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Franklin Park
618 St. John's Pl, between Classon and Franklin Aves
Prospect Heights
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-975-0196
franklinparkbrooklyn.com
Hours: Mon-Sun 3pm to 4am
Situated in a former auto shop on the still-multicultural St. John’s Place, Franklin Park is the genesis Crown Heights gentrification, and the guiding light is Southpaw co-owner and Galapagos/Natural Selection-transformer Matt Roff. From its country estate entrance (with the gold door plaque and high walls), the space calls out to the neighborhood, “Let there be a garden bar! And let it be good.” Be warned, though, this is not the land of speakeasies or bartending flair. More often than not, the bartenders are almost comically flummoxed. So flummoxed it’s tempting to offer up the age-old pick-up line, “So, you come here often?” And that, you know, is a whole other jiffy lube of conversation. --Cait Weiss
Bar Details
Specials:
• $4 draft beers, $1 off all bottled beers
Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun, 4pm-7pm
Past Events
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LAUNCH PARTY FOR BEN GREENMAN’S NOVEL THE SLIPPAGE — with SAM LIPSYTE, TOURE, CLAIRE VAYE WATKINS and AMELIA GRAY!
- Mon., May 6, 8 p.m. 2013
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Ben Greenman Book Launch
- Mon., May 6, 8 p.m. 2013
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Franklin Park Reading Series
- Mon., April 8, 8 p.m. 2013
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