> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Here’s Where You Can Watch The Presidential Debate Tonight (So You Don’t Have To Handle It Alone) - URL: https://bklyner.com/heres-where-you-can-watch-the-presidential-debate-tonight-so-you-dont-have-to-handle-it-alone-parkslopestoop/ - Published: 2016-09-26T13:01:53.000Z - Updated: 2016-09-26T18:57:54.000Z - Author: Donny Levit - Tags: Events, Food & Drink, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, Politics, 2016 presidential election, ample hills, Donald Trump, Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Halyards, Hillary Clinton, Loki Lounge, presidential debates, The Bell House, The Canal Bar, #wp ![presidential-debate](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/presidential-debate-702x400.jpg) Photo via [hookedonnightlife](https://www.instagram.com/p/BKv4Pj5DFeO/?tagged=presidentialdebate&hl=en&ref=bklyner.com)/instagram For those of you who need a cocktail and warm bodies to watch (or survive) the [first Presidential debate of 2016](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/presidential-debate-schedule/?ref=bklyner.com), you have plenty of options in the neighborhood. Democratic Candidate Secretary Hillary Clinton will face off against Republican Candiate Donald Trump on Monday, September 26 at 9pm EDT at nearby Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. [According to NPR](http://www.npr.org/2016/09/25/495315912/live-from-new-york-it-s-monday-night-welcome-to-the-most-watched-debate-ever?ref=bklyner.com), upwards to 100 million viewers are expected to tune in, which could make it the largest viewership for a campaign event in U.S. history. Here’s a list of gatherings at bars and other venues where you can laugh, drink, cry, drink, kvetch, drink, freakout, drink, and drink. Keep in mind the debate begins at 9pm, but you can arrive far earlier at all of these venues should you need time to put yourself in your preferred state. [**Ample Hills Creamery**](http://www.amplehills.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 305 Nevins Street (at Union) and 623 Vanderbilt Avenue (at St. Mark’s Avenue) **Phone:** 718-643-6961 (Gowanus) or 347-240-3926 (Prospect Heights) **Details:** What could be better than drowning your angst in ice cream? **[The Bell House](http://www.thebellhouseny.com/?ref=bklyner.com)** **Where:** 149 7th Street (at 2nd Avenue) **Phone:** 718-643-6510 (Gowanus) and **Details:** The main space will show the debate on a big screen, and drink specials will be available. [**Canal Bar**](http://www.canalbar.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 270 3rd Avenue (between Union and President Street) **Phone:** 718-246-0011 **Details:** Free popcorn and beer specials are available. [**The Dram Shop**](http://www.dramshopbrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 339 9th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) **Phone:** 718-788-1444 **Details:** We’re told drinking games may be involved. **[Freddy’s](http://freddysbar.com/?ref=bklyner.com)** **Where:** 627 5th Avenue (near 17th Street) **Phone:** 718-768-0131 **Details:** [HD screening with full audio](http://freddysbar.com/events/presidential-debate-big-screen-hd-projection-with-full-audio/?ref=bklyner.com)**.** [**The Gate**](http://www.thegatebrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 321 5th Avenue (at 3rd Street) **Phone:** 718-768-4329 **Details:** Big screen with sound. [**Halyards**](http://www.barhalyards.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 406 3rd Avenue (at 6th Street) **Phone:** 347-532-8787 **Details:** They’ll be [showing the debate](https://www.facebook.com/events/1772894589648425/) on a giant screen, full sound. [**Loki**](http://www.lokibrooklyn.com/2015/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 341 2nd Street (near 5th Avenue) **Phone:** 718-965-9600 **Details:** Loki promises a big screen and … well … “[tons of alcohol](https://www.instagram.com/p/BKzHkhsjPBA/?taken-by=lokibrooklyn&hl=en&ref=bklyner.com)” [**The Monro Pub**](http://www.monropub.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 481 5th Avenue (between 11th and 12th Streets) **Phone:** 718-499-2005 **Details:** Watch the debate in a local British pub. **[Threes Brewing](http://www.threesbrewing.com/?ref=bklyner.com)** **Where:** 333 Douglass Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. **Phone:** 718-522-2110 **Details:** The main bar area is showing the debate, and there will be drink specials. [**Uncle Barry’s**](http://www.unclebarrys.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where:** 58 5th Avenue (between Bergen Street and St. Mark’s Place) **Phone:** 718-622-4980 **Details:** Debate schedule and all other information is [available here](http://www.unclebarrys.com/2016/08/watch-presidential-debates-at-ub/?ref=bklyner.com). [**Union Hall**](http://www.unionhallny.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Where**: 333 Douglass Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. **Phone**: 718-638-4400 **Details**: [Drink specials](http://www.unionhallny.com/event/1319549-first-presidential-debate-2016-brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com) and seating upstairs/downstairs as needed. **Here are the other scheduled debates:** **Tuesday, October 4.** Vice Presidential Debate, 9pm-10:30pm. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine (D) against Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R). Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia. **Sunday, October 9.** 2nd Presidential Debate (Town Hall Style). 9pm-10:30pm. Washington University, St. Louis. **Wednesday, October 19.** 3rd Presidential Debate. 9pm-10:30pm. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. *Did we miss one? Email us at [editor@bklyner.com](mailto:editor@bklyner.com).*