Sunny's

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253 Conover St., Brooklyn, NY 11231 40.675708 -74.016943
nr. Reed St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
718-625-8211 Send to Phone

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Scene: Live Music, Neighborhood Bar

Photo by Michelle Rial

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Official Website

sunnysredhook.com

Hours

Wed and Fri-Sat, 8pm-4am; Sun-Tue and Thu, closed

Nearby Subway Stops

F, G at Smith-9th Sts.

Directions

Take the B61 to the second to last stop.

Payment Methods

Cash Only

Profile

This location is closed due to Hurricane Sandy.

Ask a car service to take you to "the bar" in Red Hook, and you'll wind up at an unassuming little place by the river, near some railroad tracks that go nowhere. The beatific, Beatniky owner, Sunny, greets you warmly from beneath a mop of gray hair and a portrait of his great-grandfather, who opened the bar in 1890. Since then, the place has gone through various incarnations, as a restaurant and a longshoremen's hangout, but now, says Sunny, "it's just a meeting place for folks—painters, writers, musicians, plumbers—who care about each other so much they don't mind the trip."