pepper honeysuckle gin experiments elsewhere. Simple is key here.
Ambiance - Very casual and very whatever-goes because it's not divey and not fancy either. You could come here to catch up with friends or come here for a first date/hookup/lolidunno with someone. The tables in back lend themselves to somethin' somethin.'
Service - Never had a problem here with the service and they manage to keep up even when the place is really packed.
If you're hungry South Brooklyn Pizza is nearby and you can order in Mexican from Oaxaca down the street. -
Review from Mike W.
Brooklyn, NY
1/19/2012
This is a really cool local bar. The bartenders are welcoming and friendly (Ralph). The drinks don't break my pockets. And thats important cuz I'm broke. They also have a wide variety of beer.
the free popcorn is a major plus. -
Review from Hong L.
1/31/2012 1 Check-in Here
What can be better than grabbing a few beers with friends...wait, how about free popcorn? This place actually has a popcorn maker machine, like the ones you see vendors in baseball games have! Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom.
Aside from the free popcorn, this pub has a great selection of beers. I'm not a big beer drinkers but my boyfriend and his friends are, and this is one of their spots to go grab a few drinks.
There is tons of seating inside and outside and the pub gives a chill vibe. -
Review from Lisa F.
1/14/2012 2 Check-ins Here
I've been a regular at this bar for 7 long years. I got engaged here! It was my favorite bar for quite some time. There used to be a bartender here named Lucas, who was fantastic. I'd walk in, and he'd say "Hey Lisa! Hefeweizen!" and it felt like I was on the set of Cheers, where they knew my name, and my drink. Actually, there used to be many fantastic bartenders. Not so much anymore.
I'm not a fan of the bartenders working here these days. I came here for my birthday, ordered 6 beers for myself, and didn't get a single buy-back. That's not the 4th Ave. Pub I used to know. Sure the free Old Bay popcorn is great, and the crowd isn't downright obnoxious (which is saying a lot for the area), but tons of bars offer free popcorn these days, and I really miss the old bartenders, and the old feel of the bar.
There is one remaining bartender that I adore, so I'll be coming back the nights he works. But aside from that, I miss the place that used to be my go-to joint, any night of the week, where 4 beers got you a buy-back, and free rounds of shots on occasion wasn't taboo. -
Review from Tina W.
3/17/2012
Came here to meet up with a friend to start our night. The place is cosy, came here around 11pm and still found a few seats. Good beer selection and the bartender was really nice.
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Review from Hank M.
Brooklyn, NY
3/20/2012
Good local place. Great selection of beers too.
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Review from Charles F.
Brooklyn, NY
3/7/2012 9 Check-ins Here
4th Ave Pub was the first pub I ever ventured into in Park Slope. Indeed, at a time when I was not even aware of what or where Park Slope is. The staff were very friendly and accommodating, the popcorn was free and the beer list, exhaustive. Still is. Fuck The Gate - A true beer lover will come here for variety and quality. The taps are changed typically when a keg runs dry (aside from the regualrs - Guinness, Coney, Arrogant Bastard, Old Speckled Hen). This is the way beer should be served - unceremoniously, without pretense, with care and with passion.
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Review from Ryan B.
12/7/2011 1 Check-in Here
This is my kind of bar: Top notch beer selection, great barkeeps, nice vibe inside, free popcorn, spacious backyard outside. A+
Aside from the vicious cycle I found myself in (look at their vast beer menu indecisively for 15 minutes - enjoy beer with many handfuls of free popcorn - find myself terribly thirsty from all that popcorn - look at their vast beer menu indecisively for 15 minutes, et cetera) I had an wonderful time here and will certainly return. -
Review from ReviewHaiku F.
Manhattan, NY
12/19/2011
Blue Point blackout here
Great atmosphere, cool people
Perfect little pub. -
Review from Kenny C.
I literally live around the corner, so this is my go-to bar. Here's the breakdown of the three bars on this block:
1) Cherry Tree has a great backyard but crappy beer selection.
2) Pacific Standard has a great beer selection but no backyard.
3) 4th Avenue Pub has a great beer selection AND a great backyard seating area.
Another plus is that they serve Delirium Tremens and show IFC movies with no sound. Also, free popcorn and friendly bartenders. What more do you need? -
Review from Grace B.
Brooklyn, NY
2/4/2012
What a plum bar. I can only echo other reviewers: a superb beer selection, cordial bartenders, great prices (12-ounce chalices of the good stuff start at $5, *and* you have the true thrift option of Bud)...also happy hour, house wine, popcorn, it's not deafening even at peak hours, it's close to the subway--I'm moving in.
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Review from Michael G.
Brooklyn, NY
3/5/2012
Free freshly popped popcorn, great variety of reasonably priced rotating local and craft taps, and generous happy hour. Backyard is clutch in the summer.
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Review from Sean S.
Brooklyn, NY
9/30/2011
I just moved into the area a few weeks back, but I actually haven't been here in that time. I was actually here for a soccer teammate's going away party, and the place is awesome. The free popcorn is a wonderful perk, but really there is one reason for the 5-star review.
Fuller's. London. Pride.
Order it, you'll thank me later. -
Review from Rachel F.
Chicago, IL
11/16/2011
I miss Brooklyn, and I miss 4th Ave Pub...
When I lived in BK I went here probably every other week and did some serious Happy Hour damage. They have one of the best beer lists in BK, free popcorn, and happy hour until 8!
Most of the bartenders especially Rachel are crazy nice and go out of their way for service. Knocking down a star because the last time I was there the pony tail bartender left me with a bad experience. And he's done that to several of my friends.
But overall its a great bar and by far one of my favorite places in BK. -
Review from Valerie V.
Brooklyn, NY
5/30/2011
Gritty on the outside and dark on the inside, 4th Ave Pub may be a little off the beaten path but is oh so chill and fun. Inside sweet beer smells seep from the picnic style tables. It's dark cool and laid back.
Free popcorn compliment their vast beer selection and you can even bring your doggie to their outdoor patio. What makes 4th Ave Pub even more awesome, write your tag, website or name on the chalk board in the bathroom. You'll get a kick out of the things drunk BK dwellers write.Listed in: Dog Friendly Bars and…
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Review from Stef E.
Brooklyn, NY
8/7/2011
Free popcorn = amazing.
The beer is a little expensive, but its a great local bar and again....free popcorn. Use the Old Bay on it. soooo good! -
Review from Chris R.
Brooklyn, NY
6/8/2011
My first 5-star review! I agree with previous Yelpers that 4th Avenue Pub can do no wrong. This is more than just my local - it's the best beer bar I've been to!
4th has probably 25 excellent beers on tap at any given time, and they are ALWAYS changing! Love it! If you, too, love hard-to-find microbrews and full-flavored Belgians (on draft!!), this is the place for you. The beer menu cards have lots of info about each beer for all you beer nerds (incl. ABV & IBU), and the bartenders are happy to give you a try of beer you're curious about (in adorable 2" steins!).
They are REALLY friendly, there's free popcorn (self-serve out of a movie theater popcorn box), an excellent garden out back, and they even allow you to bring your dog!!
But really, it's all about the beer at 4th. Ooo, it's happy hour right now. I think I'll head down for a pint! Yum! -
Review from Mike D.
7/10/2011 2 photos
Heard great things about this bar from my friend, but I think they were a little off their game last night. Stopped in for a beer before sushi. They do have an extensive beer list, but the chalkboard wasn't updated and they were out of some brews which caught my eye. Bartender was helpful and gave us samples. I finally settled for a Bear Republic Nor' Cal after sampling a few. Good ale. The bar is dark and gloomy inside, so we opted for the lovely courtyard out back and took advantage of the great weather.
Good enough to stop by on a pub crawl because of their selection. The pub does not serve food and the popcorn machine was out of order. -
Review from Jesse F.
3/31/2011
I wish this were in my neighborhood!
* Cheap! The happy hour special (until 8) puts a lot of drinks at $3.
* Free popcorn! And you salt it yourself.
* A giant basket of condoms and lube for the grabbing (if you're in to that sort of thing.)
* Spacious outdoor picnic table seating.
* IFC on the televisions.
What more could you want? -
Review from Christina M.
New York, NY
2/25/2011
Dogs, popcorn, goblets of sangria, outdoor drinking, happy hour specials,.... I'm proud to say that my first drink to christen the new neighborhood was here at the 4th Avenue Pub (though it's really not in my neighborhood since it's like an 18 minute way).
This is a great place and is greater in the warm weather. The crowd is hipstery but down to earth and chill - which is obvious by the many many dogs chilling in the outdoor "garden" space in the nice weather. Did I mention the sangria. A+.Listed in: Some Night Options: good, bad…
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Review from Jesse S.
New York, NY
3/13/2012 1 Check-in Here
great beer selection, free pop corn, outdoor drinking space. what else do you want? happy hour prices have gone up a bit but still, a fantastic beer bar
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Review from Maddie O.
5/3/2011
Thank you, 4th Avenue Pub, for making my 24 birthday awesome!
We had a large crew but managed to get a table right near the bar. The large beer selection and free popcorn are obviously a huge plus, but the real treat was the GREAT SERVICE. (shout to bartender Rachel!)
The bar staff was so sweet and accomodating. They had unlimited patience for our antics, let us try as many beers as we wanted before purchasing, and offered a free round at the end of the night.
Rachel really went above and beyond when we asked if they had Picklebacks (shot of whiskey and a shot of pickle juice if you are unfamiliar). They normally don't have them, but she sent the bar back out for a jar of pickles, then made us an amazing concoction of pickle juice and hot sauce.
The pickle-y-hot flavor and good times at 4th Ave. Pub will forever linger in my mouth and heart. -
Review from Shea D.
12/23/2010 3 Check-ins Here
An equation for pure bliss:
Friendly bartender + free popcorn + *amazing* beer selection + actual goblets for the 12 oz pours (higher ABV %) + chalkboard and chalk + $2 off all drinks until 8pm on weekdays = you guessed it, pure bliss.
For seating arrangements there's the bar, booths, tables, and a garden during the warmer summer months. You may even find yourself lucky enough to sit in a general area with others who are laughing at the same obnoxiously loud drunk girl making a fool of herself over in that one booth.
I like this place.Listed in: BOB (Best of Brooklyn), Gimme a Pint!
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Review from dee b.
Staten Island, NY
12/5/2011
About 25 beers on tap! and Delirium Tremens!!! Great beer and free popcorn! Favorite bar yet.
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Review from Heather S.
Brooklyn, NY
4/18/2011 2 Check-ins Here
Wow. Wowie. Wowzers.
I am... wowed.
This bar is two things: abundant and amazing. It's my newest "find" and I've been high fiving myself all day because I am so awesome for picking that place to go to.
The beer selection is INCREDIBLE. And when I say incredible - I don't mean they have every selection of crappy light beer on tap. No, I mean...Stone Old Guardian Barleywine (12% abv), Smuttynose IPA, Southhampton Lager, etc. I also don't mean that just because the beer selection is amazing the prices are not. No, that's what also makes this place so wow-worthy. At the end of the night I was happy, full of popcorn and yummy beer, and my wallet was far from empty.
Add in the the brick walls with beer selections adorning them on multiple (updated daily) chalkboards and long wooden tables and you have the perfect place to enjoy a beer. A good beer.
I guess it didn't hurt that all the regulars were pretty awesome too. I found my new favorite place in Brooklyn...and it was only a hop, skip, and a jump away from Atlantic Avenue this whole time! I can't wait for the weather to warm up so I can enjoy the outdoor area after a hard days work. It's time to start looking for apartments above this place. I need to How I Met Your Mother-style it up.Listed in: It's Beer Thirty...!, Best of Brooklyn
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Review from Alan M.
Manhattan, NY
6/29/2011
Best Beer Selection for Miles. Free popcorn with Old Bay seasoning!
I wouldn't have come up with Old Bay seasoning on popcorn, but I'm damn glad someone did.
They've got in the range of 20-30 beers on tap. The majority are microbrews and craft beer concoctions. The prices are a little north of average, but you get what you pay for. No crap beer here. They have a rotating stock of cask ales as well, with just one in stock at any time. Once it's out, you're out of luck. You really just aren't going to do better for breadth and depth of beer selections in this neighborhood.
The liquor selection, for those of you looking for that, holds up just fine. But really, come here for the beer. And popcorn.
This is another diamond in the rough. I don't tend to see it full all that often, so you'll most likely have room to spread out. It's a holy shrine for the pilgrims of good beer, and that's not everybody. The bartenders are fantastic, really great people every time I've been in. They tend to have indie movies on in the background. Just all around, classy and well done.
They've also cleverly solved the bathroom graffiti problem by covering all the bathroom walls with chalkboard and supplying chalk. There's never the same thing on the walls. It's always hysterical and usually pretty intelligent, as far as graffiti goes.
So the next time the Q randomly stops at Atlantic Pacific on your way home, dodge the train crowds for a bit, grab a pint, use the facilities and leave a message of wisdom for others to ponder on a bathroom wall. -
Review from Peter M.
5/2/2011 4 Check-ins Here
So get this: one of the best tap lists. Period. The owner(s) obviously care what they are serving. The beers are ever rotated, with new hard to find suds on the menu all of the time. There is a cool neighborhood vibe with a smallish bar that fills up quickly in the early evenings. They serve free food (popcorn) around the clock which pairs well so no reason to fill up on anything before you get there. Great happy hour as every beer applies!
This is the kind of neighborhood bar that everyone wishes they had in their neighborhood. Peculiarly, they have Stella on draught, but seriously, if you order this you probably shouldn't be in here in the first place... -
Review from Angel C.
11/6/2011
Cool pub, lots of options on tap and popcorn! Great place for easy hanging with your favorites.
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Review from Geof M.
Brooklyn, NY
3/15/2011
I have not had bad times here. Or at least, only bad times here.
The overall scene -- very Park-Slope in the sense that it's largely a crowd people who have no idea how to operate without the overbearing eyes of everybody's watchful mother above and in the grave threatening spirit- and soul-devouring reprisals upon the slightest transgression -- is largely dull and mannered beyond too mannered. But that's not damnable. It means bring friends.
On another plus, they do have a good beer selection, and it rotates. Which is fine, but it's not the only bar in Brooklyn or the area that does so. So it's a plus-meh.
On another plus, they have Old Bay for their popcorn. For this alone, they were spared one star.
Mainly, the bar is meh. Nothing spectacular, but it's fine for the boring-that-is-the-area-and-its-denizens.
But why only two stars?: on a visit, I heard a bartender discussing the finer points of whiskey. Bourbon, mainly, and his fact was that it had to come from a specific region in Kentucky. (Strike one.)
it could be made from almost anything (strike two).
Oh, and that rye was strictly Canadian (strike three - where was this guy transported from, 1957?).
Nothing irks me more than a bartender who doesn't know his liquor. It tells me it's an establishment that just doesn't quite care. -
Review from Elizabeth V.
Brooklyn, NY
6/27/2011
Wonderful beer!!! Seriously great selection of tasty brews.
The free popcorn is great. The patio is spacious. The bartenders (at least the ones I've interacted with) are really nice. The music is awesome. My only complaint is that it gets a little too crowded on sat/sun nights. However, that is inevitable with such a cool bar. -
Review from Alan N.
New York, NY
5/16/2011
Went here on Saturday afternoon, so this rating is for that time period, I dont know what it's like on a friday or saturday night.
5 stars because the draught list is awesome and the bloody marys are homemade and super tasty. Free popcorn which is cool as well. I would go back if i lived in this area. -
Review from Trey P.
Brooklyn, NY
11/16/2011 10 Check-ins Here
Great bar with a great selection of beers on tap. They need wifi though.
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Review from Joey M.
Manhattan, NY
1/3/2011
Keywords and phrases to describe Fourth Avenue Pub:
Warm
Inviting
Friendly
Woody
Seating in a variety of denominations and styles (small, large, outdoor)
Free popcorn
Rotating beer lover's beer selection like Stone Lucky Bastard
Close to Atlantic Terminal and subway station
Free popcorn
Indie music (i.e. I heard Sleigh Bells)
Fun
