5. Navy Yard Cocktail Lounge
This Flushing Avenue spot was once voted Brooklyn’s “scariest bar,” but judging by the reports from most people who actually went there, that was just some nu Brooklyn hype: it was just a dive with bars on the windows, a chintzy sign, and, you know, strippers. It used to be the only Clinton Hill bar without a bunch of Pratt kids in it.
Thanks to real estate developers, greedy landlords, Bloomberg, and the hipster gentrification.
I can’t believe The Gallery on McDonald avenue that used to be around since the late 30’s or early 40’s didn’t make the cut! Great dive bar, great bar period! Gone over a year now. And yes dive bars are a thing of the past thanks to hipsters and yuppies! Blahhhhh! Very sad whats happening to Brooklyn.