The Best Sports Bars for March Madness in New York City (2025)

Family owned in Hell’s Kitchen for more than 25 years, Mercury Bar West is the neighborhood’s steadiest Giants room, established in 1998 and still run by the same crew. I have been here several times as I have friends who live in the neighborhood.

The Gin Mill brings the neighborhood sports bar formula to the Upper West Side: 17 TVs, an oak bar, cheap strong drinks, and a room that fills for every Giants game.

Union Grounds takes game requests, which means a Jets group in Carroll Gardens can usually claim a screen and audio for their game. Long communal tables make it one of Brooklyn's best rooms for group viewing.

Clara's runs a huge projection screen in the back room, which turns Jets games into a theater experience in the middle of Bushwick. It is the neighborhood's clearest sports bar and a hidden pick for fans east of the Williamsburg core.

Break Bar and Billiards runs a 105 foot HD projection wall across 7,000 square feet in Astoria, backed by 16 big screens, 14 pool tables, ping pong, darts, and vintage arcade games. No other Queens room combines a screen this size with this much to do between windows.

Rivercrest is the Astoria member of the Stout NYC Hospitality Group, the family listed on the official Jets Bar Network page, and it gives Ditmars a big, polished sports room with a full kitchen. It is the strongest sit down football option in northern Astoria.