The Best New Year’s Eve Parties in Brooklyn and Beyond

By Kerensa Cadenas

If every year technically gets a millisecond or two shorter, why does it feel like the math on 2025 has been drastically, disastrously inverted? Is it the A.I. slop? The fascism fatigue? Maybe (probably) a disorienting confluence of these facts of modern existence? If anyone’s found the tin-foil Reddit theory that explains how New Year’s Eve can be both a few days and a few years away, please do send it on.

However long it takes to get there, though, 2025 is supposedly, finally, closing out on Wednesday night, and that means it’s time get a plan in order, or suffer the perils of a very preventable New Year’s Day spiral of could-haves and would-haves, or worse yet, scrambling for somewhere to be when the ball drops. Luckily, there’s plenty of action in and, yes, even around, Brooklyn this year. And to help get you sorted, we’ve compiled some of the standout options for your cap on 2025, ranging from chill to all-out Super Bowl-scale events.

Here’s a guide to where to eat, drink, dance, party, or do it all under one roof this New Year’s Eve in and slightly beyond the borough, where the best parties are always the ones that somehow end up choosing you.

Where to eat

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Gus and Marty’s
232 N 12th St.

The Greek-American restaurant in Greenpoint, from the founders of the iconic Egg Shop, is another amazing option for dancing and dinner. Gus and Marty’s will be hosting a dinner party with two seatings, serving classic Greek dishes with a twist, plus wine service and other additions for $150. The first is at 7 p.m., but if you want to go all out, try to get into the 9:30 p.m. seating, which includes a “prix fixe feast,” featuring natural Greek wines and cocktails. There’ll be a champagne toast at midnight with dancing, and after midnight, the bar goes straight cash and the menu un-fixes itself, with lamb carpaccio, whole branzino, dips, pitas, and plenty of caviar.

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Rolo’s
8-53 Onderdonk Ave

Ridgewood’s Rolo’s, known for its homey vibes and a two-sheet lasagna verde for the ages, will be hosting a multi-course prix fixe on New Year’s Eve. While they haven’t released the menu yet, the $150 dinner served alongside festive cocktails and plenty of bubbles is a great option to cuddle up in some low lighting while sharing a kiss over a killer dessert, a stellar way to let the clock run out on 2025.

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Rucola
190 Dean St.

Pull up and carb-load at this cozy Northern Italian restaurant in Boerum Hill, the perfect pasta and wine place to warm up ahead of your NYE party (or spend the whole evening). Rucola’s Chef Mike Serrano is putting together a four-course meal for $120, plus supplements at timed intervals, so you can easily plan your night around their available timeslots (6 p,m., 8 p.m., or 10:30 p.m.), if you want to be there when the ball drops.

Where to drink

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Bar Reve
222 Smith St

The recently opened Bar Reve is Cobble Hill’s chic new addition, with all-red walls, candlelight, and the ever so rare functioning fireplace. It’s a great place to get a cocktail and snacks, with delicious bites like tiny croque monsieurs and fries with togarashi aioli. It’s an even better place to spend the night, though, and they’re treating the cap on 2025 like the Super Bowl-scale holiday party it is, with two different ticketing tiers. For $175, “GA” admission gets you an open bar, passed canapes, party favors, a DJ, and a champagne toast. The $250 lounge seating guarantees a booth and a bottle of champagne for two.

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Chilo’s
323 Franklin Ave.

Like the rest of us, Bed-Stuy mainstay Chilo’s, a local taco and margs purveyor, had a strange year. In September, they announced they were closing after 10 years in early November. Patrons were devastated after a decade of happy hours, bingo, trivia nights, and many local fundraisers for good causes. Then, a miracle happened, and the bar revealed it’d be reopening its doors at the end of December, just in time for NYE and with a newly winterized backyard. To celebrate, they’re hosting a “no cover” party with $1 off all alcohol, $15 for 3 tacos and an Estrella, and plenty of good vibes all night.

Where to dance

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Brooklyn Monarch
23 Meadow St.

DJ Mike Nasty is rallying a roster of selectors that will get your 2026 started in a state of sweat-soaked bliss. Though the first round of tickets has sold out, a second batch has been released, and it covers not only admission to the floor but also a champagne toast at midnight.

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Market Hotel
1140 Myrtle Avenue

Nine local and international DJs are lining up to go solo and back-to-back at eye-level with J/M/Z line at Market Hotel on New Year’s Eve. General admission stubs are, sadly, predictably gone. For the night owls out there, however, there’s a late-entry batch of tickets now available that will get you in after 2:30 a.m., making this one a solid option to cap the night on the Bed-Stuy/Bushwick border and keep the party going well into 2026.

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Jupiter Disco
1237 Flushing Ave.

There’s gonna be a ton of action in East Williamsburg’s club corridor on Wednesday night. And anyone up to commence 2026 with some “Love Games” ought to stroll over to the stretch of Flushing Avenue, between Ingraham Street and Gardner Avenue, where Lauren Murada and Finn Jones will be holding court at a special New Year’s edition of their long-running event series at Jupiter Disco. “Sparkly,” bedazzled attire is encouraged, but not mandatory, and this night of cosmic boogie, disco, funk and assorted strains of dance music gets started with a warm-up set from Murada and Jones’ accomplice, Steph Vaye.

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Dead Letter No. 9
63 Grand St.

Eight DJs, three rooms, one wild night in Williamsburg at Dead Letter No. 9. For New Year’s, the venue’s pulling out all the stops, with decks spinning in every corner of the complex until the sun comes up for the first time in 2026. Tickets are available now. They cover your entry, but also a first-come, first-served midnight champagne toast. If you’re planning to go until the sun comes up, there will also be a free continental breakfast spread at 5 a.m. and whatever “healthy drink options” mean to the owners.

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Green Room
195 Morgan Ave.

The newest addition to the neighborhood’s crop of clubs is making their first New Year’s on Morgan Avenue one (you’ll want to at least try to) remember, with nearly two dozen DJs blurring the already faint lines between festival and party. The event takes place in two locations: Green Room proper and a secret location revealed at the time of ticket purchase.

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Cherry on Top
379 Suydam St.

The owner of one of the borough’s best rooftops, the natural wine spot Cherry On Top, will be doing one of the rarest things you can find on a New York NYE—a party without a cover or reservations. It’s dubbed a “Retrofuture” New Year’s Eve party, and there’ll be snacks, wine specials, and a champagne toast. And that incredible rooftop will be open for firework views when the clock strikes twelve.

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Good Room
98 Meserole Ave.

Eli Escobar and Justin Strauss, a pair of absolutely legendary NYC all-nighters, will be doing what they do damn-well until the first hours of 2026 at Greenpoint’s Good Room. Tickets to this one include an open bar from 9 p.m to 10 p.m., a glass of champagne at midnight, and access to both rooms, which will be properly furnished to drop the ball (and balloons!) when 2025 officially comes to a close.

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Eavesdrop
674 Manhattan Ave.

The New Year’s toast at Eavesdrop in Greenpoint is for anyone hoping to start 2026 with the gentle hiss of analog sound. Roman Martinez will be spinning records, and the $50 ticket covers a welcome cocktail, a flute full of champagne when the clock strikes 12, and, for an additional $25, you can throw in an optional “caviar bump to your amuse bouche.”

Where to do it all and more

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Yellow Rose
102 3rd Ave.

Yellow Rose, the Union Square-adjacent, South Texas-inspired big sister to Williamsburg’s Rose Marie (which has its own year-closing celebration Wednesday night), serves one of the best margaritas in the city, as well as a confoundingly brilliant bean and cheese taco. The vibes are always friendly and bustling, so it’s a solid choice for an early dinner ahead of the party, but also equally fit to host the main event, and if you want to sip High Lifes all night. Aside from their regular dinner offerings (ample and splendid), they’ll have the Luanne platter (named after the adored King of the Hill character), which includes your choice of chicken or fish and other dishes, like beer queso mac & cheese and a glass of the aforementioned champagne of beers or, of course, actual champagne.

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Hellbender
68-22 Forest Ave.

If Rolo’s somehow feels too limiting to contain your New Year’s ambitions, run around the corner to Hellbender, where every conceivable aspect of a full, fleshed-out year-closer can be found under one roof. To ring in 2026, the Ridgewood restaurant is serving a multi-course prix-fixe, drink specials, and complimentary champagne at midnight, with sounds provided by Sade James, who will be carrying the night from this year to next.

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Lucinda’s
169 Avenue A
Iconic country artist Lucinda Williams opened her own honky tonk bar on Ave A earlier this year as another spot for NYC’s ever-growing country dancing fans. For $125, you get an open bar, snacks, and a midnight toast. Known for their live music, there’ll be a live band so you can get all your boot scootin’ on. If you are feeling extra VIP, there are a couple of packages for larger groups.

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Margot
69 Lafayette Ave.

Fort Greene’s neighborhood spot straddles the best of both worlds—dinner and dancing. For $150, there’s an all-night party, food stations, and a champagne toast. There’s a cash bar, so you can be sure to imbibe all night to fuel the fun dance party. And for when you get hungry, the food will include festive grub like caviar, shrimp cocktail, oysters, and truffle cavatelli.

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Bar Contra
138 Orchard St.

Bar Contra, the sister bar to the LES spot Wildair, might be the best place to bring your best food and drink friend for a night out on the town. They’ll be open starting at 5 p.m. for regular reservations if you want to sneak a good meal in before things get crazy. But if you want to stick around after dinner, their New Year’s party starts at 9 p.m., when—for $175 a person—the bar will be open, and the team will be serving a champagne toast, complimentary snacks, and their full food menu.