This hall has stood for 18 years in this industrial neighborhood. Risque Billiards & Cafe(previously La Cue), 213 McGuinness Blvd., Greenpoint, (718) 349-1445 Food: Pub grub - chili, buffalo wings, burgers, cheesesteak, all under $10. Check their Facebook page for frequent specials. Table for Two: $12 per hour Tables: 30 Libations: A $3 pint is usually offered. But the Park Slope venue partly makes up for its lack of charm with its overwhelming game options, including air hockey, Ping-Pong and two peculiar mini bowling lanes. It’s an enormous windowless underground lair showing its share of basement wear and tear with mismatched furniture scattered about. If you shot your fist game of pool in a basement, Ocean’s 8 may bring back those memories. Ocean’s 8 Brownstone Billiards, 308 Flatbush Ave. Tables: 42 Libations: It’s dry, but Killarney Pub is a few doors down. Table for Two: $10 per hour weeknights, $12 on weekends, daytime discounts of $2 off per hour. The pure girth of Hall of Fame’s operation does compensate for some of its lacking curb appeal, so we say shame on those who can’t recreate within these walls. The 70s-era carpeting seems to shroud any brightness. The lighting isn’t alluring so much as drab. It’s got a handful of Ping-Pong tables and foosball. Hall of Fame is not your sexiest pool hall. Hall of Fame Billiards, 505 Ovington Ave. There’s also a slice joint just down the block. Food: A full array of ready-to-eat snacks, from chips and energy bars to Corn Pops and hot-and-spicy microwavable noodles. Tables: 16 Libations: Liquor license application is in process. Tuesdays, women play free 9/11 responders and the military get a deal on Wednesdays and Sundays. Table for Two: $10 per hour weeknights, $13 on weekends, daytime discounts. And this being Bensonhurst, it’s the only place where you can get an espresso while you’re playing. Shooters can keep score the old-fashioned way, with custom-made scoring beads that hang in front of movie art from The Hustler and The Color of Money. The owners re-felt the sixteen tables twice a year in a vibrant blue. Gotham City Billiards, 93 Avenue U (N to Ave U, D to 25th Ave), Bensonhurst/Gravesend, 71Ī hand-carved, Italian table with webbed pockets signals to the uninitiated they have entered a players’ pool hall. Food: Four fried items, but restaurants dot the busy strip. Table for Two: $8 per hour Tables: 24 Libations: Cans are $3, bottles $4, plus a full bar. Early birds can snag a free hour of play by buying one before 7 p.m. A thumping sound system keeps a dance floor moving. Billiards art winds its way around the walls and strategically placed TVs broadcast the ballgame of the moment. Open until 4 a.m., this spot provides a balance between the requisite sports culture and nightlife. If Williamsburg is Brooklyn’s haven for the young and the relentless, then Grand Billiards is a pool hall tailored to its people. Grand Billiards & Café, 750 Grand St., Williamsburg, 64 Most halls charged an extra $2 per hour for each additional person, with a limit at six people per table.) Grand Street Billiards It’s cheaper than a movie and counts as precious screen-free time. Mother Nature, with her relentless elements, has stricken the outdoors from the list of affordable recreation. If you want to hang with homies or flirt, you’ll need to do so indoors. What better time to call for the resurgence of pool, marginalized lately by Ping-Pong’s comeback? BK’s halls run about half the cost of Manhattan’s (with better drinks prices). Gotham City Billiards - Photos by Patrick Egan
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