Poor + Thirsty? Where to Get Drunk in Park Slope

Alas, we received the following email yesterday at FIPS HQ:

Your Name: Cindy

Subject: unemployed persons bar crawl

Message: so where in Bk should my loser friends and I go tomorrow to get wasted on the cheap?

So, of course, we decided to connect with our good friends at killer new blog on the block Brokelyn for some poor pointers. Tim Donnelly sent along some expert notes, so check it:

Getting hammered cheaply and Park Slope don't normally go together, but I know of at least a few places to do so. The Gate (5th and 3rd) is one of the few bars I've been to in the nabe that has PBRs, plus they have a decent selection of draft beers for not terrible prices, and their outdoor patio sitting area is nice on a warm eve (ed note: uhm, we have some verrrry mixed feelings about The Gate in these parts, but we'll stick with ya cause we're poor and don't have a choice).

The relatively new bar Cyprus Avenue (52 Fifth Ave.) advertises $5 mixed drinks, $4 drafts, and $15 pitchers of beer, sangria and wine. (Do people drink pitchers of wine? At $15 a pitcher, I certainly do).

High Dive (243 Fifth Ave., between President and Carroll Streets) just opened and they ALLEGEDLY have $2 beers during happy hour, every day until 8pm (ed note: Brokleyn was unable to confirm the $2 beers as of this morn because bars don't open at 6am, but according to DanielJ on Brooklynian, they're for realz. And as we all know, DanielJ knows what the fuck he's talkin about when it comes to brews).

And at the end of the street is O'Connor's (39 Fifth Ave.), a no-nonsense, no-stroller-zone pub with an atmosphere that apparently got stuck in neutral in 1987 and never really edged much forward since. I swear I saw the last antenna-tuned TV in Brooklyn there just a few weeks ago, still somehow collecting a signal. But the prices have stayed in neutral too with bottles of beer for around $3. It's a dive, with dive barflies eying any lost hipster bar patrons with wary eyes. It also has a tremendous resemblance to the bar from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which could either be frightening or awesome, depending on your POV.

Come to think of it, O'Connor's is exactly the kind of place I picture of when I think of getting hammered. Go to Great Lakes to get drunk and chat up some friends. Go to O'Connors to get wastey faced and force amnesia on yourself after a rough day.

Well there you have it, Cindy! I sincerely hope that you and all of your loser friends have the loveliest of days getting shitfaced, poor in Pslope style.

As for everyone else, go read Brokelyn right now...cause they've really got some good shit over there.