New Year's Eve in NYC: Top Clubs, Shows, Live Music & Dancing in Brooklyn

Say no more: See a headliner at Barclays Center. Seat's aren't cheap but you'll have a party! Note: Bring binoculars, it's more fun. Friendly staff, visible security, lots of food and drink. T 

Ring in the New Year with free music and fireworks at Grand Army Plaza! Or, take a midnight run in Prospect Park.

• Directions to Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn.
• "Five Brooklyn New Year's Eve Itineraries Near the Fireworks: Movies, Bars, Dancing, Restaurants.

Dress up like Gatsby! Go to the cabaret my friend! New Years Eve  at Galapagos.

• Where: 16 Main Street, DUMBO.
• When: Doors open 8 P.M., live show 10 P.M. Dancing from midnight until 4 AM.
• Admission: Seats at $125 and up. T
• Contact/website: http://galapagosartspace.com.718-222-8500

New Year's Eve at the Knitting Factory's Brooklyn outpost///

• Where: 361 Metropolitan Avenue. 
• Contact/website: Tel: (347) 529-6696. http://bk.knittingfactory.com

For New Year's Eve, the excellent Music Hall of Williamsburg is a great option.

• Where: 66 N. 6th St. near Wythe Avenue.
• Contact: (718) 486-5400.

Pete's Candy Store, formerly an actual candy store has a moody, shabby-chic interior and tiny backroom performance space lends new meaning to the term "intimate." Come to this classic Williamsburg music-poetry-community venue on December 31st for what promises to be a great evening of action and live music.

• Where: 709 Lorimer between Frost and Richardson Streets.
• When: 8:30 P.M. — 4 A.M.
• Contact/website: (718) 302-3770. http://petescandystore.com.

Kick off the year at Brooklyn Bowl for a real Williamsburg experience. 

• Where: 61 Wythe Ave. 
• Contact/website: (718) 963-3369. http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event

Help out one of the boardwalk restaurants hit by Hurricane Sandy — and have a blast of your own! For a blow-out extravagant night with a large group of friends, book a reservation at Tatiana's Russian nightclub on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk. It's one of a handful of Russian nightclubs that have incredible floor shows every weekend. So of course, for New Year's Eve, they'll do it up even more; you can expect a completely over-the-top show, with live music and dancing.

Advance reservations a must. After all, that vodka so is a pre-booked taxi or designated driver to get you home safely on New Year's Eve. Uh, New Year's Day that is.

• Where: 3152 Brighton 6th Street.
• When: 10 P.M. - 3 A.M. 
• Contact/website: (718) 891-5151. http://tatianarestaurant.com

What is this party? It's the "infamous karaoke dance party for people who never thought they'd like karaoke."

Both the upstairs (usually a bar) and downstairs (usually a performance space) of this huge venue will be transformed in honor of the holiday. Expect a crowd.

• Where: 702 Union Street off 5th Avenue in Park Slope. 
• Contact/website: (718) 638-4400. http://unionhallny.com.

Ring in the New Year with a 7 P.M. concert at fabulous, funky Bargemusic, located on the historic Fulton Ferry landing in DUMBO. It's in the water, and the views of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline are legendary.

• Where: Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge. 

If you're in the neighborhood, stop in at this classic, low-key, hipster Williamsburg dive bar. To quote their website in mid-December, just weeks before what is generally the biggest night of the year in the bar-and-restaurant business: "champagne, music, performances, celebrities, & no shortage of smooches. but, when is that ever not the case."

• Where: 484 Union Ave. located under the shadow of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

(last updated: 12/2013)