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20 Divey Shitholes NYC
Subway Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

1. Subway Bar

527 Metropolitan Ave (btwn Union Ave. & Lorimer St.), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Williamsburg · 18 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: First it was a narrow shitty bar with a pool table and a backroom, then it was a narrow shitty bar with skeeball and no back room, now its just a narrow shitty bar

Kabin is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

2. Kabin

92 2nd Ave (btwn E 5th & E 6th St), New York, NY
Bar · East Village · 58 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: KAAAAABIN!

King's County is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

3. King's County

286 Seigel St (at Bogart), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · East Williamsburg · 31 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Usually beginning or ending with a mistake

Welcome to the Johnsons is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

4. Welcome to the Johnsons

6.7
123 Rivington St (at Essex St.), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Lower East Side · 117 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: THEY PLAY BOTCH

Iggy's Keltic Lounge is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

5. Iggy's Keltic Lounge

6.5
132 Ludlow St (btwn Rivington & Stanton St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Lower East Side · 55 tips and reviews

6. Lucky 13 Saloon

8.1
644 Sackett St (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Dive Bar · Gowanus · 52 tips and reviews
Duff's is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

7. Duff's

8.3
168 Marcy Ave (Broadway), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Williamsburg · 60 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: METAL METAL METAL

Motor City Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

8. Motor City Bar

127 Ludlow St (btwn Delancey & Rivington), New York, NY
Bar · Lower East Side · 52 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Vergers ginger ale straight outta Detroit

169 Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

9. 169 Bar

8.5
169 E Broadway (btwn Rutgers & Jefferson St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Lower East Side · 242 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Epic pooltable, epic blackouts

Mars Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

10. Mars Bar

25 E 1st St (at 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Dive Bar · East Village · 19 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: R.I.P. you scary shithole

King’s Cross is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

11. King’s Cross

356 Bowery (btwn E 4th & Great Jones St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · NoHo · 20 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Underlooked, underground, undercrowded, underpriced

The Alibi is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

12. The Alibi

6.4
242 Dekalb Ave (at Vanderbilt Ave.), Brooklyn, NY
Dive Bar · Clinton Hill · 57 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Weirdest most diverse Saturday night crowd you can possibly imagine

Double Down Saloon is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

13. Double Down Saloon

7.6
14 Avenue A (btwn E 1st & E 2nd St), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Alphabet City · 104 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: just dont try the bacon martini whatever you do unless its free

280 Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

14. 280 Bar

280 Knickerbocker Ave (At Suydam), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Bushwick · 10 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Ali is the best lebanese cook in bk! Look for austin, the only man ali won't touch.

Blue Ruin is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

15. Blue Ruin

7.0
538 9th Ave (btw 39th and 40th), New York, NY
Dive Bar · Garment District · 35 tips and reviews
Holiday Cocktail Lounge is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

16. Holiday Cocktail Lounge

7.9
75 Saint Marks Pl (btwn 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY
Cocktail Bar · East Village · 67 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: R.I.P. Stefan, R.I.P. HCL

Rope is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

17. Rope

415 Myrtle Ave (at Clinton Ave.), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Clinton Hill · 22 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Jameson/Modelo $6

Saint Vitus Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

18. Saint Vitus Bar

1120 Manhattan Ave (at Clay St), Brooklyn, NY
Bar · Greenpoint · 90 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: The pope or the bishop, tall cans of coors banquet with a pickle back or evan williams. Who gives a shit, its a banquet tall can

Whiskey Tavern is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

19. Whiskey Tavern

7.9
79 Baxter St (btwn Bayard & Walker St), New York, NY
Whisky Bar · Chinatown · 177 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: Spicy pickleback + beer special or kick rocks

Wreck Room Bar is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

20. Wreck Room Bar

940 Flushing Ave (at Evergreen Ave), Brooklyn, NY
Dive Bar · Bushwick · 60 tips and reviews

IversenIversen: White powdery bathrooms

White Noise is one of 20 Divey Shitholes NYC.

21. White Noise

225 Avenue B (btw 13th & 14th St), New York, NY
Lounge · Alphabet City · 25 tips and reviews