Ex–Ginger Man manager Trevor Budd opened this shack last spring.

Newly open-to-the-public Hudson Terrace is a proud inductee into the New York Rooftop Hall of Champions.

Bklyn Yard makes excellent use of its grassy location alongside the Gowanus Canal.

Befitting its name, this airy art-scene haunt on South Williamsburg’s Hasidic-Hispanic corridor is styled with gleaming eBay-bought mementos.

At the southern tip of the Bronx’s City Island is a bustling cafeteria that dates back 50 years.

The JakeWalk, the eat-in, drink-in love child of two Carroll Gardens food purveyors, bears unmistakable imprints of both.

Tiny but atmospheric Quinto Pino is that rare thing outside of Spain.

As with La Esquina’s downstairs lounge, you get to Café Select’s boiler room sneakily.

For a delightfully South Brooklyn night out, haul down to Bay Ridge.

The dance floor at Le Royale will not disappoint.