Grace Sands, Michael Serafini / Prosumer, Jacob Meehan / Chris Cruse

Before

0.4 mi · 7 min walk - Gowanus

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.

After

0.4 mi · 7 min walk - Gowanus

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.