Press and data: NYC nightlife numbers
YaY NYC is a free guide to New York City's happy hours and parties. Every price and time on it is read from the bar's, venue's or ticket seller's own page and shown with the date we read it, so the numbers below come from the same data. You are welcome to use them with a credit and a link.
In numbers, November 9, 2026
- 839 NYC bars with a happy hour on file, each read from the bar's own website or menu, with the date read.
- 403 upcoming party nights at 120 venues across the five boroughs, each re-read from its ticket page.
- Halloween 2026 in NYC: 194 party nights at 96 venues; median cheapest ticket $36; 26% sold out before the night.
Data sets
NYC Happy Hour Price Index
The median happy-hour beer in NYC costs $6 and a cocktail $10, across 441 bars that publish their happy-hour prices, by borough and neighborhood.
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NYC New Year's Eve Price Index
The median cheapest ticket to an NYE 2026 party in NYC is $57 across 62 nights, by borough and kind of party, with daily price changes until December 31.
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Story ideas the data can answer
- What does New Year's Eve cost in NYC this year, and how fast do ticket prices rise in December?
- Which neighborhoods have the cheapest and the most expensive happy hours?
- Where do New Yorkers go out on Thanksgiving Eve, the busiest bar night of the year?
- How many parties does a holiday weekend bring, and how many sell out before the night?
Ask us for a cut we have not published (a borough, a neighborhood, a kind of party) through the contact form; we answer with the figures and how they were made.
How to cite
Source: YaY NYC (yaynyc.com), "<name of the index>", November 9, 2026
Please link to the index page you used. The CSV files are licensed CC BY 4.0.
How we work
No one can pay to be listed or ranked on YaY NYC, and there are no ads. How we check a happy hour or a party, and how we correct mistakes, is in our about page and editorial policy.
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