Which Is the Best Sports Bar in Park Slope? 5 Compared

Game night · Park Slope, Brooklyn · Updated September 2026

• 5 bars, own-site facts
• Walks from Barclays Center
• 100% gluten-free kitchen (Park Slope)
• Rotating local craft taps

We run one of the five bars on this page, The Beer Garage in Park Slope, so the only honest way to answer “which is the best sports bar in Park Slope” is with a rubric that anyone can check: what each bar publishes about its screens and sound, how practical it is on a game night (hours, kitchen, walk from the train), and whether it has one thing the others do not. On that rubric we come third, and the table says why.

The best sports bar in Park Slope: five candidates compared

The best sports bar in Park Slope by published facts is The LayUp Bar, because it is the only one of the five that prints a screen count with the sound on for every major game; The Dram Shop prints 8 TVs and a projector with sound for playoff games, and the other three, The Beer Garage included, say they show sports without saying on how many screens or with the sound on.

The best sports bar in Park Slope score is out of 10 in three parts, explained in the methodology box near the end: up to 4 for what the bar publishes about screens and sound, up to 3 for game-night practicality (hours, kitchen, walk from the train), and up to 3 for something the others do not have. The Local Pack for this query on September 15, 2026 held The LayUp Bar, The Commissioner and 390 Social, a cocktail bar; the first two are here. One warning for anyone reading older lists: 200 Fifth, still named on several of them, is closed per its own Yelp and Foursquare listings.

Where the others win: The LayUp Bar on screens, sound and the walk from the arena; The Commissioner on late closing; The Dram Shop on an 11:00 AM open, a published screen count, NFL Sunday Ticket, a pool table and a kids’ deal; Black Horse Pub on review volume. Skip The Beer Garage if you need the sound on for a specific game or a bar open past 11:00 PM on a weeknight; come to Park Slope if the table needs gluten-free food or you want the original converted garage eight minutes on foot from Barclays Center.

Which bar for which game night

The best sports bar in Park Slope on a Nets home night is The LayUp Bar, one block from Barclays Center; on a late West Coast game it is The Commissioner, which publishes a 2:00 AM close Friday to Sunday; on a gluten-free night it is The Beer Garage in Park Slope, Brooklyn; and on a Saturday afternoon with kids it is The Dram Shop, which opens at 11:00 AM and lets kids eat free until 4:00 PM.

Hours on a game night

Four of the five candidates for best sports bar in Park Slope publish their hours, and the spread matters: The Dram Shop opens at 11:00 AM, the earliest of the four, The Commissioner runs to 2:00 AM Friday to Sunday, and The Beer Garage closes at 10:00 PM Monday to Thursday, which rules it out for a 10:30 PM ET tip-off on a weeknight.

Sports bars open late in Park Slope

For a sports bar open late in Park Slope, Uncle Barry’s at 58 5th Avenue publishes the latest close of the bars that show games, 4:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 AM the rest of the week, five minutes from our door. McMahon’s Public House runs to 2:00 AM every night, and The Commissioner and Drums & Flats to 2:00 AM on weekends. Freddy’s Bar is open to 4:00 AM daily but does not bill itself as a sports bar. We are not a late option: The Beer Garage closes at 10:00 PM Sunday to Thursday and 11:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays.

A closing time is not a promise that the game will be on the screen after midnight, and a kitchen usually stops before the bar does. For a West Coast game that ends after 1:00 AM, call ahead: Uncle Barry’s is (718) 622-4980 and McMahon’s is (718) 230-4549. Our honest play for a late tip-off is to eat here first, gluten-free, and walk five minutes down 5th Avenue for the finish.

Walks from Barclays Center and the train

On an arena night the best sports bar in Park Slope is whichever one you can reach from the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station without missing tip-off: The LayUp Bar is three minutes, The Beer Garage nine, The Commissioner 15, and The Dram Shop and Black Horse Pub are 27 and 33, which makes those two neighborhood bars, not arena bars.

Where The Beer Garage fits, honestly

On this rubric The Beer Garage at 148 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn is the third best sports bar in Park Slope with 7 of 10, behind The LayUp Bar on 9 and The Dram Shop on 8: full marks for the one thing no other bar here has, a 100 per cent gluten-free kitchen, but only 2 of 4 on screens because we do not publish a screen count or a sound policy, and 2 of 3 on practicality because we close at 10:00 PM on weeknights.

What you get is the original room, a garage converted during the pandemic with the doors still on the front, a sidewalk counter, hubcaps and license plates on the walls, rotating New York craft beer on a chalkboard, and the game on. What you eat is bar food from the Park Slope kitchen, which has no gluten in it: the wings, the nachos, the burger, the pizzas. The full case for the room is on the Park Slope location page; the walk-and-leave-by math for a Nets game is on the Barclays Center guide. Prices below are from the posted menu and dated.

Possible downside at The Beer Garage in Park Slope: the 10:00 PM weeknight close, the unpublished screen count and sound policy, and a small room that fills on a Barclays night. If the game you care about tips off after 9:00 PM on a Tuesday, The Commissioner or The Dram Shop is the better call.

Which Park Slope sports bar tonight?

Two questions settle which of the five is the best sports bar in Park Slope for your night, because the best sports bar in Park Slope on a Tuesday is not the one for a Sunday, and the answer is only sometimes us.

Frequently asked questions

Which sports bar in Park Slope is open the latest?

Uncle Barry’s at 58 5th Avenue publishes the latest close of the Park Slope bars that show games: 4:00 AM on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 AM the rest of the week. McMahon’s Public House at 39 5th Avenue is open to 2:00 AM every night, and The Commissioner and Drums & Flats to 2:00 AM on weekends. The Beer Garage closes at 10:00 PM Sunday to Thursday and 11:00 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. Hours as read on each bar’s own website on September 25, 2026.

What are some good bars and clubs in Park Slope, Brooklyn?

For a game, the Park Slope bars that publish sports facts on their own sites are The LayUp Bar at 47 5th Avenue (nine screens with sound on), The Commissioner at 247 5th Avenue (football Sundays, a low-key happy hour), The Dram Shop at 339 9th Street (8 TVs, a projector, NFL Sunday Ticket, pool and darts) and The Beer Garage at 148 5th Avenue (a converted garage, 100 per cent gluten-free kitchen). Park Slope has no real nightclubs; the club nights are Barclays Center events.

What are some good sports bars in Park Slope, Brooklyn?

Five are compared on this page as candidates for the best sports bar in Park Slope: The LayUp Bar (47 5th Avenue, nine screens, sound on, one block from Barclays Center), The Commissioner (247 5th Avenue), The Dram Shop (339 9th Street), Black Horse Pub (568 5th Avenue, South Slope) and The Beer Garage (148 5th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, the one with the gluten-free kitchen). The table says what each publishes.

Which sports bar is the best?

There is no single best sports bar in Park Slope, only the right one for the night. By what each bar publishes, The LayUp Bar scores highest here, 9 of 10, for nine screens with sound on and a kitchen open to midnight one block from Barclays Center. The Dram Shop scores 8, second, for the 8 TVs, projector and NFL Sunday Ticket on its calendar page. The Beer Garage in Park Slope, Brooklyn scores 7, third, with the only 100 per cent gluten-free kitchen; it also closes earliest, 10:00 PM on weeknights.

Which sports bar in NYC has the best views?

None of the Park Slope bars on this page publishes a view; they are ground-floor rooms on 5th Avenue and 9th Street, and the view is the screens. If a skyline matters more than the game, that is a Manhattan rooftop question, not a Park Slope one. For a Park Slope night, the practical version of a view is a seat facing a screen with the sound on, which is what The LayUp Bar publishes and the others do not.

Which Park Slope sports bar is closest to Barclays Center?

The LayUp Bar at 47 5th Avenue, three minutes on foot from the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station and one block from the arena, per its own site and a Google Maps walk measured September 15, 2026. The Beer Garage at 148 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn is nine minutes from the same station. The Commissioner is 15 minutes, The Dram Shop 27 and Black Horse Pub 33: those three are for nights when the game is on TV.

Is there a sports bar in Park Slope with a gluten-free kitchen?

Yes. The Beer Garage at 148 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn has a kitchen that is 100 per cent gluten-free, printed on its menu and stated on its site, so wings, nachos, the burger and the pizzas there are all gluten-free. No other Park Slope bar on this page publishes a gluten-free kitchen. Beer is separate; most beer contains gluten, so ask at the Park Slope bar. Readers with celiac disease should ask staff and use their own judgment.

Final verdict

If the question is which is the best sports bar in Park Slope for a game you want to see and hear, the published facts point to The LayUp Bar at 47 5th Avenue, and we say so on our own site. If the question is where to eat wings and a burger from a gluten-free kitchen with the game on, eight minutes from Barclays Center, it is The Beer Garage at 148 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Late night, The Commissioner or The Dram Shop; Saturday with kids, The Dram Shop; South Slope, Black Horse Pub. Five bars, five nights, no single winner.

Sources and references

• Venue websites, each read September 15, 2026: The LayUp Bar, The Commissioner and The Dram Shop (home page, specials page and All hours panel), all three reread September 25, 2026, with The Dram Shop’s calendar page for its screens and channels. Black Horse Pub‘s site returned an error the same day; its row uses its public Google listing.
• The Beer Garage, beergarageny.com, and the Park Slope menu PDF, July 2026 upload, reread September 15, 2026; the Park Slope Google listing, read September 14, 2026.
• Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn; MTA station and line references.
• Google Maps walking mode, from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr and from each nearest station to each bar, measured September 15, 2026; Beer Garage walks measured September 14, 2026.
• Google Local Pack and listings for the query, read September 15, 2026, for ratings and review counts (shown with their date; not in structured data).

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