Drinks in Gowanus

A dark bar on Third Avenue named for the waterway a block away, with a jukebox, a pool table and prices that have not tracked the neighborhood. Happy hour runs from three in the afternoon to eight, Monday through Friday. It closes at four in the morning every night of the week.

Mon to Fri, 3pm to 4am. Sat and Sun, 2pm to 4am

A bar on Third Avenue at 6th Street with a pool table, a dartboard and sidewalk seats. Its own site describes it as a neighborhood bar among the gritty Gowanus industrial streets, which is accurate and also the whole pitch. The kitchen does toasted cheese sandwiches and not much more.

Mon to Fri, 4pm to 2am. Sat, 2pm to 2am. Sun, 2pm to midnight

A sunny bar at the south end of Third Avenue with a planted backyard and better food than it needs to have. There is live folk on Mondays, karaoke on Wednesdays and a night where people bring records and play them. The spicy mac and cheese sandwich is the thing people order.

Mon to Thu, 4pm to 2am. Fri and Sat, 3pm to 4am. Sun, 3pm to 1am

A corner bar at Hoyt and Bergen inside the Boerum Hill Historic District, with a carved mahogany back bar, a pressed tin ceiling and a pool table through the arch at the back. There is no food, no television and no music loud enough to shout over. It is cash only, which is the fastest way to tell how little has changed.

Mon to Wed, 3pm to 2am. Thu to Sat, 3pm to 4am. Sun, 3pm to 2am

A working brewery on Douglass Street with a long bar under a skylight and a year-round yard out the back. Ninth Street Espresso runs the coffee counter inside from eight in the morning, and the kitchen starts in the late afternoon. Beer is sold to go from a separate shop counter on the sidewalk.

Mon to Sat, noon to midnight. Sun, noon to 11pm. Coffee counter 8am to 3pm. Kitchen from 4pm or 5pm