The best happy hours in Brooklyn right now

By Erin Felgar

If you’re anything like us you’ve been taking advantage of every last bit of warm weather weekends, long vacations and OOO notifications — and you may be experiencing a serious case of the pre-autumn Sunday Scaries creeping in.

Back to school and back to the office are, like the earlier sunset hours, a signifier that playtime is over. But this doesn’t mean your social life has to be!

Cue the time tested happy hour. A stylish spot to gather coworkers or friends (or your thoughts), while acknowledging that your checking account may have taken a hit after summer gallivanting, could be just what the doctor ordered for unwinding after a long day of grinding.

Of course, most bars and restaurants offer a happy hour of some sort — a couple bucks off drinks in the evening or late at night. This is a roundup of our favorite best deals in the borough right now. Let us know what we missed!

Commonwealth
497 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope
A Park Slope staple, Commonwealth has a killer jukebox, serene back patio and, in their words, “our regulars don’t suck.” Happy hour is Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. when draft beers are $4 or less and everything else is $1 off.

Congress
208 Court Street, Cobble Hill
A quiet, cozy space in the heart of Cobble Hill that offers seasonal craft cocktails on an ever-changing menu. Beer, wine and cocktails are $2 off from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 1 to 7 p.m. on Fridays and 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Doris
1088 Fulton Street, Bed-Stuy
If you’re looking for a groovy, moody happy hour, head to Doris for $5 draft beers and $5 well drinks from 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 4 to 6 p.m. on weekends. The vibe at Doris is always immaculate with a lush backyard and DJs spinning vinyl most nights.

El Pinguino
25 Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint
A perfect way to relive your lazy, luxurious European holiday, El Pinguino is a Spanish seafood bar great for dates or solo sips and nibbles. Happy hour is seven days a week from 4 to 7 p.m. where you can enjoy $12 glasses of sherry or martinis and half-priced oysters. For those who work the late shift, a 10 p.m. to midnight happy hour will get you $10 sardines, a $12 Midori sour or $10 Ferrari shot.

Femme Fontaine
245 S. First Street, Williamsburg
A cheeky place to gather the girls and yap in totally Instagramable environs, Femme Fontaine’s happy hour runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, when photogenic signature cocktails are $12 and wine is $8 a glass. Let’s go girls!

Filthy Diamond
679 Knickerbocker Avenue, Bushwick
This Black- and woman-owned spot offers more than just drinks, they’re about community. Their motto: “For creatives, by creatives.” And you creative types can gather on weekdays from 4 to 7 p.m. for a happy hour discounting draft beers, wine, well drinks and beer/shot combos. If you’re feeling munchy, they offer Jamaican patties baked fresh daily.

Fonda
434 Seventh Avenue, Park Slope
If you’d like some snacks to go with your drinks, check out Fonda in Park Slope for their 4 to 6 p.m. happy hour treats, offered only at the bar. Appetizers like mushroom quesadillas, chicken flautas and made-to-order guacamole are only $11. Sip on their famous frozen hibiscus margarita, the Rosalita, for $11, beer is $7, wine is $8 and sangria is $9 and on Mondays you can get these specials all night long

Fort Hamilton Distillery
68 34th Street, Building 6, 2nd Floor, Industry City
Not only is Fort Hamilton Distillery located in the hotspot for food, shopping and activity that is Industry City, they have an all day happy hour Monday through Thursday that discounts their tasty, historically-influenced distilled-on-site craft spirits by three bucks. We recommend the Rye Tai and a round of free billiards in the gameroom.

Good Bar
1 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg
Come for the all-vinyl listening sessions, stay for the 4 to 7 p.m. happy hour which features a $17 burger or chicken sando and a beer or $10 beer and french fries. Margaritas and aperol spritzes are only $9 during happy hour as well — groovy!

Grand Army
336 State Street, Boreum Hill
If you work in Downtown Brooklyn, this is a great place to saunter over to and enjoy deeply discounted oysters, $8 gourmet hot dogs topped with bacon, onion and truffle aioli, plus $9 mini frozen rum cocktails they call “The Rhinestone Cowboy,” $2 off draft beer and wines by the glass as well. Weekdays 5 to 7 p.m., weekends 2 to 4.

Ho’brah
8618 Third Avenue, Bay Ridge
Ho’brah has turned its tiny slice of Third Avenue in Bay Ridge into a “beach-side taco shack in Brooklyn.” Their weekday happy hour will make you feel like you’re on vacation again without breaking the bank: $3 Coronas, $5 margaritas and $6 Bulldogs (an upside down Corona in your margarita — two drinks in one!)

LoHi
314 Scholes Street, Bushwick
This buzzy rooftop bar has spectacular views, cold bevvies and is a great spot for single Brooklynites to mingle after a day of sitting at a desk. Their happy hour runs Wednesday through Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. when you can snag a $3 can of beer and $9 negroni or spritz.

Lucky’s Cocktail Lounge
334 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Bed-Stuy
This inviting cocktail lounge in Bed-Stuy is known for its high-end vibes and low priced happy hour. $9 classic cocktails — think mojitos and rum punch — $5 beers, $5 beef sliders and $5 truffle fries!? You can snag those specials 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday and all night long on Mondays.

Medusa
618 Grand Street, Williamsburg
This swanky-yet-unpretentious cocktail bar with a cozy garden space offers up $10 cosmopolitans, old fashioneds and margaritas plus $7 beer and shot combos Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and, for the night owls, the same specials 11 p.m.to 1 a.m. Thursday through Sunday.

San Pedro Inn
320 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook
This popular Red Hook cantina is known for excellent Mexican street food and fantastic DJs and they also have a weekday happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. that will get you a $10 margarita or $5 mixed drink to enjoy with your tacos.

Temkin’s
155 Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint
Some would argue that Temkin’s is basically a 24/7 happy hour bar anyway, but on top of their great prices, they offer a stellar 4 to 8 p.m. happy hour with $8 25-ounce Greenpoint Pilsners, $7 mules/collins and wine, and $5 beer and shot combos. If you’re feeling peckish, have a kolachi!

Twist
4202 Third Avenue, Sunset Park
This unfussy, totally fresh seafood joint located under the BQE in Sunset Park is perfect for chowing down on bags of spicy crab legs and shrimp and enjoying weekday 3 to 6 p.m. happy hour cocktails. Buy one get one half-off, plus $4 Corona and Heineken bottles. Oysters and raw clams are also a buck a piece!

Union Hall
702 Union Street, Park Slope
Home to arguably one of the city’s best live comedy venues in their downstairs space, and known for their indoor bocce courts upstairs, Union Hall is also a great and spacious option for happy hour — $6 draft beer, wine and well drinks Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m.

Water Street Tavern
71 Jay Street, Dumbo
This swanky tavern in Dumbo serves up bustling bistro vibes with a 4 to 6 p.m. weekday happy hour featuring $10 select cocktails and $6 select beers.

Yours Sincerely
41 Wilson Ave, Bushwick
Yours Sincerely bills itself as a cocktail laboratory serving up “sustainable, consistent, tasty af craft cocktails” and you can indulge in one of those tasty af margaritas, daiquiris, old fashioneds or Manhattans for only $7 every day from 5 to 7 p.m.