This is the first State of Cheap Beer for New York. From 386 bars and 7,880 price observations logged since we began, one number frames it all: the median pour across the five boroughs and the river runs $8.
The price of a beer
The citywide median is $8, but bargains persist — the cheapest beer we found is a $2.75 draft at Wilton House in Hoboken. Neighborhood medians stretch from $6 in Williamsburg up to $12 on the Upper East Side-Yorkville. With 4,024 active prices tracked, the spread between cheap and steep has never been more visible.
Median price by neighborhood
The 10 cheapest pours in the city
- Wilton House (Hoboken) — Draft Beer, $2.75
- Brooklyn Ice House (Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook) — Yuengling Traditional Lager, $3
- Do Or Dive (Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)) — Pabst Blue Ribbon, $3
- Inwood Bar and Grill (Inwood) — Heineken, $3
- Jake's Dilemma (Upper West Side (Central)) — Michelob Ultra Zero, $3
- Lucky Dog (Williamsburg) — Miller High Life, $3
- The Shillelagh Tavern (Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)) — Pabst Blue Ribbon, $3
- The Ten Bells (Bushwick (West)) — Mahou, $3
- Chez Ma Tante (Greenpoint) — 0.0, $3.50
- The Deep End (Ridgewood) — Miller High Life, $3.50
New York's median beer runs $8 — a dollar more than Philadelphia.
Happy hours
Happy hour is New York's superpower: 77% of tracked bars — 299 of them — run one, and the typical bar offers roughly 20 hours of deals each week. The best deal we've logged at a happy-hour bar is a $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon at Do Or Dive.
What moved
Since we began tracking, price moves have been nearly balanced: 15 beers rose while 13 fell. It's a short window, but New York's cheap end is holding steadier than you'd guess.
$2.75 buys a draft at Wilton House in Hoboken, the cheapest pour we found.
Methodology
This edition covers 386 New York-area bars and 4,024 active prices, each verified against a real published menu on a weekly refresh. We've been tracking the market since June 1, 2026.