No fake ID? No problem. Five clubs relax their 21-and-older policy during Prom season, giving all types of high school grads a chance for their Big Night to actually live up to the hype.

When Mets fans are optimistic, tulips bloom on Park Avenue, and drink menus get fruity, you know what season it is. These five clubs celebrate spring with their own special cocktails.

Six clubs where you’ll have more to contend with than a velvet rope.

How to spend Mardi Gras in New York City.

Six spots where multitasking New Yorkers can grab a drink—and a manicure, a latte, or a unique work of art.

You can get free pub grub with your happy hour if you know who's serving it. Twelve bars where the calories come complimentary.

Someday, the Vernon Blvd./Jackson Ave. area of Long Island City might get one of those ridiculous names defining its boundaries. NoLIE (North of the Long Island Expressway)? SoSA (Somewhere South of Astoria)? For now, though, it's just plain old LIC, an industrial and relatively affordable place to live for the young and artistic. Vernon Boulevard is referred to by some as the strip, but the stretch is more accurate: If you go out drinking in LIC, wear your walking shoes.

In the last decade, Smith Street has been transformed from a seedy, pothole-ridden, downright frightening thoroughfare to Brooklyn's very own restaurant row. It's also been keeping up in the bar department, offering something for everybody.

Suffering from seasonal affective disorder? Five new boîtes provide cold-weather oases.

The open bar is the holy grail of New York City nightlife. But where to find one when there isn't a gallery opening or launch party to go to?