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Named after a sprawling patch of greenery in Dublin, Phoenix Park is an UES base for Mets / Jets fans, Hunter College students and newly-minted white-collar workers. Around the bar, a Mr. Met bobble head sits on a liquor shelf and autographed jerseys hang on the wall near 16 big-screen TVs. Drinkers crowded out of the bar area must retreat to a brick-walled room with a pool table and upholstered benches or a second space with table seating and fifties-style metal signs. (Beer: Helping ugly people have sex since 1862!) Seating for another two dozen people is offered on the back patio when the weather's right but sports naysayers won't be able to escape the game broadcast on smaller TVs in all the rooms inside. Well, at least they get to share in the spoils, like marathon happy hours. — Danny Freedman