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Here's Where Brooklyn Will Celebrate New Years Eve 2019
Say goodbye to 2018 in Brooklyn with style, in silence or with lots and lots of local beer.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK -- Whether you're basking in silent meditation, sneaking into a speakeasy or celebrating the fact that everything is terrible, one thing is clear: 2018 is coming to an end and Brooklyn is going to get down.
How you do it is up to you.
Feeling lost? Confused? Not sure where to turn? It's to be expected. Allow Patch to help with a round-up of bike rides, ocean dips and brewery bashes happening in Brooklyn on New Year's.
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What: Brooklyn Beers and Pies & Thighs. Who could ask for anything more?
Where: Brooklyn Brewery at 79 North 11th St. in Williamsburg
When: 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
What: Cycle from Williamsburg to a Manhattan party.
Where: Meet at the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge
When: 9:30 p.m.
What: A silent meditation with a cleansing meditation, bell chimes and noodles.
Where: Brooklyn Zen Center at 505 Carroll St. in Park Slope
When: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
What: Celebrate everything that sucked about 2018 in costumes.
Where: Brooklyn Bazaar at 150 Greenpoint Ave. in Greenpoint
When: 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
What: Fireworks, obviously.
Where: Grand Army Plaza near Prospect Park
When: 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
What: "Boardwalk Empire" as a New Years Eve party, basically.
Where: House of Yes at 2 Wyckoff Ave. in Bushwick
When: 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
What: Say goodbye to Butterfunk Kitchen, slated to close, with a New Years fry-up.
Where: Butterfunk Kitchen at 1295 Prospect Ave. in Windsor Terrace
When: 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
What: Dance your way into 2019.
Where: C'Mon Everybody at 325 Franklin Ave. in Bed-Stuy
When: 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Coney Island Polar Bears Plunge
What: Run into the ocean.
Where: Coney Island Beach
When: 1 p.m. on Jan. 1
Photo by Noel Hefele courtesy of the Prospect Park Alliance
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