You ’ve try the claim : Pokémon Goalleviates depression , Pokémon Gomakes people exercise , Pokémon Gobrings a long - forget party back into ethnical relevance . And now , Pokémon Gois going to make you want to fuddle in Midtown .
Asa spreadsheet that sourced more than 200 Poké encountersshows , the absolute majority of NYC Pokémon sightings have been in Midtown , Chinatown , and the UES . Of of course , since the datum was crowdsourced , there ’s no real way to verify what ’s been pass on . Still , there are at least 24 NYC neighborhoods that several consecrate musician exact to have caught the most in – and it ’s worth a trek through them allfor a hazard to fascinate a Hitmonlee .
Since hard liquor is plausibly the only affair that can make living out your childhood dreaming even better , we ’ve put together a list of the best bar in NYC ’s most Poké - filled ‘ hoods . See you at Dive 75 after you catch that Charmander .
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Astoria
Sightings : Astoria Park and Crescent St at 29th AveWhere to drink : Sweet Afton , Mar’s , The Bonnie
Battery Park City
sighting : Teardrop Park , near the Bull , Battery Park Underpass , Robert F Wagner Jr Park , footer walkway south of Brookfield PlaceWhere to imbibe : The Black Hound , Pier A Harbor House
Bayside
Sightings:53 - 11 Springfield Blvd , 33 - 35 Bell Blvd , 3224 Corporal Kennedy StWhere to wassail : Pour House , NoNo
Bensonhurst
Sightings:2007 86th St , Seth Low ParkWhere to toast : Homestretch Pub
Bushwick
sighting : Northeast of Broadway - Myrtle , Maria Hernandez Park , Irving Ave & Suydan StWhere to drink : Pearl ’s Social & Billy Club , Boobie Trap , Bossa Nova Civic Club , Forrest Point
Chelsea
Sightings : Pier 57 , 9th Ave & 29th St , 18th St Between 7th & 8th Aves , 6th Ave & 25th StWhere to drink : Porchlight , Raines Law Room , Bathtub Gin
Chinatown
sighting : Hester St & Forsyth St , Columbus Park , Bayard St & Mott StWhere to pledge : Whiskey Tavern , Apotheke,169 Bar , Genuine Liquorette
Dumbo
sighting : Brooklyn Bridge Park , near Borough Hall underground stopWhere to drink : Gran Electrica , Vinegar Hill House
Dyker Heights
Sightings : Leif Ericson ParkWhere to drink : Indigo Murphy ’s
East Harlem
Sightings : Park Ave from 96th to 97th St , E 111th St Pedestrian Bridge,125th St Metro North Station , 5th Ave & 102nd St , Fort ClintonWhere to drink : The duck’s egg
Financial District
sighting : William St & Beaver St , Zuccotti Park , Broadway Ave & Liberty St , Fulton St StationWhere to drink : The Dead Rabbit , Clinton Hall , Ulysses Folk House
Flushing
Sightings:45th Ave & Colden St , Kissena Park , Parsons Blvd & Bayside AveWhere to drink : Leaf Bar & Lounge
Greenwich Village
Sightings : W Houston St & Macdougal St , Washington Square Park south , Broadway & E 8th StWhere to drink:124 Rabbit Club , Riddling Widow
Hell’s Kitchen
Sightings:11th Ave & W 53rd St , 124 W fifty-fifth St , 513 W 54th St , 8th Ave & W 55th St , 8th Ave between 53rd & 54th Sts , 124 W 55th StreetWhere to drink : The Pony Bar , Ardesia , Réunion
Lower East Side
sighting : Delancey - Essex Station , East River Park , Sara D. Roosevelt ParkWhere to drink : Attaboy , Bar Goto , Nitecap , Leave Rochelle Out of It
Long Island City
Sightings : Gantry Plaza State Park , JetBlue BuildingWhere to fuddle : LIC Bar , Dutch Kills , Alewife
Midtown
Sightings : Bryant Park , Sherman Monument , 14 East 33rd St , Helmsley Building , Grand Central Station , 30 Rockefeller Center , Lexington Ave & 54th St , Ave of the Americas & W 55th St , Central Park SEWhere to drink : The Ginger Man , Valhalla , The Campbell Apartment , Rattle N Hum
Sunset Park
Sightings:5th Ave & 41st St , 5th Ave & 42nd StWhere to drink : Brooklyn ’s Tiki Bar , Irish Haven Bar
Theater District
sighting : Bryant Park , 7th Ave & W 42nd St , 8th Ave & W 44th StWhere to drink : Lantern ’s Keep , The Rum House , Bar Centrale
Upper East Side
Sightings:5th Ave & E 90th St , Central Park East & 60th St , the lake on the east side of Central Park just north of 72nd St , York Ave & E 88th St , John Jay Park , Hunter College , 1st Ave & E 68th StWhere to drink : Seamstress , The Penrose , Jones Wood Foundry , Dorrian ’s Red Hand
Union Square
sighting : Bottom of Union Square Park , Union Square Park , Broadway & E 19th StWhere to drink : Old Town Bar , Dear Irving , Flatiron Lounge
Upper West Side
Sightings:73rd St between Amsterdam & Columbus Aves , west side of Central Park from 60th through 73rd Sts , Amsterdam Ave & W 79th St at the Nobel Monument , next to urine across the street from Museum of Natural History , Manhattan Ave & W 107th St , Bethesda Fountain in Central ParkWhere to imbibe : The Dead Poet , Dive 75,Blondies
Washington Heights
Sightings : J. Hood Wright Park , Fort Tryon ParkWhere to drink : Buddha Beer Bar
Williamsburg
Sightings : Grand St & Roebling St , McCarren Park , 31 Leonard StWhere to tope : Radegast , Rocka Rolla , The Commodore , Loosie Rouge
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Forrest Point
Gran Electrica
Clinton Hall
Nitecap
Lantern’s Keep
Flatiron Lounge
