What are Public Records' hours?

Wednesday and Thursday 6pm–10pm, Friday 6pm–4am, Saturday 10am–4am, Sunday 10am–9pm; closed Monday and Tuesday, according to its website.

What is the Sound Room?

Public Records' main music room, with a quadraphonic sound system, used for house, techno, ambient and jazz nights.

What is the Nursery at Public Records?

Its outdoor space, next to the bar and the vegan restaurant.

Is Public Records a restaurant or a club?

Both: a bar and vegan restaurant during the day and evening, and a club in the Sound Room at night.

How much are tickets and is there an age limit?

It depends on the event, and we don't publish prices or age rules. Message us on WhatsApp.

Public Records Brooklyn: Sound Room & Club Nights

Open nowOpen all year, Wednesday to Sunday.

Tickets & tables via WhatsApp

VIP TABLE

How a VIP Table Works

Bottle Service

Tables come with bottle service at your reserved spot. Each club sets its own options, and we'll tell you what's available on your night.

Arranged Entry

Your table booking is confirmed in writing before the night, so you know how and when to arrive.

A Host for Your Group

Where the club offers it, a host looks after your table during the night.

Enjoy Public Records

Public Records is a music venue, bar and vegan restaurant at 233 Butler St in Gowanus, Brooklyn, in the former ASPCA building. Its quadraphonic Sound Room and the outdoor Nursery host house, techno, ambient and jazz nights, and Time Out put it at the top of its list of the city's best clubs. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, with Friday and Saturday running until 4am.

Season: Open all year, Wednesday to Sunday.
Area: Brooklyn
Neighbourhood: Gowanus
Locality: Brooklyn
Music: House, techno, ambient and jazz
Nights: Wednesday–Thursday 6pm–10pm; Friday 6pm–4am; Saturday 10am–4am; Sunday 10am–9pm; closed Monday and Tuesday (venue website)

Groups or questions: WhatsApp

VIP Tables at Public Records

Public Records sells tickets by event for the Sound Room. For a group, dinner before the music or a specific night, message us on WhatsApp.

How to Get to Public Records

The address is 233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, in Gowanus. Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 6pm to 10pm, Friday 6pm to 4am, Saturday 10am to 4am, Sunday 10am to 9pm; closed Monday and Tuesday.

233 Butler St, Brooklyn, NY 11217 — Open in Google Maps

Dress Code & Entry Requirements

No dress code is published on the sources we checked. Ask us on WhatsApp if you have a question about the door.

A bar, a restaurant and a sound room

Public Records occupies the old ASPCA building on Butler Street in Gowanus and splits it into several spaces: a bar, a vegan restaurant, the outdoor Nursery and the Sound Room, a quadraphonic room built around an OJAS sound system. The programming runs from house and techno to ambient and jazz, and Time Out ranked it number one in its guide to the best clubs in New York. It is open Wednesday to Sunday: early evenings midweek, late nights until 4am on Friday and Saturday, and daytime from 10am on weekends.

Planning a night in Gowanus

Because Public Records is a restaurant as well as a club, it works well for a full evening: dinner, a drink in the Nursery, then the Sound Room. Tickets for the Sound Room are sold by event. The team behind it is also a partner in a new 1,000-capacity venue planned at MADE Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, announced for late 2026 with the name still to come, according to Time Out. Message us on WhatsApp with your date and group size, and we'll help you plan it.